MARUNOHCHI MUZIK MAGAZINE PRESENTS WORLD PREMIERE OF GHOST BRIGADE
11/7にSEASON OF MISTから新作 “Ⅳ- ONE WITH THE STORM” を発売する GHOST BRIGADE。彼らの新曲 “ELECTRA COMPLEX” を世界初公開です!!
フィンランドの異端児、開拓者、そんな表現がしっくりくるバンドではないでしょうか。自らのFBページで”ジャンルレス”と宣言するその音楽性は確かにジャンル分け不能。同郷の INSOMNIUM を髣髴とさせる現代的で知的なメロディックデスメタルから OPETH ライクなプログレッシブさ。それに加えてMASTODON 的スラッジやCULT OF LUNA 的ポストメタルの影響も感じさせ、特筆すべきは TOOL のようなUSオルタナの雰囲気すら味付けに使っている点です。そういった要素を全て淀みなく融合させた前作 “UNTIL FEAR NO LONGER DEFINES US” は完成度の高い紛う事なき傑作でした。
それから3年、当然ながら期待高まる彼らの新作ですが間違いないでしょう!ELECTRA COMPLEX。この曲名を最初に聞いた時は確実に”勃起不全”だと思いましたが違います。”女児が父親に対して強い独占欲的な愛情を抱き、母親に対して強い対抗意識を燃やす状態を指す”そう。ユングがギリシャ神話になぞらえてそう呼び始めたんだとか。電子音を大胆に導入しながら静かに、メランコリックに幕を開け、募る感情を徐々に爆発させて行くように激しさを増すこの10分34秒はまさにそのテーマとシンクロしています。奇しくも11/7は先日10分の大曲を公開させて頂いた NE OBLIVISCARIS の新譜と同じ発売日です。これからのメタルシーンを牽引して行くであろうこの2バンドが同じ日に同じような長さの素晴らしい長尺曲を擁してアルバムをリリースする・・・これは何かの運命かもしれませんね。
MARUNOUCHI MUZIK MAGAZINE PRESENTS WORLD VIDEO PREMIERE OF FLYING COLORS!!
Steve Morse (Deep Purple/Dixie Dregs/ex-Kansas ), Casey McPherson, Neal Morse (Transatlantic, Spock’s Beard and a prolific solo artist), Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and more) , Mike Portnoy (Transatlantic, Winery Dogs, ex-Dream Theater) から成る夢のプログバンドFLYING COLORS。先日リリースされた2ndアルバム、SECOND NATUREからBOSTONのようなボーカルハーモニーとポートノイ氏の青髭が非常に魅力的な新PV、A PLACE IN YOUR WORLDを世界初公開です!!
【ABOUT “SECOND NATURE”】
【MIKE PORTNOY】:“The first album was very much a blind date, Although we already had ‘Team Dregs’ of Steve/Dave and ‘Team Transatlantic’ of myself/Neal, it was the first time that the five of us – seven if you include Bill Evans and Peter Collins – had collaborated together as a group. This time there was an existing chemistry, we had not only the prior experiences of making the debut album but also the 2012 tour as well.”
【MIKE PORTNOY】: “Direction was never even discussed. We just did what we do. I think perhaps not having a producer to ‘trim the fat’ possibly led to the songs breathing and expanding a bit more.”
MARUNOUCHI MUZIK MAGAZINE PRESENTS WORLD VIDEO PREMIERE OF H A R K
3/18にSEASON OF MISTからデビュー作CRYSTALLYNEをリリースしたウェールズ出身のトリオ、H A R K。彼ら特有のプログレッシブなSLUDGE / STONERサウンドを遺憾なく発揮した良曲”SCARLET EXTRIMITIES” のPVを世界初公開です!!
【ABOUT CRYSTALLYNE】
The album was recorded at Monnow Valley Studios in Wales (BLACK SABBATH, RUSH, JUDAS PRIEST, PORTISHEAD), and mixed by CONVERGE guitarist Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, HIGH ON FIRE, KVELERTAK, YOUNG WIDOWS).
