― thank you slsk, Sunday, 21 May 2006 04:50 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/list_from_code_banner.html?key=27286
― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 21 May 2006 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx rides the neon lights (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 07:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx rides the neon lights (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 08:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 08:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Red Ruin, Saturday, 27 May 2006 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Red Ruin, Saturday, 27 May 2006 13:26 (seventeen years ago) link
Meanwhile, it appears they have broken up, according to this post (wait a minute... Red Ruin... that's you!), but I can't quite follow who's been doing what: the singer has been/is in Eksperimentoj, but also in Dhal, which seems to be a one off project (or is it? and doesn't that description mean Aoki isn't a member of Eksperimentoj?) and the other members have been in other bands as well see here.
(I just get ????'s everywhere, so I can't tell whether downy has actually broken up or not and what happened to them all - can anyone confirm/deny any of this?)
― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 1 June 2006 18:10 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.redruin.com/2006/02/06/eksperimentoj-solaris-japan/
― StanM (StanM), Friday, 2 June 2006 06:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shoes say, yeah, no hands clap your good bra. (goodbra), Saturday, 29 July 2006 03:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― emekars (emekars), Saturday, 29 July 2006 22:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 30 July 2006 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link
They're recording album 5 btw
― StanM, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
oh fuck i love this band
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 20:54 (ten years ago) link
radiohead comparisons always felt off to me. for one the rhythm section of this band is totally nuts
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 20:57 (ten years ago) link
Updates from the studio @ http://twitter.com/#!/aokirobin (in Japanese though)
― StanM, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 21:06 (ten years ago) link
There was always a nagging feeling that something in the vocals on Mokuren reminded me of something else:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wishtr0sfE
and years later, I think I found what it reminds me of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLMoDU9Tl_E
(lo and behold, now I'm google Downy + This Heat, I find out Downy have covered This Heat's Paper Hats on a 2005 compilation)
― StanM, Thursday, 20 June 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eupxFVKj9QM
http://www.downy-web.com/news/news1.html
― StanM, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 17:18 (ten years ago) link
Excellent, I love these dudes
― many machines on ilx (MaresNest), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 19:44 (ten years ago) link
yesssssssssssss
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link
So, um, yeah - this is what's on the label's page about the album : http://1fct.net/archives/7298
The Google translation is only slightly less readable than an XGau review: boned entanglement.
"New album of nine years after the long-awaited revival downy ! hiatus period !
Sound hard sharp that tension taut leads .Acoustic own encapsulating innovation to stimulate the mental scenery is unique .It is the birth name of the board that carved a new history without compromise .
To fuse it to face . Sound image abstracts with personality comb each , are concocting without waste or tangles vocal and installation of individual sharp texture . Vocals full of originality in the transience pushing which is clad in lyrics ideological abstract . Exchange of guitar phrases and drumming of strange time not even have time to breath are continuous in the thrilling , wall of sound that carved in the complex rhythm and riff -conscious freely regulation is improvisation application ambient basis somewhere . How the interplay goes Une me over and over again in the thread of rhythm rather than boned entanglement , the impression that come from beyond the distant horizon . Sound making a sharp based around rhythm . Minimalist rhythm that is configured dense is speculative , such as reminiscent of the landscape desolateThere is the abyss . In addition , the amplitude of the sound while centric lyricism in lyrical , intense attack also combines the dramatic dynamic . Merged with a novel sense of beat , the configuration of power electronics sound show by drawing a soundscape flexible is the best part .
It is the restart felicity Label the first artist downy, long-awaited ."
― StanM, Sunday, 27 October 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
(I think I meant slightly more readable, but anyway)
― StanM, Sunday, 27 October 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1axFkQlF4o
― StanM, Sunday, 10 November 2013 16:31 (ten years ago) link
(the title is "Spring & Carnage" as far as I can find)
― StanM, Sunday, 10 November 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
The album's out in Japan -> https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/di-wu-zuo-pin-ji-wu-ti/id738416245
― StanM, Thursday, 21 November 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link
ffffff all right
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
oh excellent i found it
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link
well this is just straight up shooting me in the face out the gate
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
um, is that a good thing? :-)
― StanM, Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:38 (ten years ago) link
Videoclip for track 5+6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydy9xpvA1P8
― StanM, Wednesday, 27 November 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
Does this mean they're releasing a live album or studio album 6 in September? -> http://www.downy-web.com/news/
― StanM, Saturday, 6 August 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
I think it announces a new album and a release show?
which holy shit
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 August 2016 15:53 (seven years ago) link
Yes! new album. http://1fct.net/releases/pecf-1140
(not-very-helpful Google translation)
― StanM, Saturday, 6 August 2016 16:34 (seven years ago) link
+ albums 1, 2, 3 and 4 have been remastered in 2014
― StanM, Saturday, 6 August 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
Trailer movie for album 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhGr_R9nEQk
― StanM, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 15:01 (seven years ago) link
Album is out in two days - videoclip for the first track ( 凍る花 - "flowers freeze" ?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osjxvvuStCQ
― StanM, Monday, 5 September 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
The album's out!
