^ Yes. Some great, some plain boring.

^ I see, ok.

So, which Kokia songs can you recommend ? I want to give some a try.

:yes It's her speciality! I recommend her song Follow the Nightingale :heart

You should download her THE VOICE album. For me it's her best album!!!

It is!!! Follow the Nightingale, Lacrima etc. were such amazing songs.

I agree!!! Another songs you should try is Ai no melody. It's a beautiful song too!

You should also try out the B-side from her Ningentte Sonna Mono ne single. I can't recall the name right now, but it should be there if you download it. ;-)

^ MOONLIGHT SHADOW?

Also, you should download Remember me album.

Which Albums are these two? There is no name.

I head, she has a new Single. How is the song? I didn't heard it until now.

No, the other one. I looked it up, and there are two B-sides, "Mou aisenai" and "MOONTLIGHT SHADOW", the first being the one meant. I don't know if you have ever heard it, but it's very beautiful and relaxing. :-)


The links are for her two newest albums, KOKIA∞AKIKO~balance~ and AKIKO∞KOKIA~balance~.

It's quite nice, you should definitively check it out. The B-side is very beauitful, too. :-)

(°-°) Oh.. two new Album? She released two Albums on the same day? I didn't knew.
Oh.. thanks for the Info. Sure.. I wanna check it out. I totaly love Kokia's music.

I don't be fast enough! Yes it's the link for two balance albums. I think they're not really good but you should listen to them at least one time!

Yes, I didn't know until recently, either. One of them is a limited edition album, and is only available via anco&co's website, and you can only order it if you have an address in Japan (which really sucks).


I don't think they are bad at all, but there are definitively nothing special about them, either. I listen to them when I try to relax or sleep. Some of the songs are in the same style as those from The VOICE, but not far as good. Nice albums to start with, together with The VOICE, if one is new to KOKIA's music. :-)

i just found out kokia's music too, god, she's really awesome! she has the best voice after misia!

i really like i believe~umi no soko kara~ and chowa no oto, which album is it?

I don't know who Misia is, but KOKIA is awesome, indeed. :-)

"I believe ～海の底から～" can be found on her Remember me album (2003), while "調和 oto~with reflection~" is on pearl ~The Best Collection~ (2006).

^ Yep :yes

I believe ~Umi no Soko Kara~ is one if the best songs if not best on Remember me.

Question: Which "chouwa oto" do you prefer? Original (found on trip trip) or ~with reflection~?

I load the Kokia-Akiko Balance yesterday... it nice.. but really nothing special. It was very fast... only 7 Minutes.
But.. the next link would last 3 hours for me. Is something wrong with the link? Or maybee someone has a mirror for Z-share... or somthing like that?

Bye the way... yesterday, I found out, Kokia will give a concert in Cologne! I'm really surprised. BUt.. I don't think I will be able to go there. What a pity.
Wow... a J-Pop-Artist in Germany. Thats greate.

Welcome to the KOKIA's WORLD^O^

I would never have found her if last.fm wouldn't had recommended it to me :thud THANK YOU LAST.FM

May I ask, if someone has a smaller file for the Kokia-Akiko-Balance Album? I need to long to load it, because, the file is to big for me.
Am I in the wrong thread? Should I better make it in the Request-Thread?

^ I don't know if you can find a smaller size. That's the version that's floating around the community. yea you should probably try in requests, maybe somebody will find a smaller size.

So.. I will try to make a request... maybee I have luck.
Thanks for the answer!

Lol. Its the same for me. I only tried her out because of Last.fm's recommendation thing.

there's different between those 2?

thanks ya :love

Thanks everyone for the recommendations and replies. (aqua crystal, yoake, kamomilla, yum fruit salad, and anyone else if I forgot).

I will be checking those out. ^^

Definitely, I can't go to the Kokia's concert in Brussel in June. I missed one part of my biologie exam so I should re-pass it 25th June :weep

Can anyone tell me the difference between both ~balance~ albums? Are they two separate albums, or what?

It's two separated album. Here is the tracklists:

kokia~akiko

01 - Hana Utage
02 - Usumomo-iro no Kisetsu
03 - +sing
04 - Douke
05 - usaghi
06 - Yoake~rebirth
07 - Gematria
08 - Hoshikuzu no Vocalise
09 - life goes on
10 - Senka no Hana
11 - Kono Mune no Kurushimi ga Itai Hodo ni Ikite
12 - INFINITY

Akiko~kokia

01 - Wasure Mono
02 - Ooki na Senaka
03 - Obaa-chan
04 - Crape-myrtle no Yureru Koro
05 - HOME
06 - Vintage Love
07 - Bridge
08 - Hajimari
09 - Infinity
10 - Sekai no Owari ni
11 - Tsumihoroboshi no Uta

Which one is better? I never heard Kokia-Akiko Balance until now.

