doombox

True, I wouldn't have been surprised if they were just moving on without or replacing U, but the other members leaving is unexpected. 

Yeah..but I kind of suspected it.
A bit surprised by the other members leaving though.

Couldn't care less about the music, but I'm totally here for the dude whose channeling Anna-Varney.

I THOUGHT THAT LOOKED FAMILIAR!! I love the look too. 
 
I really hope that preview ended right before a vicious breakdown happened. I need this song to get heavier. 

imagine being so salty about having your fantasy land ideas exposed as falsehoods that you try to take down an entire forum

You know what else is fun? I.P. Bans!

The 1st half was blah but the chorus, breakdown, and everything else was good.
 
LOL Yume rolling up that phat joint had me crying xD
 

It here

this sounds freaking light years ahead of anything BORN/Sadie ever did. fuck, MBHI guys never disappoint

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So here you go with the translation =3
sorry I took so long, because i was so tired during the weekend >_<
 
First of all, I am sorry that it came to this announcement.
 
what concerns killaneth that suddenly...
I think no one can really accept reality
 
the announcement status is:
from last year on the 29th of October we started,
we stop that soon with not even a year (of activity)
 
I think, cause of it was too shortlived I also feel misarable.
 
I think that there is still some way for a bright future for this band.
 
I am still guitarist who wrote the songs for this band.
 
We/I cannot accept the fact that we're breaking up yet but
I think it is a breakup because we the members have been these 4 people
Also If I am wrong, would you please so kind to hold on a little longer.
 
 
 
but....
 
 
if it hadn't been for the 4 of us,
we wouldn't have been able to call it such a cool band.
 
If someone is missing we'd break up, that was decided from the start on
 
we were a band with such an image!
 
Therefore I don't think, that I have to regret our meeting, and this almost a year (of being active) was also not at all an useless time.
 
 
Seraph. and Apocrypha are what was left behind in this world
and I think, that nothing more than meeting all of the fans, made me happy.
although we should have had nothing but hopes
 
I think that, nothing is lost, that now is no way to regret, but
a personal feeling whispers, that we have to to run swiftly until the end.
 
Thus from here on it is my own matter (my own point of view), but...
I'm seriously anxious/insecure about whether I'll be able to make/have a band that is even better than Killaneth
 
Also if i can't promise and affirm that we/I will come back on stage,
The stories/conversations we/I've received so far and those that might be yet to come I/we/ will compare and then considerate
 
I think, if regrets and so on are left over, because thing are left undone, I want to die.
 
Also if it was for a short time, thank you so much for having interest in Killaneth.
With only that much left, please remember us/ best regards.
Nihit
 
translated with the dear help of my best friend Otouri <3 (thank you so much)

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| From Beehives to Water Lillies 
 
 

 
illion, is the solo project of RADWIMPS' Yojiro Noda, released his first album Ubu on February 25th 2013 in the UK through Warner Brothers Records. Since the debut of illion, the 2nd awaited album finally surfaced nearly three years later on October 12th 2016. Three years is a lot of time for a musician to grow and learn about their taste when it comes to musical composition. P.Y.L reflects change while staying true to the sound illion represents. 
 
This album resembles remnants of Ubu.  "Told U So" falls along the same feeling as "BEEHIVE", though that doesn't go to say it doesn't sound new and unique, they're two completely different songs. Both offer complex rhythms (clapping, synths etc), but "Told U So" contains more depth with electronics which makes it feel emotionally heavier. "Water Lily", which was released prior to P.Y.L as a single, has a completely fresh sound. Drifting, or floating is the best word to describe what "Water Lily"  should physically feel like. There's a special type of contrast between the echoing synths, the light strum of guitar, and distorted base that carries Yojiro's flowing vocals. The bar was set high for P.Y.L with such a teaser. There is an interactive site here with vibrant and abstract visuals to compliment the aura of this song, where viewers have the opportunity to manipulate the fade in and outs of the song while utilizing the colors and images spread out through the screen.
 
"Highlight (feat. 5lack)" has to be the strangest addition. The beginning sounds extremely relevant to the flow of the album and sticks to the sound illion promotes but it shifts about halfway through when a rap lays over a very sluggish instrumental. This track was also released before the full album just after "Water Lily", but it sounds disjointed from the overall picture P.Y.L should create. A change in musical direction really shines in "85", "P.Y.L", and "Wander Lust". All three introduce unpredictable synth techniques that wouldn't be expected from Yojiro. "85" essentially sounds like something right out of Tron or Outer Space. The combination of soft vocals, an 8-bit bass line, and an 80's synth drum beat makes this the most unique track on the entire album. "P.Y.L" and "Wander Lust" are very similar in a sense that they have distorted synths that sound broken,  like when something goes in and out of frequency causing an echo and static. Both have powerful vocal melodies to accompany their peculiar usage of distortion. 
 
