In the band's turbulent and unpredictable history, band members have regularly been replaced, with the only constant member being the band's founder Ginger (birth name David Walls) - the singer, guitarist, and predominant songwriter. Several band members have appeared in the line-up more than once. The band has also been split up or placed on hiatus by Ginger multiple times. The most recent recording line-up convened in 2006 but went on hiatus in late 2010. Ginger reformed the band once again for a special one-time appearance in December 2012, which has been extended to touring in 2013 and 2014.
In 2010 Ginger joined as the guitarist for former Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe, who played the Download Festival on 12 June 2010. Ginger also performed as a solo act at the festival, arriving with a large band of acoustic guitar players dubbed "Guitarmageddon." Only Wildhearts songs were performed, as was the case for the Ginger & Friends December 2010 tour of the UK. The Michael Monroe album Sensory Overdrive, featuring Ginger, was released in 2011.
In December 2010, Ginger stated that he is unsure if the Wildhearts will ever reform. It would appear that the departure of Scott Sorry and retirement of Ritch Battersby led to the hiatus. Following this particularly with his renewed solo career, Ginger publicly stated a number of times on Formspring that he had absolutely no desire to revisit the Wildhearts and considered that period of his life over. Despite this, Ginger announced in August 2012 that the most recent Wildhearts line-up will reform for a one-off appearance in December. The Wildhearts' songs "Geordie in Wonderland" and "Dreaming in A" appeared in the 2012 UK feature film Life Just Is.
On 10 December 2012, it was announced that Scott Sorry had left The Wildhearts due to family commitments. He was replaced by former bassist Jon Poole for the December 2012 reunion show. The band went on to play a number of shows in early 2013 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Earth vs the Wildhearts, playing the album in its entirety for the first half of the concert and allowing fans to choose the rest of the set list by means of voting between a choice of two songs at a time for the extended encore. Such was the anniversary tour's success that a second leg took place in June of the same year. The Nottingham Rock City performance would subsequently be released as the 2014 live album Rock City vs The Wildhearts. Another UK tour took place in April 2014, this time with Scott Sorry back on bass. 2015 saw the 20th Anniversary of the release of P.H.U.Q. and another successful tour, this time with Jon Poole on bass duties.
Prior to their Christmas tour in 2016 (supported by Dirt Box Disco, Danny's new band The Main Grains and JAW$ featuring Ginger's son) Ginger stated in an interview that the band would be recording a new album in 2017. Proceeds from the album will go towards assisting Danny's recuperation after the amputation of his lower right leg.
The Magic Numbers are an English pop rock band comprising two pairs of brothers and sisters from Hanwell. The group was formed in 2002, releasing their debut album titled The Magic Numbers on 13 June 2005. Their follow-up album, Those the Brokes was released on 6 November 2006, The Runaway was released on 6 June 2010, Alias was released on 18 August 2014, and their most recent album, Outsiders, was released on 11 May, 2018.
The Magic Numbers consists of Romeo Stodart (lead guitar, vocals), his sister Michele (bass guitar, vocals, keyboard), Angela Gannon (melodica, percussion, glockenspiel, vocals) and her brother Sean Gannon (drums).
The Stodarts are the children of a Scottish father and a Portuguese mother and were born in Trinidad in the Caribbean, where their mother was an opera singer and had her own TV show. When the family fled an Islamic coup attempt there in 1990, they were raised in New York City. In the mid-1990s, when Romeo was 16 and Michele was 10, they moved to London.
The Gannons are of Irish descent but lived in Hanwell, London where they became friends with their neighbours the Stodarts. Prior to forming The Magic Numbers, Romeo and Sean spent time trying to form a band together under various guises, and previously performed under the name 'Guess'.
In late 2002 The Magic Numbers formed in their present guise, and they began touring the London circuit, gradually developing their sound and building a small cult following, not least amongst some already established artists including The Chemical Brothers, Travis, and Ed Harcourt, with the latter later influential in their signing to record label Heavenly Records, narrowly choosing that label over Rough Trade Records.
Their rise came swiftly, beginning in the summer of 2004 and later that year when they began supporting well-known artists such as Travis, Ed Harcourt and Snow Patrol and appearing on the bill of some low-key UK festivals, building a larger following by increasing their live performances. In November 2004, they released a limited edition 7" vinyl single, "Hymn for Her", to coincide with a three-show residency at The Borderline in London.
A miracle unit that caused a Tuxedous whirlwind in Japan with hit tune such as modern discotheque / boogie sound "Do It" that passed hip-hop, summer sonic and TV appearances, decorated with a shock debut in 2015, Mayer Hawthorne × Jake One: Tuxedo (Tuxedo) Reappears to SOUND MUSEUM VISION! ! Mayer Hawthorne who has made a brilliant transformation from DJ to a singer-songwriter representing the current soul and scene.
Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One have collaborated musically to form Tuxedo, and is gearing up for the release of a self-titled album. The duo releases new music with a funky cut titled 'Number One' channeling the late great Nate Dogg from Snoop Dogg's classic 'Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)'.
The collaboration as Tuxedo began with an exchange of mixtapes back in 2006. The fruits of a long-standing kinship were three tracks that mysteriously showed up on Internet doorsteps nearly two years ago. In between personal projects, these three tracks became a full album’s worth of Tuxedo. The album was mixed by original disco don dada John Morales at his home studio in South Plainfield, New Jersey. “I flew out there,” Mayer says. “He made me spaghetti and everything.”
The duo is excited to release the upcoming album on Stones Throw Records, which also marks Mayer's return to the label since his debut release of A Strange Arrangement in 2009.
They have performed at Fuji Rock Festival in 2016, Giles Peterson's World Wide Radio and The Shacklewell Arms. With influences ranging from underground house and techno through to psychedelic and african music, the three pieces are equally at home in the club as they are on a festival stage,and are being widely touted as the most exciting prospect to emerge from the Tokyo scene in many years.
With influences ranging from underground house and techno through to psychedelic and african music, the three pieces are equally at home in the club as they are on a festival stage,and are being widely touted as the most exciting prospect to emerge from the Tokyo scene in many years.
On April 20, 2016 they released the long-awaited 1st album "DAN", it will be selected as the winning work of CD Shop Grand Prize 2017. In July they performed FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL '16. In addition, "Zidane" is appointed at BGM of official after movie of FUJI ROCK FES '17.
iaki Obukuro (小袋成彬 Nariaki Obukuro") is a Japanese singer, songwriter, producer and CEO of Tokyo Recordings. He is responsible for producing songs for acts like Wednesday Campanella, Kou Shibasaki, and other famous acts. His music combines musical elements of the R&B, PBR&B, Electronic and experimental tones genres. In 2018, it was revealed that he would make his solo debut as a singer and songwriter under Sony Music's Epic Records label. The album is co-produced by famed Japanese American singer-songwriter Utada Hikaru.
Obukuro's musical career started in 2013, when he formed the duo N.O.R.K. with Ray Kunimoto while they were university students. In the next year, they released the EP ASDR, which consists of PBR&B and experimental electronica sounds. After the duo parted ways, Obukuro decided to launch his own indie label, Tokyo Recordings.
In September 2016, Obukuro gained fame when J-pop singer-songwriter Utada Hikaru released her sixth Japanese album, Fantôme. His vocals are featured in track 6, Tomodachi, an R&B song. He performed with Utada in NHK the song, making it his television debut.
In January 2018, Obukuro announced his major debut under Epic Records, with his debut single featuring Utada. The song, called "Lonely One", was released in streaming services in January 17, 2018. The debut album, Bunriha no Natsu, is set to be released in April 25.
D.A.N. were formed in the summer of 2014 in Tokyo. Their unique and thoroughly modern sound, sitting somewhere between the minimal alt-pop of The xx and the live dance music dynamic of Caribou has won them fans throughout their home country, and an offer to appear at the prestigious Fuji Rock Festival in 2016 & 2018 has been swiftly followed by the band opening for international artists including The xx and James Blake and Floating Points in Japan.
The band’s self-organized event, “Timeless”, has seen them invite and play alongside acts such as Mndsgn (LA) and Jamie Isaac (UK) in Tokyo, whilst in late 2017 D.A.N. took off to London, where they spent some time recording with Floating Points at his personal studio, appeared on Giles Peterson’s Worldwide Radio and performed at the legendary Hackney hipster haunt The Shacklewell Arms.
In May 2018, they appeared at The Great Escape in Brighton, UK, winning enthusiastic new fans from around the world. The band’s latest full length album “Sonatine” was released in July 2018, followed by an Asian tour through China, Taiwan, Bangkok and an appearance at Hong Kong “Clockenflap” festival. '
With influences ranging from underground house and techno through to psychedelic and African music, the three piece are equally at home in the club as they are on a festival stage, and are being widely touted as the most exciting prospect to emerge from the Tokyo scene in many years.
The fusion of shamisen and rock is used for sound, English kanji for lyrics, word karaoke uniquely related using katakana and hiragana . Live with keynote melodies and live with a sense of unity with the listener, must watch live collecting them with high performance and expressive power.
ROA considers their aim is to connect the world's culture with their image and the power of words. Sound of guitar and Shamisen are intriguing. Their play style on the stage is what you have never seen before.
Using Japanese, English and KANJI and phrases in lyrics, they write witty literature. Rules are not applied to this band. Their policy is "和洋折衷," which means blending Japanese and Western. They create new music for new global youngsters by combining elements of several cultures.