I prefer Kokia~Akiko !

ah been meaning to ask you guys for recommendations, my friend sent me this amazing live of 調和 and i would love to hear more of her! so what album would you guys recommend?

The voice is for me her best album!

^ That and Remember me. Even trip trip. :yes

haha since you put it in such big letters, i'll go download that first....now..just have to find her download link XD

here is a link if you want

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H0QGJBUA

That was a good album!! Remember me also had some good songs bt its still not as good

I GOT TICKETS! For brussels, that is ^^ *is so happy*

I'd like to post a review somewhere about the balance albums, but wouldn't know where ^^;

They're both pretty flawless. I like Akiko - Kokia ~balance~ the most, but I'm so totally in love with Gematria and Yoake~rebirth~

Don't you think that Gematria is for Kokia - Akiko ~balance~ what Il Mare Dei Suoni is for The Voice?

Btw I got to know Watashi No Taiyou from the Pearl album, i love that track! From which album is it? Also gotta love Desperado! Her voice is once again amazing in it ^^

*still hyper with the fact that me gottickets for kokia*

Is there someone who is going to her concert in Paris?

^Congrats on getting tickets!!! remember to take pics and share em with all your jealous ahs friends (joking!) :P

^ No she's not. We'll stab in the face if you don't :curse
Just kidding!

ehh... o_O

You're both kind of..freaking me out o_O;;
Is this what random Kokia fans are like? Whoah! XD

I don't know if I can take pictures of her there ^^;
It's a pretty small room (300 places) and I think the security will tackle me and cook me in wasabi if I try anything suspicious :s

Will try though!
Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih!! *fangirl mode*

^What??! 300 seats??? Only?? *feels sort of sorry for KOKIA*

:rofl ~~

Hey, it's only the second time she's coming to Belgium ;)
Previous year, there were like 120 seats ^^;
Sold out within a couple of days ^^;

From 120 to 300 seats, Upgrade!
Joking aside, have fun when you see her. Scream til you can't talk.

120 seats!! Ehh... thats evil!! :P But okay, like Yum!Fruit_Salad! said, its an upgade!!

eh I guess ^^; After all, it's a bit of unsure when you're debuting in a country you've never visited before huh?
Though I'm SURE there were a lot of French fans there previou syear (in belgium) ^^

I HATE the people who are supposed to promote her.
There isn't an official announcement yet on the site even though it's only two more weeks from tomorrow <__<

That's bad -_- I hate them too!!! Also because they only got an area of 300 seats! What is this, a private performance??? KOKIA, should really try to improve the situation herself now.

^ 2 months in advance at least. Gosh, I know I would've forgotten about the concert. My memory goes more than it comes.

the next year it'll have to have 301 seats! I'll go it! (I already said that last year >.<)

Lawlcakes! XD *loves this topic with the weird but o so funny comments*

Is it me or has Kokia speeded up her releases? o_O

Christmas Gift, Akiko/Kokia~balance albums and now the Fairy Dance album :o
I mean.. WOW. There are plenty of good varying to GREAT songs on all those albums (although I think the X-mas album was a little weak on vocals and originality ^^; ) how does she manage?? *wants kokias writing skills*

Some songs might have been written awhile back like the AKIKO/KOKIA ~balance~ albums. She sung some of them before in several concerts. Others like the Christmas Gift are covers and really didn't need to change much.

Ahh... really Nobody has an other link for the KOkia-Akiko Balance?
I made two request... but no answer. (-.-)'''
What a pity.

^I could upload the tracks from the 320kbps version separately for you, if that'll make the job any easier

Oh... that would be greate if you could do that for me. It would make it much easier. Than I don't need to load the full file in one Download.
Thats really nice from you.

^Alright then! I'll do it later today.

I'm seriously gonna die :weep
I don't know if I'm gonna get some money in 3 weeks or not :(
I want the single karma now.... :scry

Nine day saway, and still not any announcement of the concert..

That's no slacking away anymore, no? O__O;;;

Anyone has news from Paris yet, btw?

Btw the Trip Trip album is GREAT! Found back some of my favourite songs :D
Like Hana, I loved this song from the very first note I heard of it ^^

STILL no announcements??? You dont think their planning to delay the concert do you?
Oh yeah, and trip trip is awesome! Chouwa is an awesome song!

Ehh.. we got tickets... They're just slacking off I think.
*whacks their site moderators*

Thanks a lot!

That's absurd! If it weren't for the fact you got your tickets, I would have thought they cancelled it.

Oh great.. Now the site isn't even working anymore -___-:
So I can't check up on it XD

@Yum Fruit Salad; yeah it's weird. I can't do anythong about it though, I'm afraid.


Anyone got news yet on Kokia's Parisian concerts? ^____^
I'm soooooooo curious about that boat concert! That must have been absolutely amazing!


