| Zettaimu / Zettaimu |
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| Album: | Zettaimu | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Zettaimu | Added: | 05/2007 | |
| Label: | Garando Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-05-27 | Pull Date: | 2007-07-29 |
| Week Ending: | 3 Jun |
| Airplays: | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 02, 2007: | New World Disorder Namu-Amidabutsu Iii | 3. | May 28, 2007: | Disorderly Ducks Oiran | |
| 2. | May 31, 2007: | The Adventurer's Choice Oiran | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2007-05-29 | ||
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Zettaimu - Zettaimu Reviewed by Sadie O., 5/22/07 Japanese prog/psychedelic/hard/folk/alt rock. Selections from their three albums. 4 members, female and male vocalists. Influences include British prog rock (I thought I heard Crimson in there!), Kate Bush, glam, early metal… Interesting stuff (but no “Eastern Europe motif”, alas…) No FCCs detected, although the English can be hard to fathom. I like track 1 a lot, tracks 2, 6 and 9 are also good. 1. 3:39 ****starts right off with power chords. Slow and ponderous with pretty female vocals in Japanese. Syncopated prog-rock bit in the middle. 2. 5:07 ***prominent bassline, vocals in English, often undecipherable. 3. 2:17 **60’s psychedelic folk, slow, with several guitars, male vocals. 4. 5:01 **slow and ponderous, rather orchestral, some eastern minor-key in the keyboard. Female vocals in English, bit of Frippish guitar. 5. 1:55 **more 60’s psychedelic folk, male vocals in quite understandable English. 6. 5:57 ***more slow and ponderous, big guitar and bass. Female vocals in Japanese. Great oddball guitar chords in second half. 7. 6:38 **midtempo, rather nasal female vocals in Japanese, male backup vocals in unison. Lots of sound effects, long bit with chimes. 8. 4:44 slow folk rock, male vocals in English with female backup. Adds layers – electric guitar, keyboard. 9. 5:20 ***Spanish-influenced chord structure, downtempo with male vocals in English, female backing. Elements of 60’s psychedelia. 10. 7:12 **marching and bits of guitar and stuff.. Then very subdued female vocals in Japanese and English, almost a merry-go-round atmosphere, but very low-key. Some fairly disturbed effects towards end. 11. 3:41 *arpeggios and both male and female vocals in English. Slow, dramatic drums but not much beat… Lyrics appear to be a love song, but I don’t believe them. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Oiran | 6. | ??? | |||
| 2. | Class V | 7. | ??? | |||
| 3. | In The Decadent Times | 8. | Twilight In My Life | |||
| 4. | What Can I Do | 9. | Namu-Amidabutsu Iii | |||
| 5. | Looking For Myself | 10. | ??? | |||
| 11. | I'm Sure | |||||