"A New Picture" by KOIAI, Reaction/Analysis by Musician/Producer

[@MegaHogzilla]

I just want them to do more of this. I think they could fill the void that Rush left when they retired. Playing very technically difficult and challenging music that is radio friendly and and still heavy. I think they could pull it off.

[@TheCyberMantis]

This jam is SICK. 🤯 Reminds me of CYNIC and AGHORA. Li-sa-X is the next Steve Vai. She's going to take it to the next level.

[@caprise-music6722]

One of my new favorite bands. A super group of biblical proportions. Also, I love the variation of their songs. Not everyone likes that some songs are more poppy, but I find it refreshing how they can write lovely pop rock tunes and then kick into stuff like A New Picture. 😂 Getting one of the best drummers in the world, Kanade Sato just took this band to the moon!

[@TheRobsam]

Now if they can just lure Waka away from Marty lol.

[@caprise-music6722]

@@TheRobsamlol yes p.s also EAST OF EDEN. But they also rock

[@DRESSMAKER20X]

With this video, a rock fan who only listens to rock, This video has made rock fans who only listen to rock music know KANADE SATO, the world's greatest drummer who can play jazz, fusion, rock, and everything in between. People around the world who listen to jazz and fusion music are no strangers to KANADE SATO. She started playing drums at the age of 3, became a world champion at 12, a professional drummer at 15, and has played with many famous professional fusion bands. I would like to hear a super shred band with KANADE SATO (drums) on the triple guitars of HALCA (guitar), LISA-X (guitar) of ASTERISM, and SAKURA YOSHIDA (guitar) of HAGANE.

[@Dead-EyeMetal]

KOIAI's blend of prog, shred and pop is developing nicely. You can hear the Polyphia influence in a lot of Lisa's stuff but, as I'm not a big Polyphia fan, I much prefer what KOIAI does! Kotono's clean and modern voice will work for a range of tastes, so I'm hoping they do well. This stuff proves that there's still plenty of room for guitars in music with a strong pop element.

[@fastskipper777]

Much agreed.

[@lovehide2006]

完全に同意しました。 もしかしたら、KOIAIは、テクニカルなギタリストを擁するバンドとして、 最も先進的なことに挑戦しているのかもしれません。

[@TheRobsam]

@@Dead-EyeMetal after reading that comment I wasn’t surprised at all that such a perfectly worded statement came from you my friend. Well said.

[@Dead-EyeMetal]

@@TheRobsam Thanks for the kind words. 🙏

[@michelm.6033]

Koiai is definitely one of my favorite Japanese groups. I’m so happy I stayed up to purchase this Blu-Ray when it was released. I wish them all the continued success.

[@curtisi4403]

Same here, hope you also got the autographed photo, it's already on my wall.

[@michelm.6033]

@@curtisi4403 Yes I did! I feel very fortunate to receive the photo.

[@davidlevine1697]

🔥🔥🔥 i usually do not care for this kind of music, but when it is played at this level, i''ll have another helping please. as Harry Belafonte sang, Man Smart, Woman Smarter! at times it is BABYMETAL-esque to me. tyvm for posting, me thinks it is time to go down the KOIAI rabbit hole. ☮❤🙏

[@PrescottJackson-ih9ow]

I think Kanade really enjoys playing with these musicians and playing this kind of music.,🎼🎵🎵😎

[@mattmartian1658]

Crazy..I've been following the drummer and guitar player since they were little kids on KZbin.. now they are in the same band playing awesome music.

[@terotten]

@@mattmartian1658 Muses is fantastic band too...Kanade,Rie,Juna and Maria...I loved But KOIAI is absolutely one of best femaleband...thank you 🇫🇮 ❤️ 🇯🇵

[@JK-tz6kk]

The Bluray soldout immediately, without any further printing planned to date. Hope they print more, and extend this song a bit.

[@StrateleStudios]

Daaaaaaang!

[@TheRobsam]

I was lucky enough to get one. Do you know how many were printed? I don’t believe I ever heard.

[@jjo154]

Jeff, the vocalist (Kotono) is the same one who was on "Automatic". This song confused me. It's like metal mixed with circus music, lol. But yeah, you absolutely cannot deny the virtuosity of this band.

[@AngelLWJ]

This is a very good song, but this is not koiai's usual style. I hope they can make more songs like this instead of being close to pop rock

[@RobinC63]

Totally agree.

[@TheRobsam]

KOIAI don’t really have a “usual” style. Their music is all over the map.

[@LynnR-ch3fl]

So talented..sometimes sounded like Eddie Van Halen!

