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That was me I believe.
Here's some I listen to:
WONK
iri
Nao Kawamura
Tendre
Cicada
Sirup
Kan Sano
Marter
Nao Yoshioka
Taichi Mukai (Pop)
Riri (Pop)
Shunske G & The Peas
Disclaimer: I bundle soul with R&B so some of this may lean more to that side.
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First wave of artists for the Chatmonchy tribute album (out on March 28) has been announced, pretty stacked!
- Kawatani Enon
- Guitar Wolf
- Kinoko Teikoku
- Group Tamashii
- Shuudan Shuudou
- CHAI
- Negoto
- Hump Back
- People In The Box
- Fujifabric
- Homecomings
- YOUR SONG IS GOOD
- Wasureranneyo
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Oh, wow. Lamp posted a new song for the first time in a while! They have a new album in May.
Listen to some Bossa Nova.
Listen to some Bossa Nova.
Are any of these alt r&b, like Banks, Abra, Kelela, or Tinashe? That's the kind of stuff I'm into.
oops. Meant to add that to my last post.
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Most of those ones i listed up top don't really fit into the whole Alt R&B label. Most would be under Future R&B, Future Soul, Neo Soul & Classic. I don't think i've really run into any Alt R&B from Japan tbh.
You might like starRo if you want something similiar to Alt R&B.
He's more of a beatmaker though with features & his sound leans more towards the whole Future R&B sound that you can find on Soulection. Listen to his album "Monday"
I would also recommend checking out Metome who is another beatmaker who leans more IDM but with Jazz & R&B influences. If you like Kelela's Take Me Apart maybe his album's Objet & Opus Cloud will scratch that itch.
https://metome.bandcamp.com/album/opus-cloud
https://metome.bandcamp.com/album/objet
tricot re-uploaded their new MV, so here it is again:
Much better than the single. Video is great as well.
Much better than the single. Video is great as well.
the peggies released a new mini-album today and I didn't expect to blew me away but it did.
The lead track is incredible, feels "bigger" than their earlier works. Hope they stick with this style cause the new release might be a favorite of 2018.
(Use a proxy)
The Peggies have a new EP: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/super-boy-super-girl-ep/1321204976?l=en
It's really good.
Two posts up Aiii-sama!
The Peggies have a new EP: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/super-boy-super-girl-ep/1321204976?l=en
It's really good.
Full version of yonige's song for Au, which is an arranged version of When The Saints Go Marching In
The former members of Galileo Galilei started a new band : Bird Bear Hare and Fish. Not sure why they just didn't restart Galileo Galilei since they just have one more member. Their first show will be in May.
I wonder what kind of music they'll do, since Ozaki also started his solo project recently. Hoping it'll be close to GG circa 2011 tbh.
04 Limited Sazabys will release a new single, My HERO / 夕凪, on March 14. First time they have a song title written in Japanese.
The former members of Galileo Galilei started a new band : Bird Bear Hare and Fish. Not sure why they just didn't restart Galileo Galilei since they just have one more member. Their first show will be in May.
I wonder what kind of music they'll do, since Ozaki also started his solo project recently. Hoping it'll be close to GG circa 2011 tbh.
04 Limited Sazabys will release a new single, My HERO / 夕凪, on March 14. First time they have a song title written in Japanese.
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So, this thread is the only place I can share my passion project with:
I've been researching how to record LaserDiscs and VHS onto my PC for the primary reason of backing up old Japanese music I've accumulated over the years, mainly YMO and Chisato Moritaka. Going by Discogs, I have what I believe to be all of their disc and tape releases. No Betamax, sadly, not that crazy...
What got me started on this was the amount of low quality rips of stuff I already owned on YouTube. I figured I could be that guy that takes the time to make a proper archive and also use proper Japanese(I hope) in the title with English to make it easier to find. I finally found a decent composite capture card and fine-tuned upscaling without filling my hard drive in 5mins that doesn't compromise quality.
Right now, I'm testing the 1983 YMO 伝説(Legend) live LaserDisc. I've had success with directly feeding it into OBS and scaling in there. If I can find a cheap HDMI capture card, I may also try with an old DVDO scaler to 720p, then tweak afterwards. I'm still fine-tuning proper color and black levels. LaserDisc was incredibly finicky with that, especially when playing on modern monitors/TVs because of the color and black level format. I should have a sample to share next weekend if anyone is interested.
I've been researching how to record LaserDiscs and VHS onto my PC for the primary reason of backing up old Japanese music I've accumulated over the years, mainly YMO and Chisato Moritaka. Going by Discogs, I have what I believe to be all of their disc and tape releases. No Betamax, sadly, not that crazy...
