#j music

[f-0verdose]

Despite having had a difficult childhood and youth, he was resilient and found a way to cope with all the pain that marked his life, he made an art of his life.

At the same time, he marked a lot of people with his beautiful music and accompanied many people during difficult and happy times with his art. I was one of those people.

Thank you for everything Sakurai, you will be remembered as the legend that you are 🖤

RIP angel 🕊

[banjotheturtle]

Misunderstanding

(a j-fashion comic based on a real life experience)

Happy ending! Honestly these types of friendships are great because someone can give me killer music recommendations and I can give them advice on buying J-fashion win win let’s all special interest all over each other haha :)

[bellepark]

fujii kaze // shinunoga e wa (x)

[sjsnowyowl]

Late Night Rambling about Music: Ritsuko Okazaki

So recently I’ve been working on restoring a radio show from 1993 by a late Japanese singer-songwriter named Ritsuko Okazaki. She has worked on the very first opening of Fruits Basket, Princess Tutu, and Say I Love You. Apart from those, most of her other songs aren’t really well known, though she has worked with some well-known singers.

Okazaki used to be a songwriter before her debut in 1993, where she composed for a handful of projects. She’s worked in titles such as Minky Momo, Love Hina (along with Megumi Hayashibara), Wedding Peach, and a visual novel called Symphonic Rain. Later, she also formed a duo with Megumi Hinata (known for Cardcaptor Sakura’s first OP) in a band called Melocure.

I first came across Okazaki’s music about two years ago as I was looking for the Fruits Basket opening on Spotify. It wasn’t until around that time when I finally found it. I saw that she had more songs apart from her more popular anime works, so I decided to give her a listen. After listening to her songs, I fell in love with her lovely compositions and lyrics. Most of her songs are either love songs or feel-good songs. Some of her songs have very beautiful messages (like the Furuba opening). Overall, it became comfort music to me.

Sadly, she passed away in 2004 due to septic shock and stomach cancer, where she had many unfinished projects and songs. Her final album came out a year later, which were her songs for her fan-club members only at the time.

When the time comes and I finish, I would love to share her radio show, as well as some covers of her songs here and on YouTube. They have had a huge impact on me both musically and emotionally. Her voice is also quite nice and relaxing to listen to. You can find another video of her radio show here if y’all want to hear her speak (it is not translated to English tho). You can hear some songs that also have had an influence on her style :)

If anyone does see this post and is interested in listening to her music, this is the link to her Spotify. :)

[lilly-chou-chou]

Japan's youth's

voice Hikaru Utada.

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Hikaru Utada for her debut album First Love released in 10th March of 1999. Despite being her debut album the singles from this album "Automatic" and "First Love" were revolutionary and sold more than 10 million copies since it's release all over the world.

First love also inspired a Netflix series of the same name released in 2022 starring talented Hikari Mitsushima and Takeru Satoh which was equally successful and reminded many x gen and millennials about the nostalgia revolving around that iconic song.

Hikaru has also been very open towards same sex marriages and came out as non binary and uses she/her and they/them pronouns. In one of the interview she stated "It makes me uncomfortable to be identified so markedly by my marital status or sex, and I don't relate to any of those prefixes. Every time, I feel like I'm forced to misrepresent myself."

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[kuro-ayame]

yama 『偽顔』 MV

[i-zabelaus]

宇多田ヒカル「何色でもない花」

[2015mai24]

Mucc x Deadman "死の産声 / shi no ubugoe" vö 3.08.2023

[eirinstiva]

Ichika Nito - Late Night Walk

Direction: Takumi Osera

[asahiteru]

[f-0verdose]

atsushi sakurai in the 90s

[numb3reddays]

When everything fails, music is there to comfort you.

[shonpota]

New Blackstar event song!

[sjsnowyowl]

I've been song experimenting for a bit. A couple months ago, I edited a song by Ritsuko Okazaki called Hanareteitemo (Even If We are Separated), which was also sung by the seiyuu/singer Megumi Hayashibara. I thought it would be nice to mix both their versions and make a duet version

Not everything sounds perfect in regards to editing, but I hope that you guys like it!

Peace 💖

[corneille-moisie]

what does this Crow have to do to find a link to download The Eccentric Opera's full discography ?

i used to have it, but it was on my dead external drive (along with like 18k mp3s lmao rip T-T )

all i can find are extra dead links :(

[tangerinedream22]

Like a 'Butterfly': Yuta (NCT)