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=== beatmania Append GOTTAMIX === | === beatmania Append GOTTAMIX === | ||
==== Togo of "Togo Project" ==== | ==== Togo of "Togo Project" ==== | ||
R&B is shaking up the modern J-POP scene. | R&B is shaking up the modern J-POP scene.<br> | ||
The debut of Hikaru Utada definitely had a lot to do with it, but now artists are popping up like mushrooms in a rainy forest... Even looking at the charts, they used to be dominated by Komuro-style dance pop until just recently, but now I can feel the march of time. Record companies may make themselves more popular just by crowning themselves as a "female R&B vocalist" label, but there's just so many of them that I get a little fed up. | The debut of Hikaru Utada definitely had a lot to do with it, but now artists are popping up like mushrooms in a rainy forest... Even looking at the charts, they used to be dominated by Komuro-style dance pop until just recently, but now I can feel the march of time. Record companies may make themselves more popular just by crowning themselves as a "female R&B vocalist" label, but there's just so many of them that I get a little fed up. | ||
"R&B... Popular Black American music that debuted in the 1940s. Due to the sheer diversity in musical and performance styles - such as harmonic ballads, or jump blues in jazz combo form - no clear criteria for a definition has been established." | "R&B... Popular Black American music that debuted in the 1940s. Due to the sheer diversity in musical and performance styles - such as harmonic ballads, or jump blues in jazz combo form - no clear criteria for a definition has been established."<br> | ||
(Excerpt from 'beatmania GOTTAMIX Official Guide', published by NTT) | (Excerpt from 'beatmania GOTTAMIX Official Guide', published by NTT) | ||
... So it says. The characteristics of Japan's currently popular J-R&B genre are as follows. | ... So it says. The characteristics of Japan's currently popular J-R&B genre are as follows. | ||
# Female vocalists with emotional singing and a sense of fashion both styled after Black women. | |||
# A slightly bouncy groove of around 100 BPM. The rhythm tracks use methods from breakbeats. | |||
# A "sad" minor seventh cyclical chord progression. ("Minor seventh" being the name of a musical chord, not a new version of '[[Ultra Seven no uta|Ultra Seven]]'...) | |||
# Simple bass phrases. The backing is somewhat low-key. | |||
That's an explanation of the genre from a sound producer's perspective, but that's about it, right? | That's an explanation of the genre from a sound producer's perspective, but that's about it, right?<br> | ||
For those of you who like the genre, your local store these days will have plenty of CDs lined up, so listen to a wide variety of albums. | For those of you who like the genre, your local store these days will have plenty of CDs lined up, so listen to a wide variety of albums. | ||
In 'Hunting for you' for GOTTAMIX, I used a sequencer to compose everything except for the guitar. | In 'Hunting for you' for GOTTAMIX, I used a sequencer to compose everything except for the guitar.<br> | ||
I like the song itself, too (I actually wrote the melody some years ago, so I'm quite fond of it.) | I like the song itself, too (I actually wrote the melody some years ago, so I'm quite fond of it.)<br> | ||
The vocalist is Megumi Oka, who's scheduled to make her CD debut with a certain major record company. The English lyrics and rapping are courtesy of the mysterious (?) DJ Scotty D. The stocky, fierce-looking character that pops up in the game during the song is actually him! (When he takes off his sunglasses, he has really gentle eyes.) | The vocalist is Megumi Oka, who's scheduled to make her CD debut with a certain major record company. The English lyrics and rapping are courtesy of the mysterious (?) DJ Scotty D. The stocky, fierce-looking character that pops up in the game during the song is actually him! (When he takes off his sunglasses, he has really gentle eyes.) | ||
A long version of the song will be included on 'GOTTAMIX Original Soundtracks' (KMCA-24 <LC428>), set to be released by Konami Music Entertainment on Friday, August 27th. | A long version of the song will be included on 'GOTTAMIX Original Soundtracks' (KMCA-24 <LC428>), set to be released by Konami Music Entertainment on Friday, August 27th.<br> | ||
The remix has tighter bass, and is a great listen, so be sure to check it out. See ya later! | The remix has tighter bass, and is a great listen, so be sure to check it out. See ya later! | ||