PureElegance wrote:Haha, for some reason I've never been interested in him and I could barely make it through a couple of his earlier songs, so after that I didn't bother with him. Maybe I will now since I love a few of the songs on GIFT. I'm still listening to Sanityman. GIFT is really not that horrible Iska, you should try it out and listen!
*just got back from dancing to Sanityman*Wandering_Fox wrote:Have you tried listening to the Izayoi no Tsuki soundtrack? Personally, that's my favorite post-Malice Mizer Kozi CD. It's quirky, fairly creepy, and very different from any of his other CDs, but musically it's quite spot on! I can't think of a single track on it that I don't like! d(^___^)
I wasn't expecting it to be polished, but I thought there might be at least a minimal level of professionalism since Kozi was involved. I don't get why the quality is so much less than Kozi's solo material. Why wouldn't he be holding this project to the same standard as his solo project?flowers wrote:You were expecting this to be professional?
I guess? It still sounds horrible to me, but I get what you're saying about Megaman and I hear the synth parts (I wouldn't say they're "ever-present" at all, if anything that's why the song is lame), but still, it didn't sound "video game" to me. I didn't see the connection to Sonic, but I haven't played anything Sonic in a hundred years since it really never grabbed me like Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, or even Metal Slug and Street Fighter. I still don't know how it sounds techno though.Berserk wrote:As far as RayD5 goes, it's not really the guitar riff or the vocal line that sounds like video game music to me (they sound more punk, actually), but it's the ever-present synth lines that do.
Given that he didn't want to keep running a Mana-style personal project, and he didn't assemble an all-genius team of band members, something had to give, right? These are some of the same people who played for him in the "Loki" days, so the biggest difference is that he let them compose.Berserk wrote:I don't get why the quality is so much less than Kozi's solo material. Why wouldn't he be holding this project to the same standard as his solo project?
No, his TRUE standard of greatness was spitting Jack Daniels all over the front-row fans' expensive lolita clothes at one of his appearances with M10MWandering_Fox wrote:Who knows, this might be the CD that Kozi's been trying to make since 1992 This could be his true standard of greatness!
flowersofnight wrote:No, his TRUE standard of greatness was spitting Jack Daniels all over the front-row fans' expensive lolita clothes at one of his appearances with M10M
I can only assume his next words were "U MAD BRO?"
And thus, Xa-VAT was born. And the rest, as they say, is history.Kozi wrote:What?! I can get smashed on booze AND write music at the same time?? I gotta try that!!!
Yeah, I didn't think it was so awful. Actually, the bad reviews made it even better and it was kind of disappointing how NOT bad it was.Iskanderia wrote:Like PE, I found it basically "not bad" (though I couldn't get two of the tracks to load on YouTube - I'll try again later). I'm not going to bother with a full review but there's some okay stuff here and there (which seems to be the consensus actually). Even Super Naked Disco could be pretty good with a different title and lyrics.
You're killing me here! I don't even remember if that's the one I listened to though. I remember downloading that song and a couple of others (Catharsis I think, another one too), but I don't remember, it's been years since I've listened, the songs aren't even on my Macbook. Now that you've said this I'll have to listen to Honey Vanity and be amazed.@PE: You didn't like Honey Vanity, of all songs?
Get out. (Assuming we're talking about the original and not that stupid remix, in which case, you can stay. For now.)
I wholeheartedly agreeHaus der Lüge wrote:... and Sanityman are so wonderful that I just might.
I didn't think it was terrible per se, just... uninteresting for the most part. I still haven't had any desire to listen to most of the songs a second time, even. I'm just hard on Kozi for that because he's capable of better, and demonstrated as much on this very album.Iskanderia wrote:I just listened to it. I really didn't think it was as terrible as Flowers and Berserk made it out to be.
I knew there would be at least one jazz hater XDhttp://shanethvarosa.tumblr.com/post/24961029864/after-two-weeks-of-waiting-i-have-finally
Keep in mind that maybe... half of that stuff is just my merciless hecklingNocturne wrote:Now from all these interviews and from what people say, he just sounds like he is some drunk who goofs off with band members instead of trying to do something great.
"Oh hey guys, just wanted to let you know I loved all these songs except the objectively best one. They should have left that one out."flowers wrote:I knew there would be at least one jazz hater XD
Camuflagem wrote:I got the impression that the signing is better but the songwritting is quite weak, specially if you compare these songs to his solo albums.