Btw.. Found this video.. She looks kind of tired, I think :s
But the singing is absolutely.. Wargh! That's our kokia! XD
Always giving us reasons to love her more and more ^____^

^Thanks for posting the vid! I'll check it out!!!

Aaaah... That concert could have gone better, but it was worth the efforts ^_______^ (doors werent open untill 20:30, we got there at 19h12 to get in the row and the performance was rather short - 1h20 minutes AND the concert wasn't sold out *still angry with the mods from the website* )

No band, just Kokia-sama with her guitarist and her amazing voice.

I sat in the front row, straight before Kokia, about 3 meters from her ;______; *happy feeling still overwhelming*
We made eye contact! ;_______;

And and and... she got me crying! really big big teary cring XD
She sang Lacrima, but it was better than the recorded version, and BOY, you can't hold your tears when she sings Lacrima in front of you *sniffet*
I also almost cried when she sang Hana (one of my all-time favourites) but managed to be a strong big girl XD
She sang three or four songs of her new album, can't remember which ones untill I hear them, sorry ^^;
I still need to learn to know the songs since I only have the digital version since one week ^^;

Bought a box with both Akiko - KOKIA ~balance~ and KOKIA - Akiko ~balance~ and she signed them for me, plus a poster I got ^___^ *happy happy happy*

^^OMG!!! You're sooo lucky!! Haha, you were crying...... KOKIA can move everyone with her music :heart Now... where are the pictures??? :P (joking!) Glad it was a success!

You should have seen the security guys... They could zap mosquitos with only glaring at them I think XD
Made two pics with my phone, but the quality is.. BLERGH XD

You'll be having your chace too, I'm sure ^_____^
Kokia can only get more popular, not less popular and she'll continue touring ;)

omg I really hope next year I could go to her concert! what you said sound so amazing! T_T

Ahhh.. you lucky one.
Today she gives a concert in Cologne... and I can not go there. That's really sad.
Wished, I could go there. But... maybee, she will come to germany again someday. Than I also wanna go there.
To make pictures was not able, wasn't it? What a pity.

New upcoming single, from JPM:

Thanks for news.

Oh.. a new single. That's greate. Can't wait to listen the song.

nice news thanks rookies^^

OMG! Thanks for the info!!

The title Transparent sounds like a ballad, which is pretty much her strong point.

Here the cover of the Concert's dvd . It should be out 22 July!

http://kokia.com/blog/Image/kokia/jacket.jpg

Credit to JPM

^ Thanks for posting but....
:no I really don't like it. I don't like the fact that it shows her back like that. It should have been something like the covers of the ~balance~ albums....

I don't mind it much being her back but the dress she is wearing. Like tablecloth sewn together.

I don't really like the cover too.
I would have prefered to see her face!!

I have a little Question. I saw somewhere at Youtube a Video, which said, there will be a new Single from Kokia, which called "Kimi wo sagashite / Last Love Song". (will be out at 5th August)
I thought, the new Singles Name is "Transparent".
So... are there two new Singles?

Kimi wo sagashite is a digital single, for iTunes only

Oh.. really? I never heard about it. Interesssting.
Thanks for the answer.

I'm listening to it now.
Omg it's really sweet ;_;

Wut? Really? I had no idea! :P *runs off to download*

I recently discovered KOKIA like, 2-3 weeks ago? Follow the Nightingale is good, but Ave Maria is seriously the best J-Pop song I've heard <333 It has like, 40+ plays already for me.

^you should listen to the song "il mare de sunoi" (is that the right spelling) from her "THE VOICE" album and her latest single "KARMA". :yes I think you'll like it.

I listened to the whole album. I adore Gomen ne., Lacrmia, and that one song after Ave Maria. I don't remember much from the album after Lacrima though xD I do like her Irish mini-album too though. And I'll try KARMA.

From JPM:


http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6214/imageohh.jpg

Tracklist:

01 Transparent
02 沈黙
03 Transparent (instrumental)
04 沈黙 (instrumental)

cover and tracklist for Transparent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnQr_2lESXw

Here you can listen to a part of Kokia's new Song "Transparent". (^.^)
Can't wait to listen to the full song.

Anyone has an idea of where I could download the concert dvd??

^ astost

Her new single is great, but I like KARMA more :yes

I think Transparent is good but I really don't like the chorus. She always repeat Transparent. She could have find other lyrics.
the second song is really bad for me.

KOKIA deserves higher chart positions ;-; She writes, composes, and sings with so much power. Yet her highest charting song reached only #15.

^At least she has more International recognition, especially in France. But I agree, she deserves better!

So do I! (I mean I think about it like that too :) )
I mean, she set a world record with her voice, I always astound people when I tell that to them XD

Couldn't find the concert dvd *sobs*

Does anyone have a video of her holding that 29 second note?

I've been looking for it too, but it got removed from youtube..
The song as O Sole Mio btw.


EDIT; whoops! Found it! XD

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1c...ng-tone_events