Or how I got to hear classic street punk fromChina,seasoned with opera sound from this century.
Well,I love music.One of the reasons is that I enjoy it's variety.There is a sound that express every emotion captured in words and wrapped in notes.
I saw a movie of this australian,Shaun Jefford,who explored the underground punk culture of Beijing.http://www.beijingpunk.com/
It was like a trip in an unknown,different world.
One of the featured bands was Demerit ''Demerit is one of punk musics best-known ambassadors in Beijing. In classic “street punk” form, they earned their fanbase through extensive touring, including such prominent venues as the Qingdao beach music festival. Straight up energy and aggression the band has changed little since its inception, choosing instead to stick to its timeless punk-rock roots and values'' ''Rock in China''
Formed in Qingdao in 2004, and having moved to Beijing the following year to be closer to the center of the Chinese music scene, Demerit is widely recognized as the one of the leading street punk bands nowadays. Their second album ,''Bastards of the Nation'' was produced by Brian Hardgroove of Public Enemy.Their sound is pretty mixed,they started as a quartet,but later added a second guittar.
Line up:
Vocals/Bass: Li Yang aka Spike 李洋
Guitar: Zhang Ning 张宁
Guitar/Vocals: Li Huipeng 李慧鹏
Drums: Du Shuai杜帅
Albums:
Never say die
Tracklist:
1 Intro
2 Never Gonna Change
3Fuck The Schemers
4 Keep Yourself
5 Fight Your Apathy
6 I Don't Wanna Hear It
7 The World Has Become Battle Field
8 Give Me Truth
9 Voice Of The People Basterds of the nation
Tracklist:
1. Intro/Demerit
2. Fight Your Apathy
3. Bastard of The Nation
4. Bye Bye My Country
5. Live or Die
6. Beijing Is Not My Home
7. World has Become A Battlefield
8. T.Z. Generation
9. Fuck The Schemers
10. Voice of The People(I actually prefer this version of the song)
I liked what I've heard,I think they have bright future ahead.
And second,but not least:
VITAS
Vitaliy "Vitalik" Vladasovich Grachyov aka VITAS or even Bumac(in russian Виталий Владасович Грачёв) is a russian pop and classical opera singer, composer, actor, and fashion designer(I say WOOW for the multifunctionallity).Born in Daugavpils(?) on 19 february 1979,and raised in Odessa,Ukraine.Currently he is famous not only in Russia,because he had a huge success on the eastern asian market as well.He's known for mixing styles,combining classical opera,folklore elements,jazz, with electro,russian romances,pop and techno sound.
I won't copy/paste his site information,I just want to itroduce his easily notable sound.
Albums
Философия чуда Philosophy of miracle
Улыбнись Smile
Мама` Mama
Песни моей мамы The songs of my mother
Поцелуй длиною в вечность A kiss as long as eternity
Возвращение домой Returning home
Криком журавлиным, Возвращение домой II Crane's cry,Returning home part II
Хиты ХХ века XXth sentury hits
СКАЖИ, ЧТО ТЫ ЛЮБИШЬ Say you love
Another artist that I got to hear because of a movie. Vitas,(Bumac),the only european guy in the movie HUA MULAN(2009),starring Vicky Zhao Mei,Chen Kun,Jaycee Chan Jo-Ming(son of Jackie Chan).His character,from a cameo appearence in the beginning,got a central role in the outcome.
His musical tallent showed not only on set,but also in the official soundtrack.
Nowadays,sharing information with the world is just a click away(And a complete thought needs at least a few taps on the keyboard).
So,this afternoon,exactly at half past five I started blogging.
I guess now it's intro-time.In the few blogs I've saw,this is where should be described the future goals of this blog.And TARDIS may seem out of place,but I guess TARDIS is actually everywhere,even elsewhere XD
Japanese drama reviews,upcomming and currently airing
1. “Taisetsuna Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshietekureta” 大切なことはすべて君が教えてくれた
Miura Haruma starring alongside Erika Toda and Takei Emi.The good old love triangle theme. Natsumi(Toda) and Shuji (Miura) are a young soon-to-be married couple.They are teachers working in the same highschool,but their bright future is indangered by the affair of Shuji with the young Hikari Saeki (played by Takei), without realizing that she will be a student in his class starting the next day.As he tries to help his student dealing with her problems,heis torn inside by his betrail.Meanwhile,Hikari puts all efforts into destroying the couple.
Now...it's pretty difficult to write a synopsis just by reading the preview.I couldn't help but wonder if Miura can pull this character off whitout making it too antipathetic the viewers.After Takagi Fujimaru-kun this seems a bit different.The motive of the betrail should be basic for the drama,but I hope they don't make the plot predictable.
Here it is the first part of the soundtrackTaisetsu na Koto wa subete Kimi ga oshiete kureta ost
Control ~ Hanzai Shinri Sousa
ＣＯＮＴＲＯＬ～犯罪心理捜査～A k a Fujiki Naohito as a witty kranky proffessor XD
Plot:
Segawa Rio, a quick-acting detective, gets transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Violent Crimes Division after she got shot during her previous case. She is made to work together with Nagumo Jun, a level-headed but eccentric psychology professor whoes skills at behavioral analysis are the key to tracking down the criminals. There's also Teranishi Kei, a shy young detective who's had a crush on Segawa since their days at the academy...
LADY~Saigo no Hanzai Profile
LADY～最後の犯罪プロファイル～
Kitagawa Keiko and Kaname Jun join efforts (and sarcasm) in fighting the crimes.
As another profiler saga,"LADY" focuses on a team of profilers in the CPS, a fictional police division that deals with analyzing criminal behavior. Kitagawa plays the part of Shoko, a gifted profiler who returns to Japan after working with the FBI in the United States. Her character is described as a "crime maniac," as she is overly knowledgeable about past crimes, while also being unskilled in matters of romance.
This I actually watched,so I'm adding DL links i found.
English subs:Well,I got them from D-Addicts http://www.megaupload.com/?d=20JZ3DUX Episode one
Episode two at http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V0L4PIQ2
The password is nomanymore,but I have no idea where the credits should go.So,dear uploader,thank you for sharing it.
