This is cool-!!

--- Ike Hull <ikehull@...> wrote:
> "The four songs on this EP are completely
> crushing, like 10 Curve records being played
> at once (nothing I'd ever argue
> against, by the way)--all traveling precariously
> under black ice and a carapace of
> frozen love."
>
> http://www.othermusic.com/2006may5update.html
>
> It's not a bad simile -- some of those Jesu songs
> *do* remind me of Curve. Really good stuff.
> HOWEVER, you can only compare the instrumental
> aspect of it to Curve, since there is a lack of
> sultry female vocals in Jesu.
> On another topic:
>
> lowandbehold@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Subject: Re: What the hell is this and why haven't I
> heard about it before?
>
> This is the title track from the acid android mini
> album, Faults, which came out back in March of 2003.
>
> acid android is the side project of Yukihiro Awaji,
> the drummer of the famous Japanese rock band, L'arc
> en
> Ciel. Being a minor Japanese music geek and huge
> Curve fan, I did post about this on this list back
> when it was coming out. ^_^ And thank you for
> mentioning it back then. After your mention of it
> (or somebody else repeating your mention of it), I
> got it and have listened to "Faults" many times
> since. Neat song.
>
> Haven't heard L'arc en Ciel, though. Any
> similarities to Curve in that band?

I wouldn't say there are really an similarities to
Curve in L'arc en Ciel's sound. I, myself, only like
a handful of their songs. They're mostly too much of
a straight forward commercial "stadium rock" band for
my tastes.

Trying to think of any Japanese bands that have
similarities to Curve, and the only one that comes to
mind is Guniw Tools. No female vocal, but Full is
nice in a whiney, whispery androgynous way. ^_^ Guniw
Tools are a bit more all over the map musically than
Curve, but if you ever get a chance to sample them
good tracks to check out to see what I'm saying would
be Misty Gate, Kashiko Toriko, and Border of Taboo.
Steel Leaf sounds so much like Men Are From Mars Women
Are From Venus off Cuckoo that at times I find my self
singing the lyrics to the latter over the former.

Other Japanese bands I really love include; Plastic
Tree, Cali ? Gari, and FAKE?.

If you are curious about any of this stuff, I love to
do mix exchanges. Contact me off list if you are ever
interested in trading samplers, anyone. ^_^

Lovelove-


"To feel the way I do about you has numbed me to all that's beautiful: To feel
the way I do about you I always wondered what I'd have to do: To feel the way I
do about you . . . " --Toni Halliday

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