[@jeffthompson4911]

Hello Stratele Studios, just discovered your channel. I'm going to see Leonid & Friends in September and watched a bunch of their music here. Thank you for your channel. I subscribed and liked......Leonid Vorobyen is an amazing talent to assemble these musicians..........Thanks..................Jeff Thompson Rockford Illinois

[@keithvincent8760]

I love this too😊

[@jimpollock8303]

The quieter, "Ooom-Pah" paced sections, to me, are coming out of the cabaret tradition, with its almost-spoken delivery. Think Kurt Weill and his era.

[@anthonypowell6234]

Japanese library assistants show us how easy this whole music thing is.

[@RobinC63]

This song/video instantly flew into my top 10 list! I’m a multi-genre performer and composer and love to write music that fuse styles, instruments etc so this is right in my wheelhouse.

[@RobinC63]

I’d also like add that the Cabaret part (thank you for that, I was trying to find the word that describes it) reminded me of Kaizers Orchestra. I believe you did a reaction to them some time ago.

[@fedogma8407]

That was delightfully insane.

[@mariuskraft3155]

Nice. Slice of Kaizers Orchestra in there?!?

[@RobinC63]

I had the same thought.

[@hiawatha.g]

This is beyond description. You were sort of lost for words, which is pretty much appropriate.

[@BulletProofSoul1029]

KOIAI's music is more pop based, I would love to see them create more material like this. The main guitarist Li-sa-X is a 19 y/o prodigy who has been doing guitar shredding KZbin videos since she was 6. One of her most viral videos was playing a cover of Racer X:'s "Scarified" when she was 8. That video ultimately caught the attention of Paul Gilbert who then offered (she accepted) to take her own as a student (Gilbert has a huge following in Japan. He hosted a Japanese metal music game show with Marty Friedman, speaks fluent Japanese and had a Japanese wife). The other guitarist Hazuki is a technical wizard. You can really get a sense of her technical ability as she plays Steve Vai level instrumentals in Ibanez videos demoing her signature guitars and products. Her main band is the all female metal band Nemophila which isbconsiderd one of the top 3 all-female Japanese metal/rock bands along with Band Maid and LoveBites. The drummer Kanade Sato is another child prodigy who became a professional Jazz/Fusion drummer at 5. Theres a lot of talent here, can't wait to see what these young ladies have in store for the future.

[@keithvincent8760]

More talent in Lisa's x little toe,than all in uk top40.

[@maximushaughton2404]

I 1st herd the drummer, KANADE SATO when she was 16, she was playing in a band at a festival in London, with a band now called "Muses", who are a jazz fusion band. At the time it was just called Rie a.k.a. Suzaku, who the guitarist in Muses. Muses：Twilight of Rio / Muses Live Version kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqqyf5Swr7SNhLc They are a great instrumental band if you like jazz fusion, and want to see some great musicians.

[@k3w1b3an5]

OK. Never seen or heard of this band. But holy shit that sounds great. And wtf is Hazuki doing in it ?

[@timgove5337]

Hazuki was actually with LisaX first, continuously since 2017. Nemophila could be seen as a happy accident, when Saki asked her in 2019 to become a fifth member…

[@k3w1b3an5]

@@timgove5337 ahh. I discovered the wonderful world of Japanese rock and metal 2 years ago and I'm still learning. Thanks for the info.

[@timgove5337]

The scene is rich. Lots of collaborations(see shred racers, ironbunny, Saki’s recent show with: Senri Kawaguchi, Gacharic Spin’s Hana, & a bassist from another band), people switching bands, etc. As Hazuki’s band Disqualia stopped working, 3 members (Hazuki, Narumi, RisaRisa) supported LisaX, then Rami (founding Aldious singer), before Narumi put out a solo album, filled in for Aldious (esp in the USA) then was original member of Lonesome Blue. Just from Hazuki alone you get 6(8+?! Depends, do you count Ibanez using her originals to promote their product? etc) projects, including with people like Wakzaemon (Marty Friedman band, East of Eden), Narumi, Saki, Murata Tamu, not to mention the connections of LisaX (see her own recaps: “looking back” on her youth, & q&a) and Kanade Sato (Juna serita, fusion projects, footsteps of SenriK), and even Kotono(IronBunny, babymetal). Each of them is their own rabbit hole!

[@not-so-great-oldone9780]

@@k3w1b3an5 and the bassist, Wakazaemon, is in East of Eden and is Marty Freidman’s bassist too.

[@TheRobsam]

@@timgove5337I would suggest starting with Gacharic Spin but I’m extremely biased lol

[@christopherjohnferrer3771]

The prodigy Li-sa-X 🤘🎸🇯🇵

[@JIRO-FX3150]

The structure of the song may seem a little strange, but the playing ability of these kids is real.

[@paulread4886]

Yet they can play straight pop rock stuff that should be on mainstream radio, and get A Grammy. "One Way Or Another" live. btw, not the Blondie song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIKymaCFbKaZaKs