the Shiina Ringo thread

I don't know music theory, but I think the bones of the song actually fit with the sort of things she's done since forming Tokyo Jihen. Yes, the overall sound harks back to the first two albums (and I guess I'd agree Muzai Moratorium in particular), but there's also something different.

Incidentally, have you ever seen this advertisement for KZK:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzYwODU4ODQw.html

Fantastic.

Featuring creepy puppets moving to snippets of songs from the album.

I don't know music theory, but I think the bones of the song actually fit with the sort of things she's done since forming Tokyo Jihen. Yes, the overall sound harks back to the first two albums (and I guess I'd agree Muzai Moratorium in particular), but there's also something different.

i mean, i agree, but there's something to the guitar tone that reminds me of the sped-up "koufukuron" from muzai

also it's a lot hookier and less busy than (especially the recent) tj stuff

pretty much agreed. i dig it.

Is this out yet?

I've never seen this before. At first, I thought it was someone else covering the song. It looks/sounds like she's singing live, but everything else is pre-recorded. Very awkward looking "band."

Kabuki-chou no Joou

thanks for posting, rudi; never seen that one either

Off topic: the cooling system for Fukushima Spent Fuel Pool 4 is shut down, and TEPCO is going to try to get it working again later today (Sunday, in Japan). If they can't get it fixed by some point Tuesday, temperatures are projected to reach unsafe levels, which of course could result in a catastrophe on a much bigger scale than anything that's happened there so far (that we know about anyway). I think similar things have happened at SFP4 before. But every time something like this happens, until the spent fuel rods are removed, is another opportunity for disaster.

(I almost never post to ILE these days, but it seems kind of funny that there is no Fukushima thread.)

This door will not be pulled out
That tower will not fall down
That heaven over there will not be destroyed
All of that smells like a lie

Paging Milton. . .

http://www.myspace.com/rosco419/music/songs/a-song-of-apples-83904723

It will be worth it to click on it, if you haven't heard it already.

wait. what?

<iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:track:6cgdLt8fKgB33PSVEZCwH1"; width="300" height="380" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>

Well that's not going to work I guess. Was really just looking for a link, but maybe it has to be a playlist to do that. Found while searching for "Sheena Ringo" in Spotify.

From this album:

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/61QzdBQxZmL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

no i mean... some guy just decided to cover Ringo No Uta on violin?

The melody for "Sounan" really is as great as I think it is.

WTF? Somehow I missed this Shiina-involved EP completely (not that she's performing but you will recognize the jazz band that comes in toward the end):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-XOoPKfvBo

Sorry, "Tokyo Jihen - "Konya wa Karasawagi"" was deleted at 5:50:57 Thu Jan 24, 2013.

Vimeo has removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by Recording Industry Association of Japan claiming that this material is infringing: Tokyo Jihen - "Konya wa Karasawagi".

Keep shooting yourself in the foot, Recording Industry Association of Japan.

I'm still not going to buy your repackaged previously released albums with a little new material added all wrapped in a boxed set.

It's like some insane cartoon Japanese music villain is rubbing his hands together, saying: "Now nobody will ever find out about our music! Hahahahaha!"

Is this a new box set Rudipherous? Shiina or TJ? Sorry but I haven't the patience to wade through Electric Mole.

There's some kind of box set collecting the TJ albums but it sounds like it's going to include a lot of unreleased songs. The way people were talking, it sounded like they are SR songs, but I lost patience with wading through the thread myself. However, yes, definitely some kind of box on the way.

I think it's out in February. If I get details before anyone else posts them on this thread, I'll post them.

Oh cool thanks! I only got the TJ B-Sides thing through yesterday and the TV appearances DVD which has really great artwork.

Tokyo Jihen has revealed that they will simultaneously release a complete CD box “Hard Disk” and a video clip collection “Golden Time” on February 27th.

Tokyo Jihen disbanded after their concert at Nippon Budokan on February 29th of this year. These new releases will mark a year since their disbandment.

The complete CD box will include every album they’ve released as well as a bonus CD called “Recovery Disc“, which will include 9 unreleased tracks.

Meanwhile, the video clip collection will be released in both DVD and Blu-ray forms. In addition to their single tracks “Gunjou Biyori” and “Killer Tune“, it will contain videos for “Konya wa Karasawagi” and “Tadanaranu Kankei“, which have never been released in physical form, as well as a new version for “Senkou Shoujo“.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2012/12/tokyo-jihen-to-release-complete-cd-box-video-clip-collection/

There's something.

Oh man.

OSCA video is all-time, even if it is a rip from Blur.

