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  4. Posted · Edited by colorful人生

    For the most part I feel the same about the album as a whole being messy (dunno if any remainder gya would dig it), but at the same time...

     

    This is probably one of the more exciting things I've listened to in a loooong time and I really want them to implement a lot of what's present here in a future release. It was not exactly the songs, but those brief "woah" moments that really made the album for me. I'd get into a groove and then there's this section of weird aural fuckery that gives me the tingles, but afterwards the track might lull out. The mixing is pretty great too, though I wonder if it's b/c I'm used to muddled cheap-kei production as of late. 

     

    I have a good feeling I'll be listening to this album for at least a month.

     

    Brief Notes:

    • The chorus of "MIST" on first listen kind of gave me レイラ/nil admirari vibes (?)
    • "Take me out in the midnight" is the most Chon-like of the tracks, and it's super fun.
    • "Funny world" is all over the place but it absolutely works. Sounds like it would be a killer live track.
    • "+&-" at the beginning almost felt like an iglooghost track, but abruptly turned into a trap instrumental Beiber would use (a bit of a head scratcher.)
    • The beginning of "for the future" sounded nu-BMTH, but the rest of the track was pretty normal.
    • "Tick Tak" is godly, especially after 2:00.
    • There are parts of "TO FOOL" that are a fucking trip, but then "Before it's too late" goes really heavy-handed with that nu-metal-like intro. Then it's just Sho screaming with R2-D2 getting the succ in the background and it sounds fucking goooood.
    • "out of the darkness" starts out pretty nice and then the vocals get all sensual and whispery... then just goosebumps w/ those sub bass sections w/ bonus taser noises.
    • "Lament" ended on a super fun note.
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  5. Posted

     

     

    Overjoyed is easily in my top 100 (both the Nathan East ver. and Stevie's.) The harpejji has such a unique, almost synthy guitar sound that's really lovely to listen to. Of course, as the super-ultra-hyper-mega-meta fan of Jacob, I saw this on Twitter, but now I'm watching it again on YT :-). 

     

     

    I only took a glance at the live runs, but I missed out on Wind Waker. Watching the VOD b/c I've followed WW and OOT runs for several years now (actually I'm just a huge speedrun fan in general.)

     

     

    I've pretty much followed the channel since their inception, and urbex will always be ultra-cool to me. They've built up enough of a following to where they can feasibly do trips out to China, Japan, etc. now and it's mesmerizing to watch. 

  7. Posted · Edited by colorful人生

    I like math & prog rock and appreciate the hodgepodge of sounds in "What's Up?"... That being said, from what I hear in the samples, this whole album comes off as very messy, like throw it against the wall and see what sticks -kind of messy. This alludes to how disorganized the band is at the moment, and while I'm a sucker for all that is experimental & chaotic, this execution (from what I collectively hear in the samples) is half-baked and unsustainable. 

     

    They've had time to coalesce around "a sound", and instead of figuring out where they fit, they've disfigured the puzzle piece so much I don't know where they belong anymore. My ears might like it, but I'm not sure this approach is great for a band that wants to retain a sizable fanbase.

     

    * As for this "just" being conceptual, I'm not sure if they had the luxury for this, especially with a full album. Honestly, they've "been" conceptual as of recent, and even if it has that label, it still has to hold its own as a full album. This could lead to a banger in the future if they ring it back in with some consistency.

  9. Posted · Edited by colorful人生

    I feel like there is already a topic like this buried in the forum, but I'll add to the list w/ some shopping/auction sites I peruse (or just googled.)

     

    https://www.mercari.com/jp/ (mercari.com just takes me to the U.S site)

    https://www.mbok.jp/ (found some of my rarer items here, but it's kinda dead)

    https://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/

    https://netmall.hardoff.co.jp/top/CSfTop.jsp (find rare cassettes and vinyl here on occasion, but keep in mind they're in Saitama if you're using a proxy)

    https://waltz-store.online/ (cassettes)

    http://lucyspocket.jp/ (just mail-order now or perhaps defunct)

    https://www.sangatuusagi.com/visual/

    http://www.xxxrecords.jp/speeddisk/ (mail-order)

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  10. Posted · Edited by colorful人生

    Click the link to the tweet and wait a bit after playing the clip a few times. It takes a while before the higher bitrate ver. 1280p version is served (there are three versions including 568p (w/ shite audio) and 640p (w/ comparable audio to the 1280p ver.) 

     

    Here it is fully loaded: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1220260237426298880/vid/720x1280/quRgWqspuG1DKzWu.mp4?tag=13

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  16. Posted

    ouch. give me at least a month after Blu-Billion, guys 😭

     

    LEZARD has been amazing since Sora joined, but I can see how something like this could happen since their concepts were all over the place.

