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Special Box Set (10800yen) will include CD+BLU-RAY+PHOTOBOOK
Special Box Set (10800yen) will include CD+DVD+PHOTOBOOK
Limited edition (8640yen) will include CD+BLU-RAY
Limited edition (8640yen) will include CD+DVD
Regular edition (3240yen) will include CD
 
 

In translations of Tetsu's biography he speaks in detail about how during the whole Sakura incident, he pushed the band forward and some other band members didn't agree with his decisions (pushing forward, pushing out Sakura etc).

Being that there was only two other members he was referring to, it seems Hyde and/or Ken didn't like the way Tetsu handled the whole thing. As much as I like those early albums, I think most fans would agree that Tetsu's decisions leading to that grueling recording / touring period between 1997 and 2000 yielded some of the band's best work so he made the right moves in hindsight.

Ken also started a band with Sakura, so you know their still on good terms. And Hyde's has had Sakura or Ken at his events. So the only person really not partaking in the other's activities is Tetsu.

Also, in that same biography, Tetsu explained how Hyde wanted to quit the band during that post-Real hiatus.

So yeah, they're just in it for the money via the one or two Tokyo Dome shows they do every year or two.

Yeah, it really makes you feel for guys like Pata and Heath who literally make nothing off X, since they don't have songwriting credits, and only ever  earn a few bucks when they perform live which is seldom these days. Poor guys are slumming it while Yo$hiki is doing what he does best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dANEgcvex0A
YOSHIKI will conduct a masterclass at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami Thursday, June 27th. A limited number of free tickets are available for the live masterclass, and fans will be able to view the presentation across the world on Yoshiki Channel and the Frost School’s Facebook and YouTube. Tickets for the event are free and can be reserved at https://yoshiki-masterclass.eventbrite.com/
 
YOSHIKI will also be donating 150K.

In translations of Tetsu's biography he speaks in detail about how during the whole Sakura incident, he pushed the band forward and some other band members didn't agree with his decisions (pushing forward, pushing out Sakura etc).

Being that there was only two other members he was referring to, it seems Hyde and/or Ken didn't like the way Tetsu handled the whole thing. As much as I like those early albums, I think most fans would agree that Tetsu's decisions leading to that grueling recording / touring period between 1997 and 2000 yielded some of the band's best work so he made the right moves in hindsight.

Ken also started a band with Sakura, so you know their still on good terms. And Hyde's has had Sakura or Ken at his events. So the only person really not partaking in the other's activities is Tetsu.

Also, in that same biography, Tetsu explained how Hyde wanted to quit the band during that post-Real hiatus.

So yeah, they're just in it for the money via the one or two Tokyo Dome shows they do every year or two.

Dear Yoshiki, here I gift you the new X album cover, so you can release it. IT'S FOR FREE! No need to thank me. xoxo
 

yoshiki doing just about anything (besides releasing that album) to stay relevant in these trying times
 

To cap off their 25th anniversary celebrations, cali≠gari is releasing a new EP titled "この雨に撃たれて" (Kono ame ni utarete) on 2019/08/28. It will have the theme of "rain trilogy", i.e. the songs will be connected to rain. Except for the title track, the rest will be previously released songs but in newly recorded versions. Interesting tidbit, the EP will be released under Victor Entertainment.
 
The release will come in two types: 2CD "Yuudachi-ban" edition and CD+DVD "Akisame-ban" edition.
 
夕立盤 (Yuudachi-ban) tracklist:
【Disc-1】cali≠gari "Rain Trilogy" new recordings
M1. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete)
M2. 冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame)
M3. 続、冷たい雨 (Zoku, tsumetai ame)
M4. 冷たい雨～続、冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame ～ Zoku, tsumetai ame)
【特典】特別教材1週間でマスター！ボーカリスト養成講座
課題／M5.この雨に撃たれて　自由曲／M6.冷たい雨　M7.続、冷たい雨
(I have no idea what this last part is, something about teaching vocals? Maybe karaoke versions of the songs?)
 
