ZERO GRIP Debuts With Upcoming Mini-album!

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Debuting dance and vocal boy group ZERO GRIP announced that they will be releasing a brand new mini-album, ZERO, September 7. The five-member group just started this month with the concept of "refreshing & cool duality". Their first mini album ZERO will contain five songs of different genres and member Nagisa Mukai said, "I'm really happy to be able to release the CD as a group. It's a very difficult time, but I hope our music will give you even just a little courage and energy. "

No additional information about the release was made at the time of reporting but we look forward to the upcoming release and wish for the group’s success into the market. 

AmPm Release ‘New York City’, the Second Single and Music Video in their Globe-Trotting Series of Instrumental Dance Tracks!

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“New York City” Digital Jacket Cover

“New York City” Digital Jacket Cover

Since the March 2017 release of their debut track “Best Part of Us feat. Michael Kaneko”, Japan’s masked production team AmPm have enraptured fans around the world. Today (June 18), AmPm release their latest single “New York City”, across all digital music streaming platforms along with a music video filmed on the iconic streets of NYC.

The new single is the second dance track in a row from AmPm, following the March 2021 release of 

“Tokyo”. In homage to the house music that influenced AmPm’s sound, ‘New York City’ is a danceable, melodic track with elements of tech house and soulful house, reminiscent of the New York scene.

New York is the city where the members of AmPm were first inspired to perform in masks, so you could say the city forms part of their roots. The members are going to write a blog post about their unforgettable experiences in New York, which you can read on Medium. Don’t forget to follow and get ready! :https://medium.com/@ampm.tokyo

Up until now, AmPm have focused on global activity, and their releases have featured a variety of guest vocalists over dance-influenced tracks. Going forward, they plan to continue traveling the world beyond Tokyo and New York City with a series of singles titled for and inspired by cities around the globe. Join this duo on their exciting journey, and don't forget your passport!

Message from AmPm

“New York City was an important influence on the formation of AmPm, which is why we chose it as the second part of our series of dance tracks named after cities around the world. It’s a city we’ve visited many times, and our past experiences there continue to give us unending stimulation to this day. The track was intended to reflect our image of the city, which is diverse, powerful, and always looking to the future. It has been difficult to travel overseas for a while due to the pandemic, but I hope this track will transport you to New York City, if only in your mind.”

Be sure to check out the music video in question below, along with the streaming link for “New York City” here!

Yayoi Daimon Shows Her "Ego" In Latest Releases!

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Superstar Yayoi Daimon released her latest digital single and music video, “EGO”, on June 9! “EGO” is Yayoi Daimon’s first release of 2021 and follows up on her powerful tracks “MAKENNA”, “Rich or Dead”, and “Rich or Dead Asian Girls Remix”, all released last year. This song assortment has dished out a strong message to today’s society. Yayoi Daimon shows her kindness and strength in the style and reality of her tracks. She also was featured on the track “RAMENGVRL”, a very powerful track about empowering women, with popular Indonesian rapper Pyra.

According to the track, “EGO” represents the time when love changes to ego and there is no salvation in that love. Emotions in humans feature black as greed while white is sincerity. Independence. True strength is to survive in true faith. That is what “EGO” is. Yayoi Daimon’s powerful message and strong vocals are fully displayed here, too.

“EGO” is currently available on all digital streaming platforms and you can check out the music video below!

NEMOPHILA Release Video Comment Ahead of New Overseas Album and Live Stream!

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Five-member rock band NEMOPHILA have recorded a special video message for overseas fans. It comes ahead of their exclusive overseas album OIRAN Extended Edition from our friends at JPU Records, out from 25 June; and their pre-recorded live performance “Soko to Koko”, available to stream from 19 June 2021.

In the video message vocalist mayu speaks in Japanese about the concept behind OIRAN Extended Edition, followed by guitarist SAKI who offers further information in English. SAKI offers up some previously unannounced details about the album too. As well as latest track DISSENSION being exclusively re-recorded in full English for the album, all of the band's previous material will also sound fresh as all tracks have been remastered for OIRAN Extended Edition too.

Watch the full video below, and hopefully see NEMOPHILA on a stage near you soon.

NEMOPHILA will be broadcasting their pre-recorded performance entitled 'Streaming Live ~Soko to Koko~' from Saturday 19 June, 20201. It will be the first time the footage has been shown, and as the title suggests (Soko to Koko: directly meaning "There and Here"), the band wants to connect with people all over the world as if they were there in the same room.

Streaming Live ~Soko to Koko~ will contain 2 live performance segments. Part one will be a shorter segment and will be streamed from YouTube. Part two, the main live segment, will be available from this link. Tickets cost ¥3000 (around £19 / €22.50 / $27) and a bonus video is also included of the members with their "daily faces".

The stream begins from 10am (BST) / 11am (CEST) / 5am (EST) / 2am (PT) / 6pm (JST) on Saturday 19 June.

Footage will be viewable until Tuesday 22 June.

SixTONES Masked Themselves With Upcoming Single!

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Popular six-member Johnny’s boy group SixTONES announced that they will be releasing a brand new single, “Mascara”, August 11. This will be the latest release by the group since “僕が僕じゃないみたいだ” (“Boku ga Boku Jyanaimitaida”) back in February and will be their fifth single overall. Provided by Daiki Tokita of King Gnu and millennium parade fame, "Mascara" was announced during the Kanagawa-Yokohama Arena performance of the live tour on eST held on June 3 and 5-7. Following the announcement of the release, a video message was played from Tokita with the surprise announcement of the collaboration, and after the six members looked at the monitor and listened to the message, they appeared surprised and absent-minded for a while. This was followed by having everyone taking a deep breath, saying, “We were surprised by this announcement!” and "We also have to calm down (not just the fans)!"

Like with several of Johnny’s releases, “Mascara” will drop with three editions: a CD-only standard edition and two limited editions lovingly called Types A and B, which will come with a bonus DVD. Type A’s DVD will feature the music video for “Mascara” along with a making-of and a solo member version of the track as well, while Type B’s content will be announced at a future date. The standard edition will be a must-have for fans as well, as it will also include a 20-page photo book along with a couple additional B-side tracks. 

As we look forward to the upcoming release be sure to check out the music video for “Boku ga Boku Jyanaimitaida” along with the pre-order links for all three editions of “Mascara” including an exclusive bundle edition below!

Standard edition

Limited edition Type A

Limited edition Type B

Bundle edition 

SixTONES「Mascara」

Standard Edition 

CD

01. マスカラ

02. タイトル未定B

03. タイトル未定C

04. タイトル未定D

Limited Edition Type A

CD

01. マスカラ

02. タイトル未定A

03. マスカラ -Instrumental-

DVD

・マスカラ -Music Video-

・マスカラ -Music Video Making-

・マスカラ -Music Video Solo Movie-

Limited Edition Type B

CD

01. マスカラ

02. タイトル未定B

DVD

・内容未定