#wagakkiband — Public Fediverse posts
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This is my favorite use of shamisen:
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Wagakki Band (和楽器バンド) – Yasouemaki (八奏絵巻) (2015, Japan)
Our next spotlight is on number 1011 on The List, submitted by ChrisJagged.
Founded by singer, composer, lyricist, Shigin master, Kenshibu dancer, and classical pianist Suzuhana Yuko, Wagakki Band (和楽器バンド) is named after the traditional Japanese instruments that are prominent in their music, wagakki. Originating out of Suzuhana’s acoustic folk trio Hanafugetsu (which is still active), the band essentially merged with folk punk/visual kei band Crow×Class to result in a 8-member group with a sound that lands somewhere in-between the folk rock and folk metal spheres. Wagakki Band first gained popularity via their adaptations of Vocaloid songs, with their first LP, Vocalo Zanmai (ボカロ三昧) (2014), consisting solely of Vocaloid covers. The album we look at here is their second studio album and first to contain original material. It incorporates methods of Shigin, a traditional poetry form performed/recited in a particular manner, as would their following albums.
Following the release of Yasouemaki, Wagakki Band’s popularity would continue to grow both at home and internationally, and the band would go on to release five more LPs, with Tokyo Singing (2020) featuring a collaboration with Amy Lee of Evanescence. As of the end of 2024, the band has gone on indefinite hiatus.
Even if you, like me, don’t know much about J-rock/J-pop, if you have an interest in folk rock/metal (and love/miss[1] key changes!), this is a really fun band to check out.
Happy listening!
- Here’s a fun Tedium article that was referenced in a toot I saw recently, exploring the demise of the key change in pop music over the last 60 years: “The Death of the Key Change” by Chris Dalla Riva (Nov 9, 2022). The article looks specifically at pop music that hit the Billboard Hot 100 charts so I can’t help but wonder now if the key change is still alive and well in J-pop. Anyone know? ↩︎
#CrowxClass #folkMetal #folkRock #Hanafugetsu #JPop #JRock #music #musicDiscovery #Shigin #SuzuhanaYuko #WagakkiBand
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Suzuhana Yuuko-「悠久の地」("Eternal Land")
Big beautiful sound, an instrumental from the Wagakki band leader and a few of her bandmates
#WagakkiBand #Music
https://youtu.be/CBlubsEE944?si=LH7icQqYcZkI-iQt -
This week for #JMusicFriday, @kingu gave us a theme of "East And West" - collaborations between Japanese and Western artists.
A favorite collaboration of mine is when Amy Lee teamed up with Wagakki Band for the song Sakura Rising. https://song.link/us/i/1774459966
It's such a great song.
Additionally, they did a live show together where they did an amazing version of the Evanescence classic Bring Me to Life. Check it out: https://song.link/y/hk1GtYK7BJM
#Music #EastAndWest #Evanescence #WagakkiBand #和楽器バンド #NuMetal #JPop #JRock #Tokyo_Singing
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De vez en cuando viene a mi mente esta versión de Bring me to life interpretada por Amy Lee, Wagakki Band y una orquesta.
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De vez en cuando me vuelve a salir el video con el que descubrí Wagakki Band hace ya unos cuantos años. Me siguen flipando.
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Beni from Wagakki Band playing... whatever this is 😄
Catchy, though, and I love the shamisen.
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@ordabchao #WagakkiBand rocken das Haus
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For @ThePop's #JMusicFriday, @jessica suggested a theme of #Collaboration.
Now, I don't listen to a TON of Japanese music, but I DID remember a good collab.
Wagakki Band and Amy Lee of Evanescence collaborating. First, they did an amazing cover of "Bring Me To Life." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk1GtYK7BJM
Second, together they dropped Sakura Rising, which also was fantastic https://songwhip.com/wagakkiband/sakura-rising
#Music #Evanescence #AmyLee #WagakkiBand #和楽器バンド #Tokyo_Singing #SakuraRising #Wagakki #JPop @jpop #FusionMusic
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#Listening to Shikisai (四季彩, in English; Four Seasonal Colors), a 2017 album by Wagakki Band:
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@kuya_azzy Well, if you want to start a #sakura song thread, here's 10,000 cherry 🍒 blossoms 🌸 (senbonzakura) from #WagakkiBand and Amy Lee from #Evanescence
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El pantallazo de #viernesdeescritorio de hoy: mañana de #hamradio en #linux usando en el monitor 1 (27" a la derecha) #wsjt para manejar la radio en modo #ft8 y el excelente software #cqrlog para gestionar los contactos. En el segundo monitor (21" a la izquierda) está #vlc reproduciendo música de #wagakkiband, que le manda el servidor #mpd controlado por #gmpclient
Todo ello usando #Debian testing y #Gnome -
Ok, ich hab das acht Jahre später als alle anderen entdeckt, bin aber schwer beeindruckt - #wagakkiband 和楽器バンド (Wagakki Bando) mischt japanische Poesie, Hardrock, Progrock und traditionelle Instrumente.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_xTet06SUo
