what I would get the DRA cast for Christmas :)
Utsuro - cocaine
Akane Taira - I think I’d get her a huge fucking teddy bear that you’d get like someone on Valentine’s Day
Tsurugi Kinjo - mental help
Rei Mekaru - I’d get her a list of every other fictional character name Rei and their statistics so she can see every Rei she is better than
Teruya Otori - okay so there’s this one dude on Peppa Pig who deadass had everything in his van, so I would get him that van
Kiyoka Maki - Fortnite
Mitsuhiro Higa - a self help guide on how to talk to women
Kizuna Tomori - a dictionary of every slur so she has nice nicknames to give people :)
Ayame Hatano - I’m just thinking like idk I think she would like a pair of sneakers but I would want to buy her like every fucking sneaker to ever exist bc she deserves it
Kanata Inori - operation board game (it’s that tabletop surgery game)
Kakeru Yamaguchi - i have no idea why but I think it would be hysterical if I got him shit like Nike Tech and Yeezy Foam runners and turned him into a basic boy 💀
Kinji Uehara - the Bible in every single language & that book of iconic quotes but they add the word ‘fuck’ to every quote
Haruhiko Kobashikawa - playboy magazine
Satsuki Iranami - the same exact clown suit she has already except it’s in every color combination possible
Yamato Kisaragi - those Discovery science projects for kids
Mikako Kurokawa - I’d somehow make MCR5 happen like rn
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Hello, hope you're having a good night! What songs would you recommend for someone that wants to get into Malice Mizer? I've known about them for years but never got around to listening to them. Album recs also work! Thanks in advance^^
okay honestly i’m really excited to answer this because i rarely get to give people recs!! so, i’m gonna do this by organizing based on my personal perception of the genre of each era. hopefully you enjoy what you hear/see!! (<- vibrating because they get to discuss their strongest hyperfixation of the past 2 years)
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if you tend to like goth/darkwave/posipunk/similar or related genres, or just generally more rock-focused music:
tetsu era is the way to go! their first album memoire/memoire dx has songs i’d argue fit very well into these genres! for more specific recs:
SADNESS~ I know the reason for her sadness~ - the most emblematic of the goth genre! (not technically from memoire, but the compilation it’s most commonly associated with, brain trash, was technically a multi-band project iirc)
miwaku no rouma - less “goth” and honestly a bit more “dance-y” but still a song i love and will love forever
kioku to sora - an incredible song that i love very deeply. also has a version with the band's third vocalist, klaha!
baroque - honestly, just iconic! baroque is THEE song of tetsu’s era as vocalist. the twin guitar version of für elise in the bridge?? magnificent 🤌
(i’d also look for the other, less known songs of the era, like 16 no solitude, portugal, and lafflesia!)
if you tend to like songs with a classical music influence but with more of a pop sound:
gackt era is 1000% the way to go! their second album (and gackt's first with them) voyage ~sans retour~ has many tracks of this variety:
madrigal - actually my favorite mm song, period. the bittersweet tone of the violin throughout makes me sick to my stomach its so good. i play viola and its the song by them i most want to learn to play!
premier amour - another lovely track from voyage that i actually used to have as my blog title! very poppy (in my opinion) but the classical influence is evident. like madrigal, it's quite violin heavy. as the title also suggests, it's quite romantic ^-^
uruwashiki kamen no shotaijou - i can't make a malice mizer rec list without mentioning this song. it's quite iconic and for good reason! this was the single that really gave them their first big commercial success, as far as i know. (also in the bg of a famous interview clip)
ma cherie - another song that i can't not talk about when discussing malice mizer. literally their most famous song, the one that their fan club was named for. if you ever look up clips of this song live, you'll mostly see the band having the most fun onstage. honestly just a very sweet song. this song is also the only one that's been performed by all three vocalists! (tetsu & klaha)
for songs that lean very heavily into a cathedral/classical sound:
the album bara no seidou, their last one and the only one with klaha as vocalist, has you covered!!