What got me started on this was the amount of low quality rips of stuff I already owned on YouTube. I figured I could be that guy that takes the time to make a proper archive and also use proper Japanese(I hope) in the title with English to make it easier to find. I finally found a decent composite capture card and fine-tuned upscaling without filling my hard drive in 5mins that doesn't compromise quality.
Right now, I'm testing the 1983 YMO 伝説(Legend) live LaserDisc. I've had success with directly feeding it into OBS and scaling in there. If I can find a cheap HDMI capture card, I may also try with an old DVDO scaler to 720p, then tweak afterwards. I'm still fine-tuning proper color and black levels. LaserDisc was incredibly finicky with that, especially when playing on modern monitors/TVs because of the color and black level format. I should have a sample to share next weekend if anyone is interested.
The face of Nogizaka46, Ikoma, will graduate once they release the 20th single (not date yet)
Should be an interesting year for Nogizaka, I wonder if they'll start pushing 2nd and 3rd generation members in the senbatsu this year. They already had 3rd gen Oozono and Yoda as double centers for Nigemizu so I look forward to the formation of the 20th single.
Guessing she'll be the center to send her off like they did with Fukugawa and Hashimoto when they left.
Should be an interesting year for Nogizaka, I wonder if they'll start pushing 2nd and 3rd generation members in the senbatsu this year. They already had 3rd gen Oozono and Yoda as double centers for Nigemizu so I look forward to the formation of the 20th single.
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Never heard of her. Seems like someone who just graduated from TSM or something, but it's not bad. Just a big amateurish. She could end up making cool stuff in the future.
Damn. I really liked it until the vocals started. He doesn't sound very comfortable singing. His falsetto even sounds uncomfortable.
Damn. I really liked it until the vocals started. He doesn't sound very comfortable singing. His falsetto even sounds uncomfortable.
ONE OK ROCK are doing the song for the new Honda commercial (Taka is doing the narration), and they'll release it digitally on February 16
Sounds like a pretty neat poppy tune, can't wait to hear the full version.
androp are releasing a new full album on March 7, cocoon.
Sounds like a pretty neat poppy tune, can't wait to hear the full version.
androp are releasing a new full album on March 7, cocoon.
01. Prism
02. Arigato
03. Joker
04. Hanabi
05. Sorry
06. Catch Me
07. Sleepwalker
08. Kitakaze san
09. SOS! feat. Creepy Nuts
10. Proust
11. Ao
Oh shit, someone saw these flyers in the Saitama subway, looks like the telephones are coming back!
It's got their trademark mirror ball, the silhouettes are the same, and the date is Viva la Rock, big music festival held at the Saitama Super Arena. One of my favorite bands ever, looking forward to that!
It's got their trademark mirror ball, the silhouettes are the same, and the date is Viva la Rock, big music festival held at the Saitama Super Arena. One of my favorite bands ever, looking forward to that!
OK, if I understood that right, Sakanaction announced a new Best album AND a new album!!!!
https://natalie.mu/music/news/267820
Finally.
https://natalie.mu/music/news/267820
Finally.
Ichiro added that the album will be out this Spring so we won't have to wait that long
In other news, the Hiragana team of Keyakizaka46 will release an album this year. I wonder if this means they're building Hiragana Keyaki as their own thing, meaning Hiragana members will never join the main group.
In other news, the Hiragana team of Keyakizaka46 will release an album this year. I wonder if this means they're building Hiragana Keyaki as their own thing, meaning Hiragana members will never join the main group.
I don't follow idol groups, but they should have a romaji team, too.
They have the unofficial Katakana team with Tsuchida (one of the hosts of their show) and psychologist Amon-sensei
What's the story with the constantly changing guitarist of Fear and Loathing, and why is he often times non-Japanese?
Hahahahaha! No way! He had me fooled, especially when he dons the sunglasses and pretends to be a white dude.
That's awesome. I'm not really into that band, but I have newfound respect for that guy. Ever seen interviews with him about why he does it? I would bet he's quite funny.
Oh, it's even on the wiki.
- Taiki（Gt／Cho／Clean Vo）
They are なんちゃらラスベガス from now on.
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Some tracklist details and release date of Perfume's new single "Mugenmirai"
http://www.perfume-web.jp/eng/news/individual.php?id=27
http://www.perfume-web.jp/eng/news/individual.php?id=27
Tricot's albums THE and AND are getting vinyl releases via Topshelf Records! Also some cool shirts:
http://www.topshelfrecords.com/rost...emiere&utm_medium=email&utm_source=limitedrun
http://www.topshelfrecords.com/rost...emiere&utm_medium=email&utm_source=limitedrun
That AND shirt is kinda lazy but I dig the THE one.
Do I need a second vinyl copy of these? But coloured vinyl...
