Tokyo's Coolest Sound

Meg has a new single out just now, produced by Nakata Yasutaka (capsule). This follows her 3rd album "Beautiful" which was also entirely produced by him.

A new album titled "Maverick" is expected for June 23. Stay tuned!

Meg "Secret Adventure"

1. Secret Adventure
2. Gray
3. Secret Adventure (SL Remix)

Universal UPCH-5649
Out now (4/28), ¥1143 (excl. 10% tax)
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Here's a new jazz compilation selected by Sunaga Tatsuo, picking up where he left with "Jazz Allnighters No.8" three years ago. This time he selects tracks by young and upcoming jazz artists from Japan, including quasimode, Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, Katteni-Shiyagare, Indigo Jam Unit, TRI4TH, Ego-Wrappin', and of course Sunaga t Experience and many more.

Various Artists "Sunaga Tatsuo no yoru Jazz gaiden ~ All the young dudes ~ subete no wakakiyarōdomo"
オムニバス 「須永辰緒の夜ジャズ・外伝～All the young dudes～すべての若き野郎ども」

1. Scrap Junction / The Sax Night
2. BMW no onna / TRI4TH
3. Time Paradox / Jabberloop
4. Nervous Breakdown / Ego-Wrappin'
5. Kiss o shiyou ze! / Bloodest Saxophone
6. Feelin' / Cro-Magnon
7. Dooinit / Indigo Jam Unit
8. Corazon / quasimode
9. chichūkai ni ukabu onna / Calmera
10. Lunes Feliz / BLACKQP'67
11. A Kite / Sunaga t Experience
12. Ghost Riders In The Sky / The Travellers
13. Stained Glass no Christ / Katteni-Shiyagare
14. Summer Goddess / Soil & "Pimp" Sessions
15. hito ga yume o miru to ifu kto ~ Black Skyline Vocal Remix / PE'Z

Sony AICL-2119
Out now (4/28), ¥2381 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Play-Asia, Amazon, HMV

Comical new wave (?) two-guy unit Roman Porsche (MySpace) have a new album coming, after about 6 years. Member Okite Porsche, who is an active figure in the idol world, has recently been supporting Vanilla Beans who find themselves here singing along on a cover of Imo-kin Trio's 80's hit "High School Lullaby".

A week in advance is a sort of greatest hits album on iTunes, including selected tracks from the new album.

Roman Porsche. "nusunda Bike de amagigoe"
ロマンポルシェ。「盗んだバイクで天城越え」

1. High School Lullaby (featuring Vanilla Beans) (Track: NEWDEAL)
2. The Park (Track: Narasaki from Coaltar of the Deepers)
3. chin Potage (Track: Okite Porsche)
4. hagaki Star no higeki (Track: Okite Porsche)
5. nusunda Bike de amagigoe (Track: Sawasaki Yoshihiro!)
6. nyōsohaigō (Track: Takuma Ōmori)
7. waru no Theme (Track: Tatsuya Ōe)
8. ippai no kakesoba (Track: Takuma Ōmori)
9. ai no omoshiro hanbun jikken ryōri (Track: Roman Yūkō)
10. 100% tariki hondai dengon (Track: risu)
11. 24 jikan puroresu Shop (Track: risu)
12. otoko wa usugi (Track: Roman Yūkō)

Musicmine ID IDCA-1044
Out 4/21, ¥2572 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Play-Asia, Amazon, HMV, YesAsia

Roman Porsche. "Megamix 2010 - Mixed by NEWDEAL" (Download)

1. hajimemashite Roman Porsche. desu
2. High School Lullaby (feat. Vanilla Beans)
3. zenta de kaita Love Letter
4. otoko wa hashi o tsukawanai
5. bōsō kiniro yasha
6. MTR Baby
7. bōryoku taishō
8. Chaplin no onna
9. kubi nashi Rider
10. waru no Theme
11. Roman Porsche no Theme
12. Megamix 2010 - Mixed by NEWDEAL

Out now (4/14), ¥600 (or ¥150 each track)
Order:

"High School Lullaby (feat. Vanilla Beans)"

Vanilla Beans are back with a new mini-album titled "Def & Def", after the song they sing in a commercial for unisex deodorant "D&D" (this one stands for "Deo & Dry"). The song is included here in two different versions, along with covers of theme songs from various young witch anime series, two of which were included on the recently released compilation "Kirakira Majocco Cluv".

