TM NETWORK Set Foot on the Earth to Investigate a Human Life

TM NETWORK, one of the famous Japanese bands, began their career as a professional musician on April 21, 1984. They has tried different genre of music such as rock, electro, funk, and Latin music.

Breaking the rest period, TM NETWORK restarted on March 20, 2012. The band appeared on the charity concert ALL That LOVE -give&give- for victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The concert turned the hands of a clock of TM NETWORK.

In parallel with the charity concert TM NETWORK prepared the new concert. The concert TM NETWORK CONCERT -Incubation Period- was held on April. They built the following concept for the stage: the members of TM NETWORK come from the space. Their mission is to investigate how people on the earth live and what they think and to report them to the brain of their mother ship.

The new song I am was released on the same day as the concert. All of FANKS, which means the fans of TM NETWORK, were so glad to listen to new song after an interval of about five years! By the way, Mike Smith, ex-Limp Bizkit, plays guitar for this song.



The term for TM NETWORK as an investigator is 30 years. They have performed the mission since 1984. They have to pass a torch to next investigators. In 2012, they began to instruct their followers for a new investigator.

The concert TM NETWORK FINAL MISSION -START investigation- was held on July, 2013. Three new investigators appears on a rural town in U.S. in 1950's to try to watch a human life. People are close to the newcomers including the investigators, but some conservative persons did not trust them and then attacked them. The investigators recognized that it is also one of human behavior. TM NETWORK waited and saw how the new investigators move.

Many investigators came to the earth in several time and place. They committed the human life and history. If a superior human being, as it is called a genius, such as Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci were be an investigator, we can think that they came to the earth to contribute to development of a human life. However, it is not related whether it is famous or not. A person standing at your side may be one of investigators...



On April 22, 2014, TM NETWORK released two new works: the single LOUD, and the album DRESS2. The album includes the songs newly recorded with recent electronic sound. The new recording is called "reproduction" by TM NETWORK. Some songs such as GET WILD, the most famous in TM NETWORK songs, changed to EDM (Electronic Dance Music) style.

The stage was changed in 2014. TM NETWORK has created what appears to be an android in the mother ship. The concert tour TM NETWORK 30th 1984- the beginning of the end unveiled the process of the creation.

At the same time, the story about a baton was started in this concert. The baton is a symbolic item for an investigator. All the investigators have the baton, and pass it on to some followers when their term is finished. TM NETWORK passed one of the batons on to something like an android they created in the mother ship. They delivered it with the baton to the earth.



TM NETWORK released the album titled QUIT30 on October 29, 2014. The album includes two suites: QUIT30 suite and CAROL2014 suite. The former consists of eight songs and expresses the story for the rest concerts. On the other hand, the latter is the new version of the CAROL suite, which is composed in 1988 and consists of four songs.

The concert tour TM NETWORK 30th 1984- QUIT30 started along with the release of the album. This tour had finished on January, 2015. The stage was managed with the QUIT30 suite at the core.

The story traveled in Yokosuka, Jakarta and London. A huge amount of information are projected to the big LED screen. The story spoke some answers for the riddles which had sent by TM NETWORK and left some implication.



A month after the last day of the TM NETWORK 30th 1984- QUIT30 tour, the concert TM NETWORK 30th 1984- QUIT30 HUGE DATA was held on February, 2015. The stage was managed with the CAROL2014 suite at the core.

The CAROL suite and CAROL2014 suite were mixed at the stage. The woman, who stood on stage in 1988 and played the lead character in the story CAROL, appeared in the screen. She talked about CAROL and sent a message for TM NETWORK and FANKS.

The three-years-long project was quit by the concert TM NETWORK 30th FINAL on March, 2015. At the start of the concert, Tetsuya Komuro, who is a producer/keyboard player of TM NETWORK, threw a baton out the window of a jet plane in the screen. A baton fell and went somewhere else.

At the last scene of this concert, TM NETWORK handed over the baton to the audience. What does it mean? FANKS received the baton, that's to say, received the mission to investigate a human life on the earth. All of FANKS are also an investigator. The investigation by TM NETWORK had finished and then the new investigation by FANKS started.

Onagawa Station and Onagawa Bay on May 2, 2015

The new Onagawa station was completed, and restarted its history on March 21, 2015. The new station is designed in the motif of a black-tailed gull.

If you visit it, you will walk through ticket gate to see Onagawa bay. Onagawa city was damaged seriously by a huge tsunami on March 11, 2011.

The teribble four-years-old tsunami came through the bay from the Pacific Ocean. However, people in Onagawa chose not to build big coastal levee. They wanted a life with the sea.

Completion of the new station is the first step in creating a new city with the sea.

The pictures were taken in Onagawa on May 2, 2015.

SPRING2015

The pictures were taken in Tokyo with PENTAX K-3. I hope that you enjoy and love the spring scenery in Tokyo.

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Krewella – GET WET

You can listen to all the songs in Get Wet, which is the debut album of Krewella, on their SoundCloud page. The album is accessible on the internet for free, but I payed for a disc because I have been impressed by the songs. It is my expression about a good piece of work.

I love the Dubstep/Drum and Bass sound in Get Wet. The Krewella sound makes me excited, makes me “feel alive.” Even if you have never listened to the sound, it is sure to make you excited.

Two impressive singers, Jahan and Yasmine, are like vocalist in a rock band. Powerful and emotional. Krewella is categorized as EDM, but they cut across the boundary between two genres of music: EDM and rock music.

You can watch the video of four songs: Alive, Live for the Night, Enjoy the Ride and Human. You will enjoy the unique stories with impressive music on the videos.

I was moved by the video of Human, which is like a documentary video about Krewella. They express their feelings including the negative in this video. I think that the scenes is related to the line of the lyrics “I’m only human.”

deadmau5 – The Might Be Coffee

The Might Be Coffee, which is performed by deadmau5, told me the attraction of EDM. I have listened to many EDM songs around the world since I knew this song.

I love the repeating bass drum sound of this song. Deep, thick and dense. The bass drum evokes an appeal of a main theme on synthesizers.

deadmau5 – The Might Be Coffee

Paramore – Fast In My Car

I want to jump when I listen to the following song. Fast In My Car is the opening song on Paramore's latest album named Paramore. I think that this song promises to make you enjoy with the self-titled album. Paramore is running. We can enjoy their music.

Paramore – Ain't It Fun Remixes

We can listen to three impressive remixed tracks of Ain't It Fun originally performed by Paramore. Here is my article about the original. This song is remixed by Kye Kye, Smash Mode and Dutch Uncles. The new versions show the originality of the re-mixers, and also the new, fresh expression for Paramore.

Paramore – Ain't It Fun -Kye Kye Remix-

The elements of Dubstep make Paramore meet EDM in Kye Kye Remix. This remix may connect the different music lovers: Paramore and EDM fans. Paramore lovers may become interested in EDM, and many EDM lovers may want to listen to Paramore's songs.

Paramore – Ain't It Fun -Smash Mode Remix-

The guitar sound additionally recorded is funky in Smash Mode Remix. Taylor York, plays a guitar for the songs of the band, performes in funk style in the original version of Ain't It Fun. More funky than the original. We can experience the sounds of funky guitars and four-on-the-floor.

Paramore – Ain't It Fun -Dutch Uncles Remix-

Dutch Uncles Remix shows that the melody is beautiful and amiable in Paramore's song. The sound enhances the melody. I am interested in the way of the sound overlapping in this version. Impressed by the sound constructed by some synthesizers. Very bright, very comfortable.