Kaya New Album: GOTHIC - 04.12

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I've just been lurking around for a while, but I'll make my return post here :p

I preordered the album (B-Type) and it should be here Wednesday/Thursday, so I'll post scans of the lyrics if anyone wants them. I've listened to the album sans instrumentals (Gothic Elements, Pendel etc) and I'm pretty happy with it so far so mini-review on the tracks that have been rearranged & new:

Remains of Mind: I always liked the old version and this track just feels like it's had the dust polished off it. Production standards are improved, some new strings in the intro... Solid track.

Traumerei: I had no idea who Rookie was (I thought he was a guitarist in a VK band, idk) so this track came as a surprise. I'm guessing the only real instrument in this track is the violin? Still, the rest of the instruments sound sharp enough so it gets away with that. It's nice to hear Kaya's falsetto but in places it sounds a bit flat, but I really enjoyed it.

Babylon: I didn't mind the original, but I really like the remake just for the changes towards the end because it sounds a bit more trippy. That's all I have to say ::meev::

Sodomy: I thought this track sounded horrendous in the previews on Amazon and not much better in the youtube clip, but I actually really like it! The production is much better then usual, sounds a bit Rose Jail/Addict-ish until the second chorus when it introduces some *gasp* new synthesizers that sound incredibly sexy. Also, did anybody else notice the 'Maria' & 'Sodomy' lyrics? Why does something tell me this will involve the virgin mary ::meev::

Salome: Probably my favourite single so far, even though I thought it sounded a bit too... crowded? It just sounded too confusing in places. Essentially this is it stripped down to just guitar/bass/drums and a few synthesizers but sounds so much better. The instruments are real, the vocals are basically the same but it sounds so so SO much cooler. It would be awesome to see this played live.

Memento Mori: Someone said that the PV reminded them a bit of old-school VK. I don't necessarily agree, but there's something really nostalgic about this track. It's less intense then Infection, but seems much more... personal? I don't know. But it's a solid track, has a cool vocal part towards the end (because I feel like Kaya doesn't live up to his potential of holding notes long) and it's a good track.

Danse Macabre: It's mostly, but not entirely engrish but it's so enjoyable. Like Zencho said it's a track that sounds like it could be played at a party, if not for the awful english pronounciation :p

Tempest: I was so so worried this would sound like a gay 80's club anthem mixed with chanson electro goth jazz :P Thankfully, it's not. If it's an indicator that Kaya could write some of his own tracks, even in collaboration with other composers, it has merit for that.

Also, Kaya has a mini-site for Gothic which has other VK artists/musicians commenting on their input or what they thought of it, along with a page of Kaya's liner notes: http://kaya-rose.com/gothic/
 

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The rest of Sodomy has nothing to do with Maria - it's only that one random line.
I was listening to it and that made me go WHA? too, so I'm glad someone else was a little thrown off.

The song is a simple tribute to sodomy. That's all :lol:
But it and Traumerai are the only songs on the album I could really get into...I'm going to have to skip this one.

The beginning of Tempest was fun though.

(PS Traumerai reminds me something aweful of another song but I can't remember which, if anyone has any ideas...)
 

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faith wrote:
The rest of Sodomy has nothing to do with Maria - it's only that one random line.
I was listening to it and that made me go WHA? too, so I'm glad someone else was a little thrown off.

Thank god. I was confused & kind of interested to see where he would go with it :lol:
 

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Manneking wrote:
Also, Kaya has a mini-site for Gothic which has other VK artists/musicians commenting on their input or what they thought of it, along with a page of Kaya's liner notes: http://kaya-rose.com/gothic/
I was disappointed that Misa didn't contribute anything. Maybe he was too ashamed XD
 

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Finally received both versions with a beautiful extra fee from the customs of my country, yay... ::hora:: ::hora:: ::hora::

Really liked the new songs, I'll probably stick with Danse Macabre and Tempest for a while but Memento mori is quite good too, and Traumerei has an enjoyable chorus.

Although I gotta say the album as a whole would've been slightly more enjoyable if he didn't include those silly and unnerving instrumental interludes, absolutely non-sensical. They won't go into my iPod and will be forgotten ::gaku::


PS: I kinda wanna post up the lyrics for Danse Macabre but I think you people are gonna think I'm f***ing with you all :lol:
 

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I doubt we will. Please do this.
 