10/24にSEASON OF MISTから新作WHITEWORM CATHEDRALをリリースするオハイオの老舗デスメタルバンドNECROPHAGIA。新曲ELDER THINGSを世界初公開です!!
バンドの中心人物KILLJOYさんです。どう見ても完全にヤバイ人ですね。ちょっといろいろとキビシイです。ただ過去にはPANTERAのフィル(ギターで)とかSIGHの川嶋さん(キーボードで)も参加していただけあってカッコいいです。リフ!リフ!リフ!で押し切る音楽性とB級ホラー映画的イメージがよくマッチしていますね。彼らのFBページとSEASON OF MISTさんのFBページです。
‘Comfort’ referers to a german philosopher named Walter Benjamin and his work on the ‘destructive character’. its about the fact that some people actually find peace and comfort in destroying things. its described as a special form of catharsis. here are the lyrics to get more into it:
‘COMFORT’はドイツの思想家ウォルター・ベンヤミンとその著書’DESTRUCTIVE CHARACTER’に関連しているんだ。物事を破壊することで安心や平穏を得る人というのは存在する。彼らとその行為についての曲なんだ。感情浄化の特別な形として描かれているよ。歌詞を読んでもらうともっと深く理解できるだろうね。 BY EDEN CIRCUS
comfort
I am young
and I am cheerful
for destroying rejuvenates me
it clears away the traces of our own age
it cheers, ‘cause everything is cleared away
this means complete reduction
like rooting out
out of its own condition
out of myself
I am wading
knee deep and going in
and I may
never come back again
I got only a few needs
and the least of them
is to know what will replace what’s been erased
I see no image hovering before me
no greater picture of it all
I am wading
knee deep and going in
and I may
never come back again
I’ve got an insight into
how everything is simplified
when considered worthy of being torn in two
one only occupation:
make room – let’s clear away
empty space
someone’s sure to be found
who will need it
this great bond embracing – unifying everything
a sight that affords real pleasure to me
you pass things down to posterity
by making them untouchable
I pass on situations
by liquidating them
I am wading
knee deep and going in
and I may
never come back again
what exists is reduced to rubble – unrooted
not for the sake of it
but for a way
for a way of leading us through!
【ANOTHER SONG】
こちらは以前公開されたHer lovely hands upon the black earth という曲です。ISISやTOOLを感じさせる長尺曲でこちらも素晴らしい出来。アルバムが楽しみですね!彼らのFBページとレーベルLIFE FORCE RECORDSのリンクです。ぜひ合わせてチエックして下さい!!
MARUNOUCHI MUZIK MAGAZIN PRESENTS JAPANESE PREMIERE
9/22に発売となるフランスの奇才八弦師、Clément Belioさんのフルアルバム’CONTRAST’からまさに日本のファンの為の曲KEIRO NO HIを曲解説、メッセージ付で世界独占公開です。
【ABOUT KEIRO NO HI】
This track is actually the most “japanese” one of the album.
I’ve always loved Japanese music, especially mathrock…
Nah seriously, Japan has the BEST mathrock bands in the world haha, TOE, Lite, Mouse on the keys…
So that song is my humble tribute to them, and especially to Ryuichi Sakamoto and TOE.
Pentatonic scales, fun drums grooves, acoustic guitar, and in the middle of the song, an intense groove between all those elements.
The tittle, “Keirô no Hi”, is as you probably know, a Japanese holiday celebrated annually to honor elderly citizens, and this year I think it was on the 15th of september, which was the first date plan of album release… Also, as my grandmother died recently, so I decided to dedicated that song in particular to her.
Anyway, this is one of the most “authentic” track of the album, because of the multiple LIVE instruments recorded (by yours truly), hope you enjoy… By Clement Belio
この曲はまさにアルバムの中で最も日本的なんだ。僕は本当に日本の音楽が好きで特にMATH ROCKを愛しているよ。いや真剣に日本には世界で最高のMATH ROCKバンドがいるよね、TOE, LITE, MOUSE ON THE KEYS・・・だからこの曲は彼らへの控えめなトリビュートと言えるだろうね。特に坂本教授とTOEへかな。
My most humble tribute to your country is that song…
I’ve always been fascinated by all I could see from Japan, from the mathrock bands to the YouTube videos “wtf japan seriously” haha, from several comics to tv shows…
Well, I really want to come to Japan and see all of this at least one time in my life.
