Seraphinne

The new album can be bought at the following events.

26th Nov :At [Carmilla's Garden] (Japan)
02th Dec:At Naumburg (Germany)
04th Dec:At Berlin (Germany)

A QR code was posted on their Facebook or Instagram the other day. Following it led to a URL containing 'Isochronous' which is labeled as Rough in the file name. So grab it before it gets pulled!
 
http://ex-ans.com/exex/ex.shtml

http://ex-ans.com/exex/isochronous_Rough.mp3

 

First CD VAMHAUS will be released on Nov.23
 

Limited Express (has gone?) will release their 5th album on October 12th, 2016!
 

 
Limited Express (has gone?) 
5th album『ALL AGES』 
発売日：2016年10月12日(水) 
品番：ch-158 
税抜価格：2000円＋税 
発売元：LessThanTV 
販売元：PCI MUSIC 

＜TRACKLIST＞ 
1. NO MEAN 
2. MOTHER FUCKER 
3. インダストリア 
4. それはずるい 
5. This world is too small for me 
6. ギャーギャー騒げ 
7. Good night kids 
8. Looking for INSPIRATION 
9. Discommunication 
10. PSYCHO ME 
11. METEO DAYDREAM 
 
 
http://www.limited-ex.com/

First CD VAMHAUS will be released on Nov.23
 

First CD VAMHAUS will be released on Nov.23
 

First CD VAMHAUS will be released on Nov.23
 

First CD VAMHAUS will be released on Nov.23
 

Band leader Hiroshi Sasabuchi started CQ from the ashes of Tokyo Shoegazer after that band's singer left, possibly to go back to her main gig as vocalist / band leader of Presence of Soul. Tokyo Shoegazer's guitarist Kiyomi Watanabe and Yoshitaka Sugahara (also in Presence of Soul) came along for the ride to CQ.  Jun Shibuya ex vocalist of the great indie shoegaze band honeydip (and later tron) joined as vocalist of CQ after providing guest vocals for Tokyo Shoegazer on a compilation album after their first vocalist left before turning into CQ.

CQ  recorded an album 'What a Wonderful World' in 2014 but only released 300 copies as CD-R's at live shows and very briefly on the vinyl junkie website. They then released the EP 'What a Cruel World' later that year which promptly sold out due to their being only 300 copies again.  At the end of 2014, the first bassist Ooba Wako left the band. (https://www.monochrome-heaven.com/topic/32413-cq-ba大場和香ooba-wako-will-depart-new-lp-what-a-wonderful-worlds-end-release/)

In 2015 'What a Wonderful World' was released again as 'What a Wonderful World's End' with 3 new songs which was properly released as a CD/vinyl combo with a larger press run and sold directly from the vinyl junkie website. 'What a Cruel World's End' was released at the same time featuring live versions of the same songs on the EP from the previous year. 

Later in 2015 they released one more EP 'From Dusk til Dawn' EP that was only sold at their live shows. In early 2016 they announced that all of the available albums would not be repressed or sold again at vinyl junkie or at their live shows once they sold out. In summer of 2016 they released a collaborative single with some Japanese comedian singer-guy. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01KuKC8qPjQ)
 
With no formal mention at all, original bassist Ooba Wako is listed as being a band member on the official website, vinyl junkie page and also her own twitter: https://twitter.com/wakowass

Their official website used to be somewhat informative but the refresh for the 2nd album stripped away all mention of the old releases as per the norm of bands wanting to erase their past for no good reason. A few other live clips that the band officially uploaded to youtube were subsequently removed too.
http://www.cq-band-jp.com/

Instead the vinyl junkie website has more information about the band:
http://vinyl-junkie.com/label/cq/?special=Discography

Here's an article in English from last year:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/04/03/music/cq-will-take-worlds-end/#.V-wqWZN95mA

CQ will release a new album: Communication,Cultural,Curiosity Quotient. Release date is on Nov. 2nd. Album will be released by VINYL JUNKIE RECORDINGS. (￥2,593)
 

