saiko

my heart skipped a bit at first, but when you follow those guys for almost 20 fuckin years, there's certain things your gut tells you
 
Ryo has always dealt with mental health problems, kei first solo act was born after Ryo's biggest breakdowns. I mean, the dude has written a book on the matter
 
Cancelling tours and suddenly suspending activities points me to another one of those. Kei has been working on solo stuff for a while, so I'm sure he was somewhat prepared for something like this
 
This saddens me AF, but I'm pretty sure we'll hear more from Ryo in due time.
 
Hope he rests, get well, and make a comeback ASAP. If not, we just lost one of the most influential acts of 00's VK. Cheers to a legendary one!

That's a pretty disappointing setlist, like where's muddy cult ? Soul Cry ? Neo destruction ?

get all dat money queen
 

Okay so PSCompany is going to sue them HAHAHA

from her ig:
 
we stan a pan-asian transrtrending queen...

because VK is also for children : )

I'm glad they think their gazette parody was funny!
 
good luck to their frontman and his upcoming clothing line, samples below:
 
 

I thought let's make a thread for the madness like Mama cooking, Gackts fingering tutorial.
 
 
I get so uncomfortable seeing his long hair so near to a flame...  I am afraid one day his hair will burn.... 
 

The singles reached the #1 and #2 spots of the top Oricon with more than 7000 copies sold for each singles.
 
 

This “pause in activities” is for the best really. I admire their tenacity in the aftermath of whatever led to end of Mejibray. Mejibray was a decent band in the scene and worked hard to keep it going. It was clear that they had no desire to end Mejibray in the way that it happened. I know that 8P-SB made some cringe – it was as 360 from Mejibray as could be. So be it. Judging 8P-SB on its own merits, they had some catchy tunes here and there but not catchy enough to stand out in the genre to make one pay attention and buy the damn thing! 8P-SB needs a good producer to reign in the impulses and direct the creativity that’s all over the place into a more cohesive sound. With a good producer, 8P-SB may have a shot. Did anyone else get vibes from Genki that he was there to support Koichi but that he didn’t have anything better to do just then – not a crime tho!

This should make us rethink a lot of things...
 

Well goddamn.

what are we thinking about mastering and production choices on this, girlies?

This should make us rethink a lot of things...
 

This should make us rethink a lot of things...
 

Ready for what shoot? A porn video? I mean we are inside the bedroom... 
 
 

Can someone post a good produced/mixed/mastered song and a bad one and then point out where it's good and bad cuz I'd really like to understand what fans are talking about.

I did a quick google search and this came up
 
Kyô -> Nishimura Hironori (in Japanese 西村 宏則)
Toshiya -> Hara Toshimasa (in Japanese 原 敏政)
Kaoru -> Niikura Kaoru (in Japanese 新倉 薫)
Die -> Andô Masaru (in Japanese 安東 大)
Shinya -> Terachi Shinya (in Japanese 寺地 晋也)
 

Heck ye love me some goats 🐐
 
Unfortunately most people go "goatbed was better before dmmd" and/or "there are too many releases so I don't care" lol
 
The 7/24 yokohama date on the goatspace tour will be streamed soon, most likely on youtube. just one problem "there's like hearts & stars on the video for some reason. until I figure out how to correct that uhhhhh" 
So who knows when that'll happen.
Comments said they wanted to see it with the hearts & stars and shuuji was like "I'm totally ok w/ that but for people who don't know & try to watch, well they'd need a word of warning right. maybe I'll put that version on the fc lol"
 
Anyway goatbed's been feeding us with plenty of content during these corona times I love it🙏
 
 
@saiko when he does get the stream working I recommend it, they are fun to watch.
I personally would recommend synthespians or V/A or their compilation albums lessthan all in one & lessthan all in two, it has like 40 tracks of the certified bops rerecorded
 

ROCK/PUNK/FREE STYLE from the heart
https://jrocknroll.com/band-search-bebop/
Sadly not really famous band, so please check them out if you love rock music! They really make a nice sound of rock!
 
