Flutist grooves to Jazz Fusion!👂🏽|Tokyo Jihen (東京事変), Les Adultes Terribles (恐るべき大人達)

[@nonpika]

東京事変、椎名林檎のファンとして、気づいてほしいところに気づいてくれるあなたは最高のリアクターです🍏私にもスコッチを一杯🍎

[@FauxieDaoJia]

Shiina Ringo is a genius, and quite possibly the most versatile female composer on the planet (at least, found anywhere near a pop chart). Her influence is conspicuous now more than ever, with countless younger artists who are currently doing great things citing her as an inspiration.

[@PaulEngineer]

Tokyo Jihen and Sheena Ringo... one of the greatest series of live show events spanning more than two decades. Their careers are literally an education in the evolution of top flight musicians.

[@richardn8866]

As my late uncle used to say, "these cats ain't play'n jazz, they're play'n cool jazz. It had a chill vibe to it, but felt busy at the same time. He would have really enjoyed this. Thanks!

[@liloloswarn]

I don't understand why you call it Jazz Fusion, but it's always cool to see people discovering the most talented artist of the 21st century... 😀 Please keep on exploring her countless masterpieces !

[@wanyelandy8847]

Tokyo Jihen's arrangement is the best I have ever met in my life. They are super talented.

[@JuanSan66]

Terrific band!. With Sheena Ringo as front woman, singer, composer and national icon (and one of the reasons of one 810 years pidgeon to want to play music). Every one of their members is a top notch musician and composer and their music is absolutely hipnotic. The bassist Seiji Kameda has produced music for Aina The End, Glim Spanky, Plastic Tree or Tokyo Ska Paradise (you can consider every one of these bands as a suggestion, lol), and he consider himself a Band Maid fan. I recomend their live performances, you can find several still available in CD Japan. Thank you señorita!!

[@TheJerm]

OMG! I've been looking for some new (to me) jazz fusion and you just found it for me. This... was... FANTASTIC! Thank you so much, NittPic! 🕊

[@Moodiac67]

My absolute obsession (along with Band-Maid)! There is a Ringo song for every mood and her solo and TJ back catalogues are huge - the gift that keeps on giving!!

[@jonnnnnnnnnnnny2]

Beware. Shiina Ringo is a rabbit hole few has ever climbed up back from. I blame her for making me end up in Japan, and am now living here for 15+ years. I don't know where to start explaining her. I have to say I haven't really kept up with what she's doing the last few years though, and I think Tokyo Jihen is basically on a very long hiatus, or disbanded. I think they were disbanded for many years, only to reunite again and now it's been a long silence again. Ringo started her solo career back in 1998 I think. It was mostly pop and rock at the time when she was in her early twenties, but she became huge in Japan back then and I would say most people, including me, still relate mostly to that era of Ringo. Although she has done a lot since then, not to mention the popular Tokyo Jihen era as well. Getting older (or more mature 😅) her music became more cabaret-y, jazzy, lounge-y, if that makes sense. I think her solo career the last few years is producing a kind of music that is very hard to digest, and honestly goes far beyond my head. Maybe I'll learn to appreciate it if I ever grow up🙃. But, she is a living legend (only one year older than me!).

[@henrixii1614]

I’m same age as yours. And I’m into her since her debut. I still love every bit of her new musics, and still love every bit of her older musics. They are treasurable memories and bookmark of every stage of my life. I sang jihen songs with my son when he’s little, and when I hear those songs now I have great great time remembering every moments. Just enjoy the ride my ringo friend.

[@satocalbee8857]

Bandmaid Miku loves "Ringo Shiina" and ADO also covers her songs. I am blown away by her performance on stage.

[@realdocloco]

No Tokyo Jihen, (maybe) no Band-Maid. Miku discovered she likes "cool music" thanks to TJ's "Gunjō Biyori" on their first album (she also likes to emulate Shiina's pick slide from that song) and started to think about bands from then.

