Shoku/radio returns with lots of great music with 2007 and news about jrock European and American tours.

1.   lynch - above the skin (underneath the skin)
2.   Asian Kung-Fu Generation - E (I'm Standing Here)
3.   Girugamesh - Dance Rock Night (Girugamesh)
4.   BULL ZEICHEN 88 - Foward (Infinity)
5.   Merry   -   Precious... (Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album)
6.   Balzac  -  So Why Not Try Me Instead (Der Graf vs. Horrorpunks)
7.   unfade  -  open world (the sunshine)
8.   Kiyoharu  -  Melodies (Melodies)
9.   D&L  -  end Drowns (Cupia Vol.1)
10.   Duel Jewel  -  BULLETxSTAR (Bullet)
11.   Metronome  -  Sensei (Zombie-kun)

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Send in requests, comments, and all else to shokuradio@podomatic.com, or just at my livejournal: visualradio.livejournal.com. Thanks for listening!

 

Guest host M talks about Kisaki, from pre-Matina to post-Phantasmagoria. Plus music from Quruli, acid android, and more.

 

1. Kiyoharu - Seiza no yoru
2. Head Phones President - Sacrificed
3. lynch. - Liberation Chord
4. Brain Hacker - Love and hatred
5. Acid Android - Imagining Noises
6. Quruli - Million Bubbles In My Mind
7. lab. - Electric Night a Go! Go!
8. Kisaki Project feat. Jui - Mayaku ~taiyou no genkaku~
9. Syndrome - Sad Mask (Asagi version)

 

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Request music, send love, and all that, to shokuradio@podomatic.com. Or, right here~

Completely devoted to the tech-ier side of jrock. Anything goes -- from DJs to music influenced by video game soundtracks to the good, ol' fashioned synthesizer.

1. Metronome - Planet (Remix) (Electric Travel)
2. Shinjuku Gewalt - Sakeba Hinageshi Shudaika (Koushiki Emulator)
3. ADAPTER - MONO HE COME (Iki)
4. Kozi - Honey Vanity (Kinema)
5. D'espairsRay - Marry of the blood bloody minded mix ([Coll:set])
6. Eve of Destiny - Mother (Nervous and Innocence)
7. FLOPPY - Yuusei Valhalla (Sine Wave Orchestra)
8. Kibou honpo - Hansei shimaseu (Kibou Yuugi)
9. Miyavi - Kabuki Danshi (Sakihokoru hana no youni/Kabuki Danshi)
10. Schwarz Stein - Queen of Decadence (New Vogue Children)

 

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 If you are interested in the bands you've heard today, please check out Cdjapan.co.jp for their CDs.

If you like what you heard today, check out these similar bands/projects: Polysics, Hora, Rudolf Steiner, Another Cell, Velvet Eden, and Soft Ballet. Any more you like and don't see listed? Leave me a comment and tell me!

 

Next week: A special on the life and impact of Kisaki, conducted by our resident indies afficionado and new guest on the show. Don't miss it!

 

Please send all musical requests to shokuradio@podomatic.com. I LOVE getting comments, so let me be able to hear from you guys! Thank you to infinity & beyond.

Fabulous new music from some of the most exciting artists. Coverage of MUCC & Guns n' Roses tour. The kaisen (breakup) of visual rock band BeaU.

1. Plastic Tree - Orenji (Nega to poji)
2. unfade - DIAMOND (DIAMOND)
3. BUCK-TICK - Kyokutou yori ai wo komete (Kyokutou I Love You)
4. 9mm Parabellum Bullet - Heat-Island (The World e.p.)
5. Shirokuro Kinema - Baita (Kinema Eizoshu)
6. Girugamesh - smash!! (Reason of crying)
7. GULLET - Counting Song (Hide & Sick)
8. SUICIDE ALI - Favorite Song (Darkest Labyrinth)
9. P∞L - Shiro Fune (Asia no Symbol)
10. J - Go Crazy (Unstoppable Drive)
11. G.O.Z. VII - Pure world (Jinsui naru yuki no on)

 

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Send in requests, comments, and all else to shokuradio@podomatic.com, or just at my livejournal: visualradio.livejournal.com. Thanks for listening! I love hearing from you all.

