BluWacky from Aquarion OVA is an ending theme, and not an opening theme as previously reported. Also, here’s a sample of the song:

Suashi:

The song starts off with a twinkly, popping beat and progresses into a minimalistically arranged ballad with light vocal harmony. Akino’s voice doesn’t seem to have changed that much from her former songs from Aquarion. She still belts in a high-pitched falsetto when reaching high notes, which is one point I’d really like her to improve on as it doesn’t fit ballad-type songs. If you also notice, she has an accent when she says her t’s and a’s. Overall, aside from the synth, I think the song is generic and not memorable.

We’ll still have to hear if there is any new background music written for this OVA. I’m thinking of publishing the unreleased songs already, because one viewer from Wanna be a Wind has mentioned that only the existing songs were used and the release of a new album is slim. But here’s to hoping. (more…)

I must have missed this one when I got hold of the Ragnarok 2 OST rips. This song is named “Yoru_Vo”, which a version of “Yoru_Vln” with vocals. I suspect that the vocalist is no less than Ilaria Graziano, just listen to the song at about 24 seconds. The inflection of the vocals is very, very Ilaria. The vocalist has been confirmed to be no less than Ilaria Graziano.

Now I can’t tell if this song has gibberish lyrics or not, because it sounds French or Russian, and I’m not very familiar with those two languages. If anyone knows the language, or knows that it’s not French or Italian or Russian or some other language, please post a comment so that we may know. EDIT: I guess it’s none of the languages I suspect. It must be Kannonese

Yoru with Vocals:

So what do you guys think?

Yoru with Vocals
Unofficial Lyrics by mai

tsnaputyi
les tani a
mi chesla mie
pratsie pushkan

trapayon
ipatsamoun
la poshta ken
le stalion

zaktuwan
de anti
meshermite
shiterkamanie

astali isien ga non
kuwaie ma
el morti nan
(more…)

Luke / Ed in the Desert from YKDB showed us a couple of CD jacket scans and I noticed that there is a discrepancy from the lyrics in the CD jacket and those published in this site, so the lyrics have been changed. View the new set of lyrics in the Aqua lyrics page.

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Thanks Ed, you rock!

Hi everyone, head on down to Grand Funk , the new CM from Suntory Vittel is composed by Kanno, performed by Dominique. It’s pretty dramatic at the start, and ends in a lighter mood with a guy singing, “Bonjour Paris!”.

You may also view the CM at the official Suntory Vittel page. Looks like it’s about a Japanese guy who left the country to be in Paris! (more…)

(Countdown finished)

Lazy me decides to create a countdown to the release of The Aquarion OVA instead of making a vigil to the date. Happy page refreshing

Details:
Release Date: May 25, 2007
Music: Yoko Kanno, Hisaaki Hogari
Intro Ending Song: “Barefoot” by AKINO of Bless4

For those who have not listened to the Aquarion OSTs, it is highly recommended for Kanno fans who liked her formula in Escaflowne. (more…)