[@gku8744]

An amazing cover is Ado's cover of Crime & Punishment. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmK4pH1oj9OdoZI&start_radio=1

[@TheSeeking2know]

I didn't know about Miku being a fan.

[@fedogma8407]

WOW, Why haven't I heard of Tokyo Jihen before? This was amazing.

[@hedoban_nord]

Cool reaction! Yeah, Sheena Ringo and Tokyo Jihen are great and so interesting.

[@luckyvato]

Hi! Nittpicc. I love your reactions and your laughing at your appropriate times.

[@fastskipper777]

Sheena Ringo is a really famous musician. Her talent is way out there. It cannot be denied. And she had a huge influence on Miku Kobato. She also genre hops as an artist as well. She is also a real good friend with Utada Hikaru; just read into their friendship if you care to. Hikaru being one of the few huge absolute superstars in Jpop, for real. They also did collabs.

[@kairukafuka6022]

Ah, Tokyo Jihen. The Japan's pride of "super" band. Shiina Ringo's vision and musical perspective along with genius individual musicians that also can compose their own music as they mutually support Shiina Ringo's sound and mission. You should react their song 能動的三分間 (Active 3 Minutes) which is flat 3 minutes on the dot duration. xD Hail the Queen of Music (of Japan) Shiina Ringo!

[@dulcim89]

Since Ringo Shiina debuted in 1998, it is difficult to find a Japanese pop or rock singer who has not been influenced by her, whether consciously or unconsciously. This is especially true for female singers. Miku Kobato (BAND-MAID) is one of them. She has broken down the genre barriers in J-POP. She also served as the music director for the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

[@joshen6010]

Many talented artists love her.Such as King Gnu and Fuji Kaze .

[@hannibalz39]

I think you'll have to create a channel especially for reactions to Shiina Ringo... Enjoy! My Japanese wife introduced me to her music almost 10 years ago, and it never ends. Have a nice trip!

[@LuisNunes-ps4sl]

A jazz player rocking a Flying V. I like this ban already 🤘🤘 P.s. Liked the keyboard player almost as much as NittPicc did.

[@oudondondo]

素晴らしいリアクションです！音楽家の方の椎名林檎へのリアクションを聞くのは嬉しい☺️🌸

[@indetigersscifireview4360]

This is my first time hearing Tokyo Jihen and man did I love it. I'll definitely listen to more of them. The absolute rulers of fusion is Steely Dan. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker would combine jazz and rock and soul and reggae in ways you cannot believe. Then they would bring in studio musicians to play. People like Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro, Pretty Purdie, Larry Carlton, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Denny Dias, Chuck Rainey, Wayne Shorter, Victor Feldman, and so many more.

[@XBluestringsX]

thank you for react to my favorite musicians and my fav singer sheena !!

[@Greg-om2hb]

I know Sheena Ringo as a Pop singer, but I had never heard of Tokyo Jihen until now. Wonderful stuff. I see Apple Music has seven of their albums, so that should keep me busy for a while. You might enjoy PIZZICATO 5, a Japanese trio with a female vocalist.

[@realdocloco]

When you really dive into Sheena Ringo's work, you realise she's far from a pop singer - instead, her music touch everything from punk (imagine a band with three bassists - including Sheena - one guitarist - Hisako Tabuchi from Number Girl/Pedro - and one drummer) to progressive (her third album Kalk Samen Kuri No Hana is is indescribable in its beauty, depth and complexity), from alt-rock to smooth jazz. And movie soundtrack. And sport hymn. And foreign songs covers (in french, german or english).

[@うどん大好き-o6j]

東京事変最高！ great musicians

[@royyan8795]

Like your react! Tokyo Jihen is just amazing!