Senshi was born after a Japanese themed video game on which Adam Rakic (vocals) worked on never saw the light of day, and he decided to lay down his distinctive ragamuffin vocal style (reggae rap) over the game’s Metal soundtrack.
Soon after that Adam Rakic and Milosh Armush (drums) formed the band with Kovacs Zoltan (guitar) and Szecsei Szabolcs (bass).
Mixing metal music with traditional Japanese instruments such as koto, taiko and shamisen as well as ragamuffin vocals proved to be a hit, and after Yanchi (Justice For Reason) twitted the band’s first music video “Musical Warriors”, the song got 6000 retweets and over 200.000 views in only two days.
With the outpouring support from their newly found Japanese fanbase and a new lineup with Srdjan Toljagic (guitar) and Aleksandar Savic (drums) the band go full throttle and produce new songs and videos more or less on a monthly basis.
The band has collaborated with quite a few Japanese musicians, such as Ninety – U, Kiminobu Hirai from Hagakure, Yanchi from JFR, HARDBEAT and others.
Currently, the band is working on their first full length album that will be released in April, and planning their 2018 Japan tour. The band hopes to be a resident touring band in Japan and work with various Japanese artists in the future.
Members of the orchestra (research staff) are chosen from the Faculty of Music or instructors of the Arts Center of Performing Arts or part-time lecturers, so if you are employed from outside the current position the status will be a instructor or a part-time instructor.
"Rules on the Department of Music Studies, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts" is aimed at presenting educational and research results as follows, and the main point that research on songs and performance techniques is the primary objective is a general orchestra
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We introduce the gagaku which anyone has heard once, such as school classes and ceremonial occasions, with commentary, in an easy-to-understand way.
Please enjoy the elegant sounds and graceful dance echoing beyond the time of eternity.
It will days to enjoy music, art and food slowly in the great nature. In addition, although GLOBAL ARK is a no-sponsor, a complete DIY, as an outdoor party to be held at a luxury lineup including overseas DJ.
Please look forward to GLOBAL ARK this year for further scale-up.
Ruby Party's goal for stepping into the video game market was to create a "ladies' Nobunaga's Ambition". In other words, they wanted to create a groundbreaking, easy to play title that catered specifically to the female audience. They wanted to fill a niche for the largely male dominant video game market, something which gains Keiko Erikawa's wholehearted approval. Their efforts were published into the first Angelique game for the Super Famicon system.
Originally, Angelique was advertised for young girls in their early teens, but it has since appealed to women in their twenties or thirties. The games also have a surprising amount of male fans, either by genuine curiosity or due to female acquaintances. Upon learning of their fanbase, Ruby Party respectfully changed their tone to be inviting to people of all ages. Their renewed mindset eventually led to the namesake of the branding name.
La Corda d'Oro (Japanese: 金色のコルダ Hepburn: Kin'iro no Koruda) is a role-playing game series targeted at a female audience under the Neoromance series from Koei. The title is Italian for The Golden String.
The story was adapted into a manga by the game’s character designer, Yuki Kure, which is serialized in LaLa magazine. An anime adaptation, titled La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo, was first broadcast by TV Tokyo from October 2006 to March 2007. The anime also premiered on Animax. It was aired across its respective networks worldwide, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, and also translated and dubbed into English for its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and other regions. Sentai Filmworks acquired North American rights to the series, has released it in two half-season box sets, and is streaming it online.[2] The first of a 2-episode anime special, entitled La Corda d'Oro: Secondo Passo, was aired by Kids Station on March 26, 2009, but the season ends on a cliffhanger. Secondo Passo was meant strictly to promote the video game.
The festival, brought to you by the team behind the successful Blip Tokyo events as well as CheapBeats records, continues the tradition established by the first Square Sounds held in Melbourne, Austrialia. The event showcases an astonishing range of genres and styles all routed in the chipmusic aesthetic.
Square Sounds is a boutique micro-festival that celebrates the world’s foremost chipmusic talent. With Game boys, Commodores and other consoles scavenged from op shops and forgotten toyboxes in hand, artists come together from all over the world to stretch the boundaries of what video game consoles can do; coaxing sights and sounds from these unexpected tools.
Building a community is what the last four years have been all about and in year number five, we have managed to line up some of our most requested artists from talented newcomers to legends of the scene, bringing them together across four days of music, visuals and workshops.
With 5 years of the festival, and almost 100 artists from around the world taking stage and on the main stage, this year’s festival will be the last in melbourne before a break, but we’re making sure it will be a memorable one, with a chance of venue to 24 Moons, a later license and - as always - an amazing selection of artists from across the globe taking the stage for one massive weekend not to be missed.
The National Theatre is the prime stage of the Czech Republic. It is also one of the symbols of national identity and a part of the European cultural space, with a tradition spanning more than 130 years. It is the bearer of the national cultural heritage, as well as a space for free artistic creation.
