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Posted on January 20, 2010 in Departure

jealkb-down-two

On January 18th, jealkb updated their site with the following announcement regarding both chaos and mofto leaving the band in April.

Thank you for continuing to support jealkb.
We have some information for everyone.

At this time, it has been decided that the jealkb members, who everyone has always cheered on, chaos and mofto, will be leaving the band after the final show on our jealkb LIVE HOUSE TOUR 2009 – 2010 “Ibara no Michi” which started back in November.

We first made this announcement in front of our fans during our live on January 18th at Kanagawa Sun Phoenix Hall.

The tour will continue until April. The seven members will continue on until the end of the tour with all their power, so as you have been all this time, please continue to support us.

jealkb will continue on afterwards with five members.

Only jealkb can be jealkb, and because make our own unique style of music, always aim to put on performances that our fans can enjoy, and day after day continue to put forth a great amount of effort, we will be blessed if you can continue to warmly watch over us.
Please continue to show us your support.

Furthermore, our leaving members, chaos (Kanenari Kiminobu, formerly of Hello, Byebye) and mofto (Kikuchi Kenichi) will be making a new combination, and they will work hard to press on into the comedy scene.
Please support them.
They have decided that the name for their combination will be 「ギンナナ」 (Ginn Nana).

jealkb will release a new single, 「make magic」 on January 20th. We will also be releasing a our first photo collection, 「narcists」 on January 22nd.

To all those who have been supporting us, we would have liked to tell you each one by one first hand, however, we are sorry for having to make this sort of announcement.

Please continue to cheer on jealkb, who from now on will continue to meet new challenges and evolve.

jealkb
The Staff

Source: vkdb, OHP

Posted on January 11, 2010 in Tribute Album

merry-and-jealkb-featured-on-tribute-album

Merry and jealkb will be featured on a 25th anniversary tribute album for The Blue Hearts, a punk band that was popular in the late ’80s and early ’90s, released on February 24th. Merry will be recording the song 皆殺しのメロディ (Minagoroshi no Melody/Massacre Melody) from the album ‘High Kicks’ and jealkb will be recording the song 少年の詩 (Shounen no Uta/Boy’s Song) from the album ‘The Blue Hearts’. First press will cost 3000 yen and regular press will cost 2800 yen.

Source: Merry OHP

Posted on November 17, 2009 in New release

a-movie-starring-ninjaman-japan

There’s a new V.A. (Various Artists) release that’s coming out on December 1st called 「ニンジャマンジャパン 緊急指令!Bijuを救え!の巻」 (Ninjaman Japan Kinkyuu Shirei! Biju wo Sukue! no Kan).

What is it? Well, it’s a “thrilling movie starring Ninjaman Japan”. The movie is an action story, and wonderfully incorporates a ‘course’ on ‘how to enjoy visual kei’.

The DVD will also feature four Ninjaman Japan songs and PVs, as well as interviews that reveal the original story, full coverage of their filming location, a bloopers reel, as well as interviews.

Other artists participating in the movie include:
Alice nine
D
Irokui
YURA-SAMA (from Dacco)
mofto (from jealkb)
MICHIRU (LOOP ASH)

The release costs 3900 yen.

Source: Brand-x, Jishuban Club

Posted on November 16, 2009 in New release

jealkbs-6th-single-and-1st-collection

jealkb have announced that on January 20th they will be releasing their six single, called 「makemagic」!

It will be a two track release, with the B-side song entitled, 「キワダタサレタ美貌」 (Kiwadatasareta Bibou).

According to the band, 「makemagic」 is a positive song, that has the message, “Let’s try our best at putting on our make-up, becoming pretty, and facing forward!”.

Those who buy the first press edition, will receive a lottery ticket for a chance to win a backstage pass to jealkb’s LIVE TOUR 2009 – 2010, 「異薔薇ノ未知」 (Ibara no Michi). This applies to the lives from January 21st onward.

The band will also be releasing their first photo collection on January 18th! Apparently it will be a selection of photos from shower scenes, and 14 days worth of lives.

Further details will be available at a later date.

Source: OHP

Posted on November 7, 2009 in New band

karasu

カラス (Karasu) is a new neo visual kei “super unit” that has a very interesting composition of musicians!

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The line-up for the project is:
Vocals - 逹瑯 (Tatsurou) [from MUCC]
Guitar - ヒロト (Hiroto) [from Alice 9]
Guitar - 美月 (Mizuki) [from Sadie]
Bass - dunch [from jealkb]
Drums - ケンゾ (Kenzo) [from Ayabie]

Originally, the band was meant to only be a one night jam session, organized by the vocalist, Tatsurou. However, they now are like a crow, which has grown and expanded, and is spreading its wings.

