[Lyric Video] Perfume「Hold Your Hand」（short ver.）

I can't claim to be a Perfume fan since I don't yet own any of their CDs but I do like them some of their songs. :)  I did attend their live in Singapore though and I really enjoyed it.  Funnily, I didn't know anything about Perfume till the night before the live.  I spent some time listening to some of their songs on youtube and did like some of them and liked their MVs.

They do know how to put up a show and the live was loads of fun and ever since them, I've always paid attention to Perfume.

Yesterday, Perfume released a short version of the MV of their song "Hold Your Hand" which is the theme song for the currently airing NHK dorama "Silent Poor".  I've seen the first episode of "Silent Poor" and thought it wasn't bad.  I think the lyrics of this song, is quite an appropriate song for "Silent Poor" which is a dorama of the poor and those in need in Japan and the social workers who try and help them.

Anyway, for some reason, I really quite like this song and I think the MV is quite cute.  Today, CDJapan listened the soon to be released Maxi CD from Perfume.  There will be 4 new songs on that CD and one of them is "Hold Your Hand".  The Limited Edition has the MV on DVD for this song.  Soooooo tempting!!!

Anyway, this should be the cover art, I think.  At least that is what CDJapan has up on their website. :)

For those who want to get it, first press bonus is a poster.

And it comes in two flavours, both LEs

Cling Cling [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]
Cling Cling [w/ DVD, Limited Edition/Box Packaging]

I'm not sure if I'm going to get it just yet because I already ordered the Rekishi Hiwa Historia OST3 CD which has already shipped and I also pre-ordered the Hanako to Anne CD as well as the Kalafina THE BEST "Red" LE and "Blue" LE albums.  I'll probably end up ordering Ieiri Leo's 3rd Live Tour BD and delay the Yuki Kajiura vol.11 Live ~ FictionJunction Yuuka BD till another month.  Gonna be so broke!!! :P

Ieiri Leo ~ a boy - 3rd Live Tour (cover art & setlst)

Okay... gonna steal time from lunch and try and do this real quick.

CDJapan's already listed this release with the cover art as well.

So first up... cover art. :)



This is the BD cover art which I got from CDJapan.  The direct product page link is here... CLICK ME.



This is the DVD cover art which I got from CDJapan.  The direct product page link for this is here... CLICK ME.

The full setlist from HMV Japan is here, 24 songs in total:

カーニバル
太陽の女神
イジワルな神様
Time after Time
君に届け
Hello
Shine
チョコレート
キミだけ
Too many
Free
Who's that
Bless You
Lay it down
Fake Love
Kiss Me
Linda
Papa & Mama
サブリナ
希望の地球
ミスター
Message
a boy
Say Goodbye

It's suppose to come with bonus footage which should be this, unless they change it later:

Document of 3rd ワンマン Tour ～a boy～

These are very decently priced releases.  It's just 4600yen for the BD and 4000yen for the DVD.

This particular live was aired on WOWOW earlier in the year BUT this is a different edit and contains songs that was not included in the WOWOW broadcast.  This is similar to the Kalafina 5th Anniversary WOWOW special too where a full setlist was not broadcast.

The WOWOW setlist for the Ieiri Leo live is this:

Setlist
01. Carnival (カーニバル)
02. Taiyou no Megami (太陽の女神)
03. Ijiwaru na Kamisama (イジワルな神様)
04. Time after Time
05. Kimi ni Todoke (君に届け)
06. Hello
07. Shine
08. Chocolate (チョコレート)
09. Kimi Dake (キミだけ)
10. Bless You
11. Lay it down
12. Fake Love
13. Kiss Me
14. Linda
15. Papa&Mama
16. Sabrina (サブリナ)
17. Kibou no Hoshi (希望の地球)
18. Message
19. a boy

So you'll be getting 5 more songs plus the bonus footage and most likely a better mix.

Okay... if you're an Ieiri Leo fan... do buy these releases to support her.  I'll most likely pick up the BD.

Here are the links again:

Ieiri Leo ~ a boy 3rd Live Tour (BD)
Ieiri Leo ~ a boy 3rd Live Tour (DVD)

Okay, got to go... no time to proof read etc... will do that later... time to eat a really quick lunch!! :)

Bye

Ieiri Leo ~ "a boy ~ 3rd Live Tour~" BD & DVD announce

【更新情報】レオレポ『ライブ Blu-ray&DVD 「a boy 〜3rd Live Tour〜」発売決定!!』http://t.co/89LNeMwOUJ
— 家入レオ モバイルFC (@leoieirifc) May 20, 2014

I have to run... got to go to work but first this... YAY!!!  Ieiri Leo's live bd / dvd will be released.  Details later... I haven't even read them yet....

oh...... my poor wallet !!!! :P

bye!!! :)

Kalafina's message on CDJapan / Hikaru's blog post / Machi Asobi cafe etc

screen capture fr CDJapan video

Ah... it looks like there is another version of Kalafina's message that's being streamed online and it's not locked to Japan-only.  It looks similar to the Kalafina Pocket Message and it conveys essential the same message although it isn't exactly the same.