Today, the National Theatre is made up of four artistic companies – the Opera, Drama, Ballet and Laterna magika. It artistically manages four stages – the three historical buildings: the National Theatre (1883), the State Opera (1888), and the Estates Theatre (1783), and the more recently opened New Stage (1983). The Opera, Drama and Ballet companies perform not only titles from the ample classical legacy, in addition to Czech works, they also focus on contemporary international creation.
The National Theatre is the prime stage of the Czech Republic. It is also one of the symbols of national identity and a part of the European cultural space, with a tradition spanning more than 130 years. It is the bearer of the national cultural heritage, as well as a space for free artistic creation.
Today, the National Theatre is made up of four artistic companies – the Opera, Drama, Ballet and Laterna magika. It artistically manages four stages – the three historical buildings: the National Theatre (1883), the State Opera (1888), and the Estates Theatre (1783), and the more recently opened New Stage (1983). The Opera, Drama and Ballet companies perform not only titles from the ample classical legacy, in addition to Czech works, they also focus on contemporary international creation.
It is a new kind of urban entertainment space, where you can enjoy the best in chillout sounds while enjoying the sunset, the champagne, and the food, With the best in music, views, and food all in the one spot, we’ll help you create unforgettable memories this summer.
Soil & "Pimp" Sessions (stylised as SOIL&"PIMP"SESSIONS) is a Japanese club jazz sextet who formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2001.They are known for their energetic live performances, having coined the term "death jazz" to describe their music.
The band's live sets started to create a buzz on the Tokyo live scene, and in 2003 they became the first unsigned band to perform at Japan's Fuji Rock Festival. They were well received there and in the following months record companies were scrambling to offer contracts. JVC Victor won the battle, and summer 2004 saw the release of the mini-album Pimpin'.
Summer 2005 was a busy time for the band, with the release of their second mini-album, Summer Goddess, and their first live dates outside Japan. Gilles Peterson invited them to play at Cargo in London, and Jazzanova invited them to play in Berlin.
They spent the rest of the year touring in Japan and Europe, and they were also featured in the live broadcast of the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards in 2005, where they were awarded the John Peel Play More Jazz Award.
A second full album, Pimp of the Year, was released in spring 2006, showcasing innovations that showed a development of their sound, as well as one or two tracks that marked a new departure.
2006 also saw the official release of Pimp Master in Europe on Compost Records and the UK on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings label. They continued touring constantly throughout the year, taking in Britain, Italy, France,Serbia, Belgium, Germany, Slovakia and Croatia, as well as an appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with Japan. The word anime is the Japanese term for animation, which means all forms of animated media. Outside Japan, anime refers specifically to animation from Japan or as a Japanese-disseminated animation style often characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastical themes.
The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917, and Japanese anime production has since continued to increase steadily. The characteristic anime art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of Osamu Tezuka and spread internationally in the late twentieth century, developing a large domestic and international audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, by way of television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the Internet. It is classified into numerous genres targeting diverse broad and niche audiences.
Darkness, the polar opposite to brightness, is understood as a lack of illumination or an absence of visible light.
Human vision is unable to distinguish color in conditions of either high brightness or darkness. In conditions with insufficient light levels, color perception ranges from achromatic to ultimately black.
The emotional response to darkness has generated metaphorical usages of the term in many cultures.
Referring to a time of day, complete darkness occurs when the Sun is more than 18° below the horizon, without the effects of twilight on the night sky.
The perception of darkness differs from the mere absence of light due to the effects of after images on perception. In perceiving, the eye is active, and the part of the retina that is unstimulated produces a complementary afterimage.
In terms of physics, an object is said to be dark when it absorbs photons, causing it to appear dim compared to other objects. For example, matte black paint does not reflect much visible light and appears dark, whereas white paint reflects lots of light and appears bright. For more information see color. An object may appear dark, but it may be bright at a frequency that humans cannot perceive.
A dark area has limited light sources, making things hard to see. Exposure to alternating light and darkness (night and day) has caused several evolutionary adaptations to darkness. When a vertebrate, like a human, enters a dark area, its pupils dilate, allowing more light to enter the eye and improving night vision. Also, the light detecting cells in the human eye (rods and cones) will regenerate more unbleached rhodopsin when adapting to darkness.
One scientific measure of darkness is the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale, which indicates the night sky's and stars' brightness at a particular location, and the observability of celestial objects at that location. (See also: Sky brightness)
The color of a point, on a standard 24-bit computer display, is defined by three RGB (red, green, blue) values, each ranging from 0-255. When the red, green, and blue components of a pixel are fully illuminated (255,255,255), the pixel appears white; when all three components are unilluminated (0,0,0), the pixel appears black.