mayonaka ni kawashita yakusoku - first time i heard this song i nearly lost my mind. no exaggeration. the composition is genuinely beautiful, possibly even bordering on angelic. all my homies love mayonaka.
bara ni idorareta akui to higeki no makuake/seinaru toki eien no inori - goddamn what a long title, but fitting for a long song! as the opener for bara no seidou, it is a whopping 9 minutes long, but it had me hooked for all 9 minutes. (technically, bara ni... and seinaru are two separate tracks, but bara acts as an introduction for seinaru)
shiroi hada ni kuruu ai to kanashimi no rondo - to be towards the end of the album, it's quite the piece; and i don't use "piece" lightly. i have many feelings regarding shiroi, but to put it simply, you need to experience this song at least once.
tbh this list is getting long as fuck so i'm gonna do a rapid fire round of songs i like/ones i think are iconic:
tsuioku no kakera, au revoir (and the bossa version), apres midi (and the english version that i honestly can't place genre-wise), brise, gardenia, garnet, le ciel, gensou rakuen, aegen, gekka no yasoukyoku (deserves a long explanation as the song that got me into malice but i'm actually running out of space), the whole merveilles album*, really. (*half of those aren't even merveilles... oops)
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Announcing: the Metal Gear Solid Vocal Song Tournament!
Do you like Tumblr poll tournaments? Do you like the Metal Gear Solid series? Do you like the music of the Metal Gear Solid series? In particular, the songs with actual words to them? Well, have I got a tourney for you!
The Metal Gear Solid Vocal Song Tournament is a poll tournament designed to determine which out of 32 vocal songs from the MGS series is The Best(TM) according to popular vote. Will an iconic crowd-pleaser like "Snake Eater" or "Koi no Yokushiryoku" take home the title, or will victory go to an obscure deep-cut like "A Phantom Pain" or "Inori no Uta"? That all depends on your vote!
Unlike other Tumblr tournaments, this one will use a double elimination bracket up to the semi-final round. That means if your fave loses, don't despair! It'll have a shot at redemption alongside another song that lost, and may even creep its way up the losers' bracket for a shot at the finals!
Also keep an eye out for mini-tournaments in between rounds to keep things interesting!
Preliminary seeding polls will begin November 4, 2023 at 6:00 PM ET. The bracket will be seeded based on results from these polls, and will be revealed December 3, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET. Until then, the askbox will be open for any questions!
Tagging for visibility:
@tournamentdirectory, @tournament-announcer
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Hatis Noit presents: Aura (Laraaji Rework)
The song definitely generates an Aura
Tomorrow Erased Tapes will be releasing the rework of Japanese voice artist Hatis Noit’s “Aura” by iconic ambient godfather Laraaji.
The single release is coming alongside an announcement of new tour dates for 2024, including EU Dates, a New York headlining show on 8/5 at Le Poisson Rouge as well as Bang on a Can’s LOUD Weekend at MtASS MoCA in MA.
Tickets are available here.
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/info.hatisnoit
AURA Laraaji Rework
Originally meeting Laraaji at the Wonderfruit Festival in Thailand last December, Hatis Noit finally got to see Laraaji play live at the Big Ears Festival this past year where they connected on the collaboration. On his "Aura" rework, Laraaji created multi-timbral sound tracks to go along with Hatis’ unique abstract vocals, and he also performed open tune zither, kalimba and voice as well.
The Laraaji rework follows recent reworks from Armand Hammer of “Jomon," "Inori" by American avant-garde composer William Basinski, and “Thor" by legendary UK DJ and producer Matthew Herbert. She has found fans in David Lynch, who selected her to perform at his 2019 Manchester International Festival showcase, and super-producer Rick Rubin, whose Showtime documentary series Shangri-La she appeared in.
Listen the album AURA (2022):
Check Hatis Noit incredible performance at KEXP:
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