Japanese Music - Recommendations/Discussion

monta wrote:i've just downloaded a Salyu single album coz Keps and A-Dad have been talkin about em :beaten: :hehe:

the one that has the TOWER single in it.

my first impression was, she was a japanese softer version of Natasha Beddingfield... nice voice

What, is Terminal available to download somewhere?? I really want it.
Mind you, I'm probably going to end up buying the cd anyway, for the artwork. The artwork with Landmark is fabulous, and I've read Terminal's is pretty good.

@ AD - definitely agree that Salyu's voice is richer than most. I think Salyu has one of the most unique and wonderful female voices I've heard.
She sounds like a woman, and not a girl, which ia always good imo. :)

Keps wrote:

What, is Terminal available to download somewhere?? I really want it.
Mind you, I'm probably going to end up buying the cd anyway, for the artwork. The artwork with Landmark is fabulous, and I've read Terminal's is pretty good.

it's from the Tower single album. i got this from a friend, and again, i recommend those IRC stuff whatever they are.

monta wrote:

it's from the Tower single album. i got this from a friend, and again, i recommend those IRC stuff whatever they are.

Ah, I see. What's IRC?

I think monta-san means IRC chat: IRC is Internet Relay Chat, which is an old-style chat that you need an old-style client for. It's good for file transfers though, and you can often get stuff from IRC channels that you can't get anywhere else. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat

Not for the faint of heart or the noob though.

Anime Dad wrote:I think monta-san means IRC chat: IRC is Internet Relay Chat, which is an old-style chat that you need an old-style client for. It's good for file transfers though, and you can often get stuff from IRC channels that you can't get anywhere else. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat

Not for the faint of heart or the noob though.

Eek, I'd never heard of this before. Thanks for the info.
Looking at that link, it looks beyond my tech knowledge. Huh.

@ Topic - does anyone have any suggestions for Japanese female artists who don't sound girlish?

Keps wrote:

@ Topic - does anyone have any suggestions for Japanese female artists who don't sound girlish?

Have you ever tried anything by Zard or Hitomi Yaida? [/list:u]

Anime Dad wrote:I think she has a richer voice than most Japanese singers.

If rich voices are what you're looking for, I have a few suggestions:

(youtube links)
UA - Amai Unmei (Salyu reminds me of her)
Misia - Song for you
Onitsuka Chihiro - infection
PUSHIM - I Pray

(song d/l)
ahhco - Ryuusei
Asuka - SHINING
indigo blue - Start Over
Serina - Yukue Shirezu
Silly - About Us
Tina - Spend the time



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gaijinmark wrote:@ Topic - does anyone have any suggestions for Japanese female artists who don't sound girlish?

Try these. Hopefully you'll find something you like. Also, try the stuff above too. :)

(youtube links)
paris match - Kiss
CORE OF SOUL - Natural Beauty
ayaka - Melody
Yano Maki - Time Capsule no Oka
Fayray - Negai
mink - Glory of Life
Hirahara Ayaka - Jupiter
Amano Tsukiko - Same
JAMOSA - SO ADDICTED 247365
Miz - Bittersweet

(song d/l)
SAKURA - On and On

Keps wrote:

Eek, I'd never heard of this before. Thanks for the info.
Looking at that link, it looks beyond my tech knowledge. Huh.

@ Topic - does anyone have any suggestions for Japanese female artists who don't sound girlish?

uh huh. same here. i have no idea how they get all those stuffs from that IRC thingi. he gets doramas, animes, PVs, and mp3 from it.

i have no idea on the meaning of a song, so i dunno which are girly or not. But i'm still recommending Namie Amuro to you. I LOVE her! try these songs: ALARM, Put em' Up, Handle Me, GIRL TALK, Fish, Shine More and etc.

but i have a feeling her songs are girly :beaten: :sweat:

you can get them from the getasianmusic.com/~downloads/Japanese

monta wrote:But i'm still recommending Namie Amuro to you.

Yeah, anything but the Super Monkeys era. :beaten:

Thanks cori-chan - I watched some of those videos and loved them all :) You are the J-Pop princess now ;)

monta-san - IRC isn't THAT difficult, you just have to have patience and a little knowledge. I downloaded the whole Scrapped Princess anime thru IRC once :)

And I think "girly" was referring to the voice, rather than the song itself :) Ai Otsuka would be girly, Salyu not ;)

oh i like CORE OF SOUL. before they were popular (and i believe they're not that popular until now) they actually performed in Indonesia. free. but also without notice and advertisement. it's a goverment culture program whatever. still regret that i missed it. their english pronounciation rocks.

for ayaka, instead of Melody, i really recommend 'I Believe' and 'Mikazuki'. those songs are her best IMO :D

anyone here like Yoko Kanno's stuff? his GiTS SAC II album rocks, especially the ones with Ilaria Graziano

cori wrote:Yeah, anything but the Super Monkeys era. :beaten:

never touched that before :beaten: .that bad?

Anime Dad wrote:Thanks cori-chan - I watched some of those videos and loved them all :) You are the J-Pop princess now ;)

I'm glad you liked them. :D And thanks for the title. ;)

monta wrote:oh i like CORE OF SOUL. before they were popular (and i believe they're not that popular until now) they actually performed in Indonesia. free. but also without notice and advertisement. it's a goverment culture program whatever. still regret that i missed it. their english pronounciation rocks.

for ayaka, instead of Melody, i really recommend 'I Believe' and 'Mikazuki'. those songs are her best IMO :D

CORE OF SOUL broke up, but I still think that their songs are really good.

