the Shiina Ringo thread

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.

i figure that crossfade was to get the 44:44 run time on that version?

Yeah definitely!

listened to Ze-Chyou Syuu and Heisei Fuuzoku for the first time, both are great. Gamble which is on both of them is especially fantastic. love the rearranged jazz versions on Heisei Fuuzoku too

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCivlhVaJ8wWoF83evV6kvFg/videos also found this channel which has a lot of live videos uploaded

Ran the album titles through Google Translate to help re-orient myself.

逆輸入 〜航空局〜	Reverse import ~ Aviation station ~ 
日出処			Dining Session 
逆輸入 ~港湾局~		Reverse import ~ Harbor station ~ 
蜜月抄 (Live)		Honey moon extract (Live) 
三文ゴシップ		Sanshou Gossip 
私と放電		Discharging with me 
平成風俗		Heisei dolls 
加爾基 精液 栗ノ花	Ken radical semen chestnut flower 
唄ひ手冥利 ~其ノ壱~	Utato Hitomi ~ Sonoichi ~ 
絶頂集			Cumshot Collection 
勝訴ストリップ		Winning Strip 
無罪モラトリアム	Innocent moratorium 

Singles & EPs:

おとなの掟					 Adult's law
おいしい季節					 Tasty season
目抜き通り					 Main street
ジユーダム					 Jyudam
長く短い祭 / 神様、仏様				 Long Short Festival / God, Buddha
最果てが見たい					 I want to see the end
至上の人生					 Supreme life
熱愛発覚中					 Ardent love discovered in
いろはにほへと / 孤独のあかつき			 Hello to Iroha / Loneliness Akatsuki
自由へ道連れ					 Complaints with freedom
カーネーション					 Carnation
ありあまる富					 Abundant wealth
ギブス / 正しい街 / 余興 (仮) / ここでキスして。	 Gibbs / right city / entertainment (temporary) / kiss me here. [Ringo EXPO 08]
積木遊び (座禅エクスタシーより)			 Block play (from Zazen Ecstasy)
映日紅の花					 Movie day Red flower
この世の限り					 As long as this world
カリソメ乙女 (DEATH JAZZ ver.)			 Carisome maiden (DEATH JAZZ ver.)
りんごのうた					 Apple's Song
茎(STEM) ~大名遊ビ編~				 Stem (STEM) ~ Daimyo play memo ~
真夜中は純潔					 Midnight is chastity
ギブス						 Gibbs
罪と罰						 Crime and Punishment
The Best 3 椎名林檎				 The Best 3 Shiina apple
幸福論						 Happiness
本能						 Instinct
ここでキスして。					 Kiss me here.
歌舞伎町の女王					 The queen of Kabukicho
幸福論						 Happiness
成人法则 (Live精选)				 Adult law (Live selection)

oh her catalogue being released on streaming services was timed to commemorate 20 years since her debut single

https://sp.universal-music.co.jp/ringo/adam-eve/img/h_logo.png

aaaah

Track 5 of Kalk Samen etc is the greatest song ever, isn't it?

yes

i think that might be my favourite from it, the rock version on Ze-Chyou Syuu is great too

Before the advent of phone-enabled Streaming Shiina I had never given that one a real earbud listen to notice all the rompy hard panning.

Wikipedia notes that the vacuum cleaner belonged to Shiina's sister in law.

didn't know about the streaming, that's fantastic!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uzDLFvwFB4

this is the most charming amv ive ever seen

love that

<a href="https://aramajapan.com/news/shiina-ringo-announces-new-album-sandokushi/97082/";>‘Sandokushi‘- a play on the Buddhist term ‘Sandoku’ referring to three poisons that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will, and ignorance), the ‘Shi’ meaning ‘history’.</a>

welp. the fear was always that when she finally made another truly strange solo record, it'd still be Vegas at heart. behold the cover of the new album if you dare, it is too late for me, but why stop the abasement now, together through life, it's going to be wonderful owning a physical copy of this etc & yes her Coke jingle is on the album

