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"'Sono una strega buona o cattiva?'
That is the real question, but my blood tells me that it is up to one's interpretation"
#1950s#guillermo fortunati#video#my edit#haru nemuri#sanctum sanctorum#shunka ryougen#1954#canadiana#vintage canadiana#canadiancore#not mine#toronto#ontario#canada#prepcore#vintage faunlet#faunlet#faunlet aesthetic
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CheapSweets Pick 'n' Mix - Best of 2022
What is is?
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Shunka Ryougen, second full album from Japanese singer, songwriter and 'poetry-rapper' Haru Nemuri (real name: Haruna Kimishima)
What's it like?
If you'd told me at the start of 2022 that one of my favourite albums would be Japanese beat poetry with riot grrl/DIY sensibilities, I would have laughed, then told you that sounds weird, but kinda cool. And it is.
The album title roughly translates to 'spring fire lighting the fields ablaze'. J-pop but with heavy rap, punk, electronica and hardcore influences, and referencing everything from Fight Club to global warming to philosophy, this is an experimental album on multiple levels.
There is however a lack of polish to some parts of the album which may be a bit of an off-putter to some, but I appreciate the rawness and range of the music (and emotions) on display.
I feel I'd enjoy it even more if I even spoke a tiny bit of Japanese!
You might like it if you're a fan of:
Tricot, Jaguar Jonze, MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS, Pussy Riot, Björk, Fugazi
Lyrics such as:
春雷 轟けよ愛 こころが目覚めて 世界中あふれる そんなラブソングがうたいたいぜ!yeah!
I 生きていたいや いのちが目覚めて 世界中かがやく 新しいラブソングがうたいたいぜ!yeah!
(very rough translation)
Spring thunder
Roar, love
My heart awakens all over the world
I want to sing such a love song! Yeah!
I, I want to be alive
Life awakens
Shining all over the world
I want to sing a new love song! Yeah!
Don't just take my word for it:
Zhenzhen Yu from Pitchfork gives a thoughtful analysis of the album;
Carlos Vélez-Cancel from everythingisnoise.net praises the album's emotional depth and ambition;
Standout tracks:
Ikiru, Kick in the World (deconstructed), Old Fashioned
Where can I find it?
On youtube;
On BandCamp;
On Spotify;
On AppleMusic;
...and official website;
#haru nemuri#shunka ryougen#music#best of 2023#best music of 2023#j pop#experimental music#experimental pop#Spotify
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I feel there's some stuff I need to check out in here...
Think my top 5 albums of the year are probably...
Remnants of the Vessel, by Faetooth
Call Down the Sun, by Konvent
Violate Consensus Reality, by Psychonaut
The Saberlight Chronicles, by Fellowship
and...
Shunka Ryougen, by Haru Nemuri
Honourable mentions to Cool it Down, by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Myriad by Gaupa, Where's the One? by Congotronics International, making it! by Montaigne, UGLY DEATH NO REDEMPTION ANGEL CURSE I LOVE YOU, by Ada Rook, Tlazcaltiliztli by Tzompantli, Rakshak by Bloodywood, and the self-titled albums by Lybica and by Zeal and Ardor.
I tend to come to albums a bit late, so a lot of my listening in 2022 was catching up on albums from the last few years. I have finally listened to Ordalies by Véhémence, which is rad as heck :)
Véhémence - Ordalies Crisix - Full HD Dragged Under - Upright Animals Dynazty - Final Advert An Abstract Illusion - Woe Soilwork - Övergivenheten Lorna Shore - Pain Remains Saor - Origins Ghost - Impera Shadow Of Intent - Elergy
#Remnants of the Vessel#Faetooth#Konvent#Call Down the Sun#Psychonaut#Violate Consensus Reality#Fellowship#The Saberlight Chronicles#Haru Nemuri#Shunka Ryougen#Doom#doom metal#death metal#fairy metal#prog pop#progressive pop#post metal#poetry rap#power metal#best of 2022#best music of 2022#best albums 2022#best albums of 2022#2022#Vehemence#Véhémence
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my ten fave albums of the year in no particular order:
renaissance | beyonce
supernova | nova twins
hold the girl | rina sawayama
alpha games | bloc party
the car | arctic monkeys
multitude | stromae
american bollywood | young the giant
preacher's daughter | ethel cain
shunka ryougen | haru nemuri
traumazine | megan thee stallion
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very honorable mentions: laurel hell | mitski, the tipping point | tears for fears, ramona park broke my heart | vince staples, zeal & ardor | zeal & ardor, heterosexuality | shamir, in the wild | jasmyn, you still here, ho? | flo milli, las ruinas | rico nasty, spirituals | santigold, formentera | metric, natural brown prom queen | sudan archives, the loneliest time | carly rae jepsen, cool it down | yeah yeah yeahs
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tagged by @explosionshark - top listens of 2023 via last.fm (generated via tapmusic.net)
new releases: genus ordinis dei - the beginning (aoty. to me) / protomartyr - formal growth in the desert / the veils - … and out of the void came love / model/actriz - dogsbody / elysion - bring out your dead
notable spillover from 2022/new to me: jid - the forever story / conception - state of deception / haru nemuri - shunka ryougen / imperial circus dead decadence - mogari
big year for roy khan! and it must not escape any of our notice that ocean rain had such a death grip on me this year that it’s on there twice
i don’t know who of you uses last.fm but if you do i have tagged you. and if you don’t well i am tagging dear mutuals whose music posts i like to post some fave albums of the year @gena-rowlands @38across @purlturtle @scorpsik
#cannot stress enough how crazy an upset the lack of siouxsie on this is#you know what i think this reflects somewhat poorly on me. but i am being brave and showing it anyway
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HARU NEMURI W GO LISTEN TO SHUNKA RYOUGEN
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No Borders No Race: The SXSW 2023 Showcase | B3 - Boston Bastard Brigade
The annual South By Southwest Festival is just around the corner, and King Baby Duck's got you covered! Over a dozen Japanese acts (and a couple of Boston ones) are on display, with the where's and when's people can see them live in Austin, Texas! (Although there are a few that were, at the time of the recording, still to be determined!)