If you want to view this clip, you can view it by scrolling to the bottom of any of these product pages on CDJapan and play the clip.

THE BEST "Red" Limited Edition

THE BEST "Blue" Limited Edition

THE BEST "Red" Regular Edition

THE BEST "Blue" Regular Edition

By the way, the Kalafina Pocket Message will change on the 26th May so for those of you who have already tried playing the message, don't forget to check back on the 26th May.  My guess is that they'll be wearing their blue outfits for that video. :)

Also... I was wrong again. I thought that they had only created a special page for THE BEST albums but actually they also changed their official webpage. This has been up for a while, I just didn't realise it till I went to the website to go read the blog updates which I will get to in a bit. :)

source

Also, they updated the look of their app too.  So I update the app and made a few screen captures and you can view them below.

  

They seem to be favouring the red outfits for now... I wonder if they'll change everything later on to favour the blue outfits.

Anyway... finally, here's a bit about the blog post from Hikaru that was posted on the 17th May.  I usually don't write much about these blog updates on the website because I'm too busy to but this one I felt like writing about because it contained many photos of Kalafina at the Machi Asobi Cafe opening at Kitakyushu which also featured a Fate/Zero + Fate/Stay Night theme and a Kara no Kyoukai art exhibition and I'm a  pretty big fan of ufotable's work. :)

I'm not sure if ufotable is involved in the running of the cafe itself since it isn't a ufotable cafe but a Machi Asobi Cafe which is associated with the annual Machi Asobi anime event held in Tokushima.  There is already a ufotable cafe in Tokushima and ufotable has always been a big feature at the Machi Asobi event.  I don't know enough about ufotable the company or the Machi Asobi event to know if there is a link but what I do know is, according to Hikaru's blog post, the Machi Asobi Cafe is at the very least partially, if not wholly, financially supported by Tokushima itself.

First up... photos... lot's of them and all rather nice :) The source for all these are from Hikaru's post on Kalafina's blog.  CLICK ME.

     

I've known about Kalafina's schedule appearance at the opening of ufotable's latest cafe because I follow ufotable on twitter but I was kind of lazy to blog about it till now. :P   BTW, according to Hikaru's blog post, in that 2nd photo in the set above, Keiko is pointing at her favourite illustration at the exhibition.

Here are the photos from ufotable's twitter about the Machi Asobi Cafe.

    

Kalafina was the opening guest at the opening of the cafe which also featured a Fate/Zero + Fate/Stay Night theme and a Kara no Kyoukai art exhibition.  I would LOVE to have been able to be there.  But to date, I've only been to the ufotable cafe in Tokyo.

Check out that stack of televisions. Any Kara no Kyoukai fan would recognise that in a heart beat. :)  Soooo cool.  And also check out those sofas the one in the second picture in the set above and the one which Wakana is sitting on.  I would LOVE to have those in my room.  God... I am such an otaku!! :P

According to Hikaru's blog post, aside from the ribbon cutting, Kalafina a performed songs from Kara no Kyoukai and Fate/Zero, as well as, Alleluia from KnK: Mirai Fukuin which is to be expected since the opening theme at the cafe included Fate/Zero and there was a KnK exhibition at the cafe.  She also wrote a bit about how Kalafina's music cannot be categorized easily into any genre and wrote a bit about how that was due to Kajiura Yuki's amazing music etc

There is one more piece of information in Hikaru's post which I found interesting.

She wrote this:
今回は
皆さんと過ごした大切な時間の中から
THE BEST "Red"には
「Kalafina 5th Anniversary LIVE “oblivious”」
THE BEST "Blue"には
「リスアニ! LIVE-4」
での６曲の模様を初収録します。

So from here, it looks like it may really be the full Kalafina 5th Anniversay Live that will be included in THE BEST "Red" LE's Blu-ray.  If it is the full live, I would be VERY HAPPY of course but still... I don't want to get my hopes too high because the WHOLE live.... really?!?!?  What is confirmed though is that all 6 songs  that were performed at the Lisani! Live-4 live will be included in the Blu-ray for THE BEST "Blue" LE album.  This has made me very happy.  :)  I knew that they sang 6 songs at that live but I think only two of those songs were ever released.  Now we'll have all the songs. :)  For the cover art, track list, set list etc info on these albums, please read this post... CLICK ME.

