X Japan's 2010 North American Tour Video Message

[Boku no Gisho]

@темы: video, x japan, yoshiki

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Сайт

[Kodoku no Ookami]

Судя по всему, начал свою полноценную работу американский официальный сайт www.xjapanmusic.com. На сайте можно посмотреть последние видео, почитать интервью и обзорные статьи и многое другое. Также в плеере теперь есть возможность послушать I.V. и полную студио-версию Jade. Не совсем уверена, что эта версия окончательна, но в любом случае скачать её можно тут.

@темы: links, x japan, download

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И снова перевод биографии Йошики!!!

[*Лунный свет*]

Следующая глава -
Глава 5. Угасание Х.
Часть первая. Новое начало в Лос-Анджелесе и сольные проекты.
Спасибо,  Diana_!

@темы: heath, hide, pata, book, x japan, toshi, yoshiki

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Новости с Twittera

[Kaede]

Наверное все уже видели, но на всякий случай напишу. =)
У господина Хаяши словесный..бум)) Избранное пополняется двумя ссылками, на этот раз на Facebook
X Japan
Yoshiki *обещает грузить туда фотки))*

Также он кинул ссылку на очередную статью
www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/music...

не знаю, копировать ли ее сюда

Сейчас устроил опрос для тех, кто придет на концерты в США, какие песни те хотели бы услышать.

Насчет статьи, могу перевести, если требуется...

@темы: x japan, yoshiki, twitter

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BARKS о релизе DVD 『X JAPAN Showcase in L.A.』

[s o n n y]

Сегодня BARKS опубликовал статью в поддержку релиза DVD 『X JAPAN Showcase in L.A.』 с 1-го октября во всех крупных музыкальных магазинах Японии. Стоимость - 6825 иен.
С 6-го сентября этот DVD продавался только в салонах Sankyo, и возможно, его содержимое немного отличается от массового релиза (об этом в статье не сказано, это из других источников).
Статья подписана представителем JMA, и в конце статьи сказано, что на DVD нет изображений Хидэ (т.к. DVD вышел до решения суда по иску H&P к Sankyo), есть только слова об особой благодарности Хидэ в эндинге, во время TEARS, чтобы поклонники видели, что Хидэ по-прежнему жив в сердцах участников.
Кроме того, BARKS как всегда выложил более 120 фотографий - капсов видео, которое может посмотреть игрок в X JAPAN пачинко (не путать с содержимым DVD))):

◆パチンコ台「FEVER X JAPAN」画像集 vo1.1/6
◆パチンコ台「FEVER X JAPAN」画像集 vo1.2/6
◆パチンコ台「FEVER X JAPAN」画像集 vo1.3/6
◆パチンコ台「FEVER X JAPAN」画像集 vo1.4/6
◆パチンコ台「FEVER X JAPAN」画像集 vo1.5/6
◆パチンコ台「FEVER X JAPAN」画像集 vo1.6/6

@темы: screencaps, news, x japan, article

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с твиттера

[s o n n y]

Стэн Ли сообщил своим фанатам, что возможно начинает «новую карьеру») (Ждите, вы скоро услышите о Йошики!)
@TheRealStanLee
That’s it for today, troops. Just wanted to letcha know I may be embarking on a new career. (Wait’ll you hear about Yoshiki later!)
about 14 hours ago via web

@темы: yoshiki, twitter

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Вампиры везде!

[s o n n y]

Пишет Xplosion Online:

Vampires Everywhere to tour North America with X JAPAN

Sonntag, 12. September 2010 um 01:03 Uhr

There are no translations available.

Vampires Everywhere, a metal band from Hollywood just announced that they'll be joining up with X JAPAN for their North American tour as a support band. They have over 22,000 fans on MySpace and over 12,000 on Facebook:

hey there all you vamptramps, fangbangers, metalheads, pop killers, or otherwise music lovers!

J_Killa [the bands keyboardist] here with some KILLER news about some exciting shows coming up in the very near future with the legendary Japanese band, X Japan.

Here are their official websites (you can listen to sample music on the first two):
MySpace
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Stickam

Source: Vampires Everywhere official Facebook

@темы: blogs, news, x japan, article

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SUGIZO's Will 2010-09-10

[shiny_neko]

Credits: shiny_neko
Beta: Kaede

From LONDON with LOVE

Сейчас я нахожусь в Лондоне по важному делу.
На протяжении последних нескольких лет я очень часто бывал в Брайтоне,
но впервые за долгое время мне удалось насладиться отдыхом здесь.

@темы: blogs, sugizo

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'ART OF LIFE' LINER NOTE by Naoshi Tuda (translated in English)

[riana 78]

Вот воистину, не знаешь, где найдешь, где потеряешь...