【Disc-2】10-Rebuild- (remixed and re-recorded version of the "10" album that was released 10 years ago)
M1. ママゴトセンター
M2. マッキーナ
M3. 偶然嵐
M4. -踏-
M5. ハラショー！めくるめく倒錯
M6. 月光ドライブ
M7. 飛蝗者読誦
M8. 混沌の猿
M9. シャ.ナ.ナ
M10. スクールゾーン
M11. 電気睡蓮
 
秋雨盤 (Akisame-ban) tracklist:
【Disc-1】cali≠gari "Rain Trilogy" new recordings
M1. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete)
M2. 冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame)
M3. 続、冷たい雨 (Zoku, tsumetai ame)
M4. 冷たい雨～続、冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame ～ Zoku, tsumetai ame)
M5. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) (in-store BGM short ver.)
M6. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) (in-store BGM long ver.)
【Disc-2】映像集
※“この雨に撃たれて”に関する様々な映像の予定です。乞うご期待！
(I guess this will be music video(s) or compilation of images connected to the title track?)
 

An outside producer eh? And a big name producer too?
I haven't really listened to Lillywhite's work outside of an occasional U2 song in passing but isn't he one of those producer's whose touch is virtually invisible? Someone who helps the band get the best version of themselves out there like Rick Rubin? If so, will he really  be able to add much to LS during the band's album making process? Does the band even have a process anymore or has it just members sending each other demos back and forth?
Would Lillywhite even be sitting in during sessions or just giving pointers remotely?

No matter the results, I guess you could at least say Luna Sea is trying to spice up the marriage. It's more than could be said about other bands of their vintage.

 

https://natalie.mu/music/news/333445
 
Google translate:
 
 
 

Zigzo is celebrating their 20th anniversary with a tour throughout the year and an upcoming fan-voted best-of album to be released on July 1st - 20 years to the day when their first single 'Chi to Ase to Namida no uragawa happy' was released.

The top 12 songs will be re-recorded and a new song will be added.
The songs voted by the fans are:

1. Sleep
2. Chelsea
3. everlast
4. fukai mori ni ita
5. mou 2doto aenai kime he
6. Chi to Ase to Namida no uragawa happy
7. tonight, i will fall
8. white, daydream
9. Fashion Monster 2
10. warau tsuki
11. my problems
12. nani kara nani made


More info here:

2019年7月1日(月)発売！！
ファン投票による
ZIGZO BEST ALBUM
（ ベスト12リテイク + 新曲1曲）

http://zigzo.net/book/
http://zigzo.net/zigzo_best/

And, I'm quite happy with final selection as I personally voted for 5 or 6 of those tracks myself. I'm surprised fukai mori and mou 2doto came up at the top as those are some of my favorites after sleep.


 

I lived in New York my entire life up until a few years ago - since then I've missed so many J-rock / Vkei shows that took place there but the one that stings most is Morrie performing at those small intimate spaces.
And now Kiyoharu doing his Elegy act alongside him!
I was just listening to light / shade / elegy yesterday too.  ~_~

Didn't know it was meant as a Julie song first. I actually grabbed the album Miscast with Senaka made... a while back but never gave the whole thing a proper listen.
Jumping around on youtube, I've heard Sawada's 70s output which sounds very 70s-ish to my ears. Senaka made... feels like a detour from his earlier style. I'll have to check him out some more. Thanks for the heads-up!

I think it's more linked to the mondial decrease of the physical media market and closing of many physical shop (amazon giving the deathblow) than a mere VK endemic thing (Japan lasted very long, in Italy the "music shop apocalypse" started more than a decade ago and it already got to the point that big chains too closed part of their stores), VK scene being small and losing in popularity makes it so VK specialized stores are among the first ones bearing the brunt of it, but it's not the sole cause.
 
Although it also mean VK (and VK music stores) need to learn to evolve fast if it wants to survive, since it's very connected with the physical media market to make their ¥¥¥ (some changes since early 00's are already noticeable tho, so finger crossed the scene survives even if small)

@carddass: Throwing this out there in case it might let you discover another name in jpop/jrock..."Senaka Made Yonjuugo-fun" was written for Kenji "Julie" Sawada (whom Kiyoharu admires) by Yosui. Even though Yosui wrote it -- and maybe released his recording first? -- it's typically regarded as Sawada's because of that background. If you're not already familiar with Julie's work, you're in for a colorful and sometimes very strange ride, especially when it comes to live performances, as the man might count as some sort of proto-visual-kei at some points in his career, honestly.


