The J-pop Rotation thread

[Tracia]

Ok, peeps... I know not many of you are fond of Pop.. specially with the J reference, but it's worth the try. I'm gonna do this anyway and if you want to say something or.. snagg something for curiousity, go ahead.

In the meantime, I leave you with a poll.. ^_^

[Tracia]

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Info:
Do As Infinity was a popular Japanese band which debuted on September 29, 1999 with the release of their first single, Tangerine Dream. Their name is sometimes abbreviated as D.A.I. Do As Infinity disbanded on September 29, 2005.

Do The A side is a compilation album from popular Japanese band Do As Infinity, following their announcement to split. It was released on September 28, 2005 and includes every single that they have made.


Track Listing:

Disc One

Recommended Tracks:
Tangerine Dream, We Are., Desire, Tooku Made, Fukai Mori

1. Tangerine Dream
2. Heart
3. Oasis
4. Yesterday & Today
5. rumble fish
6. We Are.
7. Desire
8. Tōku Made (遠くまで, Tōku Made , Far Away)
9. Week!
10. Fukai Mori (深い森, Fukai Mori , Deep Forest)
11. Bōkensha Tachi (冒険者たち, Bōkensha Tachi , Adventurers)


DISC ONE SAMPLE (http://www.badongo.com/file/1694984)

Disc two unavailable.

I Really don't have as much info on pop musicians as I do for rock, but whatever. Whoever wants to try, please, do.

Thanx to the J-rock Rotation for the information. Pictures taken from Photobucket. All works belong to their corresponding authors, composers and/or record label. The links are intended for sample purpuses only and should be deleted within 24 hours from its download.

[Tracia]

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Genre:
experimental/electronic

Info:
He was originally with a band called flippers guitar, but his sound has changed a bit. corenlius (born oyamada keigo) is an electronic artist, but dont run away! no one hates techno more then me and he is not techno. he plays guitar and i think drums and maybe more stuff, im not sure. and he samples his own playing along with his voice to make some really unique and interesting stuff. a lot of people like to call him 'the japanese beck' but i think hes way cooler X3 incidently, hes married to minekawa takako, and some parallels can definetly be drawn between their music.

Fantasma
Release Date: 2001/10/24

Info:
this might be my fav album from him...but im not sure, everything is so good! >.<


Track Listing:
01. mic check
02. the micro disneycal world tour
03. new music machine
04. clash
05. count five or six
06. magoo opening
07. star fruits surf rider
08. chapter 8 -seashore and horizon
09. free fall
10. 2010
11. god only knows
12. thank you for the music
13. fantasma

SAMPLE (http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=BYUXQOU7)

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[SasukeChan]

I've heard of Do As Infinity before.

[Tracia]

Genre:
shimauta

Info:
asazaki ikue is a shimauta artist from the island of amami(which has its own distinct musical stylings) thats been releasing stuff since around 2002 or so. i believe she was born in 1935, putting her at about 70.

the amami islands are part of a clump of islands that fall between japan and taiwan, called the nansei shoto, which consists of four groupings:okinawa, amami, miyako, and yaeyama. these islands have their own traditional dialects (which are completely different from standard japanese) and are a great source for music. tho these dialects are disappearing more and more, and its mostly only the older people who are still really using them. tho, there are currently a handful of shimauta singers that have gained popularity and are at least keeping the music alive.

うたばうたゆん (utabautayun)
Release Date: 2002/08/07
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Info:
vocally, this album has a very traditional sound, but instead of traditional instruments, her vocals are backed by piano, giving it a peaceful new age feel. if youve never heard shimauta before then prepare yourself for something different. btw, UA guests on track 3. btw again, the first track was used in an episode of samurai champloo, but was not included on the osts.