Читая комментарии к статье Jonathan McNamara X Japan Is the Biggest Rock Band in Their Homeland -- Can They Finally Break Through in the States?
вдруг наткнулась на ссылку с переводом на английский вступительной статьи в буклете к альбому X JAPAN "Art Of Life" (в лимитированном издании), написанной Наоши Тсуда.
Об этом писала еще  *Лунный свет* вот здесь

Вот этот перевод, он был опубликован на Last.fm еще в 2008 году....

o cleveryummy пишет...

o Окт 30 2008, 1:19

'ART OF LIFE' LINER NOTE by Naoshi Tuda (translated in English)
I have translated 'ART OF LIFE' LINER NOTE by co-producer Naoshi Tuda (Sony Record).

It will be bit long. My translation might not good enough to explain beauty of words Naoshi Tuda used in Japanese.

I hope this will help all of 'ART OF LIFE' fans to understand this masterpiece more.

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I remember the summer three years before.

In the studio room with Seekenser(NB:I don’t know what is it), synsesizer, Yoshiki and me. It has been two weeks. We were making song images and ideas.Unexpectedly, Yoshiki said ‘That’s it’ Total time was just less 30 minutes. I was wondering when Yoshiki would finish then suddenly finished the last part of his piano solo.

The studio was quiet. We dropped the light, listened just recorded sound loudly together. I felt so short even 30 minutes time has past. Both of us couldn’t speak.

I like to see how to create songs by talented artists. The connection with the artist and song is so deep. On the other hand, individually separated. ‘Do you think bit strange here? Shall I change this part?’ Yoshiki said simply. ‘Can’t you understand? I think perfect!’ he said proudly.

While recording, I enjoy watching Yoshiki’s building prosses those music datas. As usual, he had created perfect scores. Then Yoshiki played. He created complicated scores. Sometimes even Yoshiki was confused himself.

‘I can’t understand this strange melody. How come like this? I don’t think my score is wrong.’
We ignored. Just put sample sounds. Then arranged, listend again.

Wow. Great Yoshiki! It wasn’t wrong. This is great sound!’
‘You see, I was right!’ Then we continued.

I’m normally good at understand music tunes. Even like me, Yoshiki’s tunes were complicated. It made me dizzy. But I enjoyed the moment when those tunes turned out to be perfect.

I was speechless about Yoshiki’s piano solo. After recorded basic patern, Yoshiki said ‘I‘ll do improvisation.’ Then he concentrated himself. His face was same as normal but his created sounds were chaos. It was perfect.

It was utterly perfect, we decided to use that recorded one into ‘Art of Life’. The improvisation in the “Art of Life’ was exactly same one that Yoshiki played only once that summer.

I heard finished tape repeatedly. I don’t feel such a long 30 minetes. While listening, I never felt bored.

After that drums recording took 6 months, then Heath’s bass recording, Hide and Pata’s guitar recording, Toshi’s vocal recording took another 1year and half. Gradually, the song was shaping as a real song.

The big mind browing incident was happen to me while we were doing ochestra recording. Last October (NB:e1992) , at Abbey Road Studio, London. Yoshiki laughed at me that I was wearing mask on my face. I got cold that day. Enginer Rich was checking the sounds. Over the glass, 56 ochestra members and conductor Marx there.

When the recording started, I realised something strange feeling happen to me. I was checking score, same time listening ochestra sounds of ‘Art of Life’, I tried to understand that something strange feeling.

That strange feeling was like some mixed feeling such as sadness, pain, wonder about, despair, beauty…
I have been moved my feeling quite a lot when I heard very beautiful songs. But this was the first time the core of saddness hit me. Yoshiki’s messages hit me deep inside.

Like a patiant is fighting his illness alone in his hospital bed, like deep, going back memories, struggle, panic, fear,still expect for love, confusion…

I didn’t realise how much Yoshiki has skilled up to show his feeling into his creation. I was stunned. I nearly choked.

It is over my imagination. The ‘Art of Life’ is emerged more biggar scale than I have imagine.

After this incident, ‘Art of Life’ is something really defferent piece for me, compare with ‘Endless Rain’,’Silent Jealousy’.Those were I could understand since Yoshiki created until finished off. But ‘Art of Life’ is defferent. Yoshiki has stepped up where I couldn’t reach any more.

Yoshiki’s attitude toward his songs has changed to ‘give birth’ rather ‘create’ by this time.

Why give birth? For who? What am I? Because Yoshiki was always facing those questions and pains.That why he could create such a heart felt songs.

