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██ Proudly Presents ██
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▀▄█▓ Z - Mikabe ▓█▄▀
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█▓ Genre ..........: Psychedelic Rock ▓█
█▓ Release Date ...: 2008-06-28 ▓█
█▓ Store Date .....: 2006-00-00 ▓█
█▓ Catnum .........: CATUNE-22 / GROK-YON ▓█
█▓ Label ..........: Catune / Grok Plastique ▓█
█▓ Source .........: DVD ▓█
█▓ Playtime .......: 0h 25min total ▓█
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█▓ Encoder ........: LAME 3.97 (-V2 --vbr-new) ▓█
█▓ Bitrate ........: 162 kbps avg ▓█
█▓ Size ...........: 28.53 MB ▓█
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█▓ 1. Japanese Title 9:26 ▓█
█▓ 2. Japanese Title 10:30 ▓█
█▓ 3. Japanese Title (Part 1) 2:48 ▓█
█▓ 4. Japanese Title (Part 2) 2:38 ▓█
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█▓ 25:22 ▓█
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▀███▀▀ ▀▀█ Release Notes █▀▀ ▀▀███▀
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█▓ Channel ripped: standard LPCM 2.0 stereo. ▓█
█▓ Track 3 is in two parts (two chapters) on the DVD, for a reason ▓█
█▓ i can't really fathom. ▓█
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█▓ Even when the short-lived There Is a Light That Never Goes ▓█
█▓ Out's only LP was released some seven-odd years ago, I could ▓█
█▓ recognize they were different. While ostensibly categorizable ▓█
█▓ as "screamo" along with the likes of Envy or Nine Days Wonder ▓█
█▓ for their mix of choppy hardcore and just enough melody, they ▓█
█▓ had a way of defying standards and expectations, providing the ▓█
█▓ same full-throttle hardcore and emotional release without ▓█
█▓ relying on familiar beats or cliches. While all those former ▓█
█▓ contemporaries from the turn of the millennium have moved on to ▓█
█▓ various disparate sounds in the meantime, none of them can ▓█
█▓ approach the striking originality and vision of Z. ▓█
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█▓ Made of up of several former TIALTNGO members including most ▓█
█▓ recognizably lead singer and saxophonist Nemoto Jun, Z (the ▓█
█▓ Japanese pronounce the alphabet letter Z as "Zet") uses its ▓█
█▓ former band as a launching pad to reach a sound that is both ▓█
█▓ reminiscent of and wildly different from its starting point. ▓█
█▓ "500 Man-en" sets the score by opening with 30 seconds of ▓█
█▓ clarion guitar distortion, saxophone and a wordless, ululating ▓█
█▓ call before dissolving into a slinky, sinister bass & drum ▓█
█▓ groove. The guitar and saxophone begin to riff and solo over ▓█
█▓ it, not necessarily playing with anyone else but unable to ▓█
█▓ escape or overpower the patient rhythm section. At two minutes, ▓█
█▓ Nemoto lowers the sax and adds his voice to the mix, ▓█
█▓ alternately crooning, pleading and shrieking in a high-pitched ▓█
█▓ delivery, bursting into clear singing for an instant but ▓█
█▓ ranting and spitting the next. For several minutes, the guitar, ▓█
█▓ saxophone and vocals take turns seizing the attention, but ▓█
█▓ despite some ferocious performances, at no point does the song ▓█
█▓ truly let loose. After nine minutes, the drums and bass stop ▓█
█▓ their rolling groove to let "500 Man-en" close with the same ▓█
█▓ droning guitar, sax and yelling that opened it. ▓█
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█▓ Between the avant-garde inflections, the in-the-moment ▓█
█▓ improvisational nature of the performances, and the aggregate ▓█
█▓ properties of all those conflicting layers of sound, there are ▓█
█▓ plenty of conceits to discuss, but none quite so important as ▓█
█▓ that of tension. Of the six songs on Mikabe, four have running ▓█
█▓ lengths of nine minutes, occupying 80% of the album's playing ▓█
█▓ time. All four of those songs have stubbornly patient rhythms ▓█
█▓ that plod and stomp, subtly shifting on occasion but ▓█
█▓ essentially always locked at the same pace, freeing the guitar ▓█
█▓ and sax to wander and pursue seemingly random directions. Most ▓█
█▓ of the longer tracks work because the lead musicians are so ▓█
█▓ unpredictable and non-repetitive that they continue to command ▓█
█▓ attention and refuse to let moments stagnate. Yet without ▓█
█▓ climaxes, these epics soak up unresolved tension like sponges, ▓█
█▓ unable to release the stress they create. The single release ▓█
█▓ point to be found in Mikabe happens within the shorter "Zushiki ▓█
█▓ Man," smack in the middle of the album. What starts with wild ▓█
█▓ cacophonic sax and a comically primitive heavy metal riff ▓█
█▓ eventually leads to a remarkably affecting and vivid zenith ▓█
█▓ that could have been a long-lost TIALTNGO number. It's perhaps ▓█
█▓ the only moment of the album that finds the entire band fully ▓█
█▓ focused in perfect unison, and all the stronger for being ▓█
█▓ unique among its surroundings. ▓█
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█▓ Not content on merely slapping together a minimal package to ▓█
█▓ get the music across, Z puts forth a very well-rounded and ▓█
█▓ artistic presentation in all facets. The vinyl release comes ▓█
█▓ packaged with a DVD of three songs filmed live, capturing their ▓█
█▓ renowned incendiary live performance. The album recording is ▓█
█▓ extremely crisp and bright, glossing over nothing and ▓█
█▓ accentuating every vocal tic and guitar imperfection. But the ▓█
█▓ confidence and personality oozing out of every pore of the ▓█
█▓ album makes it clear that Z has hit upon a method to render ▓█
█▓ mistakes obsolete: by composing in the concrete rather than the ▓█
█▓ abstract, allowing the performance to dictate the moment, and ▓█
█▓ refusing to admit you can play anything wrong. ▓█
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█▓ If you like it, buy it. ▓█
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█▓ consider purchasing their music, going to their shows, and ▓█
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