 
1.Disco Crimson
2.Primal
3.Strummer
4.Romance
5.Alien vs
6.Bradley Goes To Summer's End
7.Last Song
8.Discord
 

You can get this song on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/id1157850626
 
CQ are Vocal.Guitar Jun Shibuya Guitar Kiyomi Watanabe Guitar Yoshitaka Sugahara Bass Wako Ohba Drums Hiroshi Sasabuchi

http://www.cq-band-jp.com/

CQ will release a new album: Communication,Cultural,Curiosity Quotient. Release date is on Nov. 2nd. Album will be released by VINYL JUNKIE RECORDINGS. (￥2,593)
 

 
1.Disco Crimson
2.Primal
3.Strummer
4.Romance
5.Alien vs
6.Bradley Goes To Summer's End
7.Last Song
8.Discord
 

You can get this song on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/id1157850626
 
CQ are Vocal.Guitar Jun Shibuya Guitar Kiyomi Watanabe Guitar Yoshitaka Sugahara Bass Wako Ohba Drums Hiroshi Sasabuchi

http://www.cq-band-jp.com/

This is a longer promo than what Jigsaw9 posted.
 

This is kinda funny because Shin seems to be really annoyed (he does have good ties with Hitoki though as indicated by most tweets) there, lol.
 
Also, in regards to whatever happened during Feminism songwriting (!) AND recording phase:
 
1) Most critic info tidbits and wiki articles just state that Feminism recordings just took place "around 1995" - even though most songs have been already planned to play during lives right at the beginning of Cruel touring! (November-December-ish of 1994!). So this heavily Kiyoharu-biased information assumes that even songs happened to be crafted in the matter of 2-3 months they had left after Shin's departure! So by logical means and sensible graphic of usual 90s pop/rock recordings in Japan, they merely had time to work on a few completely new songs and just refinement of already finished recordings (additional frills, mastering).  There was one article on SHOXX or some relevant vk magazine back in very early 1995 (January-ish?) when Shin was still in the team, and while discussing their final tour for "Cruel", they already pointed out that there was a "batch of songs" ready and that was Shin's remark! I might be too quick to jump into assumptions but for the most part Shin always had the lead in Kuroyume (main songwriter, the actual definer of their VK style) and hence him being the "main man in charge" of the process. 
 
Let's take a look at one of those songlists off their last Cruel tour, shal l we?
 
 
source: their wiki which on the other hand was based on magazine reports of their Cruel tour (there was some livejournal mag scan page dedicated to Kiyoharu and similar figures of mid-90s and earlier periods but I will update this once I find it)
 
But even so, back to the recording revelations - based on my findings off those scans (I will provide the link once I find it), the "main focus" - i.e. feminism-themed products by Hitoki and Kiyoharu were in fact those directions which were mutually decided in cooperation with its producer, Masahide Sakuma (?) ! "Shiro to Kuro", "Silhouette" and the last song were noted recordings by Kiyoharu during POST-SHIN INTERVIEWS (around early spring of 1995?), whereas Hitoki was responsible for creating songs akin to "Kamakiri" during the same period - so why no mentions about other tracks though? Because actual process for Feminism was more of the collage, which extended to the late autumn of 1994!
 
http://www.livefans.jp/events/354752
 
Here you could see the first mention of "Kuchidzuke", which would be initially thought as something totally off Kuroyume's usual flairs but it's not really far off if you remember Shin-approved efforts like "Ishi Hakujaku" (what was initially the transition song for Kuroyume's RoS tour "MCs" as envisioned by Hitoki AND Shin from melodic point of view - see: RoS tour VHSes). Also, if we believe the "close voices" and Shin himself when it comes to his own facebook feeds - he "approved" efforts that were still rooted in Cruel-era stylistics! That also involved "Kaitou Jikken" which aside from being unusually industrial adopted abrasive, almost disturbing flairs Kuroyume has been always known for.
 