‘I just made good song’
I love to hear this phrase from Yoshiki.

The start of ‘Art of Life’ was same as that.
‘Hey, Mr Tuda. I am going to make 30 minutes long song. Could you listen for me?’
That was in spring 1990.

2nd April 1993 Naoshi Tsuda
Источник: Lastfm.ru ~ форум группы ART OF LIFE

@темы: переводы, blogs, x japan, yoshiki

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[s o n n y]

Diana_ выложила окончание четвертой главы!

Глава 4.
Часть четвертая. Успешное выступление в Токио Доме и уход Тайджи.

@темы: book, x japan, taiji, yoshiki

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X Japan ~ Lollapalooza & X Japan's first US tour ~ Press

[riana 78]

Сегодня на блоге Phoenix New Times была опубликована очередная отличная статья Jonathan McNamara о выступлении Иксов на Лоллапалузе и о их шансах завоевать Америку...
Надеюсь все еще помнят его прекрасное интервью с Йошики
Напоминаю, что интервью Jonathan McNamara можно посмотреть здесь

X Japan Is the Biggest Rock Band in Their Homeland -- Can They Finally Break Through in the States?


X Japan Is the Biggest Rock Band in Their Homeland -- Can They Finally Break Through in the States?
A A A Comments (2) By Jonathan McNamara Thursday, Sep 9 2010

"Who are these guys, anyway?" a photographer standing next to me asks, firing his camera like a machine gun. In front of us, assembled on a small platform, is a five-piece band, glammed-out with feathered hair, studded collars, ornate crosses and skulls, and cloaks of faux fur.

I could tell this guy that he's looking at Japan's biggest rock band. I could explain how the show they are minutes away from playing is probably the most significant show ever played by a Japanese rock band. I could mention that only three years ago, even their most diehard fans wouldn't have dreamed of this performance. There isn't time, though. It's Sunday afternoon in Chicago's Grant Park and thousands of Lollapalooza 2010 attendees are clamoring for X Japan.

We rush to the main stage and arrive just ahead of the band. Thousands of fans press against the security barricade and squeal every time they catch a glimpse of one of the members. When all five take the stage, the crowd's roar is deafening. Many of these fans know the X Japan story. They're aware that despite the band's breakup 12 years ago and suicide of its former lead guitarist, X Japan has fought back to play its first show on U.S. soil. They're aware that they're watching a watershed moment.

A harpsichord melody introduces the opener, "Rusty Nail." A crashing cymbal ends the intro, awakening twin-guitar speed metal. Then, just as quickly, the vocalist switches from screeching rock to tearful ballad and the song freefalls into a quiet piano interlude. This blend of driving metal and raw, emotional pop — often within the same song — is what earned X Japan its status as Japan's biggest rock band. It's also won an intensely devoted worldwide legion of fans — fans willing to make necessary sacrifices to witness the band's hour-long set in Chicago.

Who knows? It also might be what wins X Japan mainstream status in the States.

The band is going after America with everything it's got, following up the Lollapalooza gig with a North American tour and a new album — the band's first in 12 years — with lyrics almost entirely in English.

And it may represent the best chance a Japanese act has ever had to make it in the United States.

But will it be enough?

Breaking into the American mainstream is a battle that Japanese bands have been losing for decades. In 1980, Yellow Magic Orchestra appeared in a segment of Soul Train that ended with host Don Cornelius telling the audience that, though the band members had just introduced themselves, he couldn't repeat one of their names if you paid him "a million dollars." That was the same year Yellow Magic Orchestra's Solid State Survivor won the Japan Recording Award for best album.

Shonen Knife, a trio of pop-punk princesses who sing sugar-coated songs about banana chips and giant kitties, played Lollapalooza in 1994 and even opened for Nirvana on the Nevermind UK tour. Shonen Knife continues to tour the States and release English-language albums, but after two decades, they have little more than cult following.

Arguably the most successful Japanese band in the States is Dir en Grey, whose album Uroboros peaked at 114 on Billboard. The same record made it to number 4 on Japan's charts. Polysics? Loudness? The list goes on, each act generating smoking embers of success that never quite catch fire.

Then again, none of those bands had the hype that X Japan and the band's leader, Yoshiki, have enjoyed in the weeks leading up to and following their Lollapalooza performance.

It's the day before X Japan's U.S. debut and Yoshiki is in a suite at the Ritz-Carlton, doing phone interviews and filming segments for an ABC World News piece. A couple of hours earlier, what was intended to be a panning shot of Yoshiki talking to a TV reporter while strolling down a Chicago sidewalk erupted into a frenzy as screaming X Japan fans mobbed him with cardboard signs and autograph requests. Yoshiki also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and other outlets that fawned over the band's accomplishments, which include 30 million albums sold worldwide and 18 sold-out shows at the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome. Time Out Chicago claimed that "the only act threatening to out-spectacle Lady Gaga [at Lollapalooza] is hair-metal über-group X Japan."