 

For further information and discussion on MUCC and G&R, check out http://theothereast.wordpress.com/

Hope you all enjoy Episode 11, featuring 12012. Wednesday will bring a 30 minute segment on electronic music from bands like Metronome and ADAPTOR!

 

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1. Like absolute myself - Mole chip (Meteoric swarm)
2. Girugamesh - Omae ni sasageru minikui koe (Omae ni sasageru minikui koe)
3. Phantasmagoria - at the ends of the rest period INSTR(Vain)
4. D - Ever After (The name of the ROSE)
5. Miyavi - Saki hohoru hana no you ni -- Neo Visualizm -- (Saki hohoru hana no you ni )
6. GeKiGakutai - Geki Tokyo (Tokyo)
7. alice nine. - WHITE PRAYER (WHITE PRAYER)
8. -OZ- - Illegal SLEEP (SIX)
9. Calmando Qual - Chiisana sekai (Twisted Clock)
10. 12012 - Cyclone (Cyclone)

I'm glad to announce that Shoku/radio is back!

Our metaphorical re-breaking the champagne bottle over the ship podcast is 45 minutes of J's choice of awesome jrock and jpunk -- new and old.

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1.) Juka - Baby Doll (Luxurious)

2.) MAXIMUM THE HORMONE - Zetsubou Billy (Buikikaesu)

3.) Fatima - Humiliate me more, Darlin' (M:I-44)

4.) Bergerac - -aoi- (Suisai to ryuuseigun)

5.) Wyse - Perfect juice (Perfect juice)

6.) Kemuri - Along the longest way... (Along the longest way...)

7.) Scar. - Love is Dead (Toki no kakera)

8.) Dir en grey - Umbrella (SixUgly)

9.) D'espairsRay - MAZE (Kogoeru yoru ni saita hana)

10.) MUCC - Libra (Libra)

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Bergerac: http://www.bergerac-web.com/top2.html

Scar.: http://www.scar.jp/

Dir en grey: http://www.direngrey.co.jp/

MUCC: http://www.55-69.com/

D'espairsRay: http://www.despairsray.jp/

Kemuri: http://kemuri.com/

Wyse: http://wyse.kichigai.info/nf/index.html

Maximum the Hormone: http://www.55mth.com/main.html
English site: http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-253/artist_name-maximum_the_hormone/

Juka: http://www.artist-society.com/juka/index.html

Fatima: http://www.fatima-online.com/
English site: http://www.nakigoe.info/

Late to post because of internet troubles, here's March 23's Koto vs Keyboard.

Dir en grey is coming to America for a new tour with the Deftones, and this time they know exactly what to expect. March and April are bursting with new releases from D'espairs Ray, Doremidan, and more.

1.) L'arc~en~Ciel - forbidden lover (forbidden lover)

2.) Coaltar of the Deepers - Mexico (Ver.N) (No Thank You)

3.) Phobia - Mi*Mi*Na*Ri (COUNSELING)

4.) The Piass - Tomadoi no shikisai (Ryouki kousatsu chissoku-shi)

5.) Mono - Halo (One Step More and You Die)

A day late, but here is the first of Shoku/radio's 3 Feature Sunday themed specials. Today, we count down from #13 to #1 the best, the bloodcurdling, and the most invigorating screams in jrock.

The tracklist will be posted shortly, so as not to spoil the show. Thanks for your votes! And remember, go to visualradio.livejournal.com to vote for your favorite Nagoya rock bands and songs!

 

Next up: Koto vs Keyboard

Sweet nothings from naiad & Shugo Tokumaru, and utter insanity from heidi., Visage, and more.

1.) UnscraW - Kyuumin-Oyasumi (-Spiral Circle-)

2.) Visage - Reverse (Reversal Film)

3.) heidi. - Kyoumei (Doukoku)

4.) Shugo Tokumaru - Switch (Night Piece)

5.) Shugo Tokumaru - Light Chair (Night Piece)

6.) Toe - All I Understand Is That I Don't Understand (The Book About My Idle Plot On A Vague Anxiety)

7.) naiad - Sensuous Tone (Hardcore Emotion)

 

Next up: Feature Sunday -- The Bloodcurdling Screams of Jrock. Vote, vote, vote!

The Mixer returns, this time with happiness and glee.

