films- “Bubbles” MV
awesome / classical / experimental / Japanese Music / piano

films- “Bubbles” MV

“Bubbles.” Tiny bubbles from the tiny voices of films. What a masterful composition of deep bellowing piano and flighty strings. It’s like Tori Amos did classical experimental. Really pretty music. Films might be a little serious, but films is top notch orchestral music. Their album a forbidden garden was released on April 26, 2013 and … Continue reading »

Matenrou Opera- “Kassai to Gekijou no Gloria” MV
awesome / classical / Japan / Japanese Music / metal / visual kei

Matenrou Opera- “Kassai to Gekijou no Gloria” MV

How can a man with pierced lips sing so elegantly? The opera is back in town, and the Matenrou Opera is ready to headbang symphonically. “Kassai to Gekijou no Gloria” is masterful metal of the sophisticated nature. Awe is the guitar solos and operatic sweeping vocals, just save your claps until the end please. Kassai … Continue reading »

Mariko Senju performs Kreisler’s “Liebesfreud” (video)
awesome / classical / Japan

Mariko Senju performs Kreisler’s “Liebesfreud” (video)

Wanna get back to the classics? Then check Mariko Senju’s magnificent violin performance video of Kreisler’s “Liebesfreud.” She actually plays a whole album of Kreisler, if you are into classical music. The Kreisler Album just came out this past December 2012 and you can listen to it in your earholes if you grab it at … Continue reading »

1966 Quartet cover MJ’s “Thriller!”
awesome / classical / cover / girl group / Japan / Japanese Music

1966 Quartet cover MJ’s “Thriller!”

The hottest lady quartet return to cover Michael Jackson’s Thriller with just string instruments and a piano. It’s awesome. Wearing pleather red and black tops, and one of the girls wearing a fedora, damn 1966 Quartet is fine. The video kind of trails off, and we don’t get the awesome Vincent Price laugh, but I … Continue reading »

Pia-No-jaC -”Fur Elise” and “Gymnopedie no 1″ (short version)
awesome / classical / Japan / jazz

Pia-No-jaC -”Fur Elise” and “Gymnopedie no 1″ (short version)

Roll over Beethoven. Pia-No-JaC is putting their own spin on Beethoven’s “Fur Elise” with comedic effect and marionettes! You also get a taste of the single “Gymnopedies no 1″ by Erik Satie. It’s a little more jazzy, and that’s how Pia-no-jaC eats a classic. Yes, blow the whistle! Pia-n0-jaC’s Eat a Classic IV is out … Continue reading »

★STAR GUiTAR- “Live Feat. Hidetake Takayama” PV
classical / electronica / Japan / Japanese Music / piano

★STAR GUiTAR- “Live Feat. Hidetake Takayama” PV

STAR GUiTAR incorporates classical piano with suped up techno beats in his latest “Live” which features Hidetake Takayama. It sounds pretty good together, if not a little elegant and heart attack inducing at the same time. This collaboration is just one of many featured on Star GUiTAR’s new album Traveller. You could even call it … Continue reading »