Outshining the queen of American pop? Hey, who knows?

"We were going to debut in America before the breakup," Yoshiki says with a faint Japanese accent. "But I dunno if we were ready at that time."

The idea of putting their Japanese superstar status on hold to "start over" in the States did not appeal to some of the band members, he says without naming names. A growing rift between him and X Japan vocalist Toshi ultimately caused the band to split after a sold-out 1997 New Year's Eve show — called "The Last Live" — at the Tokyo Dome. Five months later, the suicide of former lead guitarist Hideto "Hide" Matsumoto seemingly destroyed any hope for a reunion.

"When we broke up, I thought everything was over. Then, especially right after we broke up, Hide died, so, I didn't even think twice that we can reunite."

Solo careers by X Japan's surviving members followed. Toshi started a band. Yoshiki furthered his musical pedigree by composing Japan's best-selling classical album, Eternal Melody, with Beatles producer George Martin and teaming up with fellow Japanese rock stars Gackt, Miyavi, and Sugizo (who would later become X Japan's new guitarist) in the super-group S.K.I.N.

But X Japan wasn't over.
"Toshi, the vocalist, and I . . . We didn't talk for seven or eight years after the breakup," Yoshiki says. "But then we started talking. The beginning was just fixing our friendship first, then Toshi said, 'You know we have fans all over the world now.'"

For years, Japanophiles and anime fans have been trading J-rock albums at conventions and online. Some fans are music pirates who stumbled upon the band on Napster. At least that's my story. More than a decade ago, I was attempting to "acquire" a soundtrack for an anime flick called X/1999 when I downloaded the song "X" — in all its speed-metal glory — by mistake. I had to have more. I battled eBay bidders for imported copies of Art of Life; I watched Region 2 DVDs of live performances on a Japanese PlayStation 2, and I plunked down more than I could afford to get to Lollapalooza.

I wasn't alone.

In January, more than 8,000 screaming, banner-waving American fans descended on Hollywood Boulevard to witness X Japan lip-synch shots for four upcoming music videos filmed on the rooftop of Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.

The mayhem was no different at Lollapalooza 2010. Countless posters were held aloft and thousands of X Japan T-shirts covered sweat-drenched American and Japanese fans who'd waited hours in the hot August sun just to get the best view of X Japan's show. From the band's first note to its last, the fans screamed the lyrics in unison.

"When I told [my friends] I was coming to Lollapalooza and X Japan was here, they shat their pants," says Paul, a fan from Seattle. Paul was with Raquel, who journeyed from Portugal, and Lisa from California, who sported an X Japan tattoo. These X acolytes had waited years to see the band play. Now that they have, they believe mainstream American success is inevitable — even if X Japan doesn't get radio play.

"Good metal never gets on the radio," Paul says. "Fuck the radio. We have the Internet. This shit is going to spread like crazy."

In the days following the Lollapalooza show, X Japan continued to receive press. On August 9, Time Out Chicago thanked Perry Farrell for including X Japan in this year's Lollapalooza. "Thank you most of all for X Japan. Engineering the first stateside import of Japan's (mostly) quadragenarian metal monsters was the coup of the festival, and as expected, faces were in fact melted," wrote Doyle Armbrust. On August 10, ABC aired the segment it shot in Chicago. Then, on August 16, X Japan announced their North American tour dates.

The story of whether or not X Japan will be able to rebuild their Japanese superstardom on American shores will play out at those shows, in those venues. All we can do is wait.

@темы: heath, hide, pata, sugizo, x japan, toshi, yoshiki, article

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кадры из нового DVD X JAPAN DVD Showcase in L.A.

[s o n n y]

Вот что нас ждет на новом DVD X JAPAN DVD Showcase in L.A.)))
(30 мин. мэйкинга, 30 мин. клипов и live-видео)
UPD*

остальные

запись создана: 08.09.2010 в 21:16

@темы: release, pictures, x japan

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из блога Dewi Sukarno

[s o n n y]

Отчет о концерте на стадионе Ниссан и об afterparty в блоге японско-индонезийской знаменитости Dewi Sukarno ameblo.jp/dewisukarno/entry-10624341639.html







девушка в диадеме - Adeyto(DJ) из VUK, она участвовала в концертах в Токио Доме в марте 2008.

@темы: pictures, blogs, sugizo, x japan, toshi, yoshiki

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Очередные новости...

