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Nextreme
''Nextreme'' (stylised in all caps) is the sixth EP by Japanese electronicore band Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas. It was released on 13 July 2011 through VAP. The title ''Nextreme'' was formed from "next" and "extreme" (or "limit"), meaning that the band received the previous work and thrust their "next limit" into a mini album. The EP made its debut at number 8 on the Oricon chart with 12,126 copies in its first week sales. ''Nextreme'' won the CD Shop Awards for New Blood category in 2012. The song "Jump Around" was selected to appear in the video game ''Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 ''Pro Evolution Soccer 2012'' (''PES 2012'', known as ''World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2012'' in Asia) is a video game which is the eleventh edition in the ''Pro Evolution Soccer'' series developed and published by Konami. Lionel Messi, who was the c ...'' as the fourth track, and "Chase the Light!" was used as the opening theme for the second season of the anime '' Kaiji''. Track listing Personnel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fear, And Loathing In Las Vegas
is a Japanese electronicore band from Kobe that was formed in summer 2008. The band currently consists of vocalist So, keyboardist Minami, guitarist Taiki, drummer Tomonori, and bassist Tetsuya. They are best known for their heavy use of vocoder and synthesizer blended with emo/metalcore music and rave beats. History Founded in 2008 summer, the band was originally formed by members of the bands Ending for a Start and Blank Time. A year later, after an extensive search, So (former member of Bombreligion) joined as the sixth member. In 2010, Pac (wrestler), PAC started using their song "Evolution (Entering the New World)" as his theme music when wrestling in Dragon Gate (wrestling), Dragon Gate. In 2011, the song "Jump Around" from the band's extended play, EP ''Nextreme'' was selected to appear in the video game ''Pro Evolution Soccer 2012'' (in Asia: ''World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2012'') as the fourth track. The song "Chase the Light!" was used as the opening theme for ''Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All That We Have Now
''All That We Have Now'' is the second studio album by Japanese electronicore band Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas. It was released on 8 August 2012 through VAP (company), VAP. This is the last release to feature founding member Mashu on bass. He left the band in 2013, and was later replaced by Kei. The album's title, ''All That We Have Now'', says that they have become their culmination content so far. The album reached number 4 on Oricon chart, sold 23,525 copies in its first week release. The single of the album, "Just Awake", originally recorded in Japanese, was later released with an English version. It was used as the first ending theme of the ''Hunter × Hunter'' reboot anime. Track listing Personnel Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas * So – clean vocals, backing unclean vocals, programming * Minami – unclean vocals, rapping, keyboards, programming * Sxun – lead guitar, backing vocals * Taiki – rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Mashu – bass * Tomonori – drums, pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and '' The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 EPs
Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number) * One of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith *''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle *''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff *''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music * Eleven (band), an American rock band * Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label *Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' (Reamonn album), 2010 * ''Eleven'' (Martina McBride album), 2011 * ''Eleven'' (Mr F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Japan
''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine '' Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from ''Billboard''s parent company to the Billboard brand name in Japan,"Hanshin Contents Link, the operator of Billboard Japan": and manages, among others, the website www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country. In February 2008, Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from ''Billboard'', launched the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100 music chart. As of 2025, the list of charts compiled by ''Billboard Japan'' also included an albums chart named ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Albums, physical-sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales and Top Albums Sales, download-only-based charts Download Songs and Download Albums, an animation music chart named Hot Animation, and a chart for foreign songs named Hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artists And Repertoire
Artists and repertoire (or A&R for short) is the division of a record label or music publishing company that is responsible for scouting, financing, and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists and songwriters. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label or publishing company. Responsibilities Finding talent The A&R division of a record label is responsible for finding new recording artists and bringing those artists to the record company. A&R staff may go to hear emerging Musical ensemble, bands play at nightclubs and festivals to scout for talent. Personnel in the A&R division are expected to understand the current tastes of the market and to be able to find artists who will be commercially successful. An A&R executive is authorized to offer a record contract, often in the form of a "deal memo" – a short, informal document that establishes a business relationship between the recording artist and the record company. The actual contract negot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiji (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' since February 1996. The story centers on Kaiji Itō, a consummate gambler, and his misadventures around gambling. The ''Kaiji'' manga consists of six series; the current series, ''Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: 24 Oku Dasshutsu-hen'', started in 2017. In North America, the first manga series was licensed for English release by Denpa (company), Denpa, being released in a six-volume omnibus edition, with the first volume published in 2019. Manga Planet also licensed the first series for digital release in 2020. The first two manga series were adapted into two anime television series of 26 episodes each, produced by Madhouse (company), Madhouse and broadcast on Nippon TV; ''Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor'' aired from October 2007 to April 2008, and ''Kaiji: Against All Rules'' aired from April to September 2011. Crunchyroll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
''Pro Evolution Soccer 2012'' (''PES 2012'', known as ''World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2012'' in Asia) is a video game which is the eleventh edition in the ''Pro Evolution Soccer'' series developed and published by Konami. Lionel Messi, who was the cover star for the series since ''Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, PES 2009'', was replaced by ''Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, PES 2008'' cover star Cristiano Ronaldo, while Borussia Dortmund player Shinji Kagawa replaces Messi as the cover star for the Japanese release. The US and Latin American cover features Santos FC, Santos player Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo. Like previous versions of the game, it was licensed by UEFA to contain the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup competitions along with a license from CONMEBOL to feature the Copa Santander Libertadores. Referees' governing UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup matches will wear the official UEFA Champions League uniforms, which is a first fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ... and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets () and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Shop Awards
The is an annual set of music awards presented in Japan. It is sponsored by All-Japan CD Shop Employees Union and awarded based on votes by CD shop employees from all over Japan, with the goal of bringing awareness to underappreciated, high quality Japanese records. It is referred to as a "music edition of Japan Booksellers' Award". History The CD Shop Awards was started in 2008, inspired by the Japan Booksellers' Award. The first edition included Grand Prix and Runner-Up awards. Starting from the second edition, regional award and western music award were added. The fourth edition introduced the Newcomer Award, Maestro Award, and Live Performance Award awards. Sixth edition featured new categories, such as Classical Award, Jazz Award, and Enka Award. In 2019, two categories for the Grand Prix award were added: "red" – overall best record, and "blue" – great record by an up-and-coming artist. Voting All CD shop employees (including part-time employees) can vote via on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
