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Chika Chika Rock'n'Roll
I found out about this young indies techno-pop unit named Chika Chika (aka Tika Tika, チカチカ) (MySpace) a few days ago when they came up on a late night TV show. They were featured as recommended by Marty Friedman (yes the guy from Megadeth — for those who didn't know he's now an active TV personality in Japan).
On the show, they played a song titled "Chika Chika Rock'n'Roll" from their latest release. Very catchy techno-pop picopico track with cute vocals! The song can be heard entirely at the TV show's site.
Below is a clip from the show (to disappear soon probably) in which Marty proceeds to recommend how to rearrange the song to make it catchier, by stopping to mess with the beat so much and just leave it upbeat the whole time. You can see them fixing it in their home studio in Nagoya. Or if you just want to hear the song played live, kindly skip to 04:10.
On YouTube there's also a promo video that samples several songs from their latest release, and a CG video for the song "Dancing Star In The Space".
I know I'll be buying their CD-R next time I pass by Mekano in Nakano Broadway! I also hope they'll come play in Tokyo sometime soon.
Those into this might also want to check out the rest of label Hotatekno's YouTube channel which is full of like-minded stuff!
Posted on May 30, 2008 at 22:07 | Tweet
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