classical
★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 [...]
Karasu- “Tenshi to Akuma” PV
So what exactly is going on in Karasu’s video for “Tenshi to Akuma?” We get a proposal over a steak dinner with wine. Both man and woman are masked. There is a creepy masked kid playing with light and dark Angel feathers. The woman appears to disappear from the dinner table quite often. Either she’s [...]
bio tolva- “Ordering AZ (Alphabet Song)”
Japan has a fascination with the English alphabet. There are lots of songs about the ABC’s. Bio Tolva create the coolest one I’ve heard with the track “Ordering AZ (Alphabet Song).” They get the awesome singer Ferri perform guest vocals in an opera fashion-and she lists all the things you can do from A to [...]
Yuko Toyoda with Tao- Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No.5×Kojo no tsuki
Classical piano with Taiko drums! Count me in. Yuko Toyoda’s light fingers turn into heavy pounding hammers in this version of Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5. Very cool. Let you fingers do the walking over to CDJapan and pick up Crystalier out 3.28.2012. Wanna know what else is on her new album? Yuko Toyoda’s official [...]
Anoice- “Finale” PV
Anoice provides some serious soundtrack music to this stock footage bombing collage video for “Finale.” I’m talking about some serious DREAD. Gloomy and escalating stuff especially with the Opera background singer. Look for Anoice’s new album The Black Rain released 2.14.2012. Preorder from Amazon.jp. Like Anoice on Facebook and hit up their official website.
Anoice- “Ripple” PV
Ah the daily grind. The same old same old. Yet if you change up your routine, it may cause a disastrous ripple effect. Check out the extremely depressing PV for Anoice’s “Ripple” and feel the sadness. The piano soldiers on while the violins weep. THIS is CLASSICAL at it’s best. Evoking emotion. Look for “Ripple” [...]
Pink Martini & Saori Yuki- “Puff the Magic Dragon” Performance
I’m grinning from ear to ear. I LOVE “Puff the Magic Dragon.” It even came on television this weekend on ABC Family’s Christmas weekend event. I was able to catch the end of it and show it to my son. This is such a classic animated special, and boy was I happy to hear this [...]
Singaporean Aspidistrafly’s Landscape with a Fairy
Beautiful music this early morning from the Singapore based duo Aspidistrafly. In the single “Landscape with a Fairy” we get some wonderfully haunting female vocals from April Lee with some georgeous instrumentation combining piano, strings and acoustic guitar. Their album A Little Fable should be out December 15th, 2011. Preorder from Amazon.jp. Yeah. This is [...]
Vanilla Mood’s plays the Dragon Quest theme
Great for Friday Fun! The gorgeous trio Vanilla Mood play a quick theme to Dragon Quest to put you in an adventurous mood this morning! If this is what these talented ladies do in their spare time, then I want to hear more! Check out Vanilla Mood’s official website and find more clips on Vision [...]
Azure- 情熱 PV
How the hell do you describe Azure? I can see their popularity.. its a mixture of contemporary pop with classical elements with a girl lead singer and a dude who raps/talks like 90′s dance song Real McCoy Another Night. Not to mention the fact one guy plays violin and the other plays piano. BOOM! So [...]