[@realdocloco]

Welcome earthwoman, you just entered the SHEENA/SHIINA RINGO GALAXY. You will travel from star to star, system jazz to system rock, system funk to system punk, system cabaret to system progressive, and visit each planet (song) in each system, and you will never encounter the same landscape! Get ready for a extremely long, rich and exhilarating journey! Seriously: Sheena (Shiina - she uses both) Ringo has been a star since her first solo album (totally composed by her of course) at 20. After three solo albums, she decided she wanted to be part of a band and created Tokyo Jihen with her musicians. Since then, she has kept on doing both, while collaborating with a lot of people and writing for tons of artists. For me, she's the most important solo artist of the XXI century so far. But her work is immense and so varied that it is not always easy to penetrate. So I recommand the chronological method. ... and I realise I'm unfair towards those amazing musicians that I deeply love! My favorite being Seiji Kameda on bass - incredible bassist but also producer (he helped Sheena to co-produced since her first album), festival organiser, radio host (he recently welcomed Saiki and Misa from Band-Maid) and an overall Mr Nice Guy ! But Sheena only play with amazing musicians (she's a multi-intrumentist herself - guitar, bass, drums, piano, melodica, percussions - including apple-shaped shaker (apple="ringo" in japanese ... ) 😉- and she's a good whistler too). Every Tokyo Jihen DVD and Bluray is a gem, but Discovery is amongst their best.

[@liloloswarn]

Tu as tout dit ! 😄

[@TherealSeriousMoonlight]

Finally! Thanks for the reaction!

[@spaolozzi53]

They are the best aren't they? Sheena has a 25 year back catalogue that is full of gems covering all genres and rarely repeats the same arrangement from one tour to the next. Her song Gips was what inspired a young pigeon to want to become a rock musician.

[@realdocloco]

Not "Gips" (an amazing song anyway) but Tokyo Jihen's "Gunjō Biyori"

[@spaolozzi53]

@@realdocloco Yep, I stand corrected.

[@Retec]

I learned about Sheena Ringo from Ohrenje's Miku documentary. I was quite surprised when Sheena did a collaboration with Atarashii Gakko earlier this year - I am absolutely in love with it. It's called Dora 1 Dokusou (ドラ１独走) (I take this to mean something like First Round Draft Pick.) I think it refers to Sheena seeing a lot of herself when she was younger in Suzuka from AG. Their performance together in the MV is amazing!

[@realdocloco]

Oh yes, that Sheena Ringo/Atarashii Gakko! collab would be a fun one to react to! I highly recommand it!

[@NittPicc]

Wait...WHAT?!? THERE'S A COLLAB! *sweating in excitement*

[@Retec]

@@NittPicc Yes, Sheena Ringo's most recent album (English name: Carnival) has a number of collaborations. They are generally the more traditional collab form of "others on a Ringo song", but with her wide range of styles there is still a lot of variety. I recently saw some older footage of Sheena and you can really see the resemblance to Suzuka of AG! in both looks and mannerisms, just slightly less chaotic. I won't spoil anything more than the title, but I think you would enjoy the theme of the video, and would love to see you react to it!

[@Olkam-w5u]

@@NittPicc He's even on Discord in requests )) And Shiina Ringo made 6 songs with different young singers, all the songs are on her channel, by the way, I heard that the rights allow them to be shown there

[@daft73games]

Tokyo Jihen silky smooth vibes.

[@wanderleyjesus6772]

First time! And always you fin gems to start our day.

[@fatcatzero118]

tokyo jihen gunjou biyori is the song which made Miku decided to persuite to be rock star. It would be cool if you react to it.

[@JazzFatcho]

Shiina Ringo was trained as a pianist until she got an illness that caused her to lose balance between her left and right hands, but she can play multiple instruments and made her debut with rock music with shocking lyrics. I think Miku's lyrics are influenced by Shiina Ringo's poetry. Although not as literary as Shiina Ringo, Miku's word choice is clearly Shiina Ringo-esque. Kameda, the bassist of Tokyo Incidents, is a famous producer and has produced many famous Japanese bands and singers, including Spitz. SAIKI and MISA have been invited as guests on Kameda's radio show. Mercedes Benz THE EXPERIENCE Gurst: Band-Maid 2023.11.05

[@tmctmhs]

That Kameda's radio show is still on KZbin. Some of the translations are wrong, but I think you can get the general meaning. Mr. Kameda calls band maids “treasures of Japan!” he says.