They first performed on August 15th at the MAVERICK DC GROUP PRESENTS JACK IN THE BOX 2009 SUMMER live. They played two cover songs, as well as their original number, 「LASTICA」, which you can hear a sample of on their official MySpace.

For three months after their performance, the band has been busy “underwater” recording, and this November have brought 「LASTICA」 back to the scene with their 「LASTICA Studio ver.」. They are adding the finishing touches to the song which is catchy, and has an industrial sound with passionate lyrics, perfectly appropriate for “neo visual kei”.

Is ‘Karasu’ (which means ‘crow’) something that will fly away and disappear? Or, is it something magnificent, willful, that will suddenly and unexpected swoop down on you? From here on, you will not be able to take your eyes away from their activities.

So if you haven’t already, make sure you add them on MySpace to show your support!

Source: Inka, Alice 9 OHP, Official MySpace

Posted on March 13, 2009 in News

jack-in-the-box-2008-tv-broadcast

This might interest all those who can watch this program on TV.

According to an official blog post:

Program Title: JACK IN THE BOX 2008(Provisional)

Date: 2009.04.04(SAT) 26:25 to 27:40

Artists
:
44MAGNUM / BUG / girugamesh / hyde / Ken / MUCC / SID / tetsu / ZORO / MAVERICK DC SUPER ALL STARS and Special Guest: INORAN (LUNA SEA) / jealkb / SHUSE (ex.La’cryma Christi) / Yukinojoe Shiratori (Kishidan)/ T.M.Revolution Nishikawa Takanori / Pierre Nakano(Rintoshite shigure) / 雅-miyavi- (alphabetical order)

Source: Official Girugamesh Myspace blog
Posted on November 7, 2008 in Event

myspace-japan-2nd-anniversary

MySpace Japan is coming up on their 2nd Anniversary and to celebrate, they’re holding four concerts spanning November 27th to the 30th.

Most interesting to fans of visual bands are the 28th and 29th.

Performing on the 28th at Shibuya C.C Lemon Hall are Aural Vampire, HANGRY & ANGRY, GaGaalinG and mimika.

On the 29th, once again at C.C. Lemon Hall are jealkb, Doremidan, GaGaalinG and more.

Tickets per show cost 4500 yen.

Source: MySpace Japan, Barks.jp, GaGaaling Mailmagazine, jealkb OHP

Posted on October 22, 2008 in New release

jealkbs-full-album

jealkb will be releasing their first major full length album on November 26th! The title will be 「狼煙 -NOROSHI-」 and the first press will cost 3500 yen whereas the regular press is 2800 yen.

It’s a twelve track album and the first press comes with a DVD that contains the PVs for their four major singles, 「誓い」 (Chikai), 「Fly」, 「花」 (Hana) and 「嘆きのエンドレス」 (Nageki no Endless) plus the offshot footage, “Making of SIngle Clips”.

The tracklist for the album is as follows:
1. NOROSHI-2
2. La Vie En Rose
3. Fly
4. 嫉妬死  (Shittoshi)
5. 嘆きのエンドレス -REMIX- (Nageki no Endless)
6. 雪痕 (Setsukon)
7. 誓い (Chikai)
8. 妄想アメリ (Mousou Ameri)
9. DISCHARGE
10. 哀罪 (Aizai)
11. body friction
12. 花 (Hana)

Source: Official Mailmag

Posted on October 3, 2008 in News

2009-calendars

Calendars are coming out for 2009!

Sony Magazines CATCH BON has put up for preordering Antic Cafe, Gackt and jealkb calendars!

The Antic Cafe one is 3000 yen, B3 size and is thirteen pages.
jealkb, is 3500 yen, also B3 size and thirteen pages.
Gackt you can have for a little less, as his is B2 size, 2900 yen and only seven pages.

Source: Antic Cafe OHP, Sony Magazines CATCH BON

Posted on September 27, 2008 in 100% gossip

pics-from-fashion-expo

Fashion Expo has passed and there are some pics posted from the event here. You can see Plastic Tree and jealkb performing! Sadly no pics of Hizaki in his cute white dress but there are some pics from Gou’s and Daishi’s blogs (thanks to versailles lj comm for these pics!!)

Source: Versailles LJ comm

Posted on August 19, 2008 in Cool, Event

individual-fashion-expo-iv

On September 23rd Onejuku is presenting the Individual Fashion Expo IV at JCB Hall, supported by KERA. The models will be wearing clothes by brands such as ALGONQUINS, Angelic Pretty, Baby * The Stars Shine Bright*, BLACK PEACE NOW, Emily Temple cute, Metamorphose, Sixh., Sexy Dynamite London, HANGRY AND ANGRY, Victorian maiden, SUPER LOVERS and others. 

Participating in the show (and the reason I’m posting it here) are members from both Plastic Tree and jealkb, as well as the Mana produced artist, Wakeshima Kanon. The artists will be showing off their individual fashion styles.