Interview Robin Aoki / Taigen Kawabe from Bo Ningen : http://www.brownnoiseunit.com/interviews/downy-x-bo-ningen-the-untitled-6-interview/
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 15:17 (seven years ago) link
whoa the album's on spotify!!!!
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
well this sure is a downy album. it's great
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 17:47 (seven years ago) link
36 minutes? :(
As usual, it'll probably take me a couple of listens to fully get into (5 only clicked after a couple of months and now I don't understand what I didn't get about it initially)
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 September 2016 18:07 (seven years ago) link
https://www.last.fm/music/downy/+shoutbox
Their guitarist died in march
― StanM, Sunday, 1 July 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
and album 6 still hasn't clicked for me yet
― StanM, Sunday, 1 July 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
oh that's a huge bummer
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Sunday, 1 July 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
working on 7th!
downy 7thアルバムのドラムREC終了!凄まじい曲たちが仕上がって来ています。身に余る光栄に震えつつも絶対に良い作品にするんだという気合いに満ちております。ようやく行けたハジメさんのスタジオも素晴らしかったです。ルームチューニングとATC+Subが本当に良い。ここでミックスもやりたい… pic.twitter.com/0bomd5Exis— K C (@KKKKKCCCCC) September 24, 2019
― StanM, Saturday, 5 October 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
(drums are recorded, it's a great studio, etc) - I only have google translate to go on
― StanM, Saturday, 5 October 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
they started mixing on New Year's Day btw (
#Repost @aokirobin with @get_repost・・・2020年のdownyはMIX作業からスタート。元旦からやってましたが皆で集まると良いアイデアが出て楽しいですね!結成20年なんですってよ!半分休んでたけど。。笑今年もよろしくお願いします。#downy pic.twitter.com/1jOr4bsdLX— 青木ロビン (@aokirobin) January 7, 2020
― StanM, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link
important news on Feb 5th -
今年結成20周年を迎えるdowny。2月5日(水)正午に大事なお知らせがございます。#downyband pic.twitter.com/Xtr8IKgXPc— downy (@downy_official) January 31, 2020
― StanM, Saturday, 1 February 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
Yes!
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 1 February 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
http://downy-web.com/7/
― StanM, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 03:23 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDtKHzKVl94
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZqpXh0lftY
― StanM, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
They've been playing it 20 times after each other on Youtube today and it's more immediately accessible than the last one IMO - sounds great.
― StanM, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:03 (four years ago) link
oh, i'm enjoying this a lot, i haven't kept up with them/didn't realize they were still around (basically i only know them from their cover of This Heat's paperhats)
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 13 March 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
a track from the live stream you can buy tickets for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUcVqjyJJR0
― StanM, Thursday, 24 December 2020 11:36 (three years ago) link
sometimes I think they just get too complicated for their own good but then other times I hear the exact same song and it all comes together. Weird.
― StanM, Thursday, 24 December 2020 11:38 (three years ago) link
they're selling the live show on a USB stick (order before Jan 9th, probably not shipping outside of Japan) + download - see text below this new clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqdmpoZAt9c
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 14:10 (three years ago) link
ooh, they ARE shipping outside of Japan (it says 800 yen shipping) - even though the about page of their shop still says they don't
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
nevermind, no international shipping after all.
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 14:20 (three years ago) link
you can supposedly buy the download on the official merch store except it doesn't accept my zip code, my phone number format or my credit card (just a regular mastercard that works everywhere else) :(
― StanM, Sunday, 31 January 2021 08:27 (three years ago) link
I complained a bit and now us foreign scum can buy the download!
https://downy.bandcamp.com/album/amazarashi-no-tsuki-wo-miteiru-video-collection
― StanM, Monday, 1 March 2021 14:06 (three years ago) link
3 singles were released this year - the third link is the EP that compiles all three + two remixes
2022.04.06 https://friendship.lnk.to/Depletion_re2022.04.27 https://friendship.lnk.to/PassingShower2022.06.29 https://friendship.lnk.to/wheezing
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 14:30 (one year ago) link
and Aoki Robin has a new band, zezeco. Debut album Shinsei came out in January:
https://linktr.ee/zezeco
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 July 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link
(Sanzen is the album's name, don't know where I got that Shinsei then)
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 July 2022 14:48 (one year ago) link