Our feature series Origins provides artists with a space to break down everything that went into their latest release. Today, Hatis Noit, Armand Hammer, and Preservation take us through their new single, “Jomon.”
Japanese vocal performer Hatis Noit has shared a reworking of her song “Jomon” by the producer Preservation and featuring New York City rap duo Armand Hammer. With newly added hip-hop beats and rap verses, the song is vastly different from the original, which was exclusively a chant-style of music.
The hypnotic vocals from Noit remain, but rather than being the focal point of the song, they are merely another instrument in this rework used to support Armand Hammer’s vocals in the front of the mix.
“Generally, when I write songs, the theme normally does not come first,” the artist tells Consequence. “But rather some impulse within me lets me produce voices that come out of my body,...
Japanese vocal performer Hatis Noit has shared a reworking of her song “Jomon” by the producer Preservation and featuring New York City rap duo Armand Hammer. With newly added hip-hop beats and rap verses, the song is vastly different from the original, which was exclusively a chant-style of music.
The hypnotic vocals from Noit remain, but rather than being the focal point of the song, they are merely another instrument in this rework used to support Armand Hammer’s vocals in the front of the mix.
“Generally, when I write songs, the theme normally does not come first,” the artist tells Consequence. “But rather some impulse within me lets me produce voices that come out of my body,...
- 2/21/2024
- by Venus Rittenberg
- Consequence - Music
Koji Shima’s Eye-Popping Warning From Space (1956) will be available on Blu-ray From Arrow Video October 13th
The first Japanese science fiction film to be made in color, Koji Shima s Warning From Space features eye-popping special effects from the same team at Daiei Studios that would bring Gamera to life a decade later.
As Japan is rocked by mysterious sightings of UFOs over Tokyo and large one-eyed aliens attempting contact, scientists collaborate to investigate the unexpected rise in extraterrestrial activity. Unbeknownst to them, one of the aliens has already assumed human form and is about to deliver a very important message that could be humanity s last hope for survival.
With a witty script by Hideo Oguni (screenwriter of several Akira Kurosawa classics including Seven Samurai) and iconic starfish-like aliens designed by avant-garde artist Taro Okamoto, the original Japanese version of Warning From Space finally makes its official English-language video debut.
The first Japanese science fiction film to be made in color, Koji Shima s Warning From Space features eye-popping special effects from the same team at Daiei Studios that would bring Gamera to life a decade later.
As Japan is rocked by mysterious sightings of UFOs over Tokyo and large one-eyed aliens attempting contact, scientists collaborate to investigate the unexpected rise in extraterrestrial activity. Unbeknownst to them, one of the aliens has already assumed human form and is about to deliver a very important message that could be humanity s last hope for survival.
With a witty script by Hideo Oguni (screenwriter of several Akira Kurosawa classics including Seven Samurai) and iconic starfish-like aliens designed by avant-garde artist Taro Okamoto, the original Japanese version of Warning From Space finally makes its official English-language video debut.
- 9/28/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In the 1950s, while the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States heightened the threat of nuclear war, storytellers and filmmakers attempted to capture the mood of the times within their works. With the images of the atom bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima on everyone’s mind especially the science-fiction genre emphasized the catastrophic outcome of nuclear technology which can be seen in works like Ishiro Honda’s “Godzilla” and Robert Wise’s “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. Especially the former sparked a plethora of similar stories and resulted in a boom for the genre, with many Japanese studios wanting their share of the success of Honda’s feature. In 1956, Daei released “Warning from Space, directed by Koji Shima, a feature that was met with negative reviews upon release, but has been a source of inspiration for other filmmakers, such as Stanley Kubrick.
- 9/27/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
My first experience of Taro Okamoto’s artwork the ‘Tower of the Sun’ was on 5th March 2011, when I travelled to the Expo ’70 Stadium in Suita, Osaka to watch Gamba Osaka take on Cerezo Osaka. Travelling on the monorail to the stadium, a clear view of the piece can be had from the window, lurking mysteriously. But other than a strange monument, obviously part of the 1970 Expo held in the city, I thought little of it. Kosai Sekine’s documentary debut named after Okamoto’s work lets it be known that the Tower of the Sun is much, much more.
“Tower of the Sun” screened at Camera Japan 2019
Through a series of talking heads interviews with various artists, art critics and academics from various disciplines, Sekine tells the story of the artwork, from its commission to Okamoto’s intentions behind its design, before looking at how it is a symbol...
“Tower of the Sun” screened at Camera Japan 2019
Through a series of talking heads interviews with various artists, art critics and academics from various disciplines, Sekine tells the story of the artwork, from its commission to Okamoto’s intentions behind its design, before looking at how it is a symbol...
- 9/28/2019
- by Andrew Thayne
- AsianMoviePulse
The third edition of the Japannual Film Festival takes place from 1st to 6th of October in Vienna. This year, the festival celebrates the 150th anniversary of Austrian-Japanese diplomatic relations with an excellent selection of films, showing the highlights of the bygone year. Besides the modern cinema, Japannual features two movies of the infamous director Koji Wakamatsu accompanied by the short films of video artist Yuri Muraoka.
The opening film “Blue Hour” (2019), a multi-layered comedy about a sudden family visit, is the first feature by female director Yuko Hakota and was already celebrated at the Nippon Connection Festival for its portrayal of strong female characters.
Strong female characters can also be seen in Kosai Sekine’s “Love at Least” (2018) and Momoko Fukuda’s “My Father, My Bride” (2019). Both directors will be present at the festival and so it the actress Shuri, who gives an intriguing performance of a mentally ill...
The opening film “Blue Hour” (2019), a multi-layered comedy about a sudden family visit, is the first feature by female director Yuko Hakota and was already celebrated at the Nippon Connection Festival for its portrayal of strong female characters.
Strong female characters can also be seen in Kosai Sekine’s “Love at Least” (2018) and Momoko Fukuda’s “My Father, My Bride” (2019). Both directors will be present at the festival and so it the actress Shuri, who gives an intriguing performance of a mentally ill...
- 9/28/2019
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
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