"Miracle" deserves it's own category for having a very smooth and jazzy vocal melody with a very waltz-y piano instrumental. It's the first of eleven songs and works not only as a great opener but a smooth transition from illion's previous album UBU. There's a singer-songwriter section to this release as well. "Dream Play Sick", "Ace", and "Strobo" use orchestral instruments and progress with a very melancholic feel. "Strobo" combines harp in a circular pattern while the piano reinforces the beat with a few chords here and there making the vocal melody the center of attention. The most emotionally heavy is "Ace" which is prominently piano. It's a very simple track, but the whisper-y vocals are chilling and almost haunting. "Dream Play Sick" is a little more playful with phrase pauses and is mainly guitar and vocals for the most part in the beginning (give or take a few claps, static, disjointed violin and layered choppy vocals that resemble some of the techniques used in "MAHOROBA" from UBU). 
 
Overall this album went above and beyond new material. Yojiro Noda really explored and reached a new level with this release even if a few tracks didn't hit home. "Highlight (feat 5lack)" is the weakest but it's forgivable with songs like "85", "P.Y.L", "Water Lily", and "Told U So" that just hit the ball in to a whole other ball park. 
 
 
Support the artist!
 
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i just saw this thread in the recent activity box so let me drop a few of my favorite links
 
http://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/
weblio's example translation corpus is highly underrated and i use it all the time for professional translation work because it has examples from daily conversation, business emails, novels, history books, contracts and law, etc etc. you can input English or Japanese, so if you need to know how something is expressed in Japanese or don't understand the meaning of a Japanese construction, try pasting it here and see how it's been translated by others. i started using this when i did shitty 12012 blog translations and i never looked back

http://jn2et.com/JLPT.html
if you're studying at an intermediate+ level you might find that Japanese explanations of grammar constructions are much more useful for understanding the minutiae between similar constructions, i used this one a fair bit in conjunction with jgram.org & japanesetest4you.com.
 
http://nihongo-e-na.com/jpn/
http://nihongo-e-na.com/eng/
a good ass portal site for Japanese learner resources

to close and as a semi-introduction, hi, i do freelance jp>en translation and i just completed a "high level" japanese course at Nagoya University.
i'm definitely not a master and still have plenty to learn myself but if there's questions feel free to post them there and i'll see if any texts i have can provide a satisfying answer -- i'm sure other learners will happily pool their resources too.
i'm pretty good at バンギャ用語 too if you're trying to read naughty messages about bandmen in forbidden message boards, so if you have questions about that i'm happy to help here or via PM lol
9月に名古屋大学でいわゆる上級日本語コースを修了したのですが、
ご質問などありましたらそのコースの資料などを使って答えるように頑張ります♪

The Japanese Language Learning/Support Thread!

 
 
I was talking with @itsukoii and @togz, and we all agreed that it would be beneficial to have a thread like this on MH. I'm not personally studying the language at the moment, but  I know many of the users here are, or at least have an interest in doing so.  So I figured we could all pull together as a community and help support each other in this common goal! So if you have any Japanese language learning resources or recommendations that you'd like to share, please post them here and I'll add them to this first post. Feel free to use this thread for questions and discussion related to Japanese language learning as well. However, DO NOT use this thread for translation requests.  Also if you'd like to team up with your fellow Monochromians to form a study group or something along those lines, that's also welcome! Let's support each other. Yoroshiku!
 
(just gonna tag a few people. Maybe you guys can provide some resources or words for people just learning the language or who've already begun their journey? Just to kinda get this thread off the ground. Every little bit helps!  @hiroki, @Hakoniwa, @plastic_rainbow, @doombox, @Peace Heavy mk II, @WhirlingBlack.

What? He always looks good. You take that back right meow.  

@chemicalpicturesOh so glad you liked them! I have both of their previous albums so if you have a hard time tracking them down (idk if the links here are still active) just let me know.  Also I always appreciate you repping DOF in your recommendations. This song gives me some old school early 00s vibes but I can't put my finger on who exactly it reminds me of. Maybe Akihabara Shounendan Dennou Romeo???