SCANDAL to Release GREATEST HITS Exclusively in the UK and Europe – 4 May

One of Japan’s leading all-girl groups, SCANDAL, will release a special collection of their greatest hits exclusively in Europe on 4 May 2015.

The powerful Japanese pop-rock band is currently preparing for their first world tour, taking place between April and May. To mark the occasion JPU Records will release a special compilation CD of the band’s biggest singles and fan favourite tracks.

Entitled GREATEST HITS – EUROPEAN SELECTION, the album will be SCANDAL’s first to not be released in Japan, and is instead exclusive to the UK and Europe. The collection features 15 tracks, including their feisty 2008 debut single DOLL – which has racked up over one million hits on YouTube – as well as seven of their top-ten chart smashing singles (Oricon Weekly Singles Chart) and four catchy pop-punk songs featured as theme-tunes and insert songs from popular Japanese anime.

This will be the first time several tracks from SCANDAL’s back catalogue has been made available outside of Japan, and includes a booklet containing lyrics translated into English and Romaji. This album will not be available for digital download or streaming.

SCANDAL – GREATEST HITS TRACKLIST
01. DOLL (video)
02. HARUKAZE
03. Midnight Television
04. Shojo S (video)
05. LOVE SURVIVE (video)
06. Queens are trumps
07. SCANDAL BABY
08. Taiyo to Kimi ga Egaku STORY (video)
09. KOSHI-TANTAN
10. Shunkan Sentimental (video)
11. Awanaitsumorino, Genkidene (video)
12. Kagen No Tsuki (video)
13. Pride (video)
14. SAKURA Goodbye (video)
15. Sayonara My Friend

Pre-order from: [  JPU Records Shop ], [  Amazon.co.uk ], [  Amazon.fr ], [  Media Markt (France) ]
[  Amazon.de ], [  Media Markt (Germany) ], [  Weltbild (Germany) ], [  JPC (Germany) ],
[  My Media Welt (Germany) ], [  Treffpunktmusikshop.de (Germany) ], [  Music Corner (Poland) ],
[  imuzika (Italy) ], [  Media Markt (Italy) ], [  levykauppax.fi (Finland) ], [  Record Shop X (Finland) ],
[  CDON (Finland) ], [  Weltbild (Austria) ], [  CD Soundtrack (Czech Republic) ], [  CDON (Sweden) ],
[  CDON (Norway) ], [  imusic (Denmark) ], [  CDON (Denmark) ]

SCANDAL is

HARUNA
Lead Vocals / Guitar

MAMI
Guitar / Vocals

TOMOMI
Bass / Vocals

RINA
Drums / Vocals

SCANDAL online:
https://www.youtube.com/scandalSMEJ
https://www.facebook.com/scandalofficial

JPU Records online:
http://www.jpurecords.com
https://twitter.com/JPUrecords
https://www.facebook.com/JPUrecords

SCANDAL disent « HELLO WORLD » avec leur premier album international et une tournée mondiale

SCANDAL, le groupe de rockeuses japonaises, marqueront leurs débuts sur la scène internationale avec une version Special Edition de leur sixième album HELLO WORLD, qui sortira chez JPU Records (Londres) en CD partout en Europe le 19 janvier 2015. (Désormais disponible sur iTunes)

A la hauteur de son nom, HELLO WORLD (bonjour, le monde) sera soutenu par une tournée mondiale, avec des concerts à Paris (Le Bataclan, le 25 avril 2015) et Londres (O2 Islington Academy, le 26 avril 2015) et Essen (Weststadthalle, le 30 avril 2015). En outre, SCANDAL sera en tête d’affiche de plusieurs concerts aux Etats-Unis et à Taiwan. Elles feront aussi un concert dans un grand stade à Hong Kong.

Depuis qu’elles ont été couronnées vainqueurs de la catégorie Nouvel Artiste au 51^ème Japan Records Awards, les SCANDAL sont montées en flèche au top de l’industrie musicale du Japon avec leurs chansons kawaii et pop-punk. Leurs albums précédents ont atteints tous les cinq des positions dans le Top 5 du classement officiel des albums au Japon et 17 de leurs singles se sont classés dans le Top 20 des singles, dont six atteignant la cinquième place ! Leur musique a figuré dans une multitude d’émissions de télévision et films populaires, tels que Bleach et le dernier film de la licence Pokémon.

