XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc, rec.arts.anime.music   
   From: phil.yff@adelphia.net   
      
   On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:39:28 GMT, Oliver Wong wrote:   
      
   >     We're a J-Rock band, composed of two guitarists, a male vocalist, a   
   > female vocalist, a bassist and a drummer. We've mostly been doing covers of   
   > other J-Rock bands like Asian Kung Fu Generation, Arc En Ciel, Shiina Ringo   
   > and a few western bands like Fallout Boy or Green Day.   
   >   
   >     We've been invited by a university to perform at their yearly Anime   
   > festival. We watch some anime, but we're not hardcore fans or anything, so   
   > we're not sure if we know what are the "hottest" series right now. So we're   
   > sort of seeking suggestions on what songs to learn for the festival (it's   
   > about 8 months from now). What kind of songs would *you* like to hear at   
   > such an event?   
   >   
   >     If it's not too much trouble, keep in mind that we're a J-Rock band, and   
   > what instruments we use. That means techno/dance songs with a lot of synth   
   > (a lot of animes are like this), or hip hop songs with record scratching   
   > (Samurai Champloo is like this) will be difficult for us. If a non-rock song   
   > is sufficiently popular, we can probably adapt it to our instruments and   
   > style, but our music composition skill isn't all that great, so we'd prefer   
   > to play songs "as is" when possible.   
   >   
   >     We already played Asian Kung Fu Generation's Haruka Kanata, one of the   
   > intro songs for Naruto, at last years festival as part of a short 10 minute   
   > intro to another performance; the university seemed to have liked us enough   
   > to invite us for our own 1 or 2 hour show (we're still discussing the time   
   > slots with them) for this upcoming festival.   
   >   
   >     - Oliver   
      
   I like m.o.v.e that did quite a few songs for Initial D (Around the World,   
   Rage Your Dream, Dogfight, Blast My Desire, Angel Eyes, etc.).  They also   
   did the opening theme for Ikkitousen.  Their official website (Japanese and   
   English) is:   
      
   http://www.electropica.com/index.html   
      
   They use both male and female vocalists so you might like that feature.   
      
   Mata ato de,   
      
   Phil Yff   
      
   http://www.electropica.com/en/   
      
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