Scouse!TOKYO x Mob Squad Tokyo: Donk Bass Bootlegs
While I strain my brains on what to write in this thing, I have a little tidbit of news to report on today.
Scouse!TOKYO, the Tokyo based donk-a-riffic crew bringing the sounds of a style with a detuned bassline from Liverpool are releasing an album in collaboration with Mob Squad Tokyo. While I’m one of the few people who scratches their heads at the idea of a Scouse Tokyo (I cannot imagine anybody wanting to speak with a Liverpudlian accent, especially people from Tokyo, of all places), I personally find donks highly amusing… until I see the Blackout Crew and then I end up wishing the damned thing never existed.
The album is slated for a September 21 release and will have an accompanying Scouse!TOKYO party.
Artist: Various
Title: Scouse!TOKYO Presents – DONK BASS BOOTLEGS
Catalogue No: MSTBL016
Tracklist:
01. Mr.ABC – Balalaika vs. Yaranaika
02. 204 – D’nk Soldier
03. DJ Schwarzenegger – Who Kills MJ?
04. Bit Breaks – 8 VS 16 Bit
05. Mr.ABC – INSTRUMENT FLYING (pump this mix)
06. DONK TERRORIST – Blue Technologic
07. D.N.K – Sound Crusher
08. Shingo Dj – DONK is Fashion!
09. DONK TERRORIST – Move It
10. grayghost – Don’t Rest!
11. Y.V.L vs 204 – Donkly-Hvn
This release walks the borderline of highly amusing and highly appalling. Personally, I’m going to stick with highly amusing.
KraftyRadio’s August Podcast: The Day of Hardcore Showcase by JAKAZiD
In between refreshing the Hardcore Tano*C website constantly the past few days, I’ve noticed that The Day of Hardcore headliner JAKAZiD has mixed a special KraftyRadio Podcast consisting of an interesting mix of mostly Japanese producers (the mixer himself the only one not Japanese, lol)
The mix itself is downloadable over here. And for reference, here’s the tracklist!
1. Cycheouts Ghost – Arcadex – ROMZ Record
2. DJ Shimamura – Bring The Noize – Dynasty Records
3. M-Neko – Everything Needs RAVE – MPT
4. M-Project – Blue Lotus – Terraform Music
5. Joshka – No Reason – Hardcore Tano*C
6. DJ Shimamura – Return 2 Universe – Dynasty Records
7. L.E.D. feat. Sana – The Shining Polaris (Kors K Remix) – Konami
8. RoughSketch – Pride or Money – Mob Squad Black Label
9. DJ Sharpnel – Shine!! – MPT
10. m1dy – Wani – Maddest Chick’ndom Pork
It features a variety of things – JAKAZiD’s new track for Hardcore Syndrome 3 entitled “Nø Reasøn”, kors k’s highly popular remix of L.E.D.’s The Shining Polaris, Cycheout G’s Arcadex from Vikalpa (one of my favourite tracks from there) and tracks from M-Project’s new album, M-Neko’s first album and DJ Shimamura’s new album. For those of you who keep seeing me blabber on about j-core but never really know what it is – this is pretty much a good starting point with arguably the most popular artists on there (Including Sharpnel himself and m1dy, Japanese King of Speedcore). It’s a diverse enough mix and a little bit mental in some places (I mean, come on. m1dy is there.)
August is shaping up to be a pretty good month for J-core in general as even BBC Radio 1’s Kutski has tweeted that he is making a j-core mix for his upcoming radio show. I shall be in Japan when it airs, most likely at the The Day of Hardcore, but nevertheless Kutski has good taste, so it should be a good listen.
And as I mentioned, I will be going to Japan for The Day of Hardcore, so I might make a photo report on that when I come back.
J-Core Masterz 5: Tracklist Amended
Well, in a surprising turn of events – it looks like this CD is still pushing through for a Comiket 76 release but with an altered tracklist.