For those wanting to attend the show, the tickets are 2000 yen for the arena and 1500 yen for first and second balcony. 

Source: BMA

Posted on August 8, 2008 in Event, New release, Oneman, Tour

the-studs-three-new-singles-and-tour

In the first fifteen days of October, the studs have announced that they’ll be releasing three different singles! The first is called 「クリーピークローリー」 (Creepy Crawly) and will be out on October 1st. The next is out on October 8th and entitled 「あの音」 (Ano Oto) and the final one will come out on the 15th and will be called 「帳」 (Tobari). Each of the singles will cost 1575 yen.

They are planning an instore event for those who purchase all three releases as well as shop specific special favours. Each of the singles is also coupled with a live recording of one of the songs from their 2008 tour, 「桜の棘」 (Sakura no Toge). And they do make sure to point out that the coupling songs are different on each single.

Along with the release of the new singles, they’ll be having a oneman tour and organizing an event! (They’ll be busy this autumn!). The oneman is called 「Tour’08 creepy crawly」 and kicks off in October, covering seven places around Japan:

October 31st @ Hook SENDAI
November 2nd @ Thundersnake Atsugi
November 5th @ Kanazawa van van V4
November 8th @ Shinsaibashi CLUB DROP
November 9th @ Nagoya ell.FITS ALL
November 14th @ CRAZYMAMA 2nd Room
November 15th @ VIVRE HALL

Advanced tickets go on sale from August 19th until the 31st, and regular ticket sales on September 20th.

Now their event will be called 「heart shaped box」 and takes place on October 16th at Shibuya O-EAST. Tickets for this one go on sale August 30th and the other bands participating are jealkb, heidi., and Lolita 23q.

Source: BMA, Brand-x

Posted on July 21, 2008 in New release

jealkbs-new-release

jealkb will be releasing a fourth single entitled 【嘆きのエンドレス】 (Nageki no Endless).  It will be released on October 22nd.  The title song of the single will also be featured as the opening song for the upcoming anime 【北斗の拳 ラオウ外伝 天の覇王】 (Hokuto no Ken Raou Gaiden Ten no Haou).

Source: OHP

Posted on May 18, 2008 in Observation, Site

jealkb-and-girugamesh-update-their-ohps

Both bands updated their OHPs, check it out here and here.

Tell us what you think.

On a random note – Every band and their mother has a myspace. I have a myspace but I don’t get the whole appeal of it. O_O

Posted on March 14, 2008 in Cool, News

night-radio-d

D has decided that starting from April 4th at 11:00pm, they’ll be conducting a regular radio show through SKY PerfecTV’s radio, “STAR digio” on channel 400. It’s a program where the D members will be the DJ’s, and the title of their show is “Night Radio ‘D’”. Very fitting, if you ask me.

It will air every Friday from 11pm until 11:30pm and there will be a repeat broadcasting also on Fridays from 6:00pm until 6:30pm. Alongside DJing, they’ll be showing their varying tastes and talking. For their first show, they’re taking applications for their corner, “All Come On,あなたの声” (All Come On, Your Voice) and they say that they’ll be “replying to your voice”. So, they’re asking people to send in their problems and concerns, and I can only assume that the boys will help you work things out. They say that you can send in your problems concerning live, friends, work or school… why winter is cold, or why summer is hot… simple questions like that are apparently also okay. Anything goes, they say.

All of those who get to participate in the show, will receieve a member signed STAR digio sticker.

The channel that D is on also features other artists such as 彩冷える (Ayabie), ヴィドール (Vidoll) and jealkb.

Source: BMA

Posted on January 7, 2008 in New release

new-release-recap

Wow, okay. There are a bunch of new releases to post about, but since I missed… almost two weeks (I did try to post a few things while I was gone!).

Sorry that this is long and some of the news is probably a tad old, but it was the holidays so I’m sure a bunch of others also aren’t totally caught up.

I arranged this in alphabetical order by band name to make it easier, haha.

According to CdJapan アヤビエ (Ayabie) will be releasing a new single on March 19th. It’s not yet posted on their OHP so I don’t have many details (and CdJapan doesn’t have any information like a title posted… just “untitled” which means that information is not yet released). The price will be 1890 yen for the A type and 1575 for the B and C types. What’s the difference? Type A comes with two songs and a DVD, type B comes with three songs and Type C comes with three songs. All types contain the same two songs, and B and C types contain a third different song. The jacket of the CD will be one of six varieties.

