Yuki Koyanagi Brings First Album In 13 Years!

Japanese pop/R&B singer-songwriter and industry veteran Yuki Koyanagi is releasing her first original album in over 13 years titled SPHERE -Tama Uchu- July 1! Koyanagi first got her start in 1999 with the debut hit “Anata no Kiss wo Kazoemashou -You were mine~” and continued her successful career from there. Her last original album, SUNRISE, was released in 2007 and she has since released a best album, live album, and several singles. “SPHERE featuring Demon Kakka” is being used as the lead track for her new album and was written by Koyanagi herself.

SPHERE -Tama Uchu- will contain a total of seven tracks and will be available in three editions. Two of these will be limited: a CD + 2-DVD limited and a 2-CD limited. The CD + 2-DVD will contain the original album, its first DVD including her 20th anniversary concert “DON$ YOKU” held September 2019 and the second DVD including comments from Koyanagi. The 2-CD limited will include the original album and a greatest hits album featuring 12 tracks. The standard CD edition will include her original album plus a bonus track. The track listing has yet to be released but you can still pre-order your copy and check out the trailer for SPHERE -Tama Uchu- below!

Yuki Koyanagi/SPHERE -Tama Uchu-

CD + 2-DVD limited edition

2-CD limited edition

CD-only standard edition

exist†trace Introduces Fans to their Garden with Upcoming Mini-Album!

Five-member visual-kei rock band exist†trace has announced their new mini-album The Only Garden, due for release on July 29. The Only Garden is the group’s first CD in nearly four years, following their ROYAL STRAIGHT MAGIC EP in November 2016 and will be their seventh mini-album overall.

Guitarist and vocalist miko commented, "exist†trace’s activities in the first half of 2020, including our monthly one-man lives, were halted by the coronavirus. With our members not gathering together, we always kept in our minds the one place we belong, performing live for all of you. This place is ‘The Only Garden’, and we created this mini-album to deliver our music to everyone we’re waiting to see in front of us again. Come and visit our garden on this CD."

The Only Garden‘s tracklist includes new songs the band has been performing in their recent live shows. The CD will be available through exist†trace’s online web store: http://exist-trace.shop For those not familiar to the band check out their trailer for their track POWER OF “ONE” below. 

exist†trace 「The Only Garden」

1. EXISTENCE
2. I’m still not dead
3. Acacia
4. selection
5. POWER OF “ONE” (vocal retake ver.)
6. Garden

Bye-Bye-Hand no Hoteishiki Brings their First Release with New Record Label!

Four-member hybrid rock band Bye-Bye-Hand no Hoteishiki announced a brand new mini-album titled Flowers and will drop on September 9th. This will the latest release done by the band since their EP 愛とは言わず哀と呼んで (Ai to wa Iwazu Ura to Yonde) back in November of last year and will be their third mini-album overall. This will also mark the first release under their new label No Big Deal Records, a deal signed back in February. There is no other information about the mini-album at this time of reporting but you can still check out their latest lyric video “春散る日々さ” (“Haru Chiru Hibisa”) below!

Cider Girl Brings the Heat for their Upcoming Release!

Music Corner alum Cider Girl announced a brand new track for the upcoming 2nd season of Fire Force which will air in July. This will be the latest release done by the band since the SODA POP FANCLUB 3 album back in January and will be their fifth single overall. As we look forward to the upcoming release be sure to check out the band’s latest lyric video “これから” (“Kore kara”) below!

young donuts Shows Fans What he's baking with His First Album!

Up-and-coming rapper young donuts announced that he will be releasing his very first album titled Raps of Young Doughnuts on June 24th. This will be his first physical release and will include digitally released tracks “Wooden Swords” and “ICHIRO is a B-Boy”. To hype up the 11 track release, young donuts released a trailer for the album showing off his zany skills on his official YouTube channel. The album will be available in a CD-only standard edition. Pre-order link is below along with the teaser for the album!

Standard edition

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young donuts「Rap of young donuts」

01. INTRO

02. イチローはB-BOY（prod. doboku）

03. WOODEN SWORDS（prod. Shunsuke Sumi）

04. 働くガイジンさん（prod. doboku）

05. 牛蒡泥棒（prod. DJ MARTIN & n uma）

06. I WANNA BE A DOGG（prod. YOUNG-G）

07. DEARママはまだ feat. Sister donuts a.k.a Papico（prod. TOMOHIKO HEAVYLOOPER）

08. Check On Me（prod. TOMOHIKO HEAVYLOOPER）

09. 気にしない（prod. 浦裕幸）

10. Re_夜が足りない feat. 山本きゅーり from ノンブラリ（prod. Shunsuke Sumi）

11. SAVE THE DONUTS（prod. Shunsuke Sumi）