I think it's finally thread revival time after three months of silence. So, because I love to ramble, I thought I'd pop by and drop a news bomb.
First things first:
Eiko Shimamiya is going to release a best album. The album's title seems to be
E.P.S -Eiko PRIMARY SELECTION- and it'll come out on June 29th. The tracklist has already been released and looks like this:
1. ひぐらしのなく頃に (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
2. Super scription of data
3. VANILLA
4. 太陽 (Taiyou)
5. 誓い (Chikai)
6. ひかりなでしこ (Hikarinadeshiko)
7. Dreamer -Remix- ※SORMAアレンジ (arrange)
8. 奈落の花 (Naraku no Hana)
9. 砂の城 -The Castle of Sand- (Suna no Shiro)
10. WHEEL OF FORTUNE （運命の輪） (Unmei no Wa)
11. スカラベの祈り (Sukarabe no Inori)
12.
River
13.
inner child
Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you, those are indeed two completely new tracks! River and inner child will apparently have Kazuya Takase and Tomoyuki Nakazawa involvement, but I don't really know in what way. Also, no idea which version of スカラベの祈り is going to be on this album. It could be the original from her ancient EP hologram (please no), it could be the version found on ULYSSES or (my personal wish) it could be the -brown sugar style- mix (also from hologram). There's also a special video clip on Eiko's
new official site with her and Kazuya Takase talking about... something. I haven't been able to watch it completely myself due to computer problems, but I managed to catch a few seconds from the beginning and it seems the -brown sugar style- version of スカラベの祈り is playing on the background (making me even more hopeful).
In other news,
Eiko Shimamiya will have an acoustic live on May 13th, which is quite soon. This might not sound too noteworthy, what with being a one-night thing and all that, but it shows definitely she's recovering from her cancer and is already in good enough shape to hold a live show (and make some new music).
In other live related news, KOTOKO is hitting the road with a tour once again - but this time, she's going acoustic! KOTOKO's acoustic tour, titled
KOTOKO アコースティック・ライブ・ツアー”心音” ～繋げよう！歌と笑顔と君の手と～ (or "KOTOKO Acoustic Live Tour “Shinon” ~Tsunageyou! Uta to Egao to Kimi no Te" or just "KOTOKO's long-ass-title acoustic tour" as I've taken to calling it), will start on 4th of June and finish on 2nd of July, will have nine shows in eight different places and will be really interesting in general, because KOTOKO doesn't exactly spring to mind first when you think "acoustic". I'd really love to hear what songs they choose and how exactly are they pulled off.
Oh, and Mami Kawada is having a live in Shibuya next week (4th and 5th of May). All for her latest single See visionS.
Last, but definitely not least:
I've and record label Lantis have a special project coming up. What exactly is it? We can only guess for now, but in just two days we will know as the secret will be revealed
here, on I've x Lantis special site, on the 29th.