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Happy Birthday Tommy, + NANA ost
6th February 2005
Probably the person with the birthday people are least likely to forget,
Tommy today turns 30, so let's all collectively wish her a happy birthday
and take a swig from our hip flasks.
And with this birthday comes new music from Tommy in her heavenly6 guise.
This time she's contributing a track 'GIMME ALL OF YOUR LOVE!!' to the
soundtrack 'LOVE
for NANA ~Only 1 Tribute'. NANA
is a manga series, and within the story are 2 bands, Black Stones and
Trapnest, which various artists are siding with. Tommy's song is for
the Black Stones. Also on the soundtrack are Sex Machineguns, Zone,
Tetsu 69, Do As Infinity, and more. The album comes out (With 2 different
covers, for each band) on March 16 through Toshiba
EMI.
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Ryo teams with bonnie pink
30th October 2004
Ryo is set to release a 2nd single under the 'meister' name, this time
an entirely new track not featured on his recently released album. The
track, 'above
the clouds', sees Japanese singer / songwriter Bonnie
Pink handling vocal duties.
Released on November 26, the single will also include the track 'My
World Down' feat. Mark Gardener, which is on the album, and used as
the end theme for the anime 'Beck'.
"above the clouds" will be used on the CM for the new Sony
Cybershot L1.
Also, a new PV for the track 'Kind Of Cold' has begun screening on MTV
and Spaceshower
TV.
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I met the music release + tbg DVDs
13th October 2004
With Ryo having performed his one-off London gig, Shifty
Disco have made the album available to order
online. 'I met the music' won't however make it to brick and mortor
stores in the UK until November 15, as opposed to September 20 as previously
reported.
In the liner notes, Ryo mentions the possibility of a meister II (and
even meister III), and also the desire to experiment with something
new each year. His current interest is for his next album to be recorded
in one take with a live band.
In the midst of Ryo's solo endevours, 2 of the brilliant green dvd's
- 'the
brilliant green clips' and the live 'Super
Terra 2000' are set to be re-released on December 22. With the same
running times as the first releases, it is unlikely that either will
have any additional footage, however the prices of both have been reduced
considerably to ¥2,300 and ¥2,800 respectively (down from ¥3,675
and ¥6,195).
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Meister UK DETAILS
16th September 2004
Ryo will be doing a one-off
show in London at The Verge on Wednesday 29th September. Ryo will
be joined on stage by Sice, Manda Rin, Loz Colbert, Nick Beggs, Kenji
Jammer and Hannah Vasanth. Supporting are My
Luminaries and Giant
Drag. Doors open at 8pm, and entry is £5 (or £4 with
the flyer). Meister's set is at 10.15pm. Advance tickets can be bought
at We
Got Tickets.
'I met the music' will be released in the UK on September 20 (yes, this
Monday!) on the independant Shify
Disco label.
Meanwhile, Panasonic has made the CM
for their new fax machine, featuring 'Orange', available for watching
online.
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Meet The Music
6th September 2004
The Sony
Music Shop has revealed the final tracklisting for 'I met the music',
aswell as saying that the sleeve design for the album (and presumably
the 'I want you to show me' single) is done by none other than the legendary
Peter Saville
(New Order, Pulp, Suede). Check the 'Music'
section for the full listing.
The song 'My World Down' will be used as the theme for the upcoming
TV Tokyo anime 'Beck', starting October 6, and Panasonic will be using
'Orange' in one of their commercial from September 17
All the badges have been made and sent. Depending on where you are in
the world, they could take up to 8 days to arrive. Please give me an
email if you haven't receieved yours by next Wednesday.
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