[@RA57727]

I’ll agree with you, NittPcc on this, the music resonates with me. Resonates, meaning more than just feeling it (the music) but when an object is in resonance it vibrates in response to the source. At times music causes a reaction in our being that we feel (calm, relaxed, transported away [at that moment in time]) at the core of our being. Crazy as it sounds I can’t say it any better - sorry. Maybe someone else can.

[@InputYourName]

私は東京事変の大ファンです、あなたのこの動画のコメントすべてに同意します！

[@Asumamaru]

Welcome, great place to be: the world of Shiina Ringo and the members of Tokyo Jihen

[@mrcjanssen1]

I agree this song at least is like a chiller version of Cory Wong. Never heard them before. They are really impressive.

[@SGlwg]

Very nice video’ more reaction to her or her band’s live please !

[@liloloswarn]

"How many lives has this woman lived ?" Yeah... 🙃

[@Moodiac67]

Someone should play this song to Kylie Minogue - I could see her having a hit with it. This sequence of the concert up to and including "Fly Me to Heaven" is a masterclass in effortless 'cool'....

[@henrixii1614]

I am sure Sheena loves your comment "how many lives did she lived", you know her in your soul

[@cygnetseven]

Don't sleep on Sheena's solo work. My first introduction to her came in Seattle. I was in Uwajimaya thumbing through CDs and I pulled out one of hers. A salesperson walked up and asked me if I had heard of her. (this was pre TJ) He compared her to Bjork in that her attention to details in production and her alien approach to music was unmatched. This will show you a different side of her that is still unmistakably Sheena. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6XKf5Wqap56i7c

[@Moodiac67]

By way of contrast, this is the same song from a different show: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJzEpXSFgamrgZY

[@ericifune5543]

Sheena Ringo will start a tour in Japan this fall. Her first in six years. She has a new album out. She's the sexiest women in music currently.

[@realdocloco]

She actually toured Japan last year. But this year's tour will be a "Ringo Expo" tour - "Ringo Expo" tours are always her most spectacular ones (I have 'em all of course).

[@blindlemonpye5706]

Sheenas Crime and punishment live version is not to be missed ... Also listen to the jazz avengers .

[@falsemcnuggethope]

She could not only sing a James Bond tune as a side hustle, but she could be the next James Bond as a side hustle.

[@Olkam-w5u]

Hehe, you'll like it -) 椎名林檎 - 私は猫の目 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp3Cl3qBe6uklbssi=uUWu4aZbGWBaXrdf

[@JuanSan66]

@@Olkam-w5u lol...

[@Olkam-w5u]

@@JuanSan66 With Sheena Ringo it's the same story as with Ado. She sings in every genre she wants. He also writes songs, also in all genres.

[@mohdazmin0417]

Sheena Ringo/Tokyo Jihen is love ❤

[@igorpthebogdweller]

you've GOT to listen to their live osca performance

[@joshen6010]

Ringo plays her lives only in Japan.Their tickets are very hard to get...

[@chrisbergsten1429]

Japan went HARD for jazz decades ago, it was hugely influential. City pop is a genre that practically doesn't exist in Western music, it's basically jazz/funk pop. 80s anime soundtracks? It's all city pop and jazz fusion. Classic NES game soundtracks? Jazz fusion. Then you get stuff like this. I checked out Tokyo Jihen and Shiina Ringo's solo work a while while back, and decided it wasn't for me after all, even though I thought I'd be into it. But I must have had some bad luck with album choice or something, because this absolutely slaps. I need to give them another chance.