Track Listing:
1. おぼくり～ええうみ -Obokuri~Eemui
2. いまぬ風雲節 -Imanu Fuun
3. 徳之島節 -Tokuno Shimasetsu
4. ～INTERLUDE～ 朝顔節「サウンドスケープ～奄美 加計呂麻島・徳浜」 -Asagaobushi - Soundscape
5. 朝顔節 - Asagaobushi
6. 嘉徳なべ加那節 - Yo****oku Nabe Kanasetsu
7. 上がる陽ぬ春加那節 - Uegaru Younu Haru Kanasetsu
8. ～INTERLUDE～ おぼくり「サウンドスケープ～奄美 加計呂麻島・徳浜」 - Obokuri - Soundscape
9. 太陽ぬ落てぃまぐれ節 - Taiyounu Ochiteimagure Setsu
10. よいすら節 - Yoisura Setsu
11. 千鳥浜 - Chidori Hama


SAMPLE (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YMVUOEQT)

sORRY, I've got not pics of this one.

[Tracia]

Genre: Technorock / j pop

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Info:
Nishikawa Takanori a.k.a. T.M. Revolution (Takanori ga Kakumei wo Okosu) is a successful, prolific japanese poprock/technorock artist featured often in anime and TV. His fast paced numbers tend to use a lot of synth and guitar. He has also made notable guest appearances on many shows, including being cast for cameo appearances in such anime as Gundam SEED. He currently has a large number of both singles and full albums out.
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Seventh Heaven
Release Date: 2004/04/17

Info:
Recent album featuring hits such as Albireo

Recommended Tracks:
Albireo, Zips, Gunjou

Rating:
7/10

Track Listing:
01.KEY of SEVENTH HEAVEN
02.Albireo
03.Zips
04.Destined For
05.Artereial Fear
06.麗しい世界 (Uruwashii Sekai)
07.GUNJO
08.Koi Nimo Makezu
09.Engraved on the Moon
10.Tears Macerate Reason
11.Wheel of Fortune

SAMPLE (http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=34RWSZ6V)

[little_white_fox]

cool really like it

[Tracia]

Akeboshi

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Genre:
GENRE

Info:Akeboshi (明星) is a male Japanese popular music singer. He is mostly known for the song Wind (pronounced as in "winding"), used as the ending theme to the anime Naruto for the first twenty-five episodes.

Akeboshi was born in 1978 in Yokohama. He learned to play the piano when he was three years old. After that, he also learned to play the guitar. Akeboshi studied music in Liverpool. His time in England has heavily influenced his music. Before his major debut, he produced for singer, Matsu Takako, for many of the songs in her fourth album a piece of life.

Akeboshi's songs are mainly sung in Japanese, but there are some notable songs that are sung in English, such as Night and day , 'Money', and Wind . (yanked from Wikipedia, heads to clogged up top even thnk of writing my own info..)
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Akeboshi
Release Date: 2005/06/22

Info:
Akeboshi's debut album. Most of these tracks are taken from the mini albums.

Recommended Tracks:
Wind, Hey There, Night and Day, Tall Boy... actually they are all really good. ^_^ He's one of my favorites so I recomend them all.

Rating:
10/10

Track Listing:
01. Wind
02. Night and Day
03. Hey There
04. No Wish
05. Akikaze no Uta
06. Haikyo no Sofa
07. A Nine Days' Wonder
08. White Reply
09. Faerie Punks
10. Morning High
11. Tall Boy
12. The Audience
13. Kamisama no ****auchi

SAMPLE (http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=QI6UO5KO)

[Tracia]

中島美嘉
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At the age of 17, Nakashima Mika decided not to attend High School in order to pursue a career in music. She sent a demo tape to Sony Records and was soon signed as a singer and an actress.

Mika's musical debut was the theme song to the drama “Kizu darake no Love Song”, which was released on her first single STARS. STARS sold 60,000 copies and came in at third place on the Oricon charts. Her second single, Crescent Moon, was limited to 100,000 copies, which all sold on the first day. Her first album, TRUE, was released in 2002 and went straight to #1, selling a million copies within the first three weeks of release.

Mika has done two Live Tours, one in 2003 and another one in 2004, and is currently on her third, entitled LET'S MUSIC TOUR 2005. Her 'LOVE' tour is notable for having sold out in 2 minutes.

In 2005 she starred in the NANA movie and finished her third tour. Her single for the movie, GLAMOROUS SKY (written by L'Arc~en~Ciel's Hyde), was released August 31st and climbed to number one in the Oricon charts. It was, in fact, her first time being number one on the Oricon charts.

In 2002, she received The Japan Gold Disc New Artist of the Year Award, the All Japan Request Best New * Artist of the Year Award and the 44th Japanese Record New Artist of the Year Award.

Ai****eiru

SAMPLE (http://www.sendspace.com/file/v5vdgg)

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[Tracia]

Genre: Pop
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Chara is a Japanese singer, songwriter, musician and actress born on January 13, 1968. Her real name is Miwa Sato.

One of the things that defines Chara's music is her singing voice. It is often described as sweet and whispering like a child's, yet forceful and sincere. Despite her very distinctive singing voice, Chara considers herself a musician first and foremost; proficient with instruments such as the piano, drums, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer and tambourine. There are common themes to a lot of her music, including motherhood, innocence, love, beauty, and cheerfulness.

She has appeared as one of the main characters in 'Swallowtail Butterfly' movie and sang all the songs. The album 'Montage' is actually a vocal collection from this movie, that's why it was released under the name of Yen Town Band - which is a fictional band from the story. She has also played in 'Picnic' where she's met her future husband, very popular japanese actor Asano Tadanobu.

MADRIGAL
Release Date: 2001/07/21
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Info:
CHARA's voice is distinctively cute and charming. Various people join her on this album, including the Smashing Pumpkins' James Iha and Okamura Yasuyuki. Madrigal has some gentle tunes as well as some real rave-ups, allowing fans to glimpse the many faces of her talent.


Recommended Tracks:
Boku Ni Utsu****e, Skirt, Lemon Candy, Atashi No Kawai Te

Rating:
10/10

Track Listing:
01. Boku Ni Utsu****e
Producer - Andy Chase , James Iha
02. Skirt (Album Version)
Bass - Adam Schlesinger
Drums - Asa-Chang
Producer - Andy Chase , James Iha
03. Kanashimi To Bi
Producer - Zentaro Watanabe
04. Caramel Milk
Bass - Adam Schlesinger
Producer - Andy Chase
05. Tameiki No Mi
Organ - Adam Schlesinger
Producer - Andy Chase
06. Lemon Candy
07. Kono Asobi Wo Koi To Waratte
Bass - Adam Schlesinger
Producer - Andy Chase
08. Kokoro No Hon
Producer - David Motion
09. TADD
10. Mishin
Producer - Kenichi Shirane
11. Yellow Balloon
Drums - Masahiro Komatsu
Piano - Hirohisa Horie
Producer - Shigekazu Aida
12. Atashi No Kawaii Te
Producer - Shigekazu Aida
13. Skirt (Original Version)

SAMPLE (http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=X0N4C0MN)

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[Tracia]

Genre:
Pop

Info:
S.H.E is a Taiwanese girl group that specializes in pop music, and consists of Selina Ren, Hebe Tian, and Ella Chen. The group's name is an alphabetism derived from the first letter of each member's name. S.H.E is managed by HIM International and records albums with Avex Asia, a subsidiary of Avex Trax. EMI Music China distributes their music in the People's Republic of China.

In 2003, S.H.E was the beneficiery of several high-profile advertising deals, most notably for Coca-Cola. In 2005, Blizzard Entertainment asked the band to help them advertise their best-selling MMORPG computer game, World of Warcraft. The commercial was mostly a computer generated video, where the girls were put into the context of a fantasy gaming world. Super Star, from the group's fifth album, has been one of S.H.E's more notable songs.

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Forever (Best Collection 2003-2006)
Release Date: July 21, 2006

Info:
S.H.E's second compilation album, or 9th album, "Forever" was released on July 21, 2006. This album includes hits from 2003 to 2006.

Recommended Tracks:
Super Star, Goodbye my Love, Gray Sky, Solo Madrigal.