Alrighty... that's it for now... I need to sleep now... I have a busy day tomorrow. :P

Oyasumi. :)

Radwimps in Singapore, Japan Music Festival

I really like this Radwimps song. As they've done for the past few years, they've released a song on the 11th March in memory of the terrible earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck the Tohoku region in Japan in 2011.

This is a really lovely song and it's because of this song that I want to see Radwimps live in Singapore on the 7th June.  They are one of the bands / vocalists / performers that are being brought in by Japan Music Festival.  They are the same people who brought in May'n for the Singapore and Jarkarta leg of her solo world tour.  Those two lives were just completed a few days ago, I think.  They will also be bringing in Kyary Pamyu Pamyu at the end of June.  I didn't go to May'n's live.  I know that Kalafina and her are friends but I'm not a big fan of her music and as much as I would love to support Japanese music in Singapore, my pockets dont't run deep enough for me to pay good money to go to the live of a performer I'm not really interested in.

Radwimps, however, does interest me.  They sing a brand of Japanese pop / rock which I do enjoy and I really like this song in the youtube video above.  BTW, the title of that song is Kaiko.

Anyway, I thought I would a bit of free promo for JMF, Radwimps and Japanese music in Singapore because I really want more solo acts to come. :)  I don't want them to just show up for Music Matters or the Anime Festival Asia and I also want bigger names to come to the a-nation live. Although I know it's very unlikely but still I can hope that one day I will be able to see Kajiura Yuki / FictionJunction / Front Band Members, Kalafina and Ieiri Leo solo lives and also another angela solo live in Singapore.

Anyway, here is the link for JMF page for the Radwimps live with all the ticket info etc. CLICK ME.  BTW, the price of the ticket is a flat rate of SGD78 which is pretty cheap, in my opinion.  They are a pretty well known band in Japan even though I think most Singaporeans have never heard of them.  If they get more exposure in Singapore, we might never have the opportunity to see them at this price again.  So I am super tempted to go but I have to think really hard because I also want to go to the flumpool live and tickets for those go on sale on the 24th May.... maybe I'll write a post about that in a bit... but maybe not today because I think I want to write one about Kalafina before I go to bed.  I actually want to write one about a relatively unknown Japanese band which I really like... they're called Karasu... not sure how many people know who they are but I really like their music.  Maybe I'll write that tomorrow night, if I have time and remember to do it. :P  For now, I'm off to work on a Kalafina post before I go to bed. :)

Kalafina ~ 2014 Calendar 50% off on CDJapan

For fans of Kalafina who have not yet bought their 2014 calendar and still want it, CDJapan is clearing their stock of calendars at 50% off.  CLICK ME. So we're not talking about Kalafina's calendar alone, all calenders should be going for half off.  So if you want to get any other calendars e.g. One Piece calendars or Totoro calendars etc, now might be a good time to check CDJapan out. CLICK ME for CDJapan's calendar sale. :)

I got mine at Kotobukiya when I was in Japan last year.  If you want to see those photos, CLICK ME. There aren't many but you are welcome to check them out. :)

Japan Night in Music Matters 2014

Actually, I've known about this event for some time but never got around to writing about it.  Since the 22nd May will be next Thursday, I thought I should write up a short post about it. :)

This has nothing to do with my usual obsessions :P  This is for Japanese music fans in Singapore.  It's a night of free live music performances by some pretty well known bands in Japan.  Music Matters is an event that brings music from various countries to perform live in Singapore.  I actually don't know much about the entire event itself since the only night that I'm really interested in is Japan Night.  I went to last year's Music Matter's Japan Night which was called "Music Matters Live with HP `J-ROCK Matters presented by BARKS' featuring flumpool, SID".  Yup quite a mouthful. :)  It was actually really fun and my second time seeing flumpool live.  And SID was really fun too. :)

 

The above are my not fantastic photos of the event shot on my S2 cellphone. I wasn't that close to the stage but we weren't that far either.  It was pretty crowded but the crowd was very good and we had a good time. :)

Video of the lives at Clarke Quay are still available on line.  For those who did not attend, you can check them out here.





Because of my very positive experience last year, I intend to attend next week's event even though I know very little about the three acts that will be performing that night.

This year they have Oral Cigarettes, Cream and Naoto Inti Raymi.  I've watched some of their music videos on youtube and I think the one that suits my music taste the most is probably Oral Cigarettes.  Still, I will go watch all of them until the last train runs at least because I don't want to take a cab home. :P

Here is one of Oral Cigarettes' music video.



Check out the Music Matters Japan Night FB page for more music videos.  You can also check out the Music Matters main webpage for the full line-up of performers on all 4 nights.

If you like Japanese music, go check out the free lives at Clarke Quay next week on the 22nd May. :)