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Koji wrote:
Finally received both versions with a beautiful extra fee from the customs of my country, yay... ::hora:: ::hora:: ::hora::

I was gonna say this too. I got charged £20 (£7 customs, £13 handling fee) which is ridiculous. Anyone know how difficult it is to challenge the handling fee for parcels?

Also, please post the lyrics! I'm sure they'll be a delight ::meev:: I'm gonna scan the lyrics for BI-Type in the next few hours if anyone wants to have a shot at translating them.
 

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There you go then, don't tell me I didn't warn you XD

Danse Macabre

Danse Macabre
Come to my world, a dreamy land where everything is permitted
My dear little boy

Danse Macabre
I will adorn your future
I will steal away your past
Let me kiss your lips

Close your eyes, hold my hands
And shall we go to the dance floor?

I will become a sparkling night rose
I will give you sweet punishment

Close your eyes, hold my hands
And shall we go to the dance floor?
I will burn all your sins here for you
Baby, can you hear me?

きらめく闇に抱かれて
連れ去ってゆくよ
すべて輸される場所へ
闇の果て
愛の果て

Danse Macabre
Come to my world, a dreamy land where everything is permitted
My dear little boy

Danse Macabre
I will adorn your future
I will steal away your past
Let me kiss your lips

It's just Kaya usual themes/stuff just translated to CORRECT English but sang in Ingrish...
 

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That cleared some things up... Since I'm not a native english speaker I have a REALLY hard time hearing what other non-native speakers say X'D so... "my dear little boy" sounded like he sang something about robots....and I could/can really hear him say "and shall we go to the death row" ::meev::

About customs, Koji, don't you live in Japan?
Since cdjapan offered to mark packages as gifts I haven't got any nasty fees to pay ::gaku::
 

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Not anymore... my year in Japan ended some months ago, too bad...

I'm in Spain now and had to pay 30€ of customs fees while paying the most expensive shipping method at CDJapan and still having to wait like 12 days for the package to arrive so yeah, fml. (and my package was also marked as gift and they didn't mind that at all...)
 

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I've uploaded the scans to a rar file (approximately 5mb) and the link is here: http://www.filedropper.com/kayagothicbscans

It includes all the lyrics, the credits, the disc and so on. I had them scanned in at 3000x1500 pixels (approximately) so they do appear massive, but are legible for those want to translate :) there's a cool photo in the middle of the booklet that I forgot to scan in, but I'll do that tonight or tomorrow if I have time.
 

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Koji wrote:
Not anymore... my year in Japan ended some months ago, too bad...

I'm in Spain now and had to pay 30€ of customs fees while paying the most expensive shipping method at CDJapan and still having to wait like 12 days for the package to arrive so yeah, fml. (and my package was also marked as gift and they didn't mind that at all...)
Ow, I always go for SAL, and so far that with marking the order as a gift has spared me the fee.... I think it's more likely to get stuck in customs with EMS, at least my own experience say so. I haven't payed customs for a year now...
 

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I thought he usually included the lyrics in English...?
Anyhow there's this Polish group who'll do it I'm sure.
But if they don't I'll give it a go with my rusty Japanese.

Thanks for the lyrics (and the lyrics to danse macabre didn't surprise me at all. Why would they?)
 

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faith wrote:
I thought he usually included the lyrics in English...?
Anyhow there's this Polish group who'll do it I'm sure.
But if they don't I'll give it a go with my rusty Japanese.

Thanks for the lyrics (and the lyrics to danse macabre didn't surprise me at all. Why would they?)

I noticed recently he had, but perhaps with an album release he decided not to because of costs for extra pages or something.

This cd design was weird though; it was a digipak but the front page of the booklet had been glued to the inner page cardboard so it kind of hung off ::meev:: Did he do that with Queen or is that recent too?
 

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Hate this New art on this cd and these gothic singles, too much to pay for this shit, obviously I bought them all u.u
 

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Guess it's a way of cutting down the costs of production while still selling it like gold nuggets XD
I'm not really fond of it either but not having a crystal case prevents having stuff with scratches, this is way cleaner and less fragile to move around.
 

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i feel so happy kaya finally going through his gothic roots again so excited about this news xD
 

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Oh come on :P

So have the lyrics been translated yet?
 

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Ok...in that case, I can either do them, or you can wait until someone more skilled does it. Or you can write to Kaya and ask the Justin guy to do it.

It's up to you guys....dites moi ce que vous voulez.
 
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