[@Warpony49]

Patiently waiting for the next Jinjer reaction 🫣🧐🤔😊👍

[@ericifune5543]

Ringo is apple in Japanese, hence the apple imagery.

[@WhirlwindMediaStudio]

Woohoo!!!🎉. You reacted to my favorite Tokyo Incidents song! So, apple is mentioned in the lyrics, the shaker is apple shaped, and Ringo is the Japanese word for apple.🤔How meta?!?! When you circle back to Sheena Ringo, I suggest “Ma Vie, Mes Rêves” (aka “Life Is Full Of Dreams”). The live version of course… kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIfRq4t4icmYY5Isi=jCWfbBweP6JcbOFc

[@powbobs]

You have no idea. 😂 Ringo Sheena is a legend and a huge rabbit hole. I assume you know that she’s Miku Kobato’s idol.

[@luckyvato]

When the band comes in the music reminds me of Sade. Remember her? Anyway I loved this very smooth and jazz club groove.

[@NittPicc]

I love Sade!

[@normanweaver7935]

"and some other nerds" How very dare you, madam 😃

[@NittPicc]

😅😅😅 Ya know, “nerd” may be not the words to use…but I know I am a nerd. Lol. I love you guys.

[@normanweaver7935]

@@NittPicc No, no.... it's the right word... lol

[@佐々木幸司-c7x]

ミクのお話しからって事ね😊

[@Olkam-w5u]

but Shiina Ringo wrote this music))

[@musiq_jp]

最高

[@cliffshelton46]

My take of this type of jazz is these elite musicians only job is to set the mood for the vocalist to tell a story.

[@Olkam-w5u]

The vocalist wrote this song, both the lyrics and the music.

[@hix5030]

Reminds me Swingout Sister a lot.

[@jonnnnnnnnnnnny2]

your scotch 🥃 and some contemplary rocks 🧊🧊

[@amgerth]

A bit like Sade "Smooth Operator"

[@ranger_a6953]

Yep, my first thought. A lot of influence there probably. I don't know if Nittpicc has ever heard of her though. It' a long time ago.

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

ola nittpicc, if you like this I really recommend checking out "jazz avengers" (famous drummer senri kawaguchis all female 8 members phenomenal jazz band) with "pick up the pieces" love it:

[@ThirstyTunaTaco]

The crazy amount of talentfull musicians you can find in jazzclubs in Japan is astonishing.. This is my fav full female groovy jazzband.. Maybe worth a review. The title is................. What is hip ? - TOKYO GROOVE JYOSHI by Juna Serita. It will groove your but off.. Some crazy groovy jazz with shamisen combined.

[@GaijinPaul]

Mmmm atmospheric groove fusion -- been coming up on my algorithm! Not the only excellent Japanese fusion... Very different is Tokyo Groove Jyoshi who you've encountered but not their groove music. Often more bombastic, Jazz Avengers is 8 women, 4 saxes, respect, love, and probably 30 albums among them separately. A Soprano sax who reversed my distaste for the instrument! You'd get to explain triple tonguing and how tenor sax my-other-favorite Miku runs amok in harmonics @5:00 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2HFoGSVZ9meqpY Their drummer/founder is in demand worldwide -- an old fusion combo might make it plain why.... with Philippe Saisse and Armand Sabal-Lecco kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKOre6KPa7etiJI. Bass player Juna Serita seems to be in many of the good bands -- forming some I think -- and had a small US tour. Quite a sense of humor too with her original MV Funk You kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5a6k3R8bq1mrdU and Play that Funky Music (Asian Girl) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIG8lX6JaKaSgKc -- both slightly spicy.

[@BillHallisey]

Is their lead vocalist the "Japanese Sade"?

[@realdocloco]

She has an incredibly broader palette than Sade (whom I like, but whose range of styles is limited). If you want to compare her, think Kate Bush or David Bowie.

[@Rnd227]

For me it's agreeable, but a little too tidy (as not «dirty»). I'll be checking more from them.

[@ShikataGaNai100]

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