PLAYLIST (with album/single links):
the tiva - Go back our home (from The Planet Tiva part.1 EP)
Haru Nemuri - Seventh Heaven (from the album SHUNKA RYOUGEN)
VivaOla - Runway (from the STRANDED EP)
Kami Lyle - Much Too Young (digital single)
POT - Beginning (from the album Journey)
Chihiro Yamazaki+ROUTE14band - Fairy Tale (from the album Oto no Sekai)
BackDrop Cinderella - Bond Girl Sugu Shinu (from the 3rd e.p)
GracieHorse - Crustaceans (from the Gracie EP)
NTsKi - Kung-Fu (from the album Orca)
Otoboke Beaver - YAKITORI (from the album Super Champon)
Yogetsu Akasaka - Heart Sutra (digital single)
Snøw - Wxrds (digital single)
NEMOPHILA - Seize the Fate (from the album Seize the Fate)
YAYOI DAIMON - Sin Miedo (from the MY OWN BOSS EP)
CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE - LaLaLa (digital single)
Muck and the Mires - Beat Revolution (digital single)
DYGL - Under My Skin (from the album Thirst)
Wez Atlas & Seann Bowe - The Plot (digital single)
YU-KA - Hoshizukiyo (digital single)
Click here to listen!
#the tiva#haru nemuri#vivaola#kami lyle#pot#chihiro yamazaki+route14band#backdrop cinderellla#GracieHorse#NTsKi#otoboke beaver#yogetsu akasaka#Snøw#nemophila#yayoi daimon#chameleon lime whoopiepie#muck and the mires#dygl#wez atlas#yu-ka#king baby duck#music#j pop#j rock#hip hop#metal#punk#Boston bastard brigade#black compat#SXSW#SXSW 2023
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tagged by @njaems and @twogyuu !! tysm
name: mads
sign: cancer
height: 5'7" (5'9" in my platform crocs ;)) lol
time: 12:54pm
birthday: june 30
favorite band/artist: man I dont know I listen to way too much music. I keep up most consistently with exo, onf, haru nemuri, florence and the machine, woodz, bi, and like a billion other things
last movie: i rewatched elf at christmas with my family. before that the last new one ive seen was decision to leave at the ciff
last show: i dont...watch shows really. i tried to rewatch boy meets world and i got 2 seasons in i think
when I created this blog: this specific blog maybe a month ago HAHA was at the last one from may 2020 I think tho
what I post: bullshit, mostly. reblog other people's stuff and then my own dumb thoughts and then the occasional gifset !
other blogs: mywifehoshi for writing
do I get asks: a few here and there ! not much on the new blog yet but im always open to chat i love talking
followers: a good, manageable small amount LOL my old blog was almost at 2k
average hours of sleep: 5-8 very unstable ones
instruments: none, but I would like to learn one day
what am I wearing: yoga pants and a naruto longsleeve lol
dream job: my dreams are very scattered. I would just like to be able to float between interests and vocations and support myself
dream trip: so many ! I would like to visit most capital cities in the world. faroe islands for some true isolation and relaxation
favorite songs: too many of them. havent been listening to much music lately but when i do im gravitating back towards shunka ryougen by haru nemuri
tagging anyone interested in doing this !!
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im obsessed with haru nemuris music every month i relisten to it all and enjoy. harutosyura is her best album and im right. shunka ryougen is very good too. i like when she screams because its such a juxtaposition from her sweet singing voice and its always in a perfect place in her songs. gosh i love her music
best song off lovetheism
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Happy Bandcamp Friday!
Today, I picked up another two albums, one of my favourites from last year, and an old fave from years past!
Shunka Ryougen by Haru Nemuri was one of my top albums from 2022 (and I really need to get around to writing about it...).
Apparently, the album title roughly translates as 'spring fire lighting the field ablaze', and it's such a heady mix of rapped poetry, experimental rock, and pop with a DIY sensibility (and an awesome vocal range) it's very difficult to categorise.
