I've Sound + Kotoko topic - Page 14

Kacku · #**261** 4th October 2015, 03:08 PM

Exciting news! I've will release a Girls Compilation in January, called The Time ～12 Colors～, with all new songs. Source

Tracklist:

1. Stardust Train
Lyrics & Vocals - KOTOKO
Composition & Arrangement - Takase Kazuya

2. successor
Lyrics - Kawada Mami
Composition & Arrangement - Takase Kazuya
Vocals - RINA

3. CHARM
Lyrics - Momoi Hitomi (= MOMO)
Composition & Arrangement - Nakazawa Tomoyuki
Vocals - MOMO

4. grizzle
Lyrics & Vocals - IKU
Composition & Arrangement - Nakazawa Tomoyuki

5. Anthems
Lyrics & Vocals - Shimamiya Eiko
Composition & Arrangement - C.G mix

6. Dark of the moon
Lyrics & Vocals - SHIHO
Composition & Arrangement - C.G mix

7. show cage
Lyrics & Vocals - Yuzuno
Composition & Arrangement - Ozaki Takeshi

8. Shouri no HANA
Lyrics - LOVERSSOUL
Composition & Arrangement - Ozaki Takeshi
Vocals - marriage blue

9. Eien no Kotoba
Lyrics & Vocals - Utatsuki Kaori
Composition & Arrangement - Iuchi Maiko

10. Time Traveler
Lyrics - Kirishima Airi
Composition & Arrangement - Iuchi Maiko
Vocals - Kitamura Minori

11. transition
Lyrics & Vocals - Kawada Mami
Composition & Arrangement - NAMI

12. Hydrangea
Lyrics - Kirishima Airi
Composition & Arrangement - NAMI
Vocals - Larval Stage Planning

The old and new generations of I've joining forces, I can't wait!

**taskinillusion** · #**262** 23rd October 2015, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kacku

I'm sorry to say I know very little about the CURE TRANCE series, I've always been more interested in vocal music from I've. :/ However, I do know that there are two more volumes: Vol. 2 - Psychedelic Goa and Vol. 3 - Psychedelic IBIZA. As for availability, not too sure. You might be able to find some links by searching, or maybe try asking someone on e.g. the I've Sound Forum, I'm pretty sure someone over there might be able to help. Vol. 1 and 3 seem to be available on Amazon JP, too. I'm gonna look into it more when I have some time on my hands, you've got me interested.

(Btw, would you maybe like to share the first volume? I have never heard a single track from it and I'd really love to try it now!)

Ahhh, I see! Well thank you! I'll have to do some searching then!

Also, sorry it took so long to respond... I got sidetracked and hadn't come on in a couple of weeks, but I did upload the album as you requested! I hope it works... I wasn't sure what to use to upload it since I never upload stuff...

https://www.sendspace.com/file/fh35cg

MeltingCORE · #**263** 25th October 2015, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Kacku

I haven't seen the trance album leaked anywhere, but to be fair, I haven't been looking very hard either. I'm hoping it might be made available through the store on her official site (like her previous M3 releases Yellow and JAIKO) but no such luck yet. Nice to hear my reporting on I've releases has been useful.

I try to keep up.

Mami's new album was definitely good! But so was her best-of, so I guess it will be a while before you're gonna get the new one, haha.

Fair enough. And yes - your reporting is mega useful! Especially since the I've fan blog has been abandoned... ;w; Btw I totally clutched my chest when I read that SHIHO and MOMO are going to be on the new I've Girl's compilation. Birthday Eve and DROWNING -Ghetto Blaster style- are still massive jams.

Kacku · #**264** 30th January 2016, 09:10 PM

I'm sorry to revive this thread with terrible news, but here goes...