This song reflects that desire and that admiration, I really hope you enjoy that modest tribute to what Japan has best to offer :) By Clement Belio
’敬老の日’は日本に対する僕の最大限のトリビュートなんだ。
僕は日本に関するあらゆることにいつも魅了されているからね。MATH-ROCKバンドからYouTubeでみる”wtf japan seriously”(笑)。漫画やテレビも素晴らしいよね。
MARUNOUCHI MUZIK MAGAZINE PRESENTS JAPANESE PREMIERE OF SCHIZOID LLOYD
11/4にBLOOD MUSICからデビューアルバム”The Last Note in God’s Magnum Opus”を発売するオランダの新鋭PROG-METALバンド、SCHIZOID LLOYD。アルバムからのファーストカット、SUICIDE PENGUINを彼らの曲解説、メッセージ付で日本独占公開です!!
【ABOUT SUICIDE PENGUIN】
MESSAGE FROM SCHIZOID LLOYD
“Hello entire Japanese population! Or some nutcase metalheads in it. We are Schizoid Lloyd, six lads from The Netherlands, we make progressive experimental avant-garde rock/metal and we have a crazy new song for you called “Suicide Penguin”, which is the first track of our upcoming debut album “The Last Note In God’s Magnum Opus”, and you should most definitely give it a listen! You might end up with a song you like! Which is always a good thing. The song is not actually about a penguin with suicidal thoughts, or, maybe it is, but metaphorically speaking the suicide penguin symbolises a fatal urge or desire. You should youtube that penguin and you’ll know what I mean. Then there is this stuff going on with reincarnation, love, fear of abandonment, existential loneliness, getting tricked by the devil, gangnam style, and magic mountains, but I’m not going into that or I’ll maybe ruin all potential interpretations that differ from my own, which is already very abstract and vague. The best thing you should do is just listen to the music, enjoy it, or not, then listen to it again, and enjoy it some more, or not, repeat ad nauseum. Thanks a lot!”
“やあ、日本のみんな!メタルヘッズもいるだろうね。僕らはSCHIZOID LLOYD。オランダ出身、6人の若者だよ。PROGRESSIVE/EXPERIENTAL/AVANT-GARDEなロック/メタルをプレイしているんだ。今回君達に聴いてもらうクレイジーな新曲がこのSUICIDE PENGUINだよ。もうすぐ発売される僕らのデビューアルバム“THE LAST NOTE IN GOD’S MAGNUM OPUS”からのファーストカットだ。絶対一度は聴いた方が良いぜ!きっと気に入るはずだから!うん、そうなれば最高だね。
この曲は自殺志願のペンギンについて書いている訳じゃないんだ。自殺ペンギンとは死に対する衝動とか欲求のシンボルで隠喩なのさ。YOU TUBEでペンギンの動画を見ればどういう事か分かると思うよ。
このテーマは輪廻、愛、放棄される恐怖、精神的な喪失、悪魔に騙される、カンナムスタイル、魔法の山、そういったものに関連しているんだけど説明出来ないね。僕が既に持っている抽象的で漠然とした解釈とは異なる全ての潜在的な解釈を破滅させるかもしれないからね。とにかく音楽を聴いて楽しんで。ダメならもう一回聴いて。それでもダメなら嫌になるほど聴いて。ありがとう!
The freakish debut album by Schizoid Lloyd – a Dutch progressive metal unit whose incredible musical hodgepodge of interests shine through within moments of the 57-minute release – effortlessly hopping from Queen-fueled vocal harmonies to Mr. Bungle lounging to Leprous progression to short outbursts of lunar insanity and even a dash of singer-songwriter sensitivity and white boy rap (when required). Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart would be very, very proud.
Schizoid Lloyd’s “The Last Note in God’s Magnum Opus” goes for pre-order on September 17th through Blood Music, with a November 4th release date.
