L.A. BASED EXPERIMENTAL SULUDE/POST-METAL BAND “BLACK SHEEP WALL” SET TO RELEASE THEIR SECOND FULL ALBUM “I’M GOING TO KILL MY SELF” ON 1/26 FROM SEASON OF MIST !
WORLD PREMIERE: “WHITE PIG” OF BLACK SHEEP WALL !!
L.A. BASED EXPERIMENTAL SULUDE/POST-METAL BAND “BLACK SHEEP WALL” SET TO RELEASE THEIR SECOND FULL ALBUM “I’M GOING TO KILL MY SELF” ON 1/26 FROM SEASON OF MIST !!
2012年、鳴り物入りで、満を持して、SLUDGE/POST-METAL 界の救世主としてデビューを飾った BLACK SHEEP WALL。 ELECTRIC WIZARD のドロドロで混沌とした引きずり女的 DOOMY な要素と INTRONAUT のプログレッシブでお洒落な代官山アトレ的要素を混合したような音楽性はブレイクの予感を充分に感じさせました。EPを挟んでそれから2年。何か物々しいタイトルの彼らの新作 “I’M GOING TO KILL MY SELF” からだいぶ危なっかしい曲名の “WHITE PIG” が届きました。またしても10分弱という「このレーベルの人売る気あるんだろうか」と思わざるを得ない長尺1stシングルですが内容は素晴らしいです。前半の全てを薙ぎ倒すような 強烈SLUDGE からプログレッシブに神々しさすら纏って荘厳に展開していく様は実に見事ですね。というか結局ジャケが出落ち感満載なのであまり語ってもしょうがないですね。ぜひ過去作共々聴いてみてください。
LEGENDARY TWO GUITARISTS COME TOGETHER!! ERIC JOHNSON & MIKE STERN RELEASED AWESOME COLABORATION ALBUM “ECLECTIC”!!
MIKE STERN。バークリー在学中に講師として働いていた PAT METHENY と出会い、彼に勧められて BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS に加入。2年間活動した後 BILLY COBHAM のバンドに参加。そうしてキャリアを積んで迎えた1981年。BILL EVANS (SAXの方ね)の紹介で MILES DAVIS GROUP に加入します。マイルスからは「FAT TIME」と可愛がられ(当時彼は太っていた)「ジミヘンのように弾け!」と言われていたそう。そこから彼独特のディストーションを効かせたビバップフレーズが構築されトレードマークになって行きました。以後ソロキャリアを追求しつつ JACO PASTORIUS, BRECKER BROTHERS, DAVID SANBORN など共演したアーテイストは枚挙に暇がありません。片や ERIC JOHNSON。CRIFFS OF DOVER の大ヒットとグラミー受賞で有名ですが1996年、G3 初のツアーに招かれて JOE STAORIANI, STEVE VAI と共に参加した事からもまさに GUITARIST’S GUITARIST だとわかります。ペンタトニックにコードの概念を持ち込んでカラフルに彩る彼独特の奏法は多くの後進たちに影響を与えています。その二人が初めてコラボレートした作品 “ECLECTIC” がリリースされました。つまり LEGEND × LEGEND な訳で悪かろうはずがありません(ドラムも ANTON FIG という LEGEND が参加)。彼らが今まで養ってきた音楽的素養の数々・・・JAZZ, BLUES, ROCK, といった所を幅広くそして惜しみなく披露しています。伝説に話を聞けました。MIKE STERN 氏です。どうぞ。
【ABOUT “ECLECTIC”】
Q1: Hi, Mike. “Eclectic” is out now. How are the reactions?
【MIKE】: Seems really good. I’m really happy about the record. People are enjoying it. So much fun to do a record with Eric.
Q2: How did this collaboration begin? Have you known each other for a long time?
【MIKE】: yes we’ve know each other about 10 years and known about for a long time. It started with my record Big Neighborhood in 2009. That felt so good we did a tour and then the record. we’re on tour now.
Q3: I think Mike and Eric have a point in common. You two have aspects of Rock and Jazz. Is that point important for this collaboration?
【MIKE】: Well it’s an important point that we have common ground and different priorities. Eric is more a rock player and I’m a jazz player but we have blues mostly in common.
Q3: マイクとエリックには共通点がありますよね。お二人とも ROCK と JAZZ の素養を兼ね備えています。今回のコラボレーションでそれは重要な点でしたか?
