Jazz

After taking up smoking as a minor and jumping in bed with a middle-aged man and totally screwing her fans over, Ai Kago is back in the business. She’s been doing all kinds of things lately, she’s been in an Hong Kong movie, published a book, lived in Los Angeles, thought about suicide and the list goes on.

As for her music, she released a J-pop single in June 2009 called “no hesitAtIon”, and just last month she released AI KAGO meets JAZZ, an English album with covers of popular jazz songs (+1 Japanese cover).

Ai Kago – no hesitAtIon

I can’t say that I’ve ever been a big fan of Kago, but I did enjoy watching her and Tsuji goofing around back in the days. Her scandals didn’t make things any better, but this jazz album might actually be the thing that can turn things around. My expectations of this album were very low, but Kago really shows that she has become a completely different person, she’s nothing like the Kago we saw in Hello! Project. [click to continue…]

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Monday Michiru is releasing her new album, “NEXUS”, on November 26. And here’s the PV for “Sands Of Time”, which is on the album. I like it a lot, it’s more upbeat than what her music usually sounds like. She’s said herself that this is one of her most powerful albums, so I’m looking forward to it. Her sound in this song really reminds me of Jazztronik (which is featured on the album) and JAFROSAX.

What do you think?

www.mondaymichiru.com

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