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2/28/10

[OST] Tomb Raider Official Ost & Tomb Raider : Ambient Tracks Collection







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2/5/10

[ALBUM] Creid - Yasunori Mitsuda & The Millennial Fair




Track listing

All music composed by Yasunori Mitsuda.

# Title                                                                                                       Lyrics         Length
1. "Melkaba"                                                                                                             7:24
2. "Two Wings" (Futatsu no Hane (二つの羽根?))                             Junko Kudo           2:57                    
3. "Balto"                                                                                                                     5:34
4. "Creid"                                                                                             Yasunori Mitsuda   4:40                                                      
5. "Dajil"                                                                                                                     4:11
6. "Stairs of Light" (Hikari no Kaidan (光の階段?))                              Junko Kudo           3:44
7. "October Mermaid" (Kaminadsuki no Ningyo (神無月の人魚?))                           4:07
8. "Spring Lullaby" (Haru no Komoriuta (春の子守歌?))                       Junko Kudo   5:28
9. "Lahan"                                                                                                                     4:32
10. "Möbius" (MOBIUSU (メビウス?))                                                       Junko Kudo   6:24


Musicians involved:



Yasunori Mitsuda – composer, producer, arranger, keyboards, programming


Millennial Fair :


Tetsuko "Techie" Honma – vocal on "Two Wings", "Stairs of Light", "Spring Lullaby", and "Möbius"
Eimear Quinn – vocal on "Creid"
Yoko Ueno – chorus
Kimiko Komatsu – chorus
Hitoshi Watanabe – bass
HATA (Hiroshi Hata) – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric sitar
Tomohiko Kira – bouzouki, electric guitar
Davy Spillane – uilleann pipes, low whistle
Laurie Kasza – tin whistle
Kinya Sogawa – shakuhachi, shinobue
Haruo Kondo – bag pipes
Maria Kalaniemi – accordion
Anne-Marie O'Farrell – Celtic harp
Laoise Kelly – Celtic harp
Máire Breatnach – fiddle
Tamao Fujii – percussion
KALTA (Hidenobu Ootsuki) – co-arranger, drums, programming





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11/25/09

[ALBUM] Steffanie - Hideway



Playlist:
_________________________

1. Survival In The Streets 04:47
2. Run For Your Love 04:07
3. Hideaway 04:49
4. Change Of Heart 03:30
5. Believe In Me 04:29
6. Born To Be Free 03:31
7. Hot Night In The City 03:34
8. Get Out Of My Heart 04:15
9. Rock The Planet For Everyone 03:30
Total playing time 36:32




Genre
Melodic Hard Rock (early), Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (later)
OriginFormed inLast labelStatus
JapanUnknownWEASplit-up


Last known line-up
Steffanie Borges - Vocals (Pink Noise, Show-Ya)

Musicians that took part on Pink Noise:
Guitar::
Tohru Aoyama
Takayuki Hijikata
Kenji Kitajima (Munetaka Hidochi)
Hideo Saitoh

Bass:
Kohki Itoh
Yasuo Tomikura

Drums:
Jun Aoyama (Akira Takasaki)
Yutaka Uehara
Atsunobu Yakabe

Keyboards:
Masato Matsuda
Satoshi Nakamura










5/15/09

[SINGLE] + [PV] K-ON! Opening and Ending Singles

Here are the opening and ending singles from the hit anime K-ON! along with the videos. Enjoy!