Artist: Various
Title: J-Core Masterz Vol. 5
Label: Mob Squad Black Label
Catalogue: MSTBL014
Tracklist:
01. DJ Schwarzenegger – Don’t say “crazy”
02. RUMBLETRON – ぴたごら☆フィーバー！
03. M-Project – Get Naked
04. RoughSketch – Pride or Money
05. OZIGIRI – J-FISH MASTERZ
06. die!!die!!color!!! – Trust
07. Round Wave Crusher – SPEED KILLED TEH MOE (TEH NERDKORE EDIT)
08. Black Ace – Flying With Fish
09. MUZIK SERVANT – The 2nd
10. Black Ace – Let’s Kick Some Mouses!
11. D-noise – the pirate song
12. Round Wave Crusher – Show Time (Naked)
13. 撲殺少女工房 – Beach Summer Kisser
14. DONK TERRORIST – Party Dominator
15. BUBBLE-B – WHITE MIRACLE
16. No.305 – いいんちょさんだ！瀬川泉
17. FUCK DJ PAPER CHAOS
And that, as they say, is that. I am curious what kind of track the last track is going to be, but I hope it’s angry and very violent. :p
J-Core Masterz 5: Disaster Strikes
As much as I dislike the series, I don’t believe that this sort of thing is ever justified.
Anyway, in regards to the 5th iteration of J-Core Masterz – the release seems to have been delayed due to the selfish actions of one particular person who was bored and decided to fuck around with people.
If you remember the first track of the tracklist posted here, the first track is called Ichigo 100% by a relative unknown called DJ Paper Chaos.
Unfortunately, it was spotted that Ichigo 100% was not was not DJ Paper Chaos’ own work. Having distributed the track among a circle of producers, one of them managed to spot that the track was not DJ Paper Chaos’ own work but simply a retagged version of いちごコンプリート [Ichigo Complete] by Ma15+MAKI from the ever popular Exit Trance Presents Speed Anime Best series. It was spotted but it too late as the CDs had been pressed when this bombshell dropped onto M-Project. As a result, there is much resentment towards DJ Paper Chaos from both Japanese and overseas hardcore artists because M-Project is very respected and to mess with him is a relatively unknown thought.
DJ Paper Chaos just seems utterly pathetic to do this for kicks, really. M-Project puts a lot of effort into these CDs and people actually do spend their money on them. Not to mention that due to the close knit nature of the Japanese hardcore scene, if this CD went out the way it is – this would have reached Quake Records easily and it would have been bad for M-Project and Mob Squad Tokyo as a whole.
So what’s happening with J-Core Masterz Vol 5? Well, the rumour is that DJ Paper Chaos’ track is getting removed and an extra track is being placed in with the CD being delayed to sometime October. It’s also believed that this bonus track may be “Fuck DJ Paper Chaos” but that’s probably just M-Project being pissed. (DJ Paper Chaos is now being called DJ Toiler Paper Chaos by a number of people, including me. DJ Toilet Paper Chaos down the shitter please!)
EDIT: Thanks to Mr. Anon123456doit, we now have snaps of the douchebag who pulled this stunt off AND screencaps of his myspace before he killed it off. Feel free to laugh at how much of an attention whore he is, and if you ever see him on the streets, you know what he looks like so that you can hit him. (Wait, he lives in England. I could do that!)
J-Core Masterz 5: Tracklist.
Well, M-Project posted on his mixi the tracklist for J-Core Masterz 5. I’ve always disliked J-Core Masterz as a series because compared to its older sister Bastard Pop Terrorists, it’s just not very good. J-Core Masterz is where people from the internet who think that they can make “J-Core” send their tracks over to whoever runs MST and he masters them and releases them on a CD. And to give it some veneer of credibility, you have people like Bubble-B and M-Project contributing.
Artist: Various
Title: J-Core Masterz Vol. 5
Label: Mob Squad Black Label
Catalogue: MSTBL014
Tracklist:
01. DJ Paper Chaos – Ichigo 100%
02. RUMBLETRON – ぴたごら☆フィーバー！
03. M-Project – Get Naked
04. RoughSketch – Pride or Money
05. OZIGIRI – J-FISH MASTERZ
06. die!!die!!color!!! – Trust
07. Round Wave Crusher – SPEED KILLED TEH MOE (TEH NERDKORE EDIT)
08. Black Ace – Flying With Fish
09. MUZIK SERVANT – The 2nd
10. Black Ace – Let’s Kick Some Mouses!
11. DJ Schwarzenegger – Don’t say “crazy”
12. Round Wave Crusher – Show Time (Naked)
13. 撲殺少女工房 – Beach Summer Kisser
14. DONK TERRORIST – Party Dominator
15. BUBBLE-B – WHITE MIRACLE
16. No.305 – いいんちょさんだ！瀬川泉
In short, this album is just made of subpar animu remixes with really shitty music underneath with a few good tracks by the artists who actually know what they’re doing in an attempt to balance it out. Oh, and more Shingo DJ (under his Round Wave Crusher alias) than there needs to be (Two motherfucking tracks, jesus.) So please, don’t bother buying this unless you want to know how truly awful some music can be.
