Natsuko Nisshoku releases the Music Video for "Flash Bomb and Halation" from her new album, which will be released on Wednesday, May 14th!

Piano soloist Natsuko Nisshoku will release her fifth full album, Ginka, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The album will contain 12 tracks, and she has released the Music Video for the lead track, M1, Senkodan to Halation.

─ Natsuko Eclipse 'Flash Bomb and Halation' Music Video ─
https://youtu.be/PtMdQXOUQeA

The new album marks a new step forward for the band in their 16th year of activity. The lead track on the album is "Flash Bomb and Halation."
The sound is provided by the band members Yuki Numano (Gt), Kazuhiro Nakamata (Ba), komaki (Dr) and others of the Nisshoku CREW, who ran through the 15th anniversary project "Space Friendship" together, and the thrilling performance that literally emits a dazzling light stirs up excitement. This song is a symbol of the album, vividly depicting the protagonist who is boiling with impatience and sprinting with fighting spirit.

The music video was directed by Yuka Ueda, with whom she has worked many times before. The video is shot with a blindingly intense light, a driving piano music, and meticulous shots that accompany the powerful lyrics, capturing the intense passion hidden in the calm eyes of the singer.

The studio live broadcast held in 2024 and the unreleased song tour "Area Mirai" that formed the prototype of this work "Ginka". Natsuko Nisshoku's latest song has finally been released more than a year after it was first released. Please check it out.

─ Eclipse Natsuko comment ─
How long will I have to keep running and being chased?
How long do I have to live with this murderous aura?
I question the value of this life, which has missed its chance to become a flower that will heal a loved one.
If these feelings are to be spat out in frustration, I hope that they will at least scatter and shine as light.

▼Nishiki Natsuko "Ginka" special site
https://nisshoku-natsuko.com/iridescence-gyokuto/

▼ Eclipse Natsuko "Ginka" distribution link
https://orcd.co/_iridescence

▼Release information
Artist: Nisshoku Natsuko
Title: 5th Full Album "Ginka" (Reading: Ginka)
Release date: Wednesday, May 14, 2024

＜First limited edition/CD+DVD＞
Price: 8,500 yen (excluding tax) / 9,350 yen (including tax)
Product number: 420-LDKDV
Label: Living, Dining & Kitchen Records

＜First limited edition/CD+Blu-ray＞
Price: 10,500 yen (excluding tax) / 11,550 yen (including tax)
Product number: 421-LDKXD
Label: Living, Dining & Kitchen Records

＜Regular Edition/CD Only＞
Price: 3,500 yen (excluding tax) / 3,850 yen (including tax)
Product number: 422-LDKCD
Label: Living, Dining & Kitchen Records

Common specifications for both first press limited edition versions:
・Regular edition CD
・Three-sided case design
・Jacket card
・Unreleased Song Tour "Area Mirai" LIVE DVD/Blu-ray
・Unreleased Songs Tour "Area Mirai" Photobook

＜Contents＞
[CD]
01 Flashbang and halation
02 Wind, Flowers, Noise, City
03 Vacancy
04 julep-ment flight
05 Yatogami
06 Leeway
07 Rustyland
08i
09 0821_a (remaster ver.)
10 May Rain, Sixteen Nights, Seven Stars
11 (an unknown crew)
12 Somewhere Far Away

[DVD, Blu-ray]
Eclipse Natsuko 15th Anniversary -Space Swimming-
Unreleased Song Tour "Area Mirai" June 21, 2024 EX THEATER ROPPONGI
01 b
02k
03j
04 d
05 e
06 f
07 g
08 c
09h
10a
11 c (request)
12 f (request)
13 a (request)
・Audio commentary by Natsuko Eclipse and komaki
・Bonus footage: "Once again, a certain May night"

<Early booking benefits for both companies>
Bonus content: Commemorative certificate for purchasing "Ginka"
Target companies: Tower Records, HMV
Reception period: Saturday, March 8th, 12:00 to closing time on Sunday, March 30th (Online reservations available until 23:59)

<Pre-order bonus>
Bonus content: "Area Mirai" film-style bookmark
Reception period: March 8th (Sat) 12:00~ *Ends while stocks last

▼Tour information
Artist: Nisshoku Natsuko
Title: Release Tour "Gyoku-to" (Reading: Gyokuto)
June 22nd (Sun) Osaka | Zepp Namba (OSAKA) *SOLD OUT
June 28th (Sat) Hokkaido | Zepp Sapporo
July 6th (Sun) Miyagi | SENDAI GIGS
July 12th (Sat) Nagoya | Zepp Nagoya ※SOLD OUT
August 2nd (Saturday) Fukuoka | Zepp Fukuoka
August 11th (Monday, public holiday) Tokyo | Zepp Haneda *SOLD OUT
All performances OPEN 16:15 / START 17:00
BAND SET

Tickets on general sale now:
https://eplus.jp/nisshoku/*Only in Hokkaido, Miyagi and Fukuoka