Mami Kawada is retiring from music. She announced the news at LisAni Live on January 24th, along with the announcement that she will be holding a final concert, titled MAMI KAWADA FINAL F∀N FESTIVAL "F", on May 21st. She also released her final single Contrail ~Kiseki~ this week, and commented in an announcement on BARKS that "she believes that this single is appropriate to be her last single because Contrail has both a refreshing and positive sound. She says that she was able to put her last message into the lyrics of both these songs. Her message combines both "sky" (Contrail) and "future" (Halfway). She hopes that everyone's future lies up in the sky." (Translation by Treize at I've Sound Forum)

I hope there will still be some release celebrating Mami's awesome career and discography before she is gone for real, she deserves that much. Ugh. She was my second favourite I've singer, so I'm just...

axmish87 · #**265** 30th January 2016, 10:32 PM

Too bad
Parablepsia is an awesome album and i was hoping that Mami will stay longer on the music scene but whatever.
I am still holding on to Eiko Shimamiya even though she is not under I'VE as well

Bigtop · #**266** 31st January 2016, 08:32 AM

That's sad to hear. Mami Kawada saying goodbye.

Why is Mami Kawada retiring from music?

Kacku · #**267** 31st January 2016, 11:04 AM

^ As far as I know, she (or any of the I've producers) hasn't given any specific statements in blog entries or interviews. If she has, no one has probably gotten their hands on those to get translations yet. Knowing how things went with MELL, and given that we're dealing with the music industry, we might never hear any specific reasons.

axmish87 · #**268** 31st January 2016, 04:35 PM

I certainly hope it's not some illness or any sort of the matter but even though MELL retired for health reasons it was just sort of like out of the blue or at least that's how I saw it. And I am still pissed how I'VE handled MELL's farewell release

Ashen Twilight · #**269** 31st January 2016, 07:27 PM

Well that sucks. Mami's albums were some of my favorites out of all of the girls.

Kacku · #**270** 31st January 2016, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by axmish87

I certainly hope it's not some illness or any sort of the matter but even though MELL retired for health reasons it was just sort of like out of the blue or at least that's how I saw it. And I am still pissed how I'VE handled MELL's farewell release

I don't think it's illness. I read the two blog posts she's made after the announcement (with help from Google Translate, so take the following with some salt), and they don't mention anything like that. She appears pretty content with the decision and I got the feeling that it was her own call to make. Wish we knew what made her come to that though: drama with her label? Or with I've? Waning interest in music? It's just puzzling, I got the feeling that she was in a good place with her music since she was apparently very involved in making PARABLEPSIA and the process was different, the tour following the album release was longer than some previous ones, we got a new single announcement soon after the album... Sure, she seemed to be getting some cold shoulder from her label (only one single in 2014 and 2015, so very few tie-ups), but... ugh, I don't even know.

But yeah, MELL's case was even worse. She just disappeared after her album in 2010 and never came back, and then the lackluster best-of was released... Totally understandable to be pissed. While I really want one more best album from Mami to celebrate her awesomeness, I fear that it might turn out like MELL or KOTOKO's best-ofs, which, please no.

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Originally Posted by Ashen Twilight

Well that sucks. Mami's albums were some of my favorites out of all of the girls.

RIGHT?! I will never shut up about how good SQUARE THE CIRCLE is, and PARABLEPSIA and SAVIA were also super solid, and SEED and LINKAGE were also good... She released so much good music and I think she was the best "album artist" in the I've roster, it's such a shame she's leaving.

Baernash · #**271** 16th February 2016, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Kacku

I'm sorry to revive this thread with terrible news, but here goes...

Mami Kawada is retiring from music. (...)

I would say it's relieving news that some singers know when to stop. I like "I've" in general but she was never my fave. I wish MELL would return...

Solarblade · #**272** 26th October 2016, 04:02 AM

So Mami is releasing a best album on 11/22 titled "Mami Kawada Best "F""

CD1

1. Kaze to Kimi wo Daite
2. Sora wo Mori de
3. I pray to stop my cry -little sea style-
4. Wind and Wander
5. tiny days
6. Asu e no Namida
7. IMMORAL
8. eclipse
9. radiance
10. Hishoku no Sora
11. undelete
12. seed

CD2

1. Akai Namida
2. Get my way!
3. JOINT
4. triangle
5. For our days
6. portamento
7. PSI-missing
8. masterpiece
9. Prophecy
10. INITIATIVE
11. No buts!
12. See visionS

