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Jpop Sekai => The Official J-Music Artist Threads => Topic started by: maliciel on March 27, 2006, 07:51:42 PM
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PE'Z is a Japanese jazz instrumental band consisting of five young men. It is dubbed "The Samurai Jazz Band." The group members are Ohyama "B.M.W" Wataru (trumpet, born in Kanagawa), Kadota "Jaw" Kousuke (sax, born in Ehime), Nirehara Masahiro (wood bass, born in Niigata), Hiizumi Masayuki (keyboard, piano etc., born in Kobe) and Kou (drums, born in Tokyo).
Basically, PE'Z is what HZM from Tokyo Jihen is involved with now. And they're pretty fucking fantastic. Great sound, and it somewhat resembles the sound of The Seatbelts. None of that run-of-the-mill jazz shit. Plus, it has HZM, who is proven to be really motherfuckin insane. Of course, I'd hate to talk to myself about this shit, so here's an album.
(http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/1139/jkiwamari2nd9bi.jpg)
01 花咲クDON BLA GO!(Album Ver.)
02 タンゴ3兄妹
03 WONDERFUL DAYS
04 She's a rainbow
05 SUNNY & CLOUDY
06 アンダルシア -Andalucia-
07 T.K.O ~それ ちょっと早くない?~
08 かもめが翔んだ日
09 C止まり ~SADだけどね~
10 DRY!DRY?DRY!(Album Ver.)
11 BIG EAR ~手痛い洗礼そしてVへ~
12 A Night in Tunisia
極月-KIWAMARI ZUKI- (http://nihilistgiraffe.net/jphip/PE%27Z-Kimawari_Zuki%20%28With%20scans%29)
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HZM was in PE'Z before Tokyo Jihen :wink:
they're currently touring the US with the Japan Night thing. playing at LA on the 29th.
members/
Ohyama Wataru - trumpet
Kotada Kosuke - sax
Nirehara Masahiro - wood bass
Hiizumi Masayuki - keyboard, piano, vocal
Kou - drums
PE'Z PVs on j00t00be (http://youtube.com/results?related=pe%27z)
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Here's the PV for Akatsuki, TV rip (viewsic), mpg.
PE'Z - Akatsuki (73mb)
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PE'Z is the shit. Wish I could see them this wednesday :/
I'm upping their Akatsuki mini album and Tsukushinbo album... I got it from jps so thanks to who ever shared it there.
Edit:
PE'Z-Akatsuki.rar (http://filedump.jphip.com/StreakInTheSky/PEZ-Akatsuki.rar)
PE'Z-Tsukushinbo.rar (http://filedump.jphip.com/StreakInTheSky/PEZ-Tsukushinbo.rar)
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HZM was in PE'Z before Tokyo Jihen :wink:
they're currently touring the US with the Japan Night thing. playing at LA on the 29th.
I knew that! <_<
And none of the cali guys are going..:(
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Basically, PE'Z is what HZM from Tokyo Jihen is involved with now. And they're pretty fucking fantastic. Great sound, and it somewhat resembles the sound of The Seatbelts.
If by "resembles The Seatbelts" you mean they're both hardbop, then yes, you're right. Otherwise they don't have much in common. The Seatbelts are really more of a pop interpretation of Bop and there is little to no improvization in their recordings. PE'Z, on the other hand, has a significant amount of improv and they give a much truer impression of what real bop is like. Their explorations into jazz fusion are excellent as well, but those pieces seem more pop-influenced than even, say, later Miles Davis. Still, it's good to see a band that can achieve this much exposure and still remain true to their roots. PE'Z is definitely high on my list of "bands to see" right now.