Q4: “Eclectic” is awesome. I really love it. Because “Eclectic” has wide variety. Jazz, Rock, Blues, and even vocal song.Yeah, it’s exactly eclectic. How was the process of composition?
【MIKE】: I brought in some of my tune I already recorded and wrote 2 new ones, Wherever You Go and Sometimes. Eric brought in some of his tunes and he wrote 1 new one, Benny’s Blues.
Q4: “ECLECTIC” は JAZZ, ROCK, BLUES, ボーカル曲まで入ったバラエティー豊かな素晴らしいアルバムです。まさにタイトル通り ECLECTIC ですね。曲作りはどのように行われたのでしょう?
【MIKE】: 僕は僕で自分の過去作の曲を何曲かと、新曲を2曲持ち込んだんだ。 WHENEVER YOU GO と SOMETIMES だよ。エリックも彼の曲を何曲か持ち込んであと新曲を一曲書いたんだ。BENNY’S BLUES だよ。
【ABOUT MIKE AND ERIC】
【CRIFFS OF DOVER: エリックが素晴らしいのは当然なのですがクネクネしながらソロを弾き倒すマイクが秀逸!!】
Q1: As a guitarist, as a person, what is the difference between you and Eric?
【MIKE】: There’s more in common. There are differences but we are after the same sensibility as far as an overall musicality. We give each other lots of space. We’re sensitive to each other’s style to let it come through so we don’t get in each other’s way. Musical compatibility is a priority among the whole band.
Q4: Why do you keep using telecaster shaped guitar?
【MIKE】:I like it. Especially the Mike Stern signature model. Yamaha does a great job.
Q4: なぜテレキャスターシェイプのギターに拘っているのでしょう?
【MIKE】: 好きだからさ。特に MIKE STERN SIGNATURE MODEL がね。YAMAHA はいい仕事をしてくれているよ。
【FIVE FAVORITE ALBUMS: KEY TO MIKE】
HERBIE HANCOCK: MAIDEN VOYAGE
BEATLES: SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
JIMI HENDRIX: ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?
MILES DAVIS: KIND OF BLUE
JOHN COLTRANE: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD
【MESSAGE TO JAPAN】
I love Japan and I love playing there. Japanese people are beautiful. There are many wonderful musicians in Japan. I am looking forward to going there again, and again and again. Domo arigato!
Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London 1982. Miles Davis (trumpet), Marcus Miller (bass), Mike Stern (guitar), Bill Evans (sax), Al Foster (drums) and Mino Cinelu (percussion).
STOLAS WILL LAUNCH THEIR NEW ALBUM “ALLOMATERNAL” ON 11/7 !!
DANCE GAVIN DANCE のギタリスト、WILL SWAN が主催するレーベル BLUE SWAN RECORDS から11/7に新譜 “ALLOMATERNAL” を発売するUS産 POST-HARDCORE の雄 STOLAS。彼らの持ち味である”激しさ”が光る新曲、CLAW POINT を日本独占公開です!!
【MESSAGE FOR JAPAN】
“Claw Point” is an aggressive, tumultuous piece that contains some of the most riff-driven and spacious parts on Allomaternal. Word’s getting around that Allomaternal is a concept album, and “Claw Point” chronicles the first major conflict in the story. You’ll have to wait for the album to drop to hear it in context.
For any listeners we may have in Japan, it’s an honor to not only share our craft with you but also speak directly with you. Many thanks to Sin for facilitating that conversation.
以前 MUSICAL MATHEMATICS で公開された曲ですが NICK がベースを録り直したファイナルミックスです。同時に WORLD IS SQUARE の掲載許可とメッセージも頂きました。
【MESSAGE FOR JAPAN】
Hello Japan! I am so excited to share these two tracks from the new Invalids album entitled “Strengths” that will be released on the 28th of October on Japanese record label Friend of Mine Records. I have drawn influences from Japanese music my whole life, from video games and wonderful composers like Nobuo Uematsu, to awesome bands like toe, Mouse on the Keys, and nuito. Now I am very pleased and honored to have so many Japanese fans, and I hope you all enjoy these songs and the rest of Strengths! :333
PETE DAVIS
ハロー、日本のみんな!INVALIDS の新作 “STRENGTHS” からこの2曲を披露出来てとても興奮しているよ!アルバムは10/28に日本のレーベル FRIEND OF MINE さんから発売されるんだ。僕は人生を通して日本の音楽から影響を受けていてね。ビデオゲームと植松伸夫氏のような素晴らしいコンポーザーから TOE, MOUSE ON THE KEY, NUITO のような最高のバンドまでね。日本に多くのファンが居るのはとても嬉しいし誇らしいよ。この2曲を楽しんで新作 “STRENGTHS” も楽しみにして欲しいな!
