the Shiina Ringo thread

LOL.

$hiina Ringo.

i'm only mad she can't sell her way out here to the US

New Megumi Hayashibara/Shiina Ringo - “Imawa no Shinigami”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBva7Fu0O2Q

http://aramajapan.com/news/music/watch-new-megumi-hayashibarashiina-ringo-collaboration-song-mv/69910/

Kind of like it. Also some sort of Ringo Blue Ray/DVD due out in May.

Also, this Doughnuts Hole thing is pretty good (better than the one above, I think):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwg6ILsn8cI

At work and can't really check for full version if it's out there.

On Tuesday, January 17, TBS will debut it’s new drama “Quartet“, which will feature a brand new theme song penned by Shiina Ringo. As is common with Ringo nowadays, it has once again been given to another artist, however, more interestingly, this artist is a ‘limited unit’ just for the show called “Doughnuts Hole“. The group consists of members Takako Matsu, Mitsushima Hikari, Issei Takahaski and Ryuuhei Matsuda. The song “Otono no Okite” is arranged by Ringo and Saito Neko and features players HZM, Saito Neko Quartet, Yuya Tamura and Uni Inoue. Read further to see promotional images of Doughnuts Hole and trailer for “Quartet”.

http://aramajapan.com/news/shiina-ringo-pens-song-for-fictional-band-doughnuts-hole/69488/

I'm probably just desperate for a new Ringo fix. I think maybe I like the first collaboration better after all. Is there more to the second song or is that really it in its complete form?

The first video is kind of Irohanihoheto meets Killer Tune, meets the usual partial disrobing.

She loves metronomes.

I like both! I have a lot of time for Shiina Ringo but not everything she does appeals to me, so this is good news.

happened across some clips of the 2015 one-off 'Mangarama' show. cool to see Uki & HZM in the same lineup & good on the KZK/Shoso songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCSWWuWholY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeaanErN-bs

lots of clips of the 2014 and expo 08 shows currently up as well. fairly vegas, but never completely, given her cobwebbed antlers and all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvm58rspiKs

those are a nice find, thanks

http://aramajapan.com/news/music/musicvideo/shiina-ringo-releases-6-videos-ahead-of-her-new-live-dvd-blu-ray/74487/

Oh shit. Just checking these out now. First one is pretty good so far.

Like good good, not "well kinda nice to hear from her and it's not that bad" except I'm not into this guy talking so much as part of the song. But check it out. I think you are going to like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZs1-CiqUj4

Maybe I will replace my TV.

I'm being self-indulgent today and have earbuds in. Very caught up on work at the moment. Perfect timing. Need to hear that again, now. I guess that was Soil & Pimp? I don't know their names. Maybe not. Bit of a Jihen presence as well. The usual.

But better than the usual has been.

A true giant.

Maybe this is an old song? I don't recognize it, but I'm sure I've lost track of some of her projects here and there at this point.

Whoa.

Oh wait, so this is from the Mangarama show Milton mentioned?

Ukigumo looking rather Frippish (if not sounding it).

I like the first two videos the best, from that link above. I overreacted as usual. It's still current Shiina performance-wise, but that first one especially is exceptional.

Yeah, don't miss:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_nCw1WMFs4

Still watching that last video.

It gets kind of pseudo- Kuki Electric Mole version for a few seconds, somehow.

Her little dance is actually pretty good, no?

haha yes. what is that song from? is it new?

New jazz arrangement of Netsuai Hakkakuchu. Much much better than the studio Nakata-produced single from a few years ago.

looking that up and realized there was a second Shiina album of self-covers that she wrote for other people...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDnLHd2Ei3Y

New?

Not bad for this sort of thing.

New album? Nobody is keeping me up to date.

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/75560/Shiina-Ringo-Reimport-Vol.-2-Civil-Aviation-Bureau/

More theme music apparently.

... another self-cover album?

Yeah, I guess. I only skimmed that review but it sounds like the album is self-covers.

Shiina Ringo actually died several years ago, but an incredible Japanese AI experiment has taken her place, producing almost believable imitations of her songwriting.

just thinking about how perfect this song is today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECxBHhMc7oI

I blabbed on to a 90s music Podcast called Dig Me Out about Shōzo Strip this week, I'm a Patreon subscriber and I got to pick a rekkid, so I picked that.

http://www.digmeoutpodcast.com/episode/380-shozo-strip-by-shiina-ringo

her catalog's on streaming services in the us now!

still no tokyo jihen tho afaict

HOLY SHIT

they're there as 'Tokyo Incidents' at least in Australia? a few of their albums had been on there for a while but it looks like they're all there now!

apparently still not available in usa at all though, weird

Try Sheena Ringo?

it's so great to be able to finally hear all of her stuff i've never bothered to track down (all the non-album stuff)

I guess Spotify don't romanize

hmm interestingly on the digital version of Kalk Samen Chestnut Flower there's an extra 20 seconds to As You Wish and it doesn't crossfade into the drone that starts Consciously

Yeah, there's two versions of the record out there, I'm guessing one was perhaps banded for radio and the song lengths got changed as a result.