 
 

This band was very famous in the past.
Nowadays the members are busy with their main jobs. Still if they hold lives they are well visited.
The band is most famous in Osaka and around Osaka.
https://jrocknroll.com/band-search-gyozadaioh/

GOATBED

GOATBED is the solo project of vocalist Shuji Ishii
 
GOATBED  is a Japanese electropop band. First known as goatbed, they begun releasing music in early 2003, after cali≠gari's activity suspension. The band went on a hiatus on May 2, 2008 and reunited 3 years later (2011), an event that resulted in major member changes. Before their first disbandment, the band's main focus was 80's new wave rock music. Their current style, however, leans towards techno and minimalism.
 
Current line-up:
 
Shuji Ishii (石井秀仁) - Vocals, Guitar, Programming (2003.6 - present)  
Yuji Ishii (石井雄次) - Keyboards (2011 - present)  
 
 

>tfw you're old enough to remember when The Gya collectively assumed "new" fukai chorus was a product of kyo forgetting lyrics midway and improvising on the go

>tfw all of their reworked lyrics sound like that and that shit was done in studio

the fact is that all of their remakes are better than their original versions and i will give irrefutable proof that you just can not compete with right here:
 
a) more modern recording quality. cutting edge modern editing & recording techinques used by the creme de la creme of western metal and japanese metal alike
b) deeper voice. kyo's screams have never sounded better. he is the japanese mike patton and he DESERVES to show it off because other bands can't compete with that twisted madness
c) old songs are too visual kei. there i said it. you may not like it but its true: now finally these songs are dope enough to actually listen to with your friends who listen to real metal because there are CRAZY riffs and hardcore vocals that don't sound visual kei
d) more poetic lyrics. compare the lyrics for the original tsumi to batsu to the lyrics of tsumi to kisei? yeah.... enough said i think. don't need to elaborate
e) they play them live. honestly - compare the amount of times the band has played the original versions of these songs live after the remakes came out to the amount of times they've played the new versions live. it's obvious even the band KNOWS that these remakes are doper. better. and also more intense & that's why they play them live
 
just my opinion... i dont know why you guys insist on doubting these guys. they gave us sustain the untruth ffs!

I've been wanting to discuss this topic for a long time. Fundamentally since, in the last ten years or so, the ratio of what in this forum has been called "formulaic VK stuff" has increased considerably, which, on the other hand it is closely linked to a phenomenon that has also recently appeared, and that in this forum has been called "idol kei". Of course, as many here quote repeatedly, the abandonment of adolescence does not cease to be a powerful motive in this situation, since it makes the condition of possibility (necessary, though not sufficient) so that one can remove the veils of idealization deposited on certain music or artist (and realize how badly done or executed some productions were; for me an example of it was Ryohei-era ayabie). Finally, in the verge of the end of the decade, another reason is my concern about the fate of the VK in the 2020's, considering that since the second half of the '10 has not thrown some real "quality" or "novelty", something that can be established at the level of "classic", as it actually happened with some releases put out in the period of 2008-2013.
 
It is not easy to discuss all these issues, I imagine, for several issues: perhaps it can hurt the emotions of some users of this forum who, in fact, are very comfortable enjoying the said idealization of certain artists. On the other hand, talking about this with some minimum measure of ownership requires a listening by a broad repertoire of VK, which has at least something from each of its eras (at least the "classics"). And also, it requires some knowledge (at least intuition) about aspects related to composition, instrumental performance, recording, live performance, the dynamics of the consumer market, etc.
 
As, to my pleasant surprise, I have found in this forum people who speak (or at least try) from this knowledge, is that I come to open this thread here in MH. Anyway, I hope that no one is deprived of writing here, contributing from what he/she has and his/her interests.
 
I think that it is best to start on by discussing some basic concepts, instead of directly delving into anything else:
 
1) What are the indicators that make a song "ghostwritten" for you? And that it is not?
2) What are the indicators that make a band "idol kei"? And that it is not?
3) Where would you put its birth date?
4) Do they qualify as "good music" or not? Do you enjoy them? Do not? 
5) Does it seem to you that this certain music goes "against" (to put it somehow) of certain "well-being" of the scene, or of the music itself?
6) Why are you still listening to VK in the 2010s? Are your reasons the same as before? What does it give you that other music does not give you?
 
I read you!