Sadistic Gossip blog has the artwork, it looks smart.

Honestly, I just don't have the money for this sort of things these days. (Took a big financial hit after relocating for health reasons in 2008 and I'm just having to learn to live on a smaller income, though some key expenses are cheaper for me now. Just not so much that I still have discretionary cash for this sort of thing.)

Maybe I should have added a PayPal button to that post. Help me buy things I don't really need.

I'm slowly working my way through Clammbon's back catalogue via CD Japan right now which is kinda costly, so I don't think I will be purchasing, maybe the DVD.

■Disc8特典ＣＤ「Recovery Disc」
01 天国へようこそ Tokyo Bay Ver.
02 ドーパミント！
03 put your camera down
04 秘密 FOR DJ
05 恋は幻 FOR MUSICIAN
06 黄昏泣き FOR MOTHER
07 修羅場（single）
08 車屋さん
09 BON VOYAGE

http://www.emimusic.jp/tokyojihen/disco/

Most of the songs of the 8th disc are the alt mixes from vinyl or the DVD only songs, so only new to CD. One of them is 'kuramayasan', at least, but for $230 you're getting one new track

Is there anything definite about a solo Shiina Ringo album release this year, as far as you know?

Recording Industry Association of Japan, you bunch of short-sighted morons.

There's a new single coming out, I got a mail from CD Japsn

Cool. I haven't been checking EMF too much lately.

The 2:45 point in "Souretsu" still slays me most of the time. One of my favorite musical moments from he last decade or so.

Ringo Shiina - Irohanihoheto / Kodoku no Akatsuki

c/p from CD JP and put through Google.

1 year and 2 months from the dissolution of Tokyo Incidents February 2012. 15th anniversary and debut full than Shiina Ringo, large tie-up has been determined for both the release! Single bullet first two songs solo career on May 27 memorable!

Um.. yay!

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTUwNDExNDQ0.html

It's okay.

Preview of other song with lots of annoying radio announcer chatter (though it sounds pretty weak anyway):

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTUwNDExODk2.html

Irohanihoheto, the first one linked to in full above, sounds like the kind of thing she can probably knock off pretty easily at this point.

It has a real video, and it's pretty nice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trdpCrPeIks

Really diggin this.

Makes me want to learn Japanese. I love her for doing this sort of thing, among other reasons, especially since she can do it and still write good music.

http://www.yam-mag.com/news/music-videos/shiina-ringo-irohanihoheto/

With Japan never uploading things I like from them, and the main culprit being Sony, I guess I had to come around and post Shiina Ringo’s latest single (just after the disbandment of Tokyo Jihen).

Titled Irohanihoheto (いろはにほへと) — the incomprehensible title for those with a less moderate use of the Japanese language and culture — refers to a pretty old Japanese poem that dates back a thousand years that uses every single letter of the Japanese alphabet just once, and still makes sense. It still makes sense- how is that possible?

The poem known as Iroha (いろは) talks about the concepts of Buddhism such as the unpredictability of life, and the ever-changing nature of things [1], with a first verse that gives Ringo her title. So could I translate the title to “Colors Will Fall” or maybe “Colors Will Fade“?

A flower in full bloom with beautiful colors will fall off some day.
We living in this world also cannot live forever.
Surmount this mutable and changeable deep mountain of waver now,
And reach the world of enlightenment.
You will be in a quiet state of mind without having an empty dream
Or being drunk with the illusory world of phenomena.

The music video was directed by Yuichi Kodama (児玉裕一) who had previously directed Ringo and Tokyo Jihen, as well as Perfume, Salyu, Polysics, Mr. Children and Namie Amuero. . . .

Irohanihoheto serves as the main theme for the FujiTV drama Bitter Sweet Home Kyoto (鴨、京都へ行く. -老舗旅館の女将日記-), and will be officially released as a single on May 27th (hopefully will show up on time on iTunes) alongside Dawn of Loneliness (孤独のあかつき, Kodoku no Akatsuki).

Here's the other A-side https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNwh1hWYlPY

I was just thinking yesterday that I should try to track down the other song but also that I'd run into it sooner or later anyway.

Beginning of the song makes me think of Boz Scaggs's "We're All Alone." FWIW. Probably nothing, since overall the song sounds nothing like Boz Scaggs.

Pretty entertaining (old):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRd1HY-czCY

finally got around to watching that Irohanihoheto video; her videos are always fun to watch

This was posted on EMF. It's some sort of auditory study of just a portion of "Souretsu," looping it and layering it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ARnSAH9lY