the Shiina Ringo thread

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.

Looking forward to this, been listening to them a lot recently, the mid/later records are much better than I remember them, especially Variety which is ace.

New Jihen video up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t67VbQhh9_A

muzai moratorium: it's a great album

such an absurdly good debut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75-c5h7obKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L79JmTcdycc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg8foBeQfcw

even her b-sides from early on are unreal

New TJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS45uTF_8P0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pG7zs-2vQY

The new single is pretty great and has Hisako Tabuchi from Number Girl on guitar!

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

omg tabuchi and ringo reunited

New Ohzora Kimishima is extremely good Shiinacore if anyone's interested

oh wow that's great. shiina's an obvious influence but there's a whole lot more going on than just that

It's great on initial listens, I've only just gotten my head around 縫層 and that was years ago

Will try that!

Does anyone know why in 2023 you can get her whole discography on Spotify/Apple Music but you still can't purchase them to own in the US