Spectra, by Northern Irish chiptunes legend Chipzel, is an album that is almost a decade old now, but still feels fresh and current. I've also literally just found out that it's also the soundtrack to an indie video game, but it stands perfectly fine on its own! An instrumental album brimming with brilliant bleeps and bloops, all written on an original Nintendo GameBoy!
#bandcamp#bandcamp friday#chipzel#chiptunes#vgm#vg music#video game music#best album#gameboy#gameboy music#spectra#haru nemuri#shunka ryougen#japanese music#british music#northern irish music#northern ireland#japan#riot grrrl#specific recordings#j-pop#rap#post hardcore#experimental pop#art rock#electronica#experimental rock#progressive pop#poetry#japanese poetry
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Vomit Forth - Seething Malevolence
Pool Kids - Pool Kids
Sparks - The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
Just Mustard - Heart Under
HOLY FAWN - Dimensional Bleed
Perfume Genius - Ugly Season
Dr. Acula - Dr. Acula
HARU NEMURI - Shunka Ryougen
Escuela Grind - Memory Theater
Vatican - Ultra
Masayoshi Soken - ENDWALKER: FINAL FANTASY XIV Original Soundtrack
Sarah Davachi - Antiphonals
Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure
Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd - The Moon And The Melodies
Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions)
Lustmord - Trinity
NUCLEAR DUDES - Boss Blades
Protest the Hero - Fortress
Warforged - The Grove | Sundial
Cherise - Calling
Been a busy week.
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HARU NEMURI - SHUNKA RYOUGEN (2022)
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Haru Nemuri Lets Her Soul Run Ablaze in ‘Shunka Ryougen’ [Q&A]
Treasure. We are constantly looking for it and by its very nature it remains elusive. Considering the enormity of music being released everyday, to strike any vein of originality is near miraculous, but to encounter a trove of fearless, idiosyncratic album brimming with creativity is atypical, and everything about Haru Nemuri is comfortably atypical.
After hearing Nemuri’s sophomore album Shunka Ryougen, which is very comfortably in album of the year territory already, we decided to reach out to this Japanese maverick to try and gaze into the sun without going blind.
Who is Haru Nemuri?
Haru Nemuri: A singer-songwriter.
What is Shunka Ryougen all about?
I constantly think about living and dying throughout this life, but it can be said that those days have come to fruition. It probably could be said that it is an imagined scenery at the time when the soul burns.
You mix, match and reinvent so many influences. How do you settle on sound design and song composition?
If I find one loop that sounds cool, I prepare something that has the impression of destroying it (It can be something like the opposite, or something that you wouldn't normally combine) and then I put my thoughts into how I can match those. Regarding the development of songs, I will prepare something like, if normally done it would go towards pop and something that is not kitsch, and combine them while looking at the balance.
On such a huge work, there must be collaborators and producers; care to mention any standouts?
Generally all the songs are almost arranged by the time I finish writing the songs by myself. And then sometimes I would have a co-producer join me to amplify the world of the song. There are several co-producers who joined me this time including: MyRiot, YAMACHI, samayuzame, Minori Nagashima -serval DOG-, Sisters, Amane Uyama, Tatsuya Okuwaki, URU, GINPEI ITO, Takayuki Kato.
I completed the song through an online session with MyRiot for “Déconstruction.” I love AURORA's music, and I wanted to work with someone who made music with her, so I took my chance and asked and they were happy to join (laugh). The process was really creative and I enjoyed it alot! I completed the song “Pandora” with samayuzame. I was thrilled the whole time because she showed her amazing creativity and did a job that exceeded expectations with the vector I expected.
I also finished the song “Souzou Suru” with Amane Uyama. Of all the people who make music called ‘hyperpop’ in Japan, she is my favorite musician in that genre. I always laugh so hard because I get something I really don’t expect.
What makes the cut for an album track? You clearly had tons to filter through. How do you curate yourself?
From the time I decided to make this album, I have written the songs necessary for this album, so it can be said that the curation process was finished at the stage of composition.
Can we expect more of this style in the future or do you tire easily of what you’ve experimented with already?
Hmm, I’d say don't expect the exact same thing (laughter). I was so devoted to making this album that I can't really think of what's next right now, but eventually I will need to create something that is more of an advanced version of the current style. Before that though, I do feel that I want to create something that prioritizes what I feel comfortable in.
Besides this excellent album, what else should we be on the lookout for?
I’m trying to plan an album tour, so please listen to the album over and over again and be prepared to sing with me (laughter).
What’s inspiring you right now outside of music?
Martial arts, anarchism, feminism, fashion, and the stray cats in my neighborhood.
Your album drops alongside Earth Day. How does the natural environment affect you personally?
It reminds us of the fact that the world was just there and was created beautifully in the first place. It helps me to live, as I often despair in the human world.
Who are your Ones To Watch?
AURORA, Pussy Riot, Dorian Electra, Grimes, Jaguar Jonze, Lim Kim, Shamir, Ziyoou-vachi
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