Black Mages III ~ Darkness & Starlight = LIVE DVD =

You see right. Black Mages are back on stage again. A Live DVD - "Black Mages III ~ Darkness & Starlight" has been released for sale. Unfortunately, for me it's too expensive :(  -> http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-a7-49-en-70-39ll.html. Should I?? .... (-____-;;;;;)










Wikipedia Info

Hope I can hold myself from using my credit card for this...

Dog Ear Records Rocks ! ♥

I have to admit ... being a fan of Nobuo Uematsu & Final Fantasy, I have not followed their updates till recently. I'm so excited to receive news from http://www.ffdistantworlds.com/ that the long awaited album, "Distant Worlds" is now available to listen for free at above website. The album is yet for sale tho. Furthermore, it was announced "Earthbound Papas" is Nobuo Uematsu's New Band Project. Overjoyed! ~ ^^♥

Furthermore, the release of "Cellytheme" Album has been great news to me. Never imagine they would release Final Fantasy songs purely played by Cello only. Very unique to me. This album consist of 6 tracks: (1) Battle Theme, (2) Clash on the Big Bridge, (3) Eleanor Rigby, (4) Immigrant Song, (5) Land of Hope and Glory, (6) Those Who Fight Further (FF7). Track # 6 being my favourite, what else! Heehee...

Dog Ear Records Studio has also released another album called "PIA-COM", last year Q4. After listening to the tracks, I recalled they are from some old Nintendo games. Very classic huh. Tracks are all of piano version. Detail & Available Download Here -> http://www.sonixgvn.co.cc/2010/03/pia-com-i-pia-coms.html.













And lastly, another album written by Nobuo Uematsu himself, "Nobuo Uematsu's 10 Short Stories". Unique name. It's related to 50 anniversary album. See official website here -> http://www.dogearrecords.com/NOBIYOandDogEars/10shortstories_en.html. Website looks very adorable. Have yet to hear the tracks. One of the websites mentioned track "Coconut Castaway" is Nobuo's first composed track.

Can't wait to hear.

Random Music Vids

to be continue ~

Random MVs

More to come...

Korea Year End Music Festival

Music Festival Gayo Daejun on 29 Dec 2009

Below filtered vids are my favourites <3

You will realized some female group danced on male group songs at the beginning of the concert. Vids as from part 21-25/35 onwards are the opposite. Very funny to watch. Pls check out at youtube.

These vids can be downloaded from: -
Soompi
Cashewmaniakpop

&joy~

MV Goodies

Just noticed no post for November yet! :(
Oh well, since today is a hol for me, guess I'll post some :D

Embedded some recent / random nice MV which I have watched (downloaded from www.ihoneyjoo.com).

Let's start off with the Big Bang ^^♥





You may download from ihoneyjoo website or Here. Above MVs are prequel and sequel to each others.



Amazing Piano Version. Sadly, no music sheet since he played by ears... :(
However! You may find the piano sheet HERE. Don't get disappointed. Only Page 1 is available for download.



Best Album of the Year @ MAMA / Asian Music Award - Watch HERE.







This is the theme from K-drama IRIS, sung by G-Dragon, Tae Yang & T.O.P.


Enough of Big Bang. Let's go to others ^^



Another MV related to wedding again -.-
Very touching story T^T















Hilarous! XD





Wonder what LG phone is it.


Guess that's all for the time being :D

Incredible Music !

Return from M.I.A. and back with more collection of MVs which I'm very addicted to recently. Sit back and &joy the random MVs !






BOA new hip hop side surprised me greatly.






Big Bang Rocks The Night ! <3




Something I thought it's interesting to include here... Ha-ha.




Woooooow.... Hot Hot ! ^^




A New Hero... Looks like Junior Version of Rain to me. He-he...




Love the new electronic beats




Sexy Sexy. What more can i say?




Start off with classic film look alike. My favourite scene is where Koda Kumi cries when the lover left her. Extremely cute when her tear drops ... Love it.




I like this song. The stage set up is awesome.






"Maestro" he is. Unbelievable talent he has. Rapping in lightning speed. In another word, frigging crazy to me.




This MV sure is violent. Remind me of the movie, SAW.



Guess that's all for the time being .... or... to be continued .... (:

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I ♥ Tohoshinki 3rd Asia Tour Concert MIROTIC !!!

Oh my! Tohoshinki is having their 3rd Asia Tour with this H1N1 flu going on :(
What a bad timing for me!

Their 3rd Asia Tour Info can be viewed HERE.
And ... you can download their 3rd Asia Tour Concert MIROTIC @ Seoul HERE!















