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YMCK album release party

Yesterday we went to YMCK's release party for their first album "Family Music", held at the small Club Asia P (the site is a bit of a mess so beware) in Shibuya.

Blasterhead

First played Blasterhead, a mid-long -haired guy in big clothes with a Gameboy and a mixer. According to his site he uses LittleSoundDj.
His music was sort of Famicon-like melodies with techno/trance-ish beats, which was enjoyable. I bought his CD "Chopping Mall-E.P." for ¥1000 to check out more.
However, his site and CD designs are kind of scary... :)

Aprils

Aprils played a full set on the small stage which didn't allow for the Gloomy panda to show up. He was replaced by a fun video for a new song, "papapa-panda", featuring him playing around in all sort of places.
They had a replacement drummer for this show, and I felt like it made the band sound less tight than usual. It sure is an art in itself, beyond drumming, to play over pre-recorded beats tightly.

The show was a lot of fun as usual, and they announced that there will be a split-EP with Orangenoise Shortcut released on January 12! (Watch the agenda for more details when available.

Ram Rider

Ram Rider sounded to me like 100% French house, with Japanese [vocoder'd] vocals.
They were 6 guys on "stage", actually 3 on stage, Ram Rider himself (vocalist) and also live guitar and bass, and 3 sort of big guys grooving behind the console (I'd name them the Ram Rider posse).
This sounded like good club tracks, but I didn't care much for seeing it performed live though. I thought the live bass was cool though!

Also played was a bit of what seems to be a very funny video for the first single "Music"'s title track, featuring a soccer game where a whole team is himself. The video should be airing on Space Shower TV, and will also be included on the EP out 11/17.

YMCK

Last came YMCK, who gave a great show of most songs from their album, with fantastic video for all of them!
Most songs were played as on the album, except that there were one or two added solos.

The coolest part of the show was that they brought on stage guests from each of the previous bands for a series of "battles", displayed on screen as old RPG fights (ever happy, no one's HP ever went down! :)).
Blasterhead, Aprils' Imai-kun and Ram Rider in turn added their touch to a YMCK song. In the case of Aprils, we got a YMCK version of "Twinkle Stars, Little Stars, Shining Stars" (Aprils song co-produced by YMCK), which was really great!

After the show I got to talk a little with YMCK's very cute Midori who signed a flyer for me, and also Usagi-chang shachō Aki-san (Sonic Coaster Pop).

Another surprise came last, as we found Softly! Edition 8-ban records, slightly hidden, apart from the rest of the merchandise! I bought 4 records, the ones I got are Aprils' "Pan·da", Pomeraninas "boku no suki na kotoba", EeL "cheap sweet ~ green biscuit" and orangenoise shortcut "Lookin' through the rainbow".
My quest is now over!

Posted on November 14, 2004 at 13:45 | Tweet |

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