As for ayaka, I liked Melody better than I Believe and Mikazuki because it has more kick than those ballads. Besides, everyone recommends those songs whenever they mention her, so I thought I'd post something different. :)

never touched that before :beaten: .that bad?

I quite like Super Monkeys stuff, but the person wanted "non-girly" type of music/voices, and SM music is the definition of "girly" (next to Morning Musume). ;)

cori wrote:
I quite like Super Monkeys stuff, but the person wanted "non-girly" type of music/voices, and SM music is the definition of "girly" (next to Morning Musume). ;)

:beaten:

i never knew CORE OF SOUL broke up :sweat: yeah, i like a couple of their songs

i think ayaka is really good at mellow songs

monta wrote:

:beaten:

i never knew CORE OF SOUL broke up :sweat: yeah, i like a couple of their songs

i think ayaka is really good at mellow songs

COS broke up last year, IIRC. I think that Fukko will release music under the generic name "Love."

And though ayaka's mellow songs are good, I still like "melody" the best.

Hey guys!
I like songs by Rain or Se7en, I like the beat.
Who could help me and tell me some japanese/korean bands or japanese/korean singers whose music is like these of Rain or Se7en?
I would be very thankful if someone could help me.

Akane

akane_MYV wrote:Hey guys!
I like songs by Rain or Se7en, I like the beat.
Who could help me and tell me some japanese/korean bands or japanese/korean singers whose music is like these of Rain or Se7en?
I would be very thankful if someone could help me.

Akane

The person I immediately thought of was Miura Daichi. His voice is higher pitched than Rain & Se7en and he isn't as good looking, but his songs are great. You can check some of his PVs at Youtube ( No Limit, Free Style) and there are other Miura Daichi stuff there as well.

I also think that DA PUMP might be a good choice too. They're poppy, but they occasionally have some R&B tracks, plus the lead singer (ISSA) is pretty good looking. ;) You can check out DA PUMP lives/PVs @ Youtube

Hopefully you'll like their stuff, if not, I know of other male singers/groups that specialize in R&B.

cori wrote:
The person I immediately thought of was Miura Daichi. His voice is higher pitched than Rain & Se7en and he isn't as good looking, but his songs are great. You can check some of his PVs at Youtube ( No Limit, Free Style) and there are other Miura Daichi stuff there as well.

I also think that DA PUMP might be a good choice too. They're poppy, but they occasionally have some R&B tracks, plus the lead singer (ISSA) is pretty good looking. ;) You can check out DA PUMP lives/PVs @ Youtube

Hopefully you'll like their stuff, if not, I know of other male singers/groups that specialize in R&B.

Hey wow, thank you so much! Both, Miura Daichi and DA PUMP, their music are great, awesome!
I like it very much, thanks for the recommendations!
Perhaps got more singers/bands like them?^^

akane_MYV wrote:

Hey wow, thank you so much! Both, Miura Daichi and DA PUMP, their music are great, awesome!
I like it very much, thanks for the recommendations!
Perhaps got more singers/bands like them?^^

Yay, I'm glad you like them. :D

As for other suggestions, you might want to try ISSA's solo album. He's the lead singer of DA PUMP, but his album has a variety of styles, including R&B, ballads, rockish songs.

Another person you could try out is Mazda Ryozy. He's not really known, but his songs are pretty good, though a bit generic R&B.
Official site: http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/ryozymazda/

Ryohei (or Yamamoto Ryohei) is another good singer. He's collaborated with m-flo (ew) and some other people, but I prefer his solo songs.
Official site: http://www.rhythmzone.net/ryohei/

I can upload a few samples when I have more time. :) Also, I thought I'd mention that all of these singers don't seem to dance in their videos, so I'm not sure if that makes a difference or not. I think that the Jpop artists that actually dance are mostly poppy ones. :(

i'm starving for something with a really good dance beat, something westernized. any recommendations?

something like Namie Amuro's Fish, Put 'em Up, ALARM, Uh Uh or BoA's Lady Galaxy and Revolution Code or ZEEBRA's songs. songs by these 3 artists will do fine since i haven't heard all of their songs.

a link if possible. thx :thumbsup:

cori wrote:
Yay, I'm glad you like them. :D

As for other suggestions, you might want to try ISSA's solo album. He's the lead singer of DA PUMP, but his album has a variety of styles, including R&B, ballads, rockish songs.

Another person you could try out is Mazda Ryozy. He's not really known, but his songs are pretty good, though a bit generic R&B.
Official site: http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/ryozymazda/

Ryohei (or Yamamoto Ryohei) is another good singer. He's collaborated with m-flo (ew) and some other people, but I prefer his solo songs.
Official site: http://www.rhythmzone.net/ryohei/

I can upload a few samples when I have more time. :) Also, I thought I'd mention that all of these singers don't seem to dance in their videos, so I'm not sure if that makes a difference or not. I think that the Jpop artists that actually dance are mostly poppy ones. :(

Yeah...sounds nice^^ Would be really happy if you could upload few songs by them.
The better idea, just pm me your msn addy, then you can send me per msn, would be much better not?^^