Rating:
10/10

Track Listing:
1. Electric Shock (觸電)
2. Ring Ring Ring
3. What has happened to us (我們怎麼了)
4. Wisteria (紫藤花)
5. Goodbye My Love
6. Super Star
7. Gray Sky(天灰)
8. Solo Madrigal - Selina's duet with Tank (獨唱情歌)
9. Flowers Have Blossomed (花都開好了)
10. I.O.I.O
11. Migratory Bird (候鳥)
12. Don't Wanna Grow Up (不想長大)
13. Persian Cat (波斯貓)
14. He Still Doesn't Understand (他還是不懂)
15. Starlight (星光)
16. A Vision Of Eternity (一眼萬年)
17. Laurel Tree Goddess-Daphne (月桂女神)
18. Piquancy (痛快)

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[Tracia]

Genre:
indie pop/poprock
I really don't have much info of them.
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one
Release Date: 2002
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Track Listing:
1. 5.3
2. ルール
3. 虹
4. リズム
5. トウキョウ(1.05 ver.)
6. 木の葉
7. ルーレット
8. ボート(classic ver.)
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Bitrate: 128 kbps
Size: 31.6 MB

Have some waffles (http://www5.evilshare.com/0bc7e3fc-3e34-102a-847b-00a0c993e9d6)

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[Tracia]

虹色ファルセット
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Release Date: 2005

Info: 1st mini album
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Track Listing:
1.visitor
2.飛行機
3.空色ペダル～sea of summer ～
4.フワリ
5.sky blue
6.コード
7.ヴォーナストラック　no way!

Bitrate: 192 kbps
Size: 37.65 MB

CHOCOLAT ME (http://www.mediafire.com/?2jzlziemtjd)

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[NachtEngel]

eh i dont really perfer J-Pop im more of a J-rock fan :\

[Tracia]

There's a J-rock thread. It's called something like "what's your favourite Jrock/metal band", made by Kazuo.
I have posted a lot of bands there. ^_^

[Multi-Facets]

Can Nishikawa-san still be considered j-pop now that he's teamed up with Abingdon Boys' School? Or should that label be applied solely to his earlier work?

[Ryoken]

Takanori's previous work is pop.....Right now he's a j-rocker

[Tracia]

Hard to say. Tthey like to bounce back and forth between genres..

[Ryoken]

True.....Though I think his work now sounds a lot more rock than pop

[Tracia]

I'm not a fan, really. I remember only the song on Ruroni Kenshin

[Ryoken]

Heart of the Sword??

[Multi-Facets]

Thanks, both of ya. ^n_n^

And yes, the ending theme for Rurouni Kenshin is "Heart Of Sword."

[Tracia]

Yeah, that one. Actually, tht's how I met THe Yellow Monkey too, but the difference is that I really got hooked up to them, unlike TM.

Oh, and you're welcome, Multi-facets

[Tracia]

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Genre: idm, experimental pop

Info:
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Eternal Castle
Release Date: 2006/06/08
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Info: 3rd album

Track Listing:
1. 海と / With the Sea
2. ノルウェー / Norway
3. ふたり / Two of Us
4. 冬の花 / Snowflakes
5. 太陽 / Ancient Note
6. あじさい / Hydrangea
7. 時がたてば / Beyond the Season
8. 優しい歌 / Prayer
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Bitrate: 320 kbps
Size: 77.73 MB

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[Tracia]

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Baby V.O.X. (Hangul: 베이비복스, standing for Baby Voices of Xpression) was one of South Korea's most popular girl groups, belonging to record company DR Music. Although it initially had much internal turmoil, Baby V.O.X. eventually became a successful, cohesive group from 1999 to 2005, releasing many hit albums. However, after the dismal failure of their last album Ride West, it began to unravel again. By the end of that year, all of the members had left the company, with some going solo, and others moving into other entertainment areas. In December 2006, DR released the news that the group has been named Baby Vox Re.V[1]; the group debuted in early 2007.

Ride West
Release date: 2004.04.17
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This album was Baby V.O.X's attempt to break into overseas markets. The album caused a great deal of contraversy, however, due to a possibly unlicensed sample of a unreleased Tupac Shakur rap on the song Xcstasy.
Tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Xcstasy (English ver)
3. Xcstasy (Korean ver)
4. Xcstasy (Remix ver)
5. Play Remix (English ver)
6. Play Remix (Korean ver)
7. Play Remix (Extended ver)
8. The First And Last
9. Move Your Body
10. I Want You Back
11. I’m Still Loving You (Chinese ver)
12. Go (Japanese ver)
13. O.S.T (Father & I)

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[Tracia]

bleh..

i wonder if this was worth a bit