Aimer lights the way with preview of upcoming single!

Popular vocalist Aimer dropped a sneak peek of the music video for her upcoming track “Torches” on her official YouTube channel. As previously reported the single will be dropped August 14 and will be used as the ending theme for NHK’s action anime Vinland Saga. The music video carries the nuances of the world in which the anime is set and mixes images of water and fire, making this visually stunning piece stand out from Aimer’s previous work.

The preview also includes clip-pits of “Torches” B-side tracks “Blind to you” and “Daisy” along with live versions of “Black Bird” and “I beg you”, which took place during the Shanghai portion of Aimer’s “soleil et pluie” Asian Tour earlier in the year.

“Torches” will drop with three editions: a standard CD-only edition, a CD + DVD limited pressing edition, and a CD + DVD limited edition. The limited editions will include the music videos for “Torches” and several other tracks. The limited pressing edition, however, will also include a “no credit” version of the Vinland Saga ending movie, an additional TV-sized version of “Torches”, plus special packaging featuring Vinland Saga.

Check out the preview in question along with the pre-order links for “Torches” below!

Standard Edition

Limited Pressing Edition

Limited Edition

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Tracklisting

Aimer「Torches」

01 Torches

02 Blind to you

03 Daisy

04 Black Bird (Aimer "soleilet pluie" Asia Tour in Shanghai)

05 I beg you (Aimer "soleil et pluie" Asia Tour in Shanghai)

Limited Edition DVD

01 Torches MUSIC VIDEO

02Stand By You MUSIC VIDEO

03 We Two MUSIC VIDEO

04 3min MUSIC VIDEO

Limited Pressing Edition CD

01 Torches

02 Blind to you

03 Daisy

04 Black Bird (Aimer "soleilet pluie" Asia Tour in Shanghai)

05 I beg you (Aimer "soleil et pluie" Asia Tour in Shanghai)

06 Torches (TV size)

Limited Pressing Edition DVD

*No credit version of Vinland Saga’s ending movie

Asako takes flight with first single!

Vocalist Asako announced that she will be releasing her first single titled “First Flight” August 7. “First Flight” will be the latest physical release from Asako since her album Fermata back in February. 

The single will be composed by keyboardist Hiroki Yokoyama and will drop with three tracks. It will manifest through two editions, a standard CD-only edition and a CD + DVD limited edition. The DVD will include footage from Asako’s one-woman live concert which took place at Shibuya’s O-East Hall earlier in March along with a small behind-the-scenes documentary about the concert (the latter of which you can watch a small preview of below).

To coincide with the release of the single, Asako will also be holding two Tower Record events in Tokyo’s Shinjuku branch and Osaka’s Umeda branch August 10 and 18, respectively. She will hold a small acoustic live along with a CD signing event.

Lastly, Asako announced that she will be holding two one-woman live events at Osaka’s OSAKA MUSE and Tokyo’s Veats Shibuya November 23 and December 8, respectively. During these live events she teased that she’ll be performing new songs just for these events.

Pre-order “First Flight” in the links below!

Standard edition 

Limited edition

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Asako「First Flight」

CD

01 ファーストフライト(First Flight)

02 青春という名の季節(Seishun to Iu Nano Kisetsu)

03 ケチャップチャップ(Ketchup Ketchup)

Limited Edition DVD

Asako One-woman Live「fermata」Live & Document 2019.3.30 Shibuya O-East

Legend Katsuhisa Hattori announces new album

Historic composer Katsuhisa Hattori revealed he will be releasing his twenty-second album September 25 bearing the title Ongakubatake 22 The Final?. Hattori, who is eighty-two years old, began working in the music business sixty years ago and Ongakubatake 22 The Final? is being released to help to commemorate this. Hattori is a composer who specializes in classical music and over the course of his career has contributed to several works in the film and anime industry, tackling titles such as Fist of the North Star 1986 film and all three Banner of the Stars anime. 

Ongakubatake 22 The Final? will be released in a standard edition only which will simply inclulde a CD but will feature five never before released songs. You can pre-order your copy of the album here. This album comes five years after Hattori’s last release and let’s hope it’s one to remember.