PETE DAVIS
個人的に大好きな MATH ROCK プロジェクトなので弊サイトで掲載できた事は非常に感慨深いものがあります。よくテクニカルで変態的プレイなんて言われたりしますし実際そうなんですけど、私は彼らの本質はそこではなく、美しい情景が浮かぶような曲自体にあると思っています。実際今回提供して頂いた2曲もオーサムすぎますね。アートワークはPETEが曲を提供したり POLYPHIA のアートワークを描いたり可愛かったりで今をときめく YVETTE YOUNG さんが手掛けています。”STRENGTHS” 期待しましょう!!
FREND OF MINE RECORDS さんの HP と INVALIDS のFBページです。ぜひあわせてチェックして下さい!!
“Cyclamen boasts a repertoire featuring both mathcore chaos and technical aggression to the seemingly polar opposite with post-rock atmospheres and calming beauty in a genre I like to call post-djent.” heavyblogisheavy
”CYCLAMENはMATHCOREのカオスとテクニカルな攻撃性、同時にそれとは正反対に思えるPOST-ROCKのアトモスフィアと静かな美しさを兼ね備えている。POST-DJENTとでも呼びたいね” こんな感じだと思います。2010年にこういった文章を書かせたCYCLAMEN、書いたTHBIH、どちらも素晴らしいですね。と言うのもこの4年間でシーンの成長と共にそういった音楽性のバンドが増え、人気も出てきたように感じるからです。先日あのKSCOPEと契約を果たしたTESSERACT然り、FALLUIJAH然り、THE CONTORTIONIST然り。そして今回インタビューを行ったVERSE VICAは彼らに続いてPOST-DJENTの新たなる地平を切り開き2010年代後半のDJOPINION-LEADERとなる可能性を秘めています。デビュー作ENDEAVORで彼らが提示したANIMALS AS LEADERSとMONOのハイブリッド的音像は確実にここ日本でも多くのファンを獲得する事でしょう。インタビューです。どうぞ。
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。
Jim : You mean, how are you yesterday? My today is your yesterday. Oh, I am great!!!! Haha
Andrey: Genki desu, thanks.
What do you like about Japan?
Japanese food, martial art, Cornelius, Yellow magic orchestra.
食事、武道、コーネリアスにYMO。日本が好きだよ。
Q1. Amogh Symphony is a multinational band from India, Russia, and US. I think Amogh Symphony began as solo project of Vishal. How can you,three members, get together?
Jim : I am Jim Richman, drummer percussionist for Amogh Symphony. I have been playing the drums over 30 years. I like ALL kinds of music. I like going to thrift stores and going through CDs, looking for ones to sell on Amazon. My drumset is a MADE IN JAPAN Tama Exotix 2005 Red Viking Bubinga kit with a Scandinavian Birch finish. I like all different cymbals. I use Vic Firth 5A and also 6A Birch sticks. Somehow, Vishal saw a video of me playing drums on Youtube. Thru Myspace, he would send me demos of his to check out. I would tell him what I thought. Fast forward and Vishal did ATOS. I knew he did it, but never heard it. Vishal asked if I would want to do a Richman/Singh Project. He sent me a short track to do drums on. I did that and realized it had to be Amogh Symphony. So I joined. Then Vishal found Andrey at the playground on the monkey bars.
【JIM】:僕はJIM RICHMAN。AMOGH SYMPHONYのドラマー/パーカッショニストだよ。ドラムは30年以上叩いているんだ。どんなジャンルの音楽も好きだよ。中古屋でくまなくCDを物色してAmazonの出店サービスに出すのが好きなんだ。ドラムセットは日本製でTama Exotix 2005 Red Viking Bubinga kit with a Scandinavian Birch finishだよ。シンバルは全て違うものを使っている。スティックはヴィクファースの5Aと6A、バーチだよ。
出会いの話だけど、VISHALがMyspaceに挙げていた僕の演奏動画をYou Tubeで見たんだ。それで僕にデモを送ってきたんだ。チェックしてくれってね。彼に思っている事を伝えたよ。それから彼はABOLISHING THE OBSOLATE SYSTEMを作ったんだ。作っているのは知っていたけど聴いてはいなかった。そうしたらVISHALがRICHMAN/SINGHプロジェクトをやりませんか?と聞いてきたんだ。ドラムを加えるショートトラックも送ってきた。それをやって分かったんだ、AMOGH SYMPHONYをやるべきだってね。それで加入したんだ。ANDREYはVISHALが運動場のジャングルジムで見つけた。
Q2. And would you tell us your musical upbringing?
