Yesterday’s Daily Yomiuri also featured a great article on one of my definite guilty pleasures, pop-rap duo Halcali. I’ll remind you also that you can see a live performance by them in the fourth episode of the BBC show ADAM AND JOE GO TOKYO. I really need to pick up their debut album, BACON. And I promise to eat crispy bacon as I listen to it.
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Funny how the “live performance” sounds exactly like the recording ;-). Gotta love JPop…
When it comes to J-pop, it’s definitely image over substance. I’m not pushing Halcali for their artistic merits. I just like the beats and the funny dance moves.
I was also tempted by that album which I sampled in store. If I remember right, FPM has something to do with it? which I think is what had caught my attention at first.
Just checked the Tower Records critic and it says that FPM is a guest producer. :)
I had no idea FPM had contributed to the album.
i liked ’supercar’ ne!
is it eurobeat?
it was like mid-nineties german ‘trance’ scene..quite nostalgic..;]
it was actually the third one.
i’ve just seen the fourth, halcali rules ne! ;]
have anyone tried these snacks or give some recommedations about others?
loser_gaijin shares 8 episodes on http://www.suprnova.org.
try the smaller files, it is hard to find codecs for the biggers.
Mmm Halcali… So hard to find anything about them on the internet :(
I just read in TOKYO WALKER today that they have a new single coming out next week. It’ll include 4-5 tracks.
this band, boris /8th episode video review/ seems interesting, it may be like some ironic-serious metal or smth.
and they feature ‘blue spring’movie. did anyone see it?
it seems interesting.
I’ve been wanting to see BLUE SPRING for ages, and just haven’t gotten around to it yet. It’s based on a manga by very cool manga artist Taiyo Matsumoto (who also did the PING PONG manga).
One of the DJ’s from Rip Slyme produced this album. I ordered it through yesasia.com and it’s supposed to arive in the next few days. I’ve heard samples online and can’t wait for it to get here! I’ll let you know when it does.
Ahhhh! I found Halcali at a japanese market and saw the music video for Electric Sensei and fell in love with them instantly :) I can highly recommend all their singles and albums. Good stuff!
I was in Tokyo and saw them on MTV. But now that I’m back in the US I cannot find anywhere to buy their singles. And I can’t navigate through all the Japanesse sites to buy one. Any ideas on how I can buy any of their singles (an english website)?
My friend Patrick’s online used Japanese CD shop, Tokyo Recohan, often has CDs of theirs in stock. You can also make a request for them to him.
Thanks for the plug! :)
http://passionbear.com/charlesv/db/%5bLive-eviL%20PV%20Division%5d%20HALCALI%20-%20Girigiri%20Surf%20Rider%20PV.avi
http://passionbear.com/charlesv/db/%5bpv%5dhalcali_-_tandem_(320×240).mpg
Thanks for the links, Kelly Sue.
Well, I just picked up Bacon at Dorama, and I’m really impressed! I downloaded Giri Giri Surfrider and Tandemu about a year ago, but hadn’t heard the CD until now - it’s really good! And thanks for the video links …