Japanese and other stuff

[Nina]

I'm looking for Japanese music. It can be anything pop or rock. I honestly dont even know where to look, or how to pick names. General recommendations on how to find music of that kind would be appriciated as well.

I also look for music of the following bands:
Brazilian Girls
Goldrush
Poni Hoax
OMFO
Mountaineer
Virginia Jetzt!
Arctic Monkeys
Leash
Skywards
Tele
Razorlight
The Pipettes

any mp3 would be appriciated.

please and thank you!

[Grabbal]

The Tokyo I'm on my way girls.. lol

[Nina]

Do you mean Puffy AmiYumi?

[Tijs]

A friend of mine was/is crazy about Hyde. She let me listen to some of his music, I can't remember it very well but I thought it was ok.

Quick Google search:
http://www.hyde.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_(singer)

edit: hyde.com is all Japanese and stuff...

[Nina]

Thanks Tijs! I'll check it out now.

[mrconeman]

The only Japanese music I know is from games.
Well, you said anything.
How about a game music inspired, Japanese rock band?

Preview:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2RtUTiz2zr4&mode=related&search=
If thats to your fancy I can upload some of their songs, I have both their albums.

Theres also alot of orchestrated and piano stuff, all from games, if your interested.
Preview:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_wT4z2psRj0
I only have a few orchestrated ones, I'll upload what I have if you'd like, I have a bunch of Piano stuff though.

[Professor Chaos]

I know of a few Japanese bands, but the only thing that's coming to mind at the moment is Tokyo Jihen.

http://download.yousendit.com/0B7756DE534555B8


When I think of more, I'll let you know.

[Nina]

mrconeman - I checked both out (they took very long to load, I only heard like 30secs) and I really like both! I'd appriciate it a lot if you could upload it for me ;D

Professor Chaos - downloading! I'll tell you what I think in a bit.

Tijs - LimeWire is full of shit and wont find anything, so I'm now looking for the band he's in. :/

[Grabbal]

Do you mean Puffy AmiYumi?

Yup..

10 char

[Grabbal]

Download the Arctic Monkey's album.. (http://torrentspy.com/torrent/520291/Arctic_Monkeys_Whatever_People_Say_I_Am_That_s_Wha t_I_m_Not_2006)

[Nina]

Thanks Grabbal, but I'm not sure if I want to download anything from that site :/ Is it .. um..safe?

Professor Chaos - you get a YES from me ;D

[mrconeman]

Uploading a little compilation of Piano/rock/orchestral songs now, theres only about 5 or 6 tracks in there, but I'll upload more if you hear these and are still interested.

[Nina]

Awesome, cant wait :]

[Tijs]

Tijs - LimeWire is full of shit and wont find anything, so I'm now looking for the band he's in. :/According to the wikipedia article I posted he's in a band called L'Arc~en~Ciel (http://www.larc-en-ciel.com/).

[Nina]

Yeah I know, I meant I tried to download their stuff. But that's not all that easy either, haha.

[Tijs]

Ah like that, let me give you a hand then. I'm getting curious myself too.

[Nina]

I found one downloadable song, then it turned out to be a completely different song with the wrong title. hahaha.

[Tijs]

Here we go:

Hyde - Evergreen (http://naffiss.com/ruby/03-hyde-evergreen-jrp.mp3) [6.4mb]
Hyde - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (http://naffiss.com/ruby/Hyde%20-%20Lucy%20in%20the%20Sky%20with%20Diamonds.mp3) [6.0mb]
L'Arc~en~Ciel - Hitomi No Juunin (http://naffiss.com/ruby/9.%20l%5c'arc%20en%20ciel%20-%20hitomi%20no%20juunin.mp3) [8.1mb]
L'Arc~en~Ciel - Anemone (http://naffiss.com/ruby/L%5c'Arc~en~Ciel%20-%20Anemone%20PV.mpg) [video: 78.7mb]
L'Arc~en~Ciel - Dive to Blue (http://naffiss.com/ruby/L%5c'Arc~en~Ciel%20-%20Dive%20to%20Blue%20PV.mpg) [video: 58.5mb]
L'Arc~en~Ciel - New World (http://naffiss.com/ruby/L%5c'Arc~en~Ciel%20-%20New%20World%20+%20Talk%20(Utaban%202005%5b1%5d. 07.07).avi) [video: 111mb]

[Tijs]

But I'm thinking you want the lyrics to be Japanes too.

edit: woops, replied instead of edited.