Jim : Started drums in high school. I would play along with albums of The Who, Men At Work, Missing Persons, Chicago etc…a lot of classic rock. Went to college, studied music, played in the Jazz Orchestra. I became a jazz snob and completely lost connection with pop music for 5 years. After, I made a habit of studying with the best teachers on the east coast. Jim Chapin and Joe Morello were instrumental in my hand technique. I always have been into studying jazz. I play a little bit of keyboards, mainly chords of songs. I know how to put together chords. I think every musician needs to learn as many chords as possible.
Q2:音楽的背景を教えて頂けますか?
【JIM】:高校でドラムを始めたんだ。THE WHO, MEN AT WORK, MISSING PERSONS, CHICAGO…そういったクラッシックロックのアルバムに合わせて叩いていた。大学で音楽を学んでJAZZ ORCHESTRAでプレイしたよ。ジャズおたくになって5年ほどPOPミュージックとは完全に距離を置いていたんだ。その後僕は西海岸で一番の先生達について勉強する事になった。JIM CHAPINとJOE MORELLOにはハンドテクニックを仕込まれたよ。ジャズを学ぶことには常に夢中なんだ。キーボードも少しなら弾ける。コードくらいだけどね。ただコードの仕組みは知っているよ。ミュージシャンなら出来るだけ多くのコードを知るべきだと思うんだ。
Q1: Anyway, Let’s talk about ‘VECTORSCAN’. I think lots of your fans surprised at drastic change of your music. Vectorscan is very different from Amogh Symphony’s earlier albums i.e. ‘Abolishing the Obsolete System’(2009) and ‘The Quantum Hack Code’(2010). Do you agree with that? From your website and fan page status updates, we read that lyrics are written in Assamese by Vishal’s late grandmother Labanya Prabha Nath. Vishal’s mother takes part in as a singer. There are lots of influences by traditional microtonal music and Mongolian/Asian Ethnic music. Please kindly tell us more about this. How all this happened?
Vishal : With every album, creating something new and different from previous material are what we always focused at. The first album ATOS was completely done by me alone. Then Jim helped me to upgrade the sound in second album TQHC. In this third album release, Andrey brought the microtonal and ethnic influence in the new album on which I studied further. Actually, it took me almost 3 years to study and explore further because I simply cannot stick to just one style and one sound. The concept story and some stanzas from poems/songs I found in my Late Grandma’s books had a strange puzzling connection that took me some time to figure out. Now, I was looking for someone who can sing like her, feel like her and sound like an advanced version of her voice. The only vocalist who could do that is my mother Kasturi Singh. She has a strong background in classical music, traditional dance, poetry and stories/ stage-dramas. She has control in microtones, intonations, vibratos and also she is versatile i.e she sings multi-styles of singing – jazz, classical, opera, Assamese folk etc. As a composer, I believe sticking to standard style of prog-rock or avant-garde music or jazz fusion makes things a bit uninteresting. Because for me, it’s important to see chemical reactions between different chemicals when mixed….that’s how I see the sounds.
Jim : Vectorscan is the polar opposite of TQHC. And also there are jazz, 10% metal, lo-fi electronic, etc. etc. But all in a background music score or soundtrack format.
Andrey: This album is more like a soundtrack to a movie rather than a ‘regular’ album. When you watch movies, you’re not after details. You need the atmosphere and the idea. And we’re delivering both.
Q1:では新作’VECTORSCAN’について話しましょう。多くのファンは劇的な音楽性の変化に驚くのではないでしょうか。’VECTORSCAN’は ‘Abolishing the Obsolete System’(2009) and ‘The Quantum Hack Code’(2010)といった過去の作品とは大きく異なっています。バンドのサイトで読んだのですが歌詞はチベット語でVISHALの亡くなった祖母Labanya Prabha Nathによって書かれているようですね。お母様も歌手として参加しています。音楽的にはマイクロトーン(微分音:半音よりさらに細かい)を使った伝統音楽やモンゴル/アジアの民族音楽の影響を感じました。それについて話して頂けますか?いったい何が起こったのでしょう。
Q2:Vectorscan has very magnificent concept story. Is the story of Vectorscan related to the concept stories in ‘Abolishing the Obsolete System’ and ‘TheQuantum Hack Code’ or is it a completely fresh new story which is not related to previous albums?