I have already missed their concert once during their 2nd Asia Tour in KL. If this round they are going to KL or S'pore ... ... :'( *sob* ... H1N1 go away!!!!

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Epik High ~ Map the Soul <3

Woot !!

I have finally received this album today from post office!!!
It took one week to reach Brunei from Korea. This is my very first original album bought from oversea.


































Wanna know more about this Korean hip-hop group? Click here.
(Credits: - Below is extracted from www.kpopmusic.co.uk)













Epik High Members is composed by: -

• Tablo (Sun-Woong Lee) (English name: Daniel Armand Lee)
• Mithra Jin (Jin Choi)
• DJ Tukutz (Jung-Shik Kim)
  
  

DJ Tukutz
DJ Tukutz (Jung-Shik Kim, 김정식). Born on November 19, 1981. First got into DJ-ing in the summer of ’95 while spending his time at illegal raves and warehouse parties, where his passion for the scene and music began. He started playing at local raves and parties in Japan's underground Hip-Hop scene, before moving up to South Korea in 2000 to attend the Technics DJ School. After returning from the academy, he hooked up with Tablo and headed to the states. He worked and DJ-ed on radio shows, live events and clubs around the Boston and NYC area. "Turntablist 4 L.I.F.E." -DJ Tukutz-

Mithra Jin
Mithra Jin (Jin Choi, 최진). Born on January 6, 1983.
The mighty Mithra Jin, a.k.a. Choi Jin, was originally a poet whose poems also worked as rhymes. Park emceeing and poetry readings were the first places where he met his future partner Tablo. They were introduced by a mutual friend and clicked right away because each other's style of poetic rhymes was comparable.
"I'm capable of anything. Anything on the face of this planet, I'm capable of. And I know that. That's the dangerous thing about me, 'cause I know it. And by knowing it...I'll do it. Just to show that...yes, somebody out there got enough balls to do it" -Mithra Jin-

Tablo
Tablo (Sun-Woong Lee, 이선웅). Born on July 22, 1980. Attended: Stanford University in California, USA.Tablo was a big Hip-Hop fan ever since he could remember, listening to old Run-DMC and Cold Crush tapes and always rhyming around the way in South Korea. But there was one emcee who inspired him to take it seriously. After he heard Drunken Tiger rapping, he became part of a group called Epik High in 2000 and also claimed to be the first emcee to invent the rhyming rifle. In the fickle world of Hip-Hop, Tablo kept his name alive over the years by doing shows and various cameos with the EPMD. "Verbally intelligent" -Drunken Tiger-

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Wanna try hear this album song? You may download one track from here.
Wanna buy it straight away? Click here: - Official Website.

What makes me buy it? Hmmm... Probably is because of the song "One" from their previous album which is fantastic!



More of this Map the Soul vids ~





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Epik High rocks!

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Nobuo Uematsu Concert @ S'pore on 22-23-May-09 !!!!

F*** @$(Y#$&@*(!

I've totally missed it!

Have noticed this concert at early Mar-09. Unfortunately, all seats are not available anymore. It was hopeless even after couple of calls to S'pore for enquiries. Awefully sad that week...

Surprisingly, when i re-check the concert website today... they have actually added new show on 23-May-09 PM due to popular demand & ticket was open for online sales at mid of Mar-09. I completely missed it again! Oh GOSH! I feel like banging my head to the wall now.

Concert Details Link # 1
Concert Details Link # 2
http://www.sistic.com.sg/

Cannot forgive myself... I MUST monitor this website on 24/7 basis from this second onwards ! And pray for another new added show again... :'(

There is another show in Taipei in May-09 tho... Should i go? hmmm...

T^T

Tohoshinki ~ Survivor ~

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I'm still addicted listening to their new track, Survivor! ♥
Well... they dance awesome and the rhythm is what I love ^^
Let's check out what does the lyrics mean.

Translated Lyrics

Everytime, everyday
everybody now is a survivor
Looking for everywhere
In this case, don't give up

Standing up from here
searching for the light
Together we have a chance
to change, so let's try
oh baby let's try

With One Smile
you find a heart Shine on me
Two Smiles
that we can join, Shine on me
Shine like the world does
Smile, Smile
Survive, Survivor!