[Nina]

wtf? How do you always do that?
Downloading now and being a little hyper.

[Nina]

Oh...none of them are in Japanese? Well if the music is good I'll still like it!

[Tijs]

Well some of the titles are in English, so I guess the lyrics of those songs are in English too, I'll search some more.

[mrconeman]

Whoops, this had finished uploading for awhile without me realizing :o

http://download.yousendit.com/3941EC4974D6EB8A
Enjoy.

[Tijs]

Here are 3 songs by Hide (http://rapidshare.com/files/15912169/hide.zip.html) (not Hyde, different artist, both Japanese)

Genkai Heratsu
Misery
Beauty and Stupid

[Jakebert]

My computer is too shitty to upload stuff, but I figured I'd mention my favorite Japanese band: Mono. Amazing post-rock band. One of the best bands I've ever heard.

[ABrokenPieceOfRecolletion]

Yay for J-Rock! A Yes that is a man is always a good way to start a conversation!http://www.scape.sc/images/eternite0014.jpg
lol!

But anyway some good J-rock is Malice Mizer (band in the picture with Gackt)
And if you can get round the girlie looks I would advise you try them. A mix of metal, rock, pop, classical, opera and tencho.

Gardenia with Klaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSbAWq8YReI

Beast of Blood with Klaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLKQvr13wHo

Syinkiss with Gackt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8GqXC1xW-A

Bel Air with Gackt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjI4e3QEoPQ

Shiroi with Klaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgn2a8Jz9nY


Another is Galneryus who are pretty much the Japanese answer to Dragonforce I feel only with more dramatic vocals

Whisper In The Red Sky
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fY2zbo9RHoA

My Last Fairwell
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZuILAx-5BoE

Silent Revelation
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rfBI_kmDlNQ


Onmyouza another metal based band with male and female vocals

Tsuki ni murakumo hana ni kaze
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RUGTf2uZYAA


Animetal is also another good one although sometimes know as Animetal Lady as they have a woman singer (and that woman can sing I'll tell ya lol)
Just straight up Speed Metal covers of old and new anime themes with odd bit of classic heavy metal riffs thrown in here and there for good meassure

Zankoku na Tenshi no Teeze
http://youtube.com/watch?v=X5ASzGEecrY

Animetal Lady
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lhBTYiYa5S0

Dir En Grey

Cage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0cEceeEVyc

Obscure (not for the weak of heart, will change the way you look at weatabix! Or porridge for that matter lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0oX_0GhKKs

Saku
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBEQzxqZFiA

And finally Psycho le Cemu

Excaliber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQCU8NZ32HA

Gekiai Merry Go Round
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6XKqsXIupA

And I think thats more than enough for you to shake a stick at

[Venom Symbiote]

Oh my god. J-Rock bands. The only good one listed so far is Galneryus. Check them out, Syu is a fucking GOD. He shreds, man. They're not really anything like Dragonforce though, they're better. Probably more similar to Sonata Arctica or Stratovarius or whatever.

All of these bands are pretty-much essential if you want to get into J-Rock (or J-Metal in some cases):



- Guitar Wolf (Amazing amazing rock band. Did I mention amazing? Also, they're amazing)

- Sex Machineguns (You. Will. Dieoflaughter. A promise. Dieoflaughter being all one word, they're just THAT cool.)

- Japan X (Like...the AC~DC or Black Sabbath or Maiden of Japan. They're the classic. Amazing epic metal band with some occasional orchestral stuff too.)


Check those three out and you'll die happy. Sex Machineguns would be my favourite of the bunch (they're not a "comedy" metal band as such, but they're just fun - don't take themselves too seriously, and play some ultra-fast entertaining catchy speed-metal), but all three are great.

P.S. None of these bands are like "psycho scream/grunt/groan metal" or anything, so don't worry about that. They're all kinda mainstream and accessible and cool, without the depressing yelling bullshit most Euro-metal bands seem to have.

[Tizzalicious]

Arctic Monkeys (http://download.yousendit.com/ED72345A7570239B)

The Pipettes (http://download.yousendit.com/9ACB279C13C99046)

Razorlight (http://download.yousendit.com/C7D8018714819E5D)

There you go :)

[Nina]

I gave in and finally made an account on YouSendIt. Thanks a lot Tizz! I am downloading it all now.