A.B.C-Z shows us how to go to the Zephyr in latest album preview!

Popular five-member group A.B.C-Z announced that they will be releasing a brand new album titled Going with Zephyr August 7. This will the latest album from the group since VS 5 back in May of last year and will be their sixth album overall. Going with Zephyr will be used to commemorate the group’s tenth year in the music industry and the group decided to go all-out with promoting the album, with two music digests previewing several tracks on the album. Along with the digests, A.B.C-Z also dropped a music video preview for the album’s lead sang “Crush On You” on their official YouTube channel.

The album will drop with thirteen tracks total and will be released in three editions: a CD-only standard edition and two CD + DVD limited editions, Type A and Type B. Type A will include the music video for “Crush On You” along with its Making Of. Type B will not only include an additional track titled “Rinne” but also the music video of said track along with the member produced documentary of the making of the track. To incite envy in fans who only purchased the standard edition, it will include an additional two tracks titled “Sweet Addiction” and “二人で歩こう” (“Futari de Arukou”).

Check out both digest and the music video for “Crush On You” along with the pre-order links—and an additional bundle version for Going With Zephyr below!

Standard edition 

Limited edition Type A

Limited edition Type B

Bundled Set Edition 

Track Listing:
A.B.C-Z「Going With Zephyr」

Limited Edition Type A CD

01 Crush On You

02 Welcome to the Night

03 Move That Body

04 Saw me tight

05 夜明けのガンスリンガー

06 JOYしたいキモチ

07 Man And Woman

08 アキヅキ

09 Chance to Change

10 Black Sugar

11 Want you back

12 幸あれ

13 FORTUNE
Limited Edition Type A DVD

01 Crush On You Music Clip

02 Making of Crush On You Music Clip

03 Making of Jacket Shooting

Limited Edition Type B CD

01 Crush On You

02 Welcome to the Night

03 Move That Body

04 Saw me tight

05 夜明けのガンスリンガー

06 JOYしたいキモチ

07 Man And Woman

08 アキヅキ

09 Chance to Change

10 Black Sugar

11 Want you back

12 幸あれ

13 FORTUNE

14 [Bonus track] リンネ
Limited Edition Type B DVD

01 リンネMusic Clip

02  Member Produced「リンネ」Documentary Za ABC～5×Focus～[THE SECOND]

Standerd Edition CD

01 Crush On You

02 Welcome to the Night

03 Move That Body

04 Saw me tight

05 夜明けのガンスリンガー

06 JOYしたいキモチ

07 Man And Woman

08 アキヅキ

09 Chance to Change

10 Black Sugar

11 Sweet Addiction 

12 Want you back

13  幸あれ

14 二人で歩こう

15 FORTUNE

BLUE ENCOUNT spills the beans on their Bad Paradox!

As previously announced, popular four-member rock band BLUE ENCOUNT announced that they will be releasing a brand new single “Bad Paradox” September 11. This time around the band gave us more details about the release and dropped the lyric music video for their track “Bad Paradox” on their official YouTube channel. The single will be available in two editions, a standard CD-only edition and a CD + DVD edition. The limited edition will include an additional track titled “Gibbs” and the DVD will include footage from their HALL TOUR 2019 apartment of SICK(S) at Nakano Sun Plaza which took place in June—a documentary will also be included. The standard edition will include “Bad Paradox” along with the live version of their track “VS” and “もっと光を” (“Motto Hikari wo”) from the Nakano Hall Tour.

Check out the lyric video for “Bad Paradox” along with pre-order links below!

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

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Track listing:

BLUE ENCOUNT「Bad Paradox」

Limited Edition CD

01. バッドパラドックス

02. ギブス

Limited Edition DVD

01. PREDATOR

02. ハウリングダイバー

03. VS

04. もっと光を

05. アンコール

06. Making of HALL TOUR 2019 apartment of SICK(S)

Standard Edition CD

01. バッドパラドックス

02. VS（HALL TOUR 2019 apartment of SICK(S)＠ Nakano Sun Plaza06.21）

03. もっと光を（HALL TOUR 2019 apartment of SICK(S)＠Nakano Sun Plaza06.21）