  17. Posted · Edited by colorful人生

    I feel like some of my best moments of exploration (musically) for me are the ones where I get completely thrown out of my element and neurons just fire off trying to hear something familiar. That internet frenzy/journey where you get the "familiar" things piecemeal and have to immerse yourself in new stuff is really stimulating, but that process requires time that I'm constantly having to shift around b/c life. While not trying to sound r/imverysmart here, it's hard to find other people who appreciate the granularity and variability that music has. I'm not just talking about the music theory or "sound quality", but culture and lyricism -which by the way, includes more than just diction (which can be one of those make or break things for some people), but ideas. I find most people paint you as "liberal" (which while accurate by definition, is now packaged with political leftness) or an "oddity" if you show interest at my level. (not saying either term is bad, but it's that snap judgement stuff that is bothersome)

     

    Going from "niche" places like certain video game music and visual kei to finding appreciation in the main "bastions" of hip-hop, jazz, bluegrass, folk, etc. (and explore diff. sub-genres/"flavors" w/in them) was the best thing I ever did. Beyond making things more exciting, it has (as I've mentioned in other posts) helped me build connections easier. I just wish that enthusiasm or interest in exploration was reciprocal, but maybe i'm expecting too much. 

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  19. Posted · Edited by colorful人生

    20 minutes ago, inartistic said:

    Hot take:

     

    The initial seed for a lot of people is seeing cute boys in crazy makeup. We need to start spamming Twitter threads with slow motion gifs of [insert guitarist here] sticking his tongue out while looking to the side.

     

    so like how k-netizens spam kpop fancams in irrelevant threads, we just spam embedded vk tiktoks (which is basically just that)...

     

    792916299_tenor(1).thumb.gif.6c2331dfea3

     

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  21. Posted · Edited by colorful人生

    • vk's largest active demographic is domestic and centered around live venues and night life (hosts, etc.)
      • any cultural references basically go over foreigners heads, the music has never been meant/directed for a global market.
    • vk's propagation and global interest stemmed from its parallels to emo culture (i'm talking about '06~ish onwards), which in its current form has merged with the hip-hop scene and barely resembles what it once was aesthetically.
    • we're "old" dawg, like the median age here late-20's to 30's. it's natural to see things come and go, musically.

    preface

    what could happen

    • japan needs to take more risks in mainstream jpop promotion for heightened global interest, and instead of trying to emulate the kpop sound, they should try and put money in the right place like korea did. 
      • when mainstream stuff gets popular, indie follows suit
    • youtube is a powerful tool that has become increasingly popular in japan. take advantage of the platform. rev up that SEO and tackle that youth insatiability for music discovery by releasing targeted videos. perhaps they could collaborate with the rising utaite on the site w/ global recognition (ex. mafumafu)
      • ex.
        • vambi who was the vocalist of LOG, a band that did pretty meh under B.P, is now a youtuber w/ 1.83 million subscribers and making bank.
    • visual kei would have to completely change into something that it's not, palatable enough for global consumption...

    ...so what's really going to happen

    • nothing. the music industry is doing just fine and japan's "galápagosization" or "island mentality" hasn't really costed them.
    • vk making some sort of western resurgence is a pipe dream, and only future iterations of the genre "might" attract interest again.

     

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  24. Posted · Edited by colorful人生

    I've followed Seika from (discovering) bis to Blu-Billion, so I'm really gutted that he can't perform anymore (reminds me a bit of how Yukimi left the scene.)  My interest in the band has tapered off over the years, but they've had some really iconic releases. 

     

    ;_;

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  25. Posted · Edited by colorful人生

    • DIMLIM disbands b/c the band is unstable af. Sho will move onto another non-vk deathcore band (probably in the following year) that gets super popular.
    • ACME, contrary to their current "wE aRE VisUaL kEI" messaging, will continue to dip in the BMTH playbook and become less "visual kei" as the year progresses whilst continuing to play random anime-con gigs overseas. After two releases, everything starts to lull out before they go for one really "off brand" concept, they end up disbanding by the end of the year b/c of musical differences.
    • R-Shitei won't get back together for at least 5 years. Mamo becomes a soloist and continues to sell clipped fingernails to gya like traditional chinese medicine. 
    • CHOKE chokes.
    • the Raid. and アルルカン release the same song for the 5th year in a row... -and the crowd likes it b/c of stockholm syndrome the songs aren't bad at all tbh  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
    • Smileberry disbands b/c using barely edited stock images for album art is a bad sign late-game. Also that last music video, yeesh.
    • Yo_shiT makes a return to visual kei... maybe to do some production stuff for ダウト. As for an actual band, a man can dream.

    not good enough!

    • Yoshiki collaborates with a K-pop group... or a shitty J-pop group masquerading as a K-pop group. Somehow gets in close proximity of the Pope (as mentioned above) and yeets his hat off to reveal the new X album balancing on top of his bald head like the prospects of a new X album.
    • One band being involved in a car accident or a member getting caught with weed.
    • More visual kei vocal talent is leeched off into the utaite and vlogger world, b/c YouTubebux. 
    • SID and Acid Black Cherry return with releases.

    ...

    • One member leaves the GazettE
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