Anyway, a release date has been revealed for the album -- it's marked for June 26, 2019 -- and it's stated to include 12 tracks in total. It's going to be released in two versions; a standard edition (2,778 yen), and a limited edition (4,630 yen), which includes a DVD containing a PV for "Boukyaku no Sora", plus short PVs for 8 other songs. The full tracklist hasn't been revealed yet, so the remaining 11 songs outside his self-cover of "Boukyaku" are still unknown right now. And so far, the album is just being called "Covers".

And I have no info on this part of stuff, but I'm pretty curious (and surprised,) about that autobiography.

Sukekiyo upload the audios for 猥雑 &  ただ、まだ、私。
You can listen to them on their official Youtube.
Both are promotion Edit ver.
 
 
 
Also the Music Video Teaser
 
 

ZZZoo is a super-group comprising of members from indie bands such as Z.O.A., Zeni geva, dip, Redrum, and Bacteria.
Their first album was just released on bandcamp after having been only available with a download code when buying a t-shirt at their concert.
https://thezzzoo.bandcamp.com/




This is definitely an album for fans of space-and-krautrock circa the 60s and 70s.
Here are the liner notes from the bandcamp page:

HUMAN ZZZoo
人間動物園（にんげんどうぶつえん、「民族学的展示」「人間の展示」とも）とは、19世紀から20世紀にかけて行われた、社会進化論や人種差別、進化主義、植民地主義に根ざした、野蛮・未開とされた人間の文化・生態展示のことである。。みたいなw wikiより

HUMAN ZZZoo
Human zoos, also called ethnological expositions, were 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century public exhibitions of humans, usually in a so-called natural or primitive state.
It became of theme for this album...maybe lol

ZZZoo "HUMAN ZZZoo"

1.Henry（music : Kazuya Wakabayash）
2.Oscar（music&lyrics : Kazuhide Yamaji）
3.Reynard（music&lyrics : Kazuhide Yamaji）
4.Tereshkova（music : Kazuhide Yamaji）

All Arranged by ZZZoo

Kazuhide Yamaji : Gtr
Seiichirou Morikawa : Ba&Vo
DEN : Per
KAZI : Dr
Mitsuru Tabata : Gtr
Kazuya Wakabayashi : Sax

Recorded by ZZZoo
at Studio Noah, Takadanobaba, Tokyo
5th January 2019

Mixed by ZZZoo
at Mr.T-ST,Kodaira, Tokyo
11th January 2019

Thanks to Kiyohiro Takada

ZZZoo is a super-group comprising of members from indie bands such as Z.O.A., Zeni geva, dip, Redrum, and Bacteria.
Their first album was just released on bandcamp after having been only available with a download code when buying a t-shirt at their concert.
https://thezzzoo.bandcamp.com/




This is definitely an album for fans of space-and-krautrock circa the 60s and 70s.
Here are the liner notes from the bandcamp page:

HUMAN ZZZoo
人間動物園（にんげんどうぶつえん、「民族学的展示」「人間の展示」とも）とは、19世紀から20世紀にかけて行われた、社会進化論や人種差別、進化主義、植民地主義に根ざした、野蛮・未開とされた人間の文化・生態展示のことである。。みたいなw wikiより

HUMAN ZZZoo
Human zoos, also called ethnological expositions, were 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century public exhibitions of humans, usually in a so-called natural or primitive state.
It became of theme for this album...maybe lol

ZZZoo "HUMAN ZZZoo"

1.Henry（music : Kazuya Wakabayash）
2.Oscar（music&lyrics : Kazuhide Yamaji）
3.Reynard（music&lyrics : Kazuhide Yamaji）
4.Tereshkova（music : Kazuhide Yamaji）

All Arranged by ZZZoo

Kazuhide Yamaji : Gtr
Seiichirou Morikawa : Ba&Vo
DEN : Per
KAZI : Dr
Mitsuru Tabata : Gtr
Kazuya Wakabayashi : Sax

Recorded by ZZZoo
at Studio Noah, Takadanobaba, Tokyo
5th January 2019

Mixed by ZZZoo
at Mr.T-ST,Kodaira, Tokyo
11th January 2019

Thanks to Kiyohiro Takada

ZZZoo is a super-group comprising of members from indie bands such as Z.O.A., Zeni geva, dip, Redrum, and Bacteria.
Their first album was just released on bandcamp after having been only available with a download code when buying a t-shirt at their concert.
https://thezzzoo.bandcamp.com/




