The Insulated World
Personnel
Personnel
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**Dir En Grey**
*  – lead vocals
*  – guitars, programming
* [Die](/wiki/Die_%28musician%29 "Die (musician)") – guitars
* [Toshiya](/wiki/Toshiya_%28musician%29 "Toshiya (musician)") – bass
* [Shinya](/wiki/Shinya_%28Dir_En_Grey_musician%29 "Shinya (Dir En Grey musician)") – drums

**Additional musician**
* Kazutaka Minemori – Master Tone

**Production**
* Dir En Grey – [production](/wiki/Record_producer "Record producer")
* Keisuke Kamata – [recording](/wiki/Sound_recording_and_reproduction "Sound recording and reproduction")
* Koji Maruyama – recording
* Ryosuke Ishida – engineering assistant
* Takashi Nemoto – engineering assistant
* [Dan Lancaster](/wiki/Dan_Lancaster "Dan Lancaster") – [mixing](/wiki/Audio_mixing_%28recorded_music%29 "Audio mixing (recorded music)")
* [Brian "Big Bass" Gardner](/wiki/Brian_Gardner "Brian Gardner") – [mastering](/wiki/Audio_mastering "Audio mastering")
* Koji Yoda – cover art, art direction, design
* Rino Chihara – design
* Takao Ogata – photography
* [Dynamite Tommy](/wiki/Dynamite_Tommy "Dynamite Tommy") – [executive producer](/wiki/Executive_producer "Executive producer")

**Production **
* Koji Maruyama – mixing
* [Jens Bogren](/wiki/Jens_Bogren "Jens Bogren") – mixing 


Has there been a change in the band's sound or direction?