Les filles retournent avec HELLO WORLD, un des leurs albums les plus forts et puissants jusqu’à présent, pour laquelle elles ont collaboré avec le légendaire Tetsuya Komuro ; « le producteur de musique avec le plus de succès dans l’histoire de la musique japonaise » (The Guardian). Dans la version CD de l’album, sont aussi inclus deux titres exclusifs, qui sont disponibles seulement sur ce support et ne sont pas dans la version japonaise de l’album.

SCANDAL – HELLO WORLD. Click for larger version.

HELLO WORLD’ LISTE DES TITRES
01. Image (regarder le clip)
02. Your song
03. love in action
04. Departure (regarder le clip)
05. Graduation
06. Yoake no Ryuseigun (regarder le clip)
07. Onegai Navigation
08. Runners high (regarder le clip)
09. Honn Wo Yomu
10. Kan Beer
11. Winters story
12. Oyasumi
13. Place of life (ft. Tetsuya Komuro)

Titres exclusifs:
14. Rainy
15. Nai Nai Night 2014

Download now: iTunes or Amazon MP3 in France, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain or the UK.
Pre-order the CD from: JPU Records Shop, Amazon.fr, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.es, Season of Mist (France), Fan (Poland), Music Corner (Poland), CD-soundtrack (Czech Republic), CDON (Denmark), imusic (Denmark), Plastic Head (UK),

SCANDAL is

HARUNA
Lead Vocal / Guitariste
[Twitter]

MAMI
Guitar / chanteuse
[Twitter]

TOMOMI
Bassiste / chanteuse
[Twitter]

RINA
Batterie / chanteuse
[Twitter]

SCANDAL en ligne:
http://www.scandal-4.com/
https://www.youtube.com/scandalSMEJ
https://twitter.com/scandal_band
https://www.facebook.com/scandalofficial

JPU Records en ligne:
http://www.jpurecords.com
https://twitter.com/JPUrecords
https://www.facebook.com/JPUrecords

SPYAIR Release ‘BEST’ Album in the UK and Europe from 12 January

Japanese pop-rock squad SPYAIR will release ‘BEST’ on CD and digital formats in the UK and Europe, collating all 14 of their massive hit singles so far, plus two brand new songs! It’s also the first time many of the songs have been available outside of Japan.

Since smashing on to the scene in 2010 with their debut single ‘LIAR’, which also became the theme song to Japanese TV school drama Hammer Session!, SPYAIR have experienced a mighty ten top-40 singles in Japan and had many of their tracks become theme tunes in anime and film; including The Amazing Spider-Man, Bleach and Gintama. All are included on ‘BEST’.

Due to popular demand, SPYAIR were picked up by London’s JPU Records for European distribution, leading to the group’s YouTube channel being available outside of Japan for the first time. There, the official music videos to the songs included on ‘BEST’ have already racked up viewing figures upwards of 28 million.

‘BEST’ TRACKLISTING
01. GLORY (view music video)
02. Imagination (view music video)
03. JUST ONE LIFE (view music video)
04. Genjyou Destruction (view music video)
05. Niji (view music video)
06. Sakura Mitsutsuki (view music video)
07. WENDY ~It’s You~ (view music video)
08. Naked (view music video)
09. 0 GAME (view music video)
10. My World
11. BEAUTIFUL DAYS (view music video)
12. (Samurai Heart) Some Like It Hot!! (view music video)
13. Japanication (view music video)
14. Last Moment (view music video)
15. LIAR
16. Anokoro bokurawa onajimiraiwo

Download from: iTunes or Amazon MP3 in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain or the UK.
Pre-order the CD from: JPU Records Shop, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Season of Mist (France), imusic (Denmark), CD-soundtrack (Czech Republic), Plastic Head (UK), Fan (Poland).