[riana 78]

Сегодня Тоши на своем оф-сайте ToshI-SamuraiJapan
объявил о закрытии в целях безопасности своего блога на Mixi...
mixi閉鎖について

Я плохо поняла, но кажется какая-то женщина, член его фан-клуба преследует его через этот блог...

Продажа X JAPAN Showcase in L.A. Premium Prototype DVD начнется 1 октября ...

@темы: video, news, x japan, toshi

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Последние новости по иску к JMA и Sankyo

[riana 78]

В пресс-релизе, распространенном сегодня от имени директора Sankyo, компания заявила, что суд вынес официальное решение по Sankyo. Компания имеет законное право использовать изображение Хиде.
Таким образом, "Fever X JAPAN" пачинко-машины поступят в продажу, и начнут появляться в салонах пачинко, как запланировано, 6 сентября.

Источник facttraction.info

Пресса:
sanspo.com - 「Ｘ　ＪＡＰＡＮ」パチンコ発売へ
sponichi.co.jp - ＨＩＤＥさん事務所　仮処分申請取り下げ
jisin.jp - HIDEも共に「フィーバー　Ｘ　ＪＡＰＡＮ」【YOSHIKI率いるロックバンドX　JAPANの“灼熱LIVEパチンコ”「フィーバーＸ　 JAPAN】
http://news.tv-asahi.co.jp - HIDEさん親族、訴訟を取り下げl

@темы: hide, news, x japan, yoshiki

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Очередной рейтинг...

[riana 78]

Развлечемся немного...

Barks опубликовал результаты очередного рейтинга по джей-року, что-то вроде "Боги рока" (ох и любят эти японцы пафос...)
ケータイユーザーが選ぶ「神だと思うロックバンドランキング」
Голосование проводилось с 17 августа (вторник) по 31 августа (вторник), всего 14 дней
Количество полученных ответов - 2004 голоса
После подсчета всех голосов получилась следующая 10-ка групп:

рок - бог - Rekochoku рейтинга (в целом);
■ Общие
01位：X JAPAN
02位：L'Arc～en～Ciel
03位：B'z
04位：UVERworld
05位：RADWIMPS
06位：BUMP OF CHICKEN
07位：ELLEGARDEN
08位：Janne Da Arc
09位：GLAY
10位：BOΦWY

Rock Band - Бог Rekochoku рейтинга (по возрасту);
■ по десятилетиям
Возраст 10 ▼
1位：UVERworld
2位：L'Arc～en～Ciel
3位：B'z
4位：RADWIMPS
5位：BUMP OF CHICKEN

Возраст 20 ▼
1位：L'Arc～en～Ciel
2位：X JAPAN
3位：Janne Da Arc
4位：ELLEGARDEN
5位：B'z

Возраст 30 ▼
1位：BOΦWY
2位：X JAPAN
3位：B'z
4位：サザンオールスターズ
5位：THE BLUE HEARTS
Результаты рейтинга комментируются в этой статье
1位は20代・30代から熱烈支持、神だと思うロックバンドランキング
В ней в частности отмечается, что X Japan имеет устойчивую популярность во всех трех возрастных категориях...

@темы: news, x japan

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Talk of Sizuka Kudo and Yoshiki

[riana 78]

На твиттере появилась ссылка на английский перевод "PRE-STAGE" TV ASAHI 1992....
Передачи, в которой приняли участие Йошики и Шизука Кудо
http://abstract-raven.livejournal.com/4856.html

@темы: video, interview, yoshiki

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Yoshiki. Продолжение перевода!!!

[riana 78]

 Diana_ выложила перевод следующей главы книги....

Глава 4. Часть четвертая. Успешное выступление в Токио Доме и уход Тайджи.

@темы: book, yoshiki

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Интервью Тоши - JISIN

[s o n n y]

Тоши начинает сольную карьеру! Toshi feat・YOSHIKI！？

jisin.jp/serial/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%...

Тоши дал это интервью на следующий день после 2-го концерта в Йокогаме.
О чем-то, связанном с их совместным проектом, будет объявлено 7 сентября.
...еще там о песне Crystal Piano no Kimi, о встрече в ЛА после ухода Тоши из ХОХ, о приглашении Тайджи.

Более ранние статьи по теме (обсуждались тут):
www.sanspo.com/geino/news/100822/gnj10082205180...
www.tokyograph.com/news/id-6514
www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000063733

@темы: pictures, interview, toshi, yoshiki

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X JAPAN PREMIUM DVD

[Boku no Gisho]

©

@настроение: Интересно, что же именно будет на этом DVD?

@темы: fanstuff, x japan