CD3

1. Serment
2. Koubou
3. Borderland
4. Ashiato ~a Happiness Marker~
5. FIXED STAR
6. Break a spell
7. Where I belong...Zutto
8. Wings of Courage -Sora wo Koete-
9. rays of the sun
10. Gardens
11. Contrail ~Kiseki~
12. TBA

CD4 (Limited only)

1. Lythrum
2. CARPE DIEM
3. The Maze
4. seduce
5. return to that place
6. Thankful ~Kiseki no Ashita e~
7. Unknown△▼

Kacku · #**273** 27th October 2016, 06:04 PM

^ I just placed a pre-order for the 4 CD + 3 blu-ray disc limited edition of this best-of release, may my bank account rest in pieces.

axmish87 · #**274** 31st March 2017, 08:06 PM

Compilation is really good
And that disc 4 is all new material right?
Lythrum is life<3

Solarblade · #**275** 1st April 2017, 11:32 PM

^

No, Disc 4's track are from different compilations, except for Unknown which is now as well as Façade from disc 3

1. Lythrum (I've MANIA Tracks Vol. 1; 2003)
2. CARPE DIEM (Couldn't find a direct place it's from, but it's from 2006)
3. The Maze (I've MANIA Tracks Vol. 2; 2006)
4. seduce (Shakkin Shimai; 2007)
5. return to the place (Soshite Asu no Sekai Yori OST; 2007)
6. Thankful ~Kiseki no Ashite e~ (Nanatsu no Fushigi no Owaru Toki OST; 2011)

axmish87 · #**276** 2nd April 2017, 01:31 AM

Thanks for clearing that up.
At least IVE sound actually succeeded in sending Mami off appropriately.
I know that I sound like broken record considering how many times I have mentioned MELL's name in this thread but they really failed in terms of how they handled MELL's best of release. I know that MELL's songs are also scatered on different releases and OST's but was that really such a trouble to compile them like they did with Mami's songs?
Thanks to Kacku he was kind enough to make a DL thread with MELL's songs I was able to listen some of MELL's works out of her own albums such as various I'VE mania and other OST's. Tragic indeed. I think that they also fumbled Eiko's best of as well. So many songs that deserved to be on that album aren't. What was the process of creating that tracklist like? Were they considering fan-favorites or her older songs?
Oh well better something then nothing

Kacku · #**277** 17th June 2017, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Solarblade

^

No, Disc 4's track are from different compilations, except for Unknown which is now as well as Façade from disc 3

1. Lythrum (I've MANIA Tracks Vol. 1; 2003)
2. CARPE DIEM (Couldn't find a direct place it's from, but it's from 2006)
3. The Maze (I've MANIA Tracks Vol. 2; 2006)
4. seduce (Shakkin Shimai; 2007)
5. return to the place (Soshite Asu no Sekai Yori OST; 2007)
6. Thankful ~Kiseki no Ashite e~ (Nanatsu no Fushigi no Owaru Toki OST; 2011)

Just to add to this post way later: CARPE DIEM was originally released with the pamphlet sold at Mami's first live tour in 2006.

And to add to the old conversation: I agree with axmish87 above that Mami had an appropriate send-off, with a big farewell concert and a best-of that contained many of her best songs and was really worth buying.

Some news:

I've singers Yuzuno and Rina have released their first solo singles. Here are previews for the releases:

I've is releasing the tenth GIRL's COMPILATION album, ALIVE, on July 28th. Here's the announcement with a tentative tracklist, I won't bother posting the tracklist here until it's finalised.

I've produced two new songs for Ray's final best album, Happy days, which she recently released before retiring from music. The new songs are ♡こゆび姫♡ (Koyubi Hime) and マリンスノー (Marine Snow). You can download the album here, for example.

In more loosely I've-related news: seiyuu-singer Yoshino Nanjo is releasing her third solo album on July 26th, and it features two songs with composition and lyrics from Mami Kawada and one song with lyrics from KOTOKO, and three songs on the album are arranged by Maiko Iuchi. KOTOKO and Maiko working with other singers is nothing new, but I believe this is the first time Mami has composed for other singers. I wonder if it also means she continues to work in songwriting even after retiring from her singing career.