This is definitely an album for fans of space-and-krautrock circa the 60s and 70s.
Here are the liner notes from the bandcamp page:

HUMAN ZZZoo
人間動物園（にんげんどうぶつえん、「民族学的展示」「人間の展示」とも）とは、19世紀から20世紀にかけて行われた、社会進化論や人種差別、進化主義、植民地主義に根ざした、野蛮・未開とされた人間の文化・生態展示のことである。。みたいなw wikiより

HUMAN ZZZoo
Human zoos, also called ethnological expositions, were 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century public exhibitions of humans, usually in a so-called natural or primitive state.
It became of theme for this album...maybe lol

ZZZoo "HUMAN ZZZoo"

1.Henry（music : Kazuya Wakabayash）
2.Oscar（music&lyrics : Kazuhide Yamaji）
3.Reynard（music&lyrics : Kazuhide Yamaji）
4.Tereshkova（music : Kazuhide Yamaji）

All Arranged by ZZZoo

Kazuhide Yamaji : Gtr
Seiichirou Morikawa : Ba&Vo
DEN : Per
KAZI : Dr
Mitsuru Tabata : Gtr
Kazuya Wakabayashi : Sax

Recorded by ZZZoo
at Studio Noah, Takadanobaba, Tokyo
5th January 2019

Mixed by ZZZoo
at Mr.T-ST,Kodaira, Tokyo
11th January 2019

Thanks to Kiyohiro Takada

The newly reformed COCK ROACH have announced their new album「Mother」.
The release date is to be announced and is tentatively slated to come out sometime in the fall



1.胎児の見る夢
2.Mother
3.電脳双生児顕微鏡狂想曲
4.ユリイカ
5.炎国
6.新進化論エレクトロニカルパレーダー
7.海月
8.花と瓦礫
9.Cosmo ballet
10.青い砂に舞う君の髪
11.死者の見る夢

http://cockroach.jp/archives/133

Track 4, Eureka, was a track originally released as a single by the band in 2016 shortly after they disbanded in 2015.
The new lineup of COCK ROACH features the original vocalist and bassist with the guitarist and drummer being ex-members of me-al art.

Vocals / Guitar : Jinpei Endo 遠藤 仁平
Bass: Yuya Honda 本田 祐也
Guitar: Ebisawa Hirokatsu 海老沢宏克
Drums: Honda Naoki 本多直樹

The newly reformed COCK ROACH have announced their new album「Mother」.
The release date is to be announced and is tentatively slated to come out sometime in the fall



1.胎児の見る夢
2.Mother
3.電脳双生児顕微鏡狂想曲
4.ユリイカ
5.炎国
6.新進化論エレクトロニカルパレーダー
7.海月
8.花と瓦礫
9.Cosmo ballet
10.青い砂に舞う君の髪
11.死者の見る夢

http://cockroach.jp/archives/133

Track 4, Eureka, was a track originally released as a single by the band in 2016 shortly after they disbanded in 2015.
The new lineup of COCK ROACH features the original vocalist and bassist with the guitarist and drummer being ex-members of me-al art.

Vocals / Guitar : Jinpei Endo 遠藤 仁平
Bass: Yuya Honda 本田 祐也
Guitar: Ebisawa Hirokatsu 海老沢宏克
Drums: Honda Naoki 本多直樹

遠藤ミチロウ (Endo Michirou), of the legendary Japanese punk band The Stalin (and a productive solo career) has passed away in a Tokyo hospital on 2019/04/25, after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. The funeral where only his close relatives were present was held shortly afterwards.
 
Rest in peace, the OG Japanese punk rocker!
 
 
 

Tokyo Shoegazer are officially back baybee! The band has made their new single 「Revive」, originally sold at their revival one-man on 2019/04/01, available for online purchase via Higher Hell Records' official webstore. 
 
CD tracklist:
1. Light
2. Missing
3. DEEP RAINBOW '19
+
''Light'' multi-track data (wave files)
Drums track /  Bass track / Guitars track / Vocal track 
 
Track 3 is a re-recorded version of a track featured on one of their earliest demos.
 
The single costs ¥ 2,300 and is available here (as far as I understood it's apparently available for JP users only but I'm not sure) . The single will only be available for purchase until July. 

munimuni just posted a new PV for New Order Love Song:
 
 

munimuni just posted a new PV for New Order Love Song: