Music Corner Week 16: CREAM

CREAM, which stands for CREative tEAM, is a two-member J-pop unit formed in 2010 but debuted in 2012 with their first single “WHATEVER feat. WISE and Tarantula”. CREAM’s two-member team consists of rapper,producer, and trackmaster Staxx T and vocalist-songwriter Minami Minami. CREAM’s music is described as a “new J-pop” as they fuse pop, EDM, and hip-hop together. Not only does their music bring a new flavor to the table, but they also switch perfectly from Japanese to English and vice versa.

While CREAM may look like a hip-hop unit, don’t let that fool you—they are bringing J-pop some fresh flavor with Minami Minami’s smooth powerful vocals mixed with Staxx T’s flowing rap. CREAM’s newest tune “Banana” showcases their catchy, fun style of music. “Banana” gets stuck in your head with Minami Minami’s first verses; her mixture of English and Japanese flow perfectly with her ever-smooth vocals and catchy lyrics. “Girl Like Me” and “first love” show off a different side of the duo as Minami Minami’s vocals are so prominent and gorgeous that these tracks stick with you. Staxx T’s rap holds such great fluidity, too.

Currently CREAM has four studio albums: DREAMIN’, #nofilter, Change, and Sounds Good,; a Best Of album, CREAM THE BEST; two singles, “Wonderland” and “Beautiful”; and many digital exclusive songs. You can currently purchase CREAM’s albums on CDJapan and iTunes along with Apple Music.

Check out CREAM’s website and official Facebook and also follow them on Twitter and Instagram. Be sure to check out their latest music video “BANANA” as well.

Sakura Ebis raises the octave once again with more info of latest album!

As previously reported, popular six-member idol group Sakura Ebis will be dropping a brand new album, octave, August 21. The group finally announced more information about the album: octave will drop with thirteen tracks and shall be receiving support from Hokuto Asami of Have a Nice Day! fame composing Sakura’s new track “Lindberg”.

The album will drop with two editions: a CD-only standard edition and a CD + photo book limited edition. The photo book will include several behind-the-scenes photos of previously released music videos.

Sakura Ebis will also be holding several release events for the album with the first being August 17, with more dates and venues to be announced at a later time.

Unfortunately there are still no pre-order links at this time but check out their latest music video “Kira Kira” below!

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Track listing:’

Sakura Ebis「octave」

01. 帰れない!

02. 214

03. Magik Melody

04. 灼熱とアイスクリーム

05. まわるまわるまわる

06. リンドバーグ

07. おねがいよ

08. グラジェネ

09. ねぇ、ローファー。

10. それは月曜日の9時のように

11. キラキラ

12. さいしょのさいしょ

13. せつないや

Negicco celebrates its sixteenth anniversary with a plethora of releases!

Three-member idol group Negicco announced that they will be releasing a brand new single September 24. The news of the single came as a surprise announcement during the encore of the group’s sixteenth anniversary live event this past weekend and the single will be the group’s latest since “カリプソ娘に花束を” (“Karipon Musume ne Hanataba wo”) which dropped back in February of last year. Not much is known about the single except that it will feature three tracks. The single will be available in both a CD-only standard edition and a vinyl edition and will feature several collaborators such as Gota Nishidera, Kuramubo and Negicco’s producer connie composing a track on the single.

The group also announced several vinyl releases for what’s being called Negicco Analog Project which will commence with the release of their single “恋のEXPRESS TRAIN” (“Koi no EXPRESS TRAIN”) (September 3), “GET IT ON!” (October 1),  and finally Negicco’s Best Of album “Negicco 2003~2012 -Best-“ (November 5). While “GET IT ON!” and “Negicco 2003~2012 -Best-“ will drop with 12-inch vinyls, “Koi no EXPRESS TRAIN” will only be released with a 7-inch vinyl.

Unfortunately there are no pre-order links available right now but, as several of Negicco’s prior vinyl releases have been made available internationally, we shall update you when they appear! In the meantime check out the group’s latest music video “Karipon Musume ne Hanataba wo” below!

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Track listing:

Negicco「Koi no EXPRESS TRAIN」

SIDE A

01. 恋の EXPRESS TRAIN

SIDE B

01. ニュートリノ・ラヴ

Negicco「GET IT ON！」

SIDE A

01. GET IT ON！

02. ガッター！ガッター！ガッター！

SIDE B

01. 完全攻略

02. DISCO!! The Negicco！

03. Falling Stars

Negicco「Negicco 2003～2012 -BEST-」

DISC 1

SIDE A

01. Party on the PLANET

02. 圧倒的なスタイル

03. スウィート・ソウル・ネギィー

04. ネギさま！Bravo☆

05. プラスちっく☆スター

SIDE B

01. ねぎねぎ Rock～私もお家に連れてって～

02. アノソラヘ

03. My Beautiful Life

04. Summer Breeze

DISC 2

SIDE A

01. 君といる街

02. EARTH

03. SKY

04. Disco!! The Negicco！

05. 完全攻略

SIDE B

01. Falling Stars

02. トキメキ★マイドリーム

03. Anniversaries

04. 恋するねぎっ娘

NITRODAY brings their explosive sound with new mini-album!

Four-member rock band NITRODAY announced that they will be releasing a brand new mini-album October 23. This will be the latest release from the band since their album Machine the Young back in December of last year. Not much else is known about the mini-album except that it will include their latest hit song “Headset Kids” and will drop with eight tracks total. Unfortunately no pre-orders are available at this time but be we shall update you guys when they are! In the meantime check out the music video for their latest track “Boxer” below!

Aiba Aina returns to solo career with re-debut single!

Popular voice actress and lead singer for Bushiroad’s multimedia project Bang Dream! band Roselia Aiba Aina announced that she will releasing a new single titled “Lead the way” October 16. Coined her “0th single”, “Lead the way”will serve as Aina’s re-debut from her solo career back in 2016. The single announcement came as a surprise for most during Bushiroad’s TCG summer press event and will be used as the opening theme song for the next season of Cardfight Vanguard, airing in August.

The single will be released with a three-track total along with instrumentals of said tracks and will drop with two editions, a CD-only standard edition and a CD + Blu-ray edition. The single will be produced by Agematsu Noriyasu of the music creative team Elements Gardens, with whom Aina has worked in the past, and promises to make history with her re-debut.

Unfortunately no pre-order links are available right now but we will keep you posted (especially because Ken loves her)! In the meantime check out the live performance of Roselia’s latest song “BRAVE JEWEL” below!