Vishal : It is. You can say that it’s a trilogy. I don’t mind at all.
Q2:VECTORSCANには壮大なコンセプトストーリーがありますが‘Abolishing the Obsolete System’ ‘TheQuantum Hack Code’と関係があるのでしょうか。それとも全く新しい話ですか?
【VISHAL】:そうだよ。トリロジーと言っていいと思う。
Q3:At first, I think Osir is a metaphor of China and Karna is a metaphor of Tibet. But Karna is a character from a hindu epic… Or is Osir a metaphor of Modern Society?? Does this story relate to real world? Or is this fully fiction, no metaphors whatsoever?
Vishal : Well, you have the story. If you read it more times, you will come to know it’s fictional, it’s related to real world and it can be just an imagination. We are thinking of posting the entire story on our site after release. It’s hard to explain in words. You just need to read it few times and think about it and understand it. I mean, what’s the point if things were all simple and straight-forward in life? Food for thought. Fuel for brain. If not a full featured film, I would love to arrange theater play on these stories.
Q4:’Junaki, Osinaki. Dhumuha, Saki.’ has aspect of Japanese traditional music. Is that right? And I heard Andrey can understand Japanese. What is Japan to Amogh Symphony?
Vishal : Junaki, Osinaki. Dhumuha, Saki is in Assamese. If translated to English, it means “A little glowing light, unknown. Storm, Lamp”. If you notice, the song titles are mostly written in rhyme-puzzles style or you can say hymns/mantras/chants styles used in tantric practices. Musically, it has Japanese traditional music influence with classical orchestration and jazz-metal. Andrey is specialized in traditional Japanese and Chinese music and instruments.
Andrey: What you said is correct. The arrangement indeed has a rather dark, sinister vibe to it, which is inspired by Japanese music. And yes, I speak some Japanese (along with some other Asian languages), I’m not too good though. As for Japan, it is indeed a bottomless abyss of a source for inspiration. Especially popular culture.
Jim : Japan is the one country that has bought the most CDs from us. We have great support from Kazuo and Asian Rock Rising. He has distributed a lot of CDs. We love Japan! As a matter of fact, a music school group in Japan, the Waseda Chanson Society, actually played one of our songs off TQHC. And it was amazing. They played it better than us.
【JIM】:日本は僕らのCDを一番買ってくれる国の一つだよ。Asian Rock RisingのKazuoには本当にサポートしてもらってるんだ。彼は多くのCDを扱っている。僕らは日本を愛しているよ!実は早稲田シャンソン研究会ってサークルが僕らのTQHCの曲をカバーしているんだ。素晴らしかったよ。僕らより上手いくらいだ。
【INSPIRATIONS】
Q1:Tell us about your inspiration – Krzysztof Penderecki. What is Avant-Garde according to you?
Vishal : Krzysztof Penderecki is one of the greatest influences for many avant-garde composers and theaters. For me, avant-garde is a state of mind where you begin to think after complete evolution. An edge of thought where you think of crossing the barrier once you’ve read and understood all instead of directly jumping to a new concept. A certain point where you believe knowledge could sometimes bring back some of the old concepts to replace some of the new ones. Fixing the mistakes of the neo-generation because the upgrade demands stability which neo-minds fail to execute due to lack of knowledge in history. It’s important to know “what all happened in all these years” before you think “what should come tomorrow”. A bridge between spiritual development and practical life where you can cosmic heal a disease yet you learn modern business statics. Basically, no boundaries.
Andrey: Easily one of the best avant-garde composers. You could say, he was one of the fathers of ambient music.
Q2:Do you think you are still involved with prog-rock/metal scene? Or does your interest focus on avant-garde/contemporary/jazz soundtrack music?
Vishal : The music itself is a complete misfit, it is very unstable. With all due respect, I don’t really know. But for now, it’s soundtrack music for ears.
Jim : Throughout my studies and playing, I always tried to play many different styles. I fit right in with contemporary/jazz, avant-garde, pop. I like playing music with dynamics and feeling.
Andrey: Genres kill music. When you want to simplify understanding, you create genres and styles. But music exists outside the boundaries people set. Call it ‘original soundtrack’ if the name makes it clear and simple for you.
Q3:So the core members in Amogh Symphony are multi-instrumentalists and composers. In addition to that, this album has a lot of instrumentalists, engineers and singers. The horns and brass sections are unbelievably unique in the songs. Tell us more about it?
