蜷咲判蠎ｧ縲?"MEIGA-ZA" The Song Inspired by Yubari is a song written and composed by Cheep Hiroishi, and sung together with JUNCO.  This song's title meaning literally means "Classic Film Theater" when translated into English.

Below is a promotion video of the song that was shot all in Yubari.  It is a very beautiful song and will really feel your heart and soul with its melody and nostalgic feeling.

Leave a comment below and tell me what you thought about the song.

Same Old Story: A Trip Back 20 Years the film that won Best International Music Documentary in New York will be making its 2nd festival appearance, but this time on home ground at the Yubari Fantastic International Film Festival 2009.



Besides showing the film, Cheep Hiroishi and newly discovered JUNCO will be performing live every night of the festival.  The show times are below for the concert.  Hope to see you all at the festival. 

Winner: Best International Music Documentary was the award won by Discovery Firm, Inc. for its film Same Old Story: A Trip Back 20 Years at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. 

It was already an official win, but since we couldn't make the award ceremonies, the festival had to mail us our certificate which I just received the other day.  So anyway here it is. 

More than some "big win" it is something to keep as a memory of our accomplishment.

For all of my readers who follow Japanese music, Discovery has just released a new album paying tribute to one of Japan's most famous song writer and composer, Hayashi Tetsuji (Last name first).

The album is called 4 Tears produced by Cheep Hiroishi and it features 4 cover songs sung by 4 different female artists living on the northern island of Japan, Hokkaido.

The first song is called "September" originally sung by Takeuchi Mariya and cover by CARIN.
The second title is "Mayonaka no Doa" (Midnight Door) originally by Matsubara Miki and cover by Kakimoto Nanae.
The third song is "Senaka" (Back) originally by Misora Hibari, cover by ERINA.
The fourth and final song is "Kanashii Iro Yane" (Sad Color Right?) by Ueda Masaki, cover by JUNCO.

You can listen to the samples at the 4Tears MySpace Music page. Though the songs are kinda old now the new singers bring life back into the words.

Junco's promotion video "Kanashii Iro Yane" meaning "Sad Color, don't you think" is not a brand new PV, but new to this blog. Just thought I would post it here to save everyone time from clicking to a different site. Anyway here is an excerpt from Junco's promotion video "Kanashii Iro Yane"  If you like the video please leave your comment below.  I know it is in Japanese, but even if you don't understand the language you will definitely feel the "spirit".