And finally, the news I'm most excited about: Eiko Shimamiya produced and released another mini-album this spring, but this time it wasn't completely limited to being released at M3! The album, Eko Parfait, the newest entry in the Eko series that started with Eko Tora in 2015, is available on Melon Books, and also available for us foreign fans via proxy shopping services! I bought the album and received it yesterday, and I love it.

I posted a download link in the Eiko Shimamiya discography thread, please check it out and enjoy! I LOVE Eiko's songs Anunnaki and Tanjou, and from the songs sung by the other singers featured, I love Individual the most. But for me, the absolute hightlight of the album is Chikyuu. It gave me chills and tears from the first time I heard it. And the song is actually a cover, and Eiko's version was produced by Takeshi Saitou, the writer and original singer of the song! The original version is also wonderful, so please check it out (here's a preview of the studio version and here's a performance of the full song in an acoustic version)!

Kacku · #**278** 9th August 2017, 03:50 PM

Here's your late reminder that the latest I've GIRL's COMPILATION album has been released! The album has been uploaded in many places on the internet (example 1, example 2), so go download and listen! And here are the covers and the finalised tracklist, just because I like to be thorough sometimes:

Spoiler:

I'm really impressed with all the new tracks made specially for this album: RINA sounds really good on Hierarchie, and she really elevates what is otherwise just another generic C.G mix song (seriously, when was the last time C.G mix produced anything worthy of anyone's time...); IKU brings the DRAMA on the title track, hits it out of the park with her singing, and definitively proves that she can do darker songs; but my favourite is easily Forever no End, which features a beautiful melody, a soaring, intensely catchy chorus, a perfect Tomoyuki Nakazawa pop production I just cannot get enough of, and a beautiful vocal performance by Riho, whom I really hope to see more of on future I've works. And honestly, I hope to see all three of these singers (and marriage blue, who does a lovely cover of Utsukushiku Ikitai on the limited CD) more, they really impressed me here and give me hope that I've will still be able to produce rewarding music even in their current, confusing, member-depleted state.

As for the other songs: I really loved Aim ～we can do all to be fine～ and Wings of Courage -Sora wo Koete-, and found a bunch of the other songs nice, but this is not gonna go down as one of my favourite I've compilations. On the bonus disc with all the 2017 versions, I only really loved Utsukushiku Ikitai, and unfortunately thought all the other songs had some problems that kept them from being very remarkable (Around the mind sounds generic, and honestly the cheesy, outdated original version is better; Imaginary Affair either now has acoustic strings or the volume on the strings has just been turned way up, and it contributes nothing; INITIATIVE's arrangement has a dark undercurrent which doesn't suit the song AT ALL; Kiss the Future was never a good song in the first place, but this version might actually be better than the original; Bizarrerie Cage is good, I guess).

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And an even later notice: I've released a collaboration album with Key Sounds Label at the last winter Comiket, with I've singers covering Key classics and Key singers covering I've songs. You can download the album here, and, as discovered by MeltingCORE on I've Sound Forum, it's also available on iTunes!

I heartily recommend checking the album out for three tracks in particular: RINA's version of Last regrets (RINA gives an awesome vocal performance, and Tomoyuki Nakazawa updates the song with a very modern arrangement that even features a pop drop that I actually like!), Airi Kirishima's take on Saya's song (NAMI turns the plodding ballad into a sorrowful dancefloor anthem, and it's amazing), and Lily on the FIeLD's (a.k.a. Riho's) cover of Aozora (the arrangement is honestly a bit dull, but Riho's voice is everything).

Spoiler:

CatGirl · #**279** 10th August 2017, 01:52 PM

Oh wow, that I've x Key collab album sounds amazing! Thank you so much for posting it, I can't wait to listen to it

I had no idea it existed haha

primavera♥ · #**280** 11th August 2017, 12:25 AM

Thank you for these updates especially sincw I don't keep track at all lol. And I was really excited about the 2017 version of Around the Mind as it is one of my favorite songs until you said it wasn't that good lol. Oh well. I'll still listen and look forward to checking out the rest of the comp.