Vishal: This time, I wanted to get an entire big band together. But I wasn’t happy with same old classic brass sections I hear in every record these days. Nothing bad about that. I work with different artists every day and produce different styles of music every day. Just tired of hearing the repetitive sounds again and again. The Goregaon Brass Orchestra is a bunch of horn players from this place called Goregaon located in Mumbai. My friend Venkat Iyer with whom I’ve worked in many commercial projects founded and recorded/engineered these phenomenal guys. Venkat is an experimental engineer/producer and I always wanted to include him in this album. He experiments a lot in recording/engineering with strange artists and musicians. Andrey played many instruments in this album. Then Mathieu Marcotte (Augury, Humanoid) introduced me to Youri’s monk vocals which he recorded and engineered. Youri is a stellar guitarist and experimental vocalist in his band Unhuman.Andy Nesbitt’s photography with cosmic and supernatural subject helped Andrey and Vasiliy to collaborate and create a great artwork for the album. Nikhil Nandakumar’s Carnatic microtonal harmonized violin, Shankar Das’ phenomenal microtonal trumpet work. Guest bass work of Manas Chowdhary in one of the tracks. My mother Kasturi Singh’s vocals and late Grandma’s mysterious poetries. It’s a full-fledged symphony. We need larger and bigger stage now if we ever decide to perform because there is absolutely no chance of using backing tracks.
Andrey: The endless album recording sessions were filled with experimentation. Prepared instruments, original one-of-a-kind playing techniques, inventing new approaches… The idea we had in the beginning was ‘to have the sounds of the whole world stuffed into the album in the most eclectic fashion’, but in the same time the sound would need to represent the concept. We tried to keep it as minimalistic as possible, but still ended up with something super dense. The album was re-written and re-edited dozens of times.
Q4:Would you tell me five albums that changed your life?
Andrey: I could name thousands but they won’t fit. The awesome thing is, any musical album has at least one message. Many of them influence our choices. I can’t be more specific. If you’re looking for suggestions, you’d rather start a habit of listening to a ‘new unexplored genre’ every day. This simple technique is sure to make your life and musical scope way richer.
Jim : Every album changes my life. I will list some good ones.
Chick Corea Elektric Band 1986. Come on, any drummer who was serious about the craft of drums heard this, and wanted to practice or quit.
The 5th Dimension – The Magic Garden 1967. Was this the first concept album? Incredible stuff.
Janis Ian – Miracle Row 1977. Made me ultimately realize that cool songs are worth listening to the words. Very nice album (Between The Lines too!)
Suffocation – Pierced From Within 1995. Made Death Metal the coolest. Saw them twice in a week that tour. (Malevolent Creations 1993 and 1995 releases kicked ass)
Frank Zappa – Man From Utopia 1983. A fun one! Only the vinyl is worth listening to. The CDs are messed up. Really dug the vocal transcriptions of Dangerous Kitchen etc…
人生を変えた5枚のアルバム 【ANDREY】:何千枚でも挙げられるけどどれもしっくり来ないんだ。驚くべきことにどんなアルバムも少なくとも一つはメッセージを残してくれる。そしてそれらの多くが僕らの選択に何らかの影響を与えるんだ。明確には言えないけどね。助言するなら毎日、新発見のジャンルを聴くようにするといい。単純な事だけど君の人生と音楽観が豊かになると思うよ。 【JIM】:どのアルバムも僕の人生を変えるよ。幾つか挙げてみるね。
Chick Corea Elektric Band 1986.真剣に技巧を学んでいるドラマーがこれを聴いたら練習するか止めるかどちらかだね。
The 5th Dimension – The Magic Garden 1967.最初のコンセプトアルバムじゃない?信じられないよ。
Janis Ian – Miracle Row 1977.クールな曲は歌詞も聴く価値があるって究極に教えられたよ。
Suffocation – Pierced From Within 1995.デスメタルを最高にクールなものにしたね。このツアーは一週間に二回彼らを見たよ。(Malevolent Creationsの1993、1995作も最高だった)
Frank Zappa – Man From Utopia 1983.面白いよね。ヴィニール盤だけ聴く価値がある。リイシューのCDは失敗だよ。Dangerous Kitchenなんかのボーカル改編はホント無駄だったよね。
【MESSAGE FOR JAPAN】
We are also looking forward to “Part 2 under progress”, What is your target now? Finally, Message for Japanese fans!!