Deodorant D&D official site feat. Vanilla Beans

Leading track "D & D" is available in advance on iTunes.

Vanilla Beans "Def & Def"

1. D & D
2. DANZEN! futari ha PreCure (ver. Max Heart)
3. Happy Material
4. D & D (Doki Doki Mix)
5. fushigi iro Happiness
6. LALALA ~kuchibiru ni negai o komete~

Tokuma TKCA-73527
Out 5/19, ¥1905 (excl. 10% tax)
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Trivia!
An early title that appeared on CD shop web sites was "witch hunting".

Jim O'Rourke produces this compilation of Burt Bacharach covers, featuring artists such as Kahimi Karie, Hosono Haruomi (YMO), Yakushimaru Etsuko (sōtaiseiriron), Nakahara Masaya (Violent Onsen Geisha), Yoshimi (Boredoms) and more.

Audio samples at Amazon and HMV.

Various Artists "All Kinds of People ~ Love Burt Bacharach ~ Produced by Jim O'Rourke"

1. Close To You / Hosono Haruomi
2. Always Something There To Remind Me / Thurston Moore
3. Anonymous Phone Call / Yakushimaru Etsuko
4. After The Fox / Sakata Akira & Nakahara Masaya
5. You'll Never Get To Heaven / Aoyama Yōichi
6. Do You Know The Way To San Jose / Kahimi Karie
7. Don't Make Me Over / Kosaka Chū
8. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head / Koike Mitsuko
9. I Say A Little Prayer / Yoshimi
10. Trains Boats And Planes / Jim O'Rourke
11. Walk On By / Donna Taylor

B.J.L. x AWDR/LR2 DDCB13010
Out now (4/7), ¥2572 (excl. 10% tax)
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ROCKETMAN, the solo unit of Fukawa Ryō, brings us another of his piano-led dance tracks, again available only for download. This follows "LifegoesON2.0" released in the same fashion last November.

Rocketman "Dancemusic" (Download)

Victor
Out now (4/7), ¥200
Sample/buy:

How to buy from iTunes Japan from overseas

A brand new song from HNC (Hazel Nuts Chocolate) is available as of today on iTunes Japan!

A sample can be heard on MySpace.

HNC "Gu-gli Gu-gli" (Download)

White Lily Records
Out now (3/31), ¥150
Sample/buy:

How to buy from iTunes Japan from overseas

Yakushimaru Etsuko, singer of sōtaiseiriron, joins band d.v.d. ("drums video drums") for this album. d.v.d. is known for performing live using two drum sets to trigger game-like video. The album comes with a DVD.

Out at the same time is sōtaiseiriron's 2nd album, "Synchroniciteen".

Yakushimaru Etsuko to d.v.d. official site

Yakushimaru Etsuko to d.v.d. "Blu Day"
やくしまるえつことd.v.d. 「Blu Day」

1. Final Darling
2. DoReMi Sofa
3. ALPS
4. tokei chikku
5. itadaki Mt. Blanc
6. kankonsōsai with you
7. katte ni Isaac
8. Arabian Lip

DVD
1. Final Darling
2. tokei chikku
3. katte ni Isaac

Tokuma TKCA-73518
Out 4/7, ¥2191 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Play-Asia, Amazon (20% off *), HMV (12% off *)
* Discount at time of writing

"Final Darling"

"katte ni Isaac"