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(Band) Midori
« on: April 04, 2007, 09:13:21 PM »
Osaka based indie band.  Their second album came out today, made me fall completely in love.  Website: http://midori072.com/


First album - "ファースト♥" ("First♥") - 2005-11-25
ミドリ - ファースト♥ - 01 - わっしょい。 (3:18)
ミドリ - ファースト♥ - 02 - お猿 (2:05)
ミドリ - ファースト♥ - 03 - ああ嫌 (3:34)
ミドリ - ファースト♥ - 04 - A.N.A (3:03)
ミドリ - ファースト♥ - 05 - ロマンティック夏モード (3:01)
ミドリ - ファースト♥ - 06 - POP (3:08)
01 - Wasshoi
02 - Osaru
03 - Aaiya
04 - A.N.A
05 - Romantic Natsu Mode
06 - POP


Second album - "セカンド♥" (Second♥") - 2007-04-04
ミドリ - セカンド♥ - 01 - ドーピング☆ノイズノイズキッス (3:57)
ミドリ - セカンド♥ - 02 - うわさのあの子 (3:35)
ミドリ - セカンド♥ - 03 - 今日は彼氏がいないから・・・ (3:23)
ミドリ - セカンド♥ - 04 - 声を聞きたいのですが、聞こえないのです (5:25)
ミドリ - セカンド♥ - 05 - あたしのお歌 (2:59)
ミドリ - セカンド♥ - 06 - 獄衣deサンバ (2:46)
ミドリ - セカンド♥ - 07 - 愛のうた (3:13)
ミドリ - セカンド♥ - 08 - あんたは誰や (3:04)
ミドリ - セカンド♥ - 09 - 都会のにおい。 (4:05)
01 - Doping Noise Noise Kiss
02 - Uwasa no Ano Ko
03 - Kyou wa Kareshi ga Inai Kara
04 - Koe o Kikitai no desu ga, Kikoenai desu
05 - Atashi no Outa
06 - Gokui de Samba
07 - Ai no Uta
08 - Anta wa Dare ya
09 - Tokai no Nioi

Torrent for both of them on the tracker


Female vocalist/guitarist: Gotou Mariko
Naked male drummer: Koseni Yoshitaka
Keyboardist: Hajime

Best line I came across by them in an interview:
Interviewer: I've heard that you originally had more members, but now it's just the three of you?
Gotou: We used to have a lot, but it's more like we went through a lot of different people.  There were times we did shows with 5 members.
Interviewer:  What sort of music were you making then?
Koseni: Pretty much the same as we're making now, I think.
Hajime: Really, you were?
Kosheni: We didn't have any piano, and for a while we had a guy using a Kaoss Pad and someone just for videos...  Also had a guy that'd whip out his cock and dance around naked for a while.

Sound is a mixture of jazz and hardcore punk mostly, but strays at times into JPop-ish ballads and death metal.  They remind me of Shiina Ringo in a way.  If you condensed all the music styles she's done into one group, and gave all the members the craziness she used to have, you'd get something like them.

Also, their t-shirts are love.
Front:


Back:


Closeup of the back image:


I'd say they'd fit in here.
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Offline StreakInTheSky

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Re: (Band) Midori
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2007, 09:27:41 PM »
ooh midori, saw a pv of there's on youtube a while ago, seemed pretty cool, I was meaning to get some of their stuff.

I want that shirt!! XD


They remind me of the US band Auditory Aphasia.
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Re: (Band) Midori
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2007, 06:46:44 AM »
great t-shirt......and if i wear that probably girl will think im a pervert hahaha....


LOL why all the girl's eyes always covered.....

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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2007, 07:01:22 AM »
Awesome band. I really like the presence of the piano in their sound. It's edgy, lol. I came across them a couple months ago when I saw the Romantic Natsu Mode PV. Didn't have any albums until recently, though. I listened to Second earlier today. Pretty good album at first listen.
The chick is crazy. Kinda hot, actually.


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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2007, 07:03:38 AM »
I want to have sex with her...

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Re: (Band) Midori
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2007, 11:41:10 AM »
LOL why all the girl's eyes always covered.....
Just with the recent stuff.  If you look at their older PVs or the covers to their first album they didn't cover her eyes.  It's just something for their current album/site design and for the PV of Doping Noise Noise Kiss.

A lot of their stuff reminds of Bemani game music.  The intro to Doping Noise Noise Kiss makes me think it should be in IIDX everytime I hear it.  Most of them feel like they'd fit comfortably in IIDX or GFDM.

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Re: (Band) Midori
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2007, 12:53:08 PM »
I have 'First' currently playing in my iPod and I love it... I love their style.

And that t-shirt is freaking awesome :heart:

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Re: (Band) Midori
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2007, 03:41:00 PM »
あんたは誰や is awesome.

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« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2007, 11:11:31 PM »
that and ai no uta are currently my favorite songs from them.

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« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2008, 10:23:54 PM »
New album

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MIDORI's NEW ALBUM -「Hello everyone. Nice to meet you. We are MIDORI」 ON SALE, MAY 14th!!

1.スキ
2.ゆきこさん
3.かなしい日々。
4.お猿
5.根性無しあたし、あほぼけかす
6.ちはるの恋
7.ひみつの2人
8.5拍子
9.ハウリング地獄
10.無欲の無力    

On-Sale Date: May 14th, 2008 (Wed)
Price: 2,500 yen (including tax)
Product Code: AICL-1919 

http://midori072.com/eindex.html

Seems like they officially have a bass player now, too.

Plus, their 2 man tour with GO!GO!7188 finale will be at Hibiya Yaon. Nice. Needs a DVD, though kinda weird since its seated.



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« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2008, 10:27:50 PM »
seated venue? then that means there probably will be no flips on top of the crowd :(

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