Bergerac has a new single coming out, with two types on March 5th! The single’s title is “-AMETHYST-” and the first press type includes a DVD whereas the second press is just the three song single. First press is 2100 yen and the second is 1575 yen.
There are two privileges that go along with the single and those are a ticket so that you can order their oneman ticket before it goes on sale to the general public and the second is an AMETHYST version trading card (one of nine).

jealkb has a new maxi single coming out on March 12th called “Fly”. First press comes with a DVD and is 1500 yen (cheap for a single with a DVD) and regular press is 1260 yen. The tracklist is:
01. Fly
02. 歪ミイズム (Ibitsu Miizumu)
03. shell

Mix Speaker’s Inc.’s first full album is coming out on February 13th! First press (DVD included) costs 3800 yen and the regular press is 2800 yen. The title of the album is 「MONSTER〜ポケットの中にはJUNK STORY〜」 (MONSTER~POCKET no Naka ni wa JUNK STORY~) and the tracklist is:
01. Monster Start Instrumental〜Family Ver.〜
02.JUNK STORY
03.Innocent World
04.My wish[Horror]X’mas
05.GO!GO!Bremen
06.We are HA-CHA-ME-CHA’Z
07.約束の森 (Yakusoku no Mori)
08.青いモンスカー (Aoi MONSUKAA)
09.“MONSTART”Family
10.MONSTIME
11.未来の君へ (Mirai no kimi e)
The DVD that comes with the first press includes PVs for Innocent World and If.

Pizzcato will be releasing their first maxi single on March 5th (like everyone else) for 1260 yen called 「新世紀型:電脳トレンド企画案」 (Shinseikikata: Dennou TREND Kikakuan). The single has two tracks and is limited to 1000 copies. The tracklist is:
01. リリカル・ルリカル (LYRICAL・RURIKARU)
02. ヴェローナ、広場にて (VERONA, Hiroba nite)

RABBIT will be putting out their first full length album with a total of ten songs on February 3rd! The album is called “UNIVERSE” and the cost will be 2800 yen.
The tracklist is:
01. CHANCE
02. SAMURAI SOUL
03. Blue Days
04. もう君の心に僕がいなくても (Mou kimi no kokoro ni Boku ga inakutemo)
05. DREAM★STAR
06. fly away
07. CATHARSIS
08. BROKEN IN THE
09. Cry
10. FRENDS

シリアル⇔NUMBER (Serial Number) has posted more information on their new releases for the new year. On February 20th they’ll be putting out two releases both for 1500 yen. The first is called 「卒業〜アディオス!エル・アミーゴ〜」 (Sotsugyou ~ Adios! El Amigo~) which has three tracks and the second is a DVD (their first!) which is called and contains the songs 「リップ集〜GO!YA!NUMBER/アテンション・プリーズ/TOKYO NOISE〜」 (RIPPU shuu~GO! YA! NUMBER / Attention Please / TOKYO NOISE~).

SEX-virgin killer (gotta love that name) is planning a new five song CD that’ll be released on March 7th for 1575 yen entitled “SEX or DIE”.

News about Sugar’s full album was already posted here, but they’re also coming out with a 24 page, full colour book with information on their instruments, interviews, photos, etc. It’s apparently something that any Sugar fan MUST HAVE. Haha The cost is 1575 yen and it’s coming out on the same day as the album; March 5th.

東京ミカエル (Tokyo Michael)’s new release will come out on March 5th (lots for March 5th eh?) and it will be a mini album with two types called 「ムカユイウタ」 (Mukayui Uta). The first press edition that comes with a DVD is 2730 yen and the regular press is 2310 yen. The album will contain five tracks.

UnsraW, on February 6th is releasing a second press edition of “Abel / Kein” which contains the same track list as the first press, plus a bonus track (a new song) called “EVE”. The cost is 2490 yen.

A new V.A (various artist) release is coming out on March 1st! It’s an omnibus CD which includes the bands -OZ-, SOMATIC GUARDIAN, ワタシメスラッグ (Watashime Slug) and MoNoLith called 「四面楚歌」 (Shimensoka). The cost is 2100 yen and it’s limited to 1000 copies, so you’d better order your copy soon!

Source: Brand-x, CdJapan

Posted on December 11, 2007 in Aww

jealkb-x-shibuhana-project

I recently received jealkb’s mailmag in my e-mail, but it was pretty early this morning and I couldn’t be bothered to actually read it, haha. Just now, I went back and read what they had to say and I’m really … touched, actually.

The band jealkb has decided to team up with the Shibuhana project and help them out. The Shibuhana Project is a group of youths who volunteer to make Shibuya a nicer place by working on and planting flower beds throughout the area. The idea is that by planting more flowers and making everything look more attractive, people will litter less. jealkb will be participating by growing a bed of roses in Shibuya’s Miyamashita public park.

Anyone who’s interested in seeing the progress of the roses can check it out here.

For more information (Japanese ony) about Shibuhana, go here.

jealkb’s OHP matches the project, haha. Okay, it’s from their ‘Roses’ release, but still. It’s fitting.

You don’t often hear bands doing things like this, so I think it’s a great thing that they’re part of.

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