鶏と蛇と豚

作詞作編曲：椎名林檎

piccolo： 関聡子
flute： 高桑英世
cor anglais： 庄司さとし
clarinet： 十亀正司
fagott： 長哲也
trumpet： 西村浩二
trombone： 村田陽一
horn： 藤田乙比古、和田博史、田島花林、五十畑勉 tuba 田村優弥
gran cassa, snare, cymbals, glockenspiel & buddhist percussion： 高田みどり
celesta： 林正樹
concertmaster： グレート栄田
violin： 滝沢幸二郎、矢野晴子、村田幸謙、入江茜、松本亜土、小倉達夫、桑田穣、越川歩、山本大将 viola 山田雄司、渡部安見子、西村知佳子、島内晶子
cello： 前田善彦、向井航
scratch & sound effect DJ： 大自然
sutra sampling licensed by Pony Canyon Inc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP4sD4Q1wgY&list=OLAK5uy_nKvYEx_hc6xlttXtuGhv3yT2pFTr_mduc&index=2&t=0s&fbclid=IwAR34jYvtkXVeT1o-P1bSnTc4Q3hbouCWg7Vhbi8jcWMC1Fpq7j0XmjXT8dM

lyrics are technically in english, sing along everyone:

Gorging hypnosis, vomit to everywhere
I thought the pull was something better
“Digestible”, that’s how it feels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP4sD4Q1wgY

^^ if that fails too, english title of song is 'Gate Of Living'

& second single, tagged with album's official horse art, is 'Elopers'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVmeCVIp1jY&list=OLAK5uy_kbGU8ONbyDDahuJkx0JyUTw8PKIjAY8FU&index=2&t=0s&fbclid=IwAR3otbbbSF2pR3aBkSv6SHVYXUS-eWtonMyQkF31Kfh4lCfZhwRqLmDpj0Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVmeCVIp1jY

great to have a new album on the way from her at last. i thought Sunny was pretty solid so i'm optimistic enough about a new album from her, and those two new tracks are a lot weirder than i was expecting from her at this point in her career.

Those both sound promising, getting Jun Togawa top-notes from that second track especially.

Is there anyway I can buy that album digitally / legitimately without spending money on an import? I know it's on Spotify - which is kind of amazing as it is - but not my preferred method of listening.

all her stuff is on iTunes and Google Play, though using her official romanisation 'Sheena Ringo'

the album is decent enough too, though about half of it compiles her singles from the past 5 years and those are largely less interesting than the new material. not really close to the peak of her first decade of output but i'm certainly happy enough with it

I had no idea her albums were on Spotify so I went and checked out Shouso Strip (I've only owned KZK for years). I like it - not as much as KZK, but I can see how it plants the seeds for that album. The two opening tracks are awesome, especially "Kyogen-shou," which is probably now my favorite song of hers! I feel like I'm on such a journey listening to it. Some stuff on there like "Gibs" is a little conventional but the personality she puts into the vocal still makes it stand out

all her solo work was put on streaming internationally last year to celebrate her career's 20th anniversary iirc. Muzai Moratorium is absolutely worth a listen too. idk how much Tokyo Incidents stuff is available on streaming internationally (it's available here in Australia but i'm not sure about the USA) but their first two albums are essential, especially Adult.

The last couple months I was only listening to Shina Ringo pre-Tokyo Jihen (including b-sides). Every song grows on you. I don’t have it in me to complain about any song from that period.

Tokyo Jihen is available where I am (Vietnam) under Tokyo Incidents. I listened to Adult looong ago and didn't really care for it but I might give it another listen now

Try 'Variety' also, it's ace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix8Inb2wAl4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC8la4l4RhQ

can't go too wrong with anything up until the end of Jihen imo. maybe that singles collection she did early in her solo career and the double cover album are patchy but still have good stuff.

sadly on both US iTunes and Play they only have two albums - the single for Koufukeron from '98 and something called "Saihate Ga Mitai -Donde Quiere Estar Mi Alma Viajero-"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT7LleyU-I8

found video of an early version of "koko de kiss shite" from 1996, performed with at the 'music quest' contest that lead to her getting a record deal

there's a lot of other great performances on that channel too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnaIJEW676Q

tokyo jihen are back

That's lush

WHAT

Sounds a lot like Petrolz, mind.

not really surprising considering Ukigumo has the writing credit on this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nZS1G_dQkQ

here's the reunion announcement video

idk if anyone's mentioned this but tokyo jihen are on spotify now, under the name "tokyo incidents"

Tokyo Jihen is available where I am (Vietnam) under Tokyo Incidents

oh lol i'm late

anyway the first two albums are masterpieces for anyone who doesn't know

News EP out today, available on Spotify in the US!
Which is good, but I still wish I wasn't restricted from just buying the mp3s here.