So there wasn't a specific thread about this genre here yet. (Actually there was one but it was linked to anime intros which is pretty restrictive, and also the other existing pop thread seem to be spammed with american pop which is totally different from j-pop but anyway...) Anyone else here likes thisawesome genre?
Feel free to discuss, curse, complain, tell how horrid you think it is and all and more importantly feel free to recommend stuff here =]
Sounds good! T H E has become one of my favorite albums of the decade (well, in the top 50 anyway), and although I don't think the following albums are quite as good, they're always very reliable.
Hi. There's a new release out there called Space Ninjas From Hell by Victorius. It's cheesy power metal, but it seems Naruto inspired. Since I heard this I couldn't help but think that a lot of anime OPs are inspired by metal anyway, and that I'd rather listen to those.
I randomly recall Saint Seiya's OP today, so here it is:
and also what I think is the plagiarized version from the band Onmyo-Za (Soukoku #7 off Kongo Kyuubi)
(that's for the random japanese+metal related thoughts of today)
Oh yeah, KKB is back to pop instead of their generic rock phase. This single kinda sounds like Yakushimaru Etsuko. I could do with a bit more silly bubblegum bops like in the first albums tho
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
Oh yeah, KKB is back to pop instead of their generic rock phase. This single kinda sounds like Yakushimaru Etsuko. I could do with a bit more silly bubblegum bops like in the first albums tho
generic rock phase? The last album was great too wasn't it?
Oh yeah, KKB is back to pop instead of their generic rock phase. This single kinda sounds like Yakushimaru Etsuko. I could do with a bit more silly bubblegum bops like in the first albums tho
generic rock phase? The last album was great too wasn't it?
Not as great as bubblegum bass
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
Well actually the production is one of the main appeal of Japanese music for me. Most of 80s or 70s sound incredibly fresh. All instruments have their shining part, everything is efficient and well round, it's vibing, grooving, still sounds light in a good way.
That's why I'm often trashing the modern prod, we clearly lost something important since.
Omg, Capsule is remastering Fruits Clipper. And Yasutaka Nakata (Perfume, Kyary pamyu pamyu, Coltemonikha etc) is the producer. Apparently there is gonna be a debut stream in 15 hours. Whatever that is.
From the single tracks, I guess it sounds pretty much like old Perfume, which is really good:
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
The previous vocalist got replaced by Utaha
When I heard about it I got scared, because in my mind Suiyoubi No Campanella was about KOMI singing and rapping skills. But the new vocalist does a great job and the songs sound as exotic and ethereal as always. The rapping on the 2nd song doesn't even sound japanese, kinda feels like thai or something somehow. It turns out this project is much more than a single person after all
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"Aah! The cat turned into a cat!"
- Reimu Hakurei
There's something deeply disturbing about this, and I'm on the fence about whether it's a good thing. Reminds me of that SNL sketch, J-Pop America Fun Time Now! (which I imagine is deliberate).