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Japanese Music (Pop, rock and all 'dat) |OT|

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Kurita

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faridmon said:
oh, fair enough. I should have looked closely.

But also, Jrock is not big in Europe, so an AKFG should not be more expensive than say The Vaccines or Kreator.
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I don't who they are so I can't compare.

But you said that you saw Girugamesh and Suga Shikao.
The prices of these shows are almost the same as AKFG's one (actually, Suga Shikao is more expensive) and AKFG is without a doubt way more popular, even in Europe, so...
Really, the price didn't shock me at all. I would have bought a ticket even if it was more expensive anyway so... :lol

Anyway, bought the telephnones's latest album.
Really cool, not as good as Rock Kingdom but still enjoyable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keF5SXSKRjc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOGOLQmAVGo

Also listened to NICO Touches The Walls's new album which is really solid.
The singles were great so I was not worried about the quality of this album. Highly recommend it.
http://jpopsuki.tv/video/NICO-Touches-the-Walls---Mr-ECHO/423fd8e8d0e8485a2ff842a27cb5d3da
http://jpopsuki.tv/video/NICO-Touches-the-Walls---Chain-Reaction/7678ee0b1f5f6d07e4ab721beecb38a1
http://jpopsuki.tv/video/NICO-Touches-the-Walls---Yume-Ichi-Gou/1aac55b3a691a1179e6e8f8a0919a059
http://jpopsuki.tv/video/NICO-Touch...ai-Sankakkei/61b4057a18915ad3fcbb014df0423f31
 
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faridmon

Member
Kurita said:
I don't who they are so I can't compare.

But you said that you saw Girugamesh and Suga Shikao.
The prices of these shows are almost the same as AKFG's one (actually, Suga Shikao is more expensive) and AKFG is without a doubt way more popular, even in Europe, so...
Really, the price didn't shock me at all. I would have bought a ticket even if it was more expensive anyway so... :lol
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First, Idid misunderstood the currency so that was my bad. But What I am saying is that 25 Euros is not really that cheap when you keep in mind that J-rock is not that big and its not certainly doesn't compare to many who are on the same ballpark. I honestly don't think Asian KungFu Generation is popular is Europe. Didn't the Album they released for Western market flop really badly? MUSIC, at least sold gangbusters, so I assume that Visual Key have some market as opposed to Jrock.

And the Vaccines is really big!

Infinite said:
Probably a relatively expensive venue they're performing at.
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Yeah, that is probably what causes the price, but again, they should maximize their income if they know that they have some small dedication fanbase in Europe. Its creativity not cheap, but its understandable
[spoile
 
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faridmon

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I am going to see Bo Ningen tonight by the way. Its sold but I got into the VIP list because a friend of mine have a contact with the manager. Maybe, I will chat them up and see what they are up .

I AM BLOODY STOKED!
 
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SolidSnakex

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Peru said:
New Perfume PV is out! http://youtu.be/iQfI7UHtp8k

If anyone finds an HD version linkety link.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aMtKfALcXQ

It probably won't last too long

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vulva

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If anyone here can read japanese, could you help me out? I'm trying to figure out where I'll be able to order this album from, but I can't quite tell since google translate only does so much. Is it an in-store only release?

http://akaiko-en.com/home/
 
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JEKKI

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Kurita said:
Been addicted to Tamaki Roy lately, a great Japanese rap artist :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGpseYkPza8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87IJJnTxfbg
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I mentioned Tamaki ROY earlier!! yes!! he is awesome!!

I saw his new record at Tower in Shibuya when I was there and got really excited to get home and listen to it!!!

it's available on amazon mp3 for $10 for those of u guys interested!!

matter of fact, all of his records are available there! (on itunes too!)

you really cant go wrong with any of them!
 
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Kurita

Member
JEKKI said:
I mentioned Tamaki ROY earlier!! yes!! he is awesome!!

I saw his new record at Tower in Shibuya when I was there and got really excited to get home and listen to it!!!

it's available on amazon mp3 for $10 for those of u guys interested!!

matter of fact, all of his records are available there! (on itunes too!)

you really cant go wrong with any of them!
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Yeah I bought his new album on Amazon. Really great stuff.
 
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faridmon

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Asian Kung-fu Generation is coming to London on the 31st, and I am wondering if I should go. I haven't listen to their stuff since Sol-fa and I doubt they will play any of that stuff since its almost 10 year old. I could for new experience, but Alas, I am not sure if I want to shell out 18 quids for that...
 
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FloppyDelux

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fly high ~ayunite~

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Ichiro on Sakanaction's international fanbase.

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“I hope foreign listeners can persevere with Japanese music,” laughs bespectacled musician Ichiro Yamaguchi. “Sure, there’s a lot of crap music here, but there’s a lot of good stuff, too. Intelligent music is in the minority now, but I believe it will become mainstream in the future.”

LOL, he must be talking about them idols.
 
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Infinite

Member
fly high ~ayunite~ said:
Ichiro on Sakanaction's international fanbase.

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“I hope foreign listeners can persevere with Japanese music,” laughs bespectacled musician Ichiro Yamaguchi. “Sure, there’s a lot of crap music here, but there’s a lot of good stuff, too. Intelligent music is in the minority now, but I believe it will become mainstream in the future.”

LOL, he must be talking about them idols.
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That sounds quite pretentious of him.
 
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Infinite

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faridmon said:
What do you expect. He doesn't even let the other band members to be in the Music Videos with him, Lol

Love the dude though. Proper hipster and doesn't even hide it!
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I mean, I respect him saying we write good music but he's basically saying "we're the shit" at the expense of shitting on his peers. You don't hear this stuff from a lot of Japanese musicians either. I don't hate him for it however
 
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faridmon

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Infinite said:
I mean, I respect him saying we write good music but he's basically saying "we're the shit" at the expense of shitting on his peers. You don't hear this stuff from a lot of Japanese musicians either. I don't hate him for it however
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Like I said, I am not really surprised he said that. In fact I am actually more shocked that it took him this long to say this. Ichiro is well known arrogant, authoritarian presumptions person. He even look down on his band members, let alone other people.
His pompous attitude can be seen more clearly in their latest album actually. Its quite mellow and try to tap more into a more experimentational route and tries too hard to be this post-pop styled music.
 
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Infinite

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faridmon said:
Like I said, I am not really surprised he said that. In fact I am actually more shocked that it took him this long to say this. Ichiro is well known arrogant, authoritarian presumptions person. He even look down on his band members, let alone other people.
His pompous attitude can be seen more clearly in their latest album actually. Its quite mellow and try to tap more into a more experimentational route and tries too hard to be this post-pop styled music.
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That actually drives me towards listening to it tbh
 
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SolidSnakex

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That's not too surprising. It's a...shocking choice to be honest. They're quite different from other idol groups, but they're still extremely poppy. Earlier this week they were performing at a children's zoo, and now they're going to end the week by performing at Ozzfest.
 
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Peru

Member
SolidSnakex said:
That's not too surprising. It's a...shocking choice to be honest. They're quite different from other idol groups, but they're still extremely poppy. Earlier this week they were performing at a children's zoo, and now they're going to end the week by performing at Ozzfest.
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The wonder of MomoClo.

And it's today, so we'll see soon.
 
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