Even if you're going
on a u-turn, it's not so bad
remember something important
Being alone is too hard
We can unite our feelings / thoughts to begin
Oh baby we can

Somewhere there's One Dream
With the main aim to Still (going) on
Two Dreams for a Brand new world
and someone to love
Dream Dream
Let's hug

With One Love
Tomorrow can be So easy
Two Love(s)
that we can join to Be happy
believe in yourself
Love Love
Survive, Survivor

Everyone is a Survivor
Together we are Survivors
Smile and dream now
Everybody Everybody night

With One Smile
you find a heart Shine on me
Two Smiles
that we can join,
Shine like the world does
Smile, Smile
Let’s hug

With One Love
Tomorrow can be So easy
Two Love(s)
that we can join to Be happy
believe in yourself
Love Love
Survive, Survivor

Original Jap Lyrics

Everytime, everyday
ima daremo ga Survivor
Looking for every way
kono jitai ni Don't give up

koko kara tachiagatte
hikari sagashite
CHANSU ni kaeyou issho ni Let's try
Oh baby let's try

kokoro ni One smile
mistuketara Shine on me
Two smile, kasanetara Shine on you
sekai ga kagayaku you ni
Smile, smile
ikinuku Survivor

kimi ga ireba
mawarimichi demo Not so bad
wasurekaketa taisetsuna mono
Remember

hitori de wa dekinai koto demo
kimochi wo awasete
hajimereba We can
Oh baby we can

dokoka ni One dream
itsunohi ga Still on
Two dream ugokidasu Brand new world
dareka wo aisuru you ni
Dream, dream dakishimete you ni

kokoro ni One love
ashita nara So easy
Two love, tsunai dara Be happy
jibun wo shinjiru you ni
Love, love
ikinuku Survivor

daremo ga Survivor
tomo ni iku Survivor
Smile and dream now
Everybody, everybody now...


kokoro ni One smile
mistuketara Shine on me
Two smile, kasanetara
sekai ga kagayaku you ni
Smile, smile
dakishimete you ni

kokoro ni One love
ashita nara So easy
Two love, tsunai dara Be happy
jibun wo shinjiru you ni
Love, love
ikinuku Survivor

Credits:
Above lyrics are extracted from JpopAsia and DBSK Knights Blog.

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Nobuo Uematsu the Great !

Being a fan of Nobuo Uematsu, I just can't not writing about him in my blog!

Name: Nobuo Uematsu (NB)
Born: 21-Mar-1959 @ Kochi, Japan
Occupation: Japanese Musician cum Composer


Joined Square (later known as Square Enix) in 1985/6 and left later in 2004 where he formed his own Company called Smile Please. He's a very respectful music composer in the Gaming Music Industry, especially the role-playing game (RPG) of Final Fantasy Game Series.


I would reckon few of his achievements in life are: -

1. Being a very successful composer for over thirty FF game titles & other gaming music.
   (I understand from other website's source that he even composed music for Anime)
   
   
2. Officially a composer of Square in 1985, i.e.: at age of 26.
   
   
3. Formed the rock band, well-known as Black Mages in 2003 where Nobuo is the keyboardist.
   
   
4. Founded his own Company, Smile Please in 2004.
   
   
5. Created the music production Company called Dog Ear Records in 2006.
   
   
6. ... and plenty of other Performances / Concerts / World Tours (^^ )

Official Websites: -
NB Square Enix Official Website (US)
Smile Please Official Website
Dog Eat Records Official Website

Other Unofficial Fan Websites worth to check-out: -
Unofficial Fan NB Website by Michael Huang
Fantasy Reborn by Michael Huang
Square Sound by Tim
Arnold Morrison's Website


I have yet to collect all of his masterpieces. Hope to collect as much of his collection as possible (^^ )


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DJ Max Rocks !

For PSP lovers, if you love music-mixing games, the DJ Max series are highly recommended.

DJ Max Portable Black Square (Dec 2008)

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These are their compilation till date: -

DJ Max Portable (2006)












DJ Max Portable 2 (Mar 2007)











DJ Max Portable Clazziquai Edition (Oct 2008)













DJ Max Technika (Oct 2008)
Note: This is only for arcade. Guess not release in PSP console.













DJ Max Portable Black Square (Dec 2008)














DJ Max Trilogy (Dec 2009)
Note: This is only for PC.













DJ Max Fever (Jan 2009)
















Its games can be downloaded at www.gamestorrents.com via torrents.
Hints: Try type at search - DJ

Whereas the original game can be purchased at www.play-asia.com.

My overall comments are the music for all the game series are more or less similar thru' out though. But still... i'm addicted to it ♥

Still more for download!
This link allows you download the Clazziquai Album songs.

( ^ ^)

I ♥ TVXQ ! ^^

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Yes! Tohoshinki 4th Album has released this month !

This album includes the great new track called Survivor.
As usual, awesome dancing skill. Love it! ♥















MV Preview

Album Download Link

Merchandise Link


Can't wait to watch their stage concert for this song (^^ )

♥ ♥