capsule to embark on Japan club tour

If you're going to find yourself in Japan this winter and are looking to warm yourself up a bit, you could always check out one of the following capsule club concerts. The tour schedule was announced inside the recent "More! More! More!" album, but here it is for convenience's sake. Let us hope that this series of events culminates into their first live DVD!

Speaking of the the album, it has proven quite successful with a #3 position on the oricon charts in its first week! That's a better showing than SUZUKI Ami's recent full length, which was also fully produced by 田中ヤスタカ. Let's see how long it keeps up, though I'm not aware of any big block busters coming up in December. The album will likely be getting a review here on Denpa no Sekai, but I am also working on a couple of other things that may or may not blow your mind!

＜iTunes presents LIVE from Tokyo：capsule＞
2008年11月29日(土)　20：00～＠アップルストア渋谷
＜capsule club tour 「MORE! MORE! MORE!」＞
2008年12月12日(金) 金沢エイトホール - OPEN 22:00
2008年12月26日(金) 大阪ZEPP Osaka - OPEN 23:00
2008年12月29日(月) 東京ageHa - OPEN 23:00
2009年1月9日(金) 仙台ZEPP Sendai - OPEN 21:00
2009年1月23日(金) 京都WORLD - OPEN 22:00
2009年1月24日(土) 広島チャイナタウン - OPEN 22:00
2009年1月30日(金) 福岡ZEPP Fukuoka - OPEN 21:00
2009年2月13日(金) 神戸troop cafe - OPEN 22:00
2009年2月20日(金) 名古屋ダイヤモンドホール - OPEN 22:00
2009年2月28日(土) 札幌ZEPP Sapporo - OPEN 21:00
2009年3月9日(月) 新潟LOTS - OPEN 19:00
2009年3月19日(木) 沖縄club caf'e Air - OPEN 22:00

Source: contemode @ lj

田中ヤスタカ roundup: Capsule, Perfume, 鈴木亜美, MEG

I said I'd write more about NAKATA yasutaka and his solid-gold compositions, time to make good on that promise and actually get down to it, not to mention that a large number of his tracks are about to get released by the end of the year. Source for this information largely taken from Perfume City (and its splendid, troll-free forums).

First and foremost, capsule will finally release some new material this year, after a busy 2007 that saw them release three albums. Dated for November 19 2008 「More! More! More!」 will indeed probably give us more of the same audio crack that we are desperate for. A trippy PV for "Jumper" is already out and a short version of the album's titular song has been out there for quite a while actually. Initial impressions on this fan's end are extremely positive, but the currently available songs don't eclipse 2007's brilliant 「Sugarless GiRL」; stay tuned for a review once the album hits.

Of course, 中田さん is once again completely behind Perfume's third release of the year (fourth if you include the Game DVD). 「Dream Fighter」 is also slated to be released on November 19, hopefully the legion of Perfume superfans will have a thought for their producer and buy both capsule's full-length and Perfume's new single at the same time. Either way, it's clear which one will top the oricon charts. Surprisingly none of the two tracks have leaked yet, however Chaku-Uta will have the songs available for its けいたい users on October 29th... any moment now!



Fans of SUZUKI ami have been enjoyed the second coming of her career as she has now completely transitioned under 中田's authority. The eleven track full-length album 「Supreme Show」 will drop one week before capsule and Perfume, that's November 12 2008. Five of these tracks are already available through the two singles she released this summer. Considering the decent chartings obtained by 「ONE」 and 「can't stop the DISCO」, it only makes sense for this entire album to come to fruition. If it charts higher than 「DOLCE」 did (and it is expected to) then by inference, people will actually be buying this mostly because of NAKATA's work on rejuvenating the diva's career. Which is good stuff all-around for all three parties involved (the third is us!! the fans!!!)



Quick ending note about the lovely MEG. The relentless model-turned-singer released her third single of the year on September 17, a mere three months after dropping her fifth album in August. Sadly, the single fell off oricon charts after reaching #17 on week 39, but it has yet to fall out of her fan's hearts. It features two new songs: PRECIOUS, CANDY and an appropriate "end of summer" remix of PRECIOUS, which actually blows the original out of the water with its slick flamenco guitar picking and by-the-beach mood. Let's just hope the poor commercial performance doesn't break the camel's back, because what a terrible place this world would become without her beautiful voice...