Album teaser:

Hyper Japan Christmas Market 2014 to go Hyper for Japanese Music

With Hyper Japan Christmas Market only a matter of days away, we take a look at what the event has on offer for fans of Japanese music. Taking place between 14-16 November 2014 at Olympia in London, the Christmas Market sees the UK’s biggest J-culture event take a more relaxed approached than it’s massive summer event at Earls Court, focusing instead more on the market side of the event – yet, we’d say that the music line-up is equally, if not more, exciting than the summer’s event. Here’s why:

NeM: Japanese Fusion Band

When: Saturday – 7:30pm
NeM is the combination of five traditional Japanese musicians living in the UK and Italy. Amongst their ranks is shamisen veteran Hibiki Ichikawa – the only qualified teacher of his instrument in Great Britain. The group’s name, NeM, holds the meaning of the sound of Japanese instruments dancing through peoples’ minds throughout the world – at least that’s what the Hyper Japan website says. Personally, we’re a sucker for the koto and can’t wait to hear what they have to offer. They’ll play a special collection of folk songs from all over the world, performed with a distinct Japanese flavour.

Naruto Singer Joe Inoue and Diana Garnet

When: Sunday – 4pm.
Joe Inoue is probably best known in the UK for two of his songs being used in anime: “Closer” was used as the fourth Naruto Shippuden opening song, and “Kaze no Gotoku” was used for a season of Gin Tama. He’s also a regular part of J-MELO, a television programme by NHK World which airs in over 150 countries. You will be able to buy Joe Inoue CDs and merchandise from JPU Records’ booth throughout the event.
He’ll be joined on stage on Sunday with Diana Garnet who recently had her a major debut – the turning point for her was winning the Nihon TV 2013 “Nodojiman THE WORLD” contest.

SIRO-A

When: Friday – 2:30pm. Saturday: 12:00 noon. Sunday: 12-noon.
Tipped as Japan’s answer to the Blue Man Group, this team of techno wizards combine humour, music and live performance into a stage show that is a must to experience. They’re also the longest running commercial stage-show from Japan to ever hit London’s west end. Check out their YouTube channel for a taste of what to expect.

Anna Yano:

When: Every day.
Yano Anna is an Aomoji-kei model affiliated with ASOBISYSTEM, the same management company as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. She’s also a singer, having combined her work with her love of anime by performing “All Over” and “Shape My Story”, the opening theme songs for Magica Wars and Stella Women’s Academy, Class C3 respectively. Don’t worry, we didn’t know what Aomoji-kei was either, so here’s what MTV81 had to say about it; “Aomoji is basically dressing the way you want as opposed to what society thinks looks good; in other words, it’s about dressing for yourself, and not for what the runway and chain shops dictate… and certainly not to please boys”.

Miyu Koike

When: Sunday – 2pm
Having had her major debut with Victor Entertainment this summer, Idol Koike Miyu will now also be making her UK debut at Hyper Japan Christmas Market. As well as a singer with seven indie singles under her belt, Miyu is also a regular talent on Japanese TV and radio shows. She’s known for her quirky sense of humour and being a something of a “Dojikko” (extremely clumsy) personality. Let’s hope she doesn’t fall off the stage!

Tamashii Taiko Drumming

When: Saturday – 8:15pm
Tamashii perform traditional and contemporary pieces using a variety of traditional Japanese rhythms while the players are allowed to explode into their own unique and colourful solos throughout the songs. The combination of uniformity and the individual freedom of expression is what give Tamashii its strength as a team and character as a performance group. The Group show that Taiko is not merely drumming, but an emotion that the whole body and mind can experience, apparently.

Nihon Buyo and Folk Music

When: Saturday – 2pm. Sunday – 10:30am
Nihon Buyo is a refined form of traditional Japanese dance and has been improved over four centuries. It has its strongest influence from Kabuki Buyo, but it was also influenced by the circular movements and props of Noh and the spinning and jumping expressions of Japanese Folk Dance. While performed independently by specialists, it is particularly known for being the style of dancing performed by geisha.
Make sure you check out the performance on Sunday, as shamisen star Hibiki Ichikawa and enka singer Akari Mochizuki will join the performance.

Of course! JPU Records will be another highlight – visit their booth throughout the event to buy and talk about music! They will also have a very special one-off clearance sale of third-party CDs. A great time to grab a bargain or just try something new.

JPU Records and Yoshiki at London MCM Expo Comic Comic

JPU Records would like to thank everyone that visited their booth at last weekend’s MCM Expo Comic Con at Excel in London! Not only was it the biggest event in the Comic Con’s history, (we’re not sure of numbers, but must’ve been around the 100,000 mark!), with JPU’s biggest booth area so far, but…! We had the almighty honour of hosting the panel with music legend Yoshiki! Check out the digest below. He’ll be performing at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank on Thursday 29 May.