Opening Single :

Tracklist:
1. Cagayake! GIRLS
2. Happy!? Sorry!!
3. Cagayake! GIRLS (Instrumental)
4. Happy!? Sorry!! (Instrumental)

Title: K-ON! OP Single - Cagayake! GIRLS
Artist: Toyasaki Aki & Hisaka Youko & Satou Satomi & Kotobuki Minako
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Format: MP3 ~ 72.31 MB @ 320 Kbit/s




Ending Single :



Tracklist:
1. Don't say "lazy"
2. Sweet Bitter Beauty Song
3. Don't say "lazy" (Instrumental)
4. Sweet Bitter Beauty Song (Instrumental)


Title: K-ON! ED Single - Don't say "lazy"
Artist: Toyasaki Aki & Hisaka Youko & Satou Satomi & Kotobuki Minako
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Format: MP3 ~ 73.65 MB @ 320 Kbit/s

Opening Video :

Format: MKV / English Subbed
Filesize: ~ 30 Mb
Fansub: Chihiro



Ending Video : 

Format: MKV / English Subbed
Filesize: ~ 20 Mb
Fansub: Chihiro




Credits to Exalpha for this material! :) :)

5/9/09

[ALBUM] Aphasia - Wild and Innocent

Wild and Innocent is the 4th full length studio album  by the all female metal - rock
japanese group Aphasia.

Tracklist

1. Leave In Heaven 
2. Break The Ice 
3. Lonely Rainy Night 
4. Wild Rose 
5. Blue Sky 
6. Through The Fire 
7. (Japanese title) 
8. Against The Wind 
9. (Japanese title) 
10. Alive 
11. ~ Mist ~ 


  • release date: 25.02.2004
  • reference: KICS-1072
  • country: Japan
  • editor: KING RECORDS

If you like the album plz buy it here and support the artist.
And as always any feedback is appreciated.

4/28/09

[ALBUM] Versailles - Noble


Noble is a concept album by the japanese metal band Versailles. It is their second full length work.

Track Listing :

1)Prelude - 1:33

2)Aristocrat's Symphony - 6:15

3)Antique in the Future - 5:46

4)Second Fear-Another Descendant- - 3:08

5)zombie - 3:52

6)After Cloudia - 4.53

7)windress - 4:28

8)The Revenant Choir - 7:00

9)to The Chaos Inside - 3:14

10)SUZERAIN - 4:20

11)History of The Other Side - 9:38

12)Episode - 3:10

13)The Revenant Choir -First Take- (international edition bonus track)


Current Line up :

KAMIJO - Vocals
→ 美辞麗句 → LAREINE → NEW SODMY → LAREINE → Versailles, Node of Scherzo → Versailles

HIZAKI - Guitar
→ GARNET GRAVE → Crack brain → Schwardix Marvally → HIZAKI, BURNING FIRE → SULFURIC ACID → SULFURIC ACID, HIZAKI grace project → HIZAKI grace project → Versailles, HIZAKI grace project, Node of Scherzo, Juka [support] → Versailles

TERU - Guitar
→ 藍華柳 → 藍華柳, HIZAKI grace project → Versailles, HIZAKI grace project → Versailles

Jasmine You - Bass
→ 雀羅 → HIZAKI grace project → Versailles, HIZAKI grace project, Node of Scherzo → Versailles

YUKI - Drums
→ amnion → THEPOD → Sugar Trip → alively sanctuary → Versailles


Format :               CD+DVD
Release date : 2008.07.16 (Japan, Europe)
                                2008.07.30 (worldwide)
                                2008.07.09 (iTune)
Recorded in : 2008, APPLAUSE RECORDS STUDIO, BAZOOKA STUDIO, MIMANI-                                 AOYAMA RDSTUDIO
Length   :              57:17
Genre(s) :        Symphonic/Power Metal
Label(s) :         Sherow Artist Society,CLJ Records


If you like the album plz buy it here and support the artist.
And as always any feedback is appreciated.

4/26/09

[ALBUM] Luna Sea - Piano Solo Instruments I


Piano solo instruments is a compilation of known Luna sea songs arranged for the piano.



Track List 

01. Desire
02. Mother
03. TRUE BLUE
04. LUV U
05. AURORA
06. ROSIER
07. BELIEVE
08. IN MY DREAM (WITH SHIVER)
09. MOON
10. WISH
11. Providence


Released : 19/12/2001

And as always any feedback is appreciated.