Will be made available on limited edition high-quality vinyl, CD, and digitally through iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, X-Box Music, Spotify, Bandcamp, and every other digital service imaginable.
MARUNOUCHI MUZIK MAGAZIN Presents JAPANESE VIDEO PREMIERE OF SOS!!!
SOUNDS OF SPUTNIKの初PVを日本独占公開です!!
【ABOUT NEW BORN】
New Born, the debut album from Moscow’s Sounds of Sputnik, is a kaleidoscope of reverb-soaked guitar, calculated drums, thick bass, and angular guitars intertwined with ethereal vocals. This is extraordinary noise-pop, with layered harmonies, interlacing synth and distorted guitars. Sounds of Sputnik paired up with Canadian-Ukrainian duo Ummagma to co-write, produce, and record this album, to be released on UK label Ear to Ear Records. Ummagma’s Shauna McLarnon and Alexx Kretov both contribute solid warming vocals.
モスクワ出身、SOUNDS OF SPUTNIKのデビューアルバムNEW BORNを文字に表すと、リバーブに浸した万華鏡のようなギター、計算されたドラムワーク、厚みのあるベース、エッジーなギターに絡み合う天上のボーカルといった感じになるでしょうか。 幾重にも折り重なったハーモニー、網目のように張り巡らされたシンセサウンド、そしてディストーションの効いたギターを味わえる極上のNOISE-POPです。 SOUNDS OF SPUTNIKは今回、カナダ/ウクライナのデュオUMMAGMAと共に作曲、プロデュース、レコーディングを行いました。UKのレーベルEAR TO EAR RECORDSから発売されます。UMMAGMAのShauna McLarnonとAlexx Kretovがそのソリッドで温もりのある歌声を披露していますよ。
【WHAT’S SOUND OF SPUTNIK LIKE?】
This project leans heavily on a shared love of melodic dream pop, post-rock and shoegaze with each member bringing their own influences: aspects of Lush, Curve, My Bloody Valentine and No Joy cleverly blend with Hammock, Jesus & Mary Chain and The Twilight Sad to create remarkable “dream noise”.
このプロジェクトはMELODIC DREAM POP,POST-ROCK,SHOEGAZEへの愛に溢れています。 LUSH,CURVE,MY BLOODY VALENTINE,NO JOY CLEVERY BLEND WITH HAMMOCK,JESUS & MARY CHAIN,TWILIGHT SADといったアーティストからの影響をメンバー各自が持ち込んで素晴らしい”DREAM NOISE”が誕生しました。
【12 YEARS】
Rewind about 12 years ago. Roman, Shauna and Alexx were collaborating a bit until Shauna and Alexx left Russia. After losing contact for an entire decade, the three finally reunited last year and quickly beginning to work on new material. This release is a timely show of beauty in the face of the current ugly situation occurring between Ukraine and Russia.
New Born features drummer Graham Bonnar (Swervedriver/ Brian Jonestown Massacre) on ‘Overdrive’, and remixes by Malcolm Holmes (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark), psych rock producer Fran Ashcroft (Damon Albarn, Lords of Acid), Russian producers Morozov and Oleg Mezherovsky, and Brazil’s Mind Movies. British producer Marc Joy (Primal Scream, Mike Peters, Oasis Golden Fable, Bernard Butler) provided mastering support.
アルバムではGraham Bonnar(SWERVEDRIVER/BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE)が’Overdrive’に参加しています。Malcom Holmes(Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark),サイケロックのプロデューサーFran Ashcroft(Damon Albern,LORDS OF ACID)などがリミックスを行い、UKのプロデューサーMarc Joy(PRIMAL SCREAM,Mike Peters,OASIS,GOLDEN FABLE,Bernard Butler)がマスタリングのサポートを行っています。
【MESSAGE FOR JAPANESE FANS】
From Shauna
“From a small room with four walls, the music is born but still cannot grow if it is listened to only by its creators. We want this seed to scatter in the wind and grow in fields across the planet. This is our introduction to Japanese listeners and we are eager to grow this music in Japan too! Thank you to every listener and for the sound-space we share at the time you are listening… This unites us with you in growing this music. Arigatou”