Venom Symbiote - Thank you VERY much, I will start to download the bands you listed when I'm done with the downloads I'm doing now.

Another reply to come later.

[Tizzalicious]

I wasn't sure if I should upload on yousendit, but I don't know how to work the other sites, and you didn't mention it anymore, so I figured you gave in before :P But good! And you're welcome :)

[Forza]

Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Haruta Kanata is awesome.

But fuck yousendit and fuck it hard, up the ass. Damn bitch keeps crashing my Internet Explorer. Anywhere else I can upload it?

Uploaded it on my webserver now... hope it doesn't take too much bandwidth, but at least you can listen to it in stream.

Haruta Kanata (http://www.w-t-f.nl/Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Haruta Kanata.mp3)

[Nina]

Here are 3 songs by Hide (http://rapidshare.com/files/15912169/hide.zip.html) (not Hyde, different artist, both Japanese)

Genkai Heratsu
Misery
Beauty and Stupid

Thanks!
They sound like a fun band. I like all three tracks so far. Did you just find this band or did you like them before?


mention my favorite Japanese band: Mono. Amazing post-rock band. One of the best bands I've ever heard.

I put them on my list of downloadable bands. Thanks :]




Malice Mizer

Gardenia with Klaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSbAWq8YReI


lololol, that video! Are they really Japanese? I guess they are but it still confuses me.




Beast of Blood with Klaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLKQvr13wHo

Syinkiss with Gackt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8GqXC1xW-A

Bel Air with Gackt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjI4e3QEoPQ

Shiroi with Klaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgn2a8Jz9nY


They are SO WEIRD. Why do I like them? I have no idea.




Galneryus

Whisper In The Red Sky
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fY2zbo9RHoA

My Last Fairwell
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZuILAx-5BoE

Silent Revelation
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rfBI_kmDlNQ


I pretty much love them. Thanks. My Last Fairwell is the best one so far.




Onmyouza

Tsuki ni murakumo hana ni kaze
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RUGTf2uZYAA


That one was a little annoying, to be honest ;P




Animetal

Zankoku na Tenshi no Teeze
http://youtube.com/watch?v=X5ASzGEecrY

Animetal Lady
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lhBTYiYa5S0


I dunno if I can get used to that, but thanks.




Dir En Grey

Cage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0cEceeEVyc

Obscure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0oX_0GhKKs

Saku
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBEQzxqZFiA


They sound pretty awesome, and I like their videos!




Psycho le Cemu

Excaliber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQCU8NZ32HA

Gekiai Merry Go Round
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6XKqsXIupA


Aaand, my favorite so far.

Thanks a lot for your reply! You got me into lots of new stuff!



Tizz - The download for the Artic Monkeys has finished. I got their name from a weird (free) magazine and thought I'd check them out. Well, I listened to a few songs of theirs now and I think it was a good decision to check them out :] How did you get to know them?

mrconeman - I downloaded the file, thanks ;D

[Vera]

OMG my friend is into Jrock. Her jrock friends scare the shit out of me.

Whatever you do, Nina, promise me you won't become a bizarre goth-looking jrock maniac in whose speech every second word is Japanese. :/

[Nina]

L'Arc~en~Ciel - Dive to Blue (http://naffiss.com/ruby/L%5c'Arc~en~Ciel%20-%20Dive%20to%20Blue%20PV.mpg) [video: 58.5mb]
L'Arc~en~Ciel - New World (http://naffiss.com/ruby/L%5c'Arc~en~Ciel%20-%20New%20World%20+%20Talk%20(Utaban%202005%5b1%5d. 07.07).avi) [video: 111mb]

Downloading these two now. I already liked the first vid.




The Pipettes (http://download.yousendit.com/9ACB279C13C99046)

Razorlight (http://download.yousendit.com/C7D8018714819E5D)


What I noticed about The Pipettes at first glace was the titles of the songs. A little lol-worthy ;P I listened to two songs so far, I'm liking them. They sound like a good, but average band.

Downloading Razorlight now. Since when do you like them?