1.) Maschera - Manatsu no megami (Tales)

2.) Malice Mizer - Seraph (Memoire DX)

3.) cali//gari - Good Bye (Dai 4 Jikkenshitsu)

4.) Guniw Tools - Fancy Pink (Other Goose)

5.) hide - Hi-Ho (Psyence)

 

Next up: Friday's Koto vs Keyboard

Once again, Friday has come -- and with that comes Koto vs Keyboard.

Next up: Tuesday's The Mixer.

1.) Atmos*note - Mizuki kairou ([test-pilot])

2.) SHILFEE AND TULIPCOROBOCKLES - NEWOLF (NEWOLF)

3.) kannivalism - Shiawase no ehon (hoshi no yoru)

4.) Kagrra - Kotodama (acoustic version)

5.) Plastic Tree - Kuchuu buranko (Kuchuu buranko)

Feature: Loop Ash band -OZ-, plus a very punked out Merry, new music from J and kannivalism, and more.

1.) lynch. - quarter life (greedy dead souls)

2.) 12012 - Pistol (Pistol)

3.) Sel'm - Kusabi (dyed vacancy)

4.) kannivalism - Hoshi no yoru (Hoshi no yoru)

5.) Luvie - Primitivge Moon Overdrive (Primitive Moon Overdrive)

6.) J - OVER DRIVE (TWISTER)

7.) Merry - Hi no ataranai basho -BALZAC vs MERRY re-constructed version- (Calling)

8.) Siva - Center Gai (Asura)

9.) Tokyo Heroes - Rokugatsu no ame (Zetsubou teru nen bi)

10.) -OZ- - End-Roll (Adam's apple)

11.) -OZ- - Thirsty (and to the End)

12.) -OZ- - Ringing (and to the End)

 

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Next feature Sunday will be Nagoya rock!

>>-OZ- official website : http://oz.happy-table.net/

What wears black and rhymes with nothing in particular ... Lamiel! A brief history on them & then some good music from the 90s.

1.) L'arc~en~Ciel - Blurry Eyes (Tierra)

2.) Kuroyume - Shounen (Shounen Single)

3.) BUCK-TICK - Heroin (Heroin Single)

4.) BAISER - Prism (Prism Single)

5.) Lamiel - Siva (Kaigan)

 

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You can request music/featured artists @ http://visualradio.livejournal.com

Introducing Japanese punk band, envy, with 5 eerily calm songs from them, The Candy Spooky Theatre, and more.

1.) SUGIZO - Le Fou (LUCIFER)

2.) D.I.E. - Dinosaur (Fragile)

3.) The Candy Spooky Theatre - A Clockwork World (The Bedroom)

4.) Dir en grey - Embryoy (Embryo Single)

5.) envy - Night in Winter (Insomniac Doze)

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 envy's Official Site: http://www.sonzairecords.com/envy.html

Feature: MUCC's 10 year anniversary. Also new rock from GULLET, MaveRick, girugamesh, and more.

A bit messy start, switching servers and all, but in all its glory here is my pet Shoku/radio. Rather a breakaway from the Valentine's season, which maybe appeals to some. Well, it's no longer just a Shoutcast but a Podcast, all willing.

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1.) GULLET - Deracine (Album: Mad bless you)
2.) MaveRick - CLOSE SKY ([a counter feit heart and my true intentions MOSQUITO])
3.) the GazettE - Filth in the beauty (Filth in the beauty)
4.) Jully - Sora ga ochita hi (Sora ga ochita hi)
5.) Kagrra, - Kaze (Shizuku)
6.) girugamesh - having betrayed is why (goku)
7.) heidi. - Kaihou (Doukoku)
8.) Merry - Kuroi Niji (Modern Garde)
9.) MUCC - Isho (Kuchiki no tou)
10.) MUCC - Daremo inai ie (Kokoro no nai machi)
11.) MUCC - Kokoro no nai machi (Kuchiki no tou)
12.) MUCC - Ware arubeki basho (Zekuu)
13.) MUCC - Ryuusei (Gokusai)

 

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You can request music/featured artists @ http://visualradio.livejournal.com

 

MUCC's Official website: http://www.55-69.com/ (Eng/Japan.)

Support the artists...seriously: http://www.cdjapan.com/

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