So that being said - we have:
 
Gossip
Miss Moonlight (which was described to be very Shin-oriented!)
Yasashii Higeki (the only bit of Shin left in the final recording was his solo - this was confirmed by Hitoki since he admitted that "he would never succeed in doing Shin's things")
Kuchidzuke (oddly enough debuted during the halfway of Cruel touring? Hmmm)
Feminism (another "typical visual kei" effort)
Kaitou Jikken (one of the very first songs planned for recording around January of 1995 if we have to be exact about months)
 
Yet to be questioned:
 
Love Song (then again, no specific remarks have been made about this song while pinpointing Feminism's theme @interviews!)
Kamakiri (strongly influenced by earlier efforts like "Sick" which may not be really  in touch with what kind of theme both Hitoki and Kiyoharu promoted on Feminism)
 
So that makes 7 songs (since "gossip" is a b-side) which we need to inspect when it's about fairness and correctness of credit sharing between these two - or THREE in this case since Japanese media has been always playing nice games on Kiyoharu instead rather than his band fellows. Go figure.
 
tl;dr this "sudden" transition phase is more than enough to cast second thoughts on anything Kiyoharu when they were quickly eager to drop the visual act and achieve mainstream attraction of mid-90s trends.  You may sense newly-awakened Shin bias right here but reasons I defined above are more than enough when it comes to justifying my siding. This guy deserves more than all that crap for being "just another background guy".
 
I know that most Kuroyume fans here are really worried about preemptive doom for Kiyoharu's spotlight career but think of his faults - shouldn't he finally realize that his multifaceted project selfishness has just given him a very bitchy image among adequate and understanding critic circles?
 
Here's hoping that he realizes this karma  but otherwise:

 
*EDIT: so the scans in question can be found in kuroyumescans@tumblr and jrock scans@livejournal. Mind the era (10.1994-02/03.1995) for wider scope of band's own words. Oh, and Morgianasama@livejournal provided other mags for those live reports so google her out!
 
 

Back in June Nana Kitade, widely known for singing the FMA ending among several other anime songs and vocalist of the indie band THE TEENAGE KISSERS, announced that she would resume activities after seven years as a solo artist. On 2016/9/19 she organized a night event "Bad Grrrls' Night Out #1" with Hanae as a guest, which was held at Shibuya Clubasia, Tokyo and performed old songs as well as new songs. Her new single called "Bad Babe's Dreamer/Isolation" was sold there for live-limited only. However, it is currently available at her official store, but only shipped within Japan (sadly). Previews of her new songs can be heard from a short collaboration film she did with Kanae Higashi, a fashion/costume artist.
 

 
 
I don't know how many people here follow Nana Kitade so I didn't feel like there was a need to start a topic until there were actual previews.
Nana is a beautiful person and I love her voice, but I really hope she keeps her grunge rock style that was so prominent in TTAK. I can dig that second song though. Other than that, I LOVE her new aesthetic.

For a limited time you can freely download the song on soundcloud.
Https://Soundcloud.Com/diwproducts/foxpill-cult-new-album-homo-demens-man-1019-on-sale/s-fKJOw

More info: http://diskunion.net/diw/ct/news/article/1/61839

For a limited time you can freely download the song on soundcloud.
Https://Soundcloud.Com/diwproducts/foxpill-cult-new-album-homo-demens-man-1019-on-sale/s-fKJOw

More info: http://diskunion.net/diw/ct/news/article/1/61839

Fixed that for you.

This video just came online.
 

This video just came online.
 

This is a longer promo than what Jigsaw9 posted.
 

This is a longer promo than what Jigsaw9 posted.
 

Dr.&Vo. ナヲ (Nao) has given birth to a baby girl on September 9 ♥

 
http://www.maximumthehormone.jp/news.html

how about
 
yasssss

Versailles is coming back... to Europe!
 
 

I will be there in Amsterdam!