Showing posts with label Alice Nine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alice Nine. Show all posts
Alice Nine Crowdfunding Project (March 1 - 31)
Alice Nine has just recently released a new music video and announced a new album, but even more, in conjunction with their rebirth they also started a new (worldwide) crowdfunding campaign called "A9 Fund Project". Of course, with crowdfunding projects comes rewards as well, help out the band while receiving something awesome back!
The goal of this crowdfunding project is to create great music for the people and not rely on "fans to buy several copies of a same workpiece" or music charts for exposure, which is essentially just a marketing tactic to gain popularity these days, this is especially true in Japan.
"Rewinding the past from the celebration of 10th anniversary of our band, we are questioning today’s formalized pattern of recommending fans to buy several copies of a same workpiece for the ranking on music charts, which goes too far from the essence of being an artist, as it should be delivering good music to the public.
What's the most important thing for bringing good music to people? What's the reason of being indie artist and starting this project? Aren't there any ways to repay those who have always been supporting us? And we get only one answer, "Crowd Funding", from our gropes.
To redefine the relationship of artists and the listeners who support them, we start our new challenge from knowing nothing as our first step to be what we want to be.
Although a small beam of light seems to be dim, but when gathering together it becomes bright light.
Would you please give us a hand?
From A9 members
Make sure to show your support before March 31, which is when the crowdfunding project ends!
Alice Nine's crowdfunding project:
A9 Fund Project
A9 Fund Project Details (English)
Source:NBT & edohsama blog
ALICE NINE NEW MV "PHOENIX" AND ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT
The rock band Alice Nine decided to departed from their former record label "PS Company" back in August 2014 to fully adopt themselves into "Univeral Japan". During that time all we have been seeing is a few teasers and many exciting words from the members on (their new) twitter and instagram, that is until today!
Just a few hours ago a new song "Phoenix" was released to the public to celebrate the rebirth (hence the name "Phoenix") of Alice Nine, or now referred to as "A9"! It doesn't just stop there, the band also announced an upcoming mini-album titled "Gingan no
Oto" that will be released somewhere in August.
What's interesting in this new music video is that vocalist Shou wears a mask throughout the entire video, a concept we have not seen before. You would also think that their music style might have changed from all these events that recently occurred? Subjectively judging, I didn't quite sense any difference between the reborned A9 and Alice Nine (obviously they still sound really good!), even though Shou himself said that this was a chance to grow and to go "back to the basics".
Although, what I think he really referred to is most likely how fans interacts with the artist in the modern society, where buying "several copies of a same workpiece for the ranking on music charts" is going too far. That is why the band also announced a new crowdfunding project!
Source:NBT & edohsama blog
ALICE NINE COMEBACK
Alice Nine is back again with a fresh look and a new modern A9-logo!
Back in August, the rock band Alice Nine made a sudden announcement where they revealed that they would be departing from their current record label at the time, PS Company. This was consider quite sudden as the band has been with the label ever since their major debut, about 10 years ago. Some may think that this reckless move but Shou – the vocalist of the band – didn't, rather, he saw this as an opportunity for them grow and to go "back to the basics".
We've actually previously seen this move been made by some of the most influential and mainstream Jrock bands/artists out there, for instance Dir en grey and Miyavi, and they both turned out fine (right?).
I'm personally very positive to this change since it seems like Alice Nine has been able to get more room to breath and also more independence with their "new" label, Universal Japan (they were actually signed to both labels at one point). Let's just wait and see what the rebooted Alice Nine will bring to the table!
"To the shining future,come with us"
Source:NBT & edohsama blog
New Release: Alice Nine - Shooting Star
Alice Nine are going to release their new single called "Shooting Star" at 2013/05/29 in 3 edition: Regular, Type A (+DVD) and Type B (+DVD). More details will be soon.
Credits: jmusic-maxcaz
[Maxi-Single] ALICE NINE - DAYBREAK [All types] (2013.03.20) / Download
Tracklist:
1. Q.（AliceNine Live 2012 Court of“9”＃4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31）
2. Akatsuki（AliceNine Live 2012 Court of“9”＃4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31）
3. Senkou（AliceNine Live 2012 Court of“9”＃4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31）
4. BLUE FLAME（AliceNine Live 2012 Court of“9”＃4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31）
5. RED CARPET GOING ON（AliceNine Live 2012 Court of“9”＃4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31）
1. Q.（AliceNine Live 2012 Court of“9”＃4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31）
2. Akatsuki（AliceNine Live 2012 Court of“9”＃4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31）
3. Senkou（AliceNine Live 2012 Court of“9”＃4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31）
4. BLUE FLAME（AliceNine Live 2012 Court of“9”＃4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31）
5. RED CARPET GOING ON（AliceNine Live 2012 Court of“9”＃4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31）
Thx to jrokku
New Release: Alice Nine - SHADOWPLAY [Covers]
Alice Nine are going to release their new maxi-single titled "SHADOWPLAY" on April 17th in 2 editions (I reported).
Here are the covers:
Regular
Limited Edition (+DVD)
Credits: jmusic-maxcaz
[Single] Alice Nine - Daybreak [2013/03/20] / Download
Tracklist:
1. Daybreak
2. Himitsu (Secret)
3. Heavenly Tale (Alice Nine Live 2012)
4. Daybreak (instrumental)
