ALEXANDRITE

It has been 4 and a half years since the release of the previous main album “VINCULUM”. And now, Chouchou finally release their long-awaited 4th full-length album “ALEXANDRITE”. Up until now, Chouchou have released a large variety of songs, but to make this album “ALEXANDRITE”, they got back to the starting point and focused on redefining “Pop music of Chouchou”. And at the same time, they also release its remix album “ALEXANDRITE -Cold Rouge-”. In this remix album, they went in the opposite direction of pop music and took the highly original avant-garde approach to expose the sensuality of ALEXANDRITE. These two albums were made based on the concept of a unique and beautiful color change of the gemstone alexandrite that change from greenish to reddish depending on the color temperature of a light source, and together they complete the world of ALEXANDRITE as the contrary but inseparable and closely connected pair like “light and shadow” and “day and night” while using the same materials. You can fully enjoy the origin and evolution of Chouchou through these two albums. All the songs which have already been released as a single or EP in the past were beautifully remastered and freshly reborn for the album, and you will hear the distinct differences in the sound expansion and the depth of space with richer sound images. ALEXANDRITE also has the aspect of visual arts. All the design works like cover art, artwork, package and booklet designs were done by juliet Heberle, the singer of Chouchou. She was particular about the details of the designs of ALEXANDRITE. CD and digital download are available for purchase, and there are two editions for CD, regular and limited editions. The regular edition contains 1 CD, “ALEXANDRITE”. The limited edition which was specially named “ALEXANDRITE BICOLOR EDITION” contains 2 CDs, “ALEXANDRITE” and “ALEXANDRITE -Cold Rouge-”, housed in special sleeve with gorgeous gold hot stamping. And as bonus contents, the regular edition comes with an autographed special card (regular edition design), and the limited edition comes with an autographed special card (limited edition design)and the 70 pages long special booklet “THE OFFICIAL BOOK OF ALEXANDRITE” that includes　unpublished artworks exclusively designed for ALEXANDRITE, behind-the-scenes photos from album cover photo shoot and music videos and a special interview about the very first story of ALEXANDRITE. For those who want to enjoy the latest music of Chouchou at high fidelity, both albums are also available in high-resolution audio formats via Bandcamp.