Haruta Kanata (http://www.w-t-f.nl/Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Haruta Kanata.mp3)

They sound good, thanks! I put them on my list.



phew, it's hard to keep up! ;P

[Nina]

Whatever you do, Nina, promise me you won't become a bizarre goth-looking jrock maniac in whose speech every second word is Japanese. :/

But but, I'd make a hot japanese wannabe gothic lolita :(

[Vera]

Be sensible. You didn't ugly yourself up in order to listen to punkrock now, did ya?

(..she says as she hypocritically listens to Taiwanese pop herself.)

[Nina]

Does that mean you look all asian now? ;D lololoollol

[Tizzalicious]

Downloading Razorlight now. Since when do you like them?






I actually didn't listen to it myself yet, lolz. I was planning on downloading their album this week, and then I saw you wanted it, so I downloaded it right away, and uploaded it for you, but didn't have a chance to listen!

[Lars]

Mad Capsule Markets - P.O.P. (http://download.yousendit.com/230098950A18177D) one of their ealier albums, mainly in Japanese, not really any of the synths/samples and such that's in their later ones which also feature a lot more English.

X Japan - Dahlia (http://download.yousendit.com/F6EE4B2B0D55C443) Called X until they put stuff out in the US and had to add the X because of X from LA. Last studio album they released. Mixed English/Japanese.

[Vera]

Does that mean you look all asian now? ;D lololoollol

RICE RICE BABY.

Srsly though, I could ask for recs from my friend if you like. :)

[ABrokenPieceOfRecolletion]

here's another few Malice Mizer ones

Syunikiss with Gackt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8GqXC1xW-A

Gekka no yasoukyoku with Gackt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzcXDrUd7_Q

Baroque with Tetsu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EnZBn4HFKA

Kioku To Sora with Klaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WtgF-itQ9A

Ju te veux with Gackt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcou1QBWvM

gensou rakuen with Klaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgzSJ7FX1o0

enjoy

oh and Nina I don't know if you noticed I updated the Obscure one with a mini message.

Obscure (not for the weak of heart, will change the way you look at weatabix! Or porridge for that matter lol)

I think thats great its just blah and he vomits up a mix of weatabix and porridge! lol!

[Vera]

Srsly though, I could ask for recs from my friend if you like. :)
What say, Nina?

[Venom Symbiote]

Have you checked out Guitar Wolf, Sex Machineguns and X Japan yet, Nina?

[SaiKYoU]

i only listen to 2 bands, Asian KungFu Generationa and Cool Joke, both from Full metal Alchemist sound track, and the stuff that's avaible to download is good, they're not as "pop" as L'arc en Ciel, what is good for me...

the stuff i got is...

Rewrite - Asian KungFu Generation
Flash Back - ""
UNDO - Cool Joke
Broken Moon - ""

...if i've time i'll upload it, but as i said it's easy to find for download

[Venom Symbiote]

Pssh. Anime. Lamezors.

[SaiKYoU]

yeah of course...

[T-6005]

I never really listened to Japanese music all that much while I was there, but I guess it can't help but stick somehow.

GLAY is pretty much the most famous band ever there. I think they're supposed to be pop-rock, but considering how fast fads came and went in Tokyo, I'm amazed I heard of a band more than once, and these guys were it.

Dragon Ash was also really famous for quite a long time - I think they're supposed to be hip-hop rock or something. You might want to check both of those out, and I'm sure you can probably find them on a torrent site or a p2p program since they're way famous there.

[ruroken]

L'Arc~en~Ciel - Hitomi No Juunin (http://naffiss.com/ruby/9.%20l%5c'arc%20en%20ciel%20-%20hitomi%20no%20juunin.mp3) [8.1mb]

Yes! Living In Your Eyes is so awesome!

[ruroken]

Arctic Monkeys (http://download.yousendit.com/ED72345A7570239B)

Expired :( re-upload please please pretty please?

[Nina]

Sanni - yes plz!
All the others - I had internet problems the last couple days, but now I'm back with a faster connection (yayz).

[Vera]

My friend's recs: kishidan, cali≠gari ("+ all their friends' bands"), metronome ("if you like metronome, then you should also check out FLOPPY"), Thee Michelle Gun Elephant.

But generally she advised you to listen more of whatever you seem to enjoy best. :)

[fergiepunk]

the pillows, best japanese band!

[Aisha_n]

some Japanese (punk rock:p ) band here

ELLEGARDEN
salamander http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYOSLySQD9s
Space Sonic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UQh-vbeRYs

BeatCrusaders
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wekMnXLaCSc

enjoy:D