<Natsuko Solar Eclipse Profile>
Born May 8, 1991 in Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.
Started playing the piano at the age of 9 and writing songs at the age of 12. From the age of 17, she started full-scale music activities based in Morioka as "Nisshoku Natsuko". The meticulously crafted lyric world and composition techniques that sway the heartstrings have attracted attention, and have appeared in many large festivals. Released in 2021, "Anti-Freeze" was selected as a prize-winning work at the 14th CD Shop Awards 2022, and in recent years he has also written many new movie theme songs and commercial music. Nisshoku Natsuko's dense music that she creates one after another knows no bounds in creativity, and her musical ability and performance, including her unique composition style that expresses guitar, bass, and sometimes even percussion parts such as drums with a single piano, are outstanding. It goes beyond the imagination and framework of a piano-playing artist. Strength, weakness, sharpness, ephemeralness, the piano music that runs at full speed pierces the listener's heart and provides a unique musical experience.

<Natsuko Solar Eclipse Digital Distribution>
https://orcd.co/nisshoku
<Natsuko Solar Eclipse Official Website>
https://nisshoku-natsuko.com/
<Natsuko Eclipse Youtube>
https://www.youtube.com/@nisshokunatsuko_official
<Solar Eclipse Natsuko X>
https://x.com/nsn58?mx=2
<Natsuko Solar Eclipse Instagram>
https://instagram.com/nisshokunatsuko_official?utm_medium=copy_link

by ldandk

Push Pull Pot has been confirmed to participate in a compilation of "Sina Pushu", the first commercial TV show aimed at babies!

Push Pull Pot has been selected to participate in a compilation album for "Sina Pushu," the hugely popular baby program, the first of its kind on commercial television.
To coincide with the screening of the new movie "Sina Pushu THE MOVIE Pushu Hoppe Dancing PARTY" on Friday, May 16th, the compilation "Sina Pushu no Uta 6" will be released digitally.

This work includes a song written by Push Pull Pot, which recites the magic words "Pull Pull Shull Pot", which has received a great response from viewers of the program.
"Purshurpot" will also be included.
We hope you enjoy listening to the "Tsukiuta" songs written by a total of 12 artists, including Divorce Legend and MONO NO AWARE.

The song will be available from 00:00 on Wednesday, May 28th on major music distribution stores in Japan, including Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, TikTok, and Instagram.
Animations using the songs included in the album are also available on the official SinaPush program YouTube channel.

[Details]
◆ Digital distribution compilation "Sinapushu no Uta 6"
◆ Distribution date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 00:00
◆ Songs included: 12 songs in total from January 2024 to December 2024
(Titles omitted below)
1. Bright Baby / Kiss the Gambler
2. Fanny and Funky/Divorce Legend
3. You're in the mood / Rachel (chelmico)
4. MOKEMON / MONO NO AWARE
5. Drive / Kyoko Shiina
6. Dancing on a Rainy Day / Amaiwana
7. Oh my / Suzuki Brothers
8. Sunny Sun-San / Taiyo Higuchi
9. Moon Rabbit / Waxing Moon
10. Sparkle/Yanagi Nagi
11. Push-pull pot
12. Yes!/Haku.
◆ Distribution stores: Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, TikTok, Instagram, and other major domestic music distribution stores

[Official YouTube channel]
China Pushch
https://youtube.com/@synapusyu?feature=shared

[Push-pull pot profile]
A four-piece rock band from Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture.
The members are vocalist and guitarist Yamaguchi Daiki, guitarist and chorusist Kuwahara Takuya, bassist and chorusist Horiuchi Kazunori, and drummer and chorusist Myojin Ryutaro.
It was formed in the university's light music club and became the current member in 2019.

In April 2021, STAY FREEEE!!!!!!!! released the first nationally distributed mini-album ``Bokura Mama de''.
In August 2023, the festival they sponsor, "Shoufuku Zessho FESTIVAL," will be held for the first time at Kanazawa EIGHT HALL.
In November 2024, they will release their 6th digital single "To You Who Live in the Present" and hold a tour at 18 locations nationwide, including Zepp Shinjuku.

The gentle yet powerful singing voice of vocalist and guitarist Yamaguchi, who also writes the lyrics and composes the music, and the band's passionate performances that touch the hearts of those in attendance have attracted a lot of attention, resulting in repeated entry restrictions at circuit festivals around the country.

Although based in Kanazawa, they perform over 100 live shows a year, and in 2024 they will appear at approximately 13 large festivals across the country, including "JAPAN JAM," "VIVA LA ROCK," and "SWEET LOVE SHOWER," steadily spreading their name across the country.

by ldandk

Natsuko Nisshoku's new song has been chosen as the opening theme for the TV drama "Betrayal Meals in a Place Like This: The Storm Calling Seven Executives"!

On Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 24:29 on the Chukyo TV and Nippon TV networks, Wednesday Platinum Night will air. Starring Sara Shida (25) and Masato Ibu (75), who are 50 years apart in age, and featuring new regular cast member Kentaro Maeda, the drama will feature Natsuko Nisshoku's new song "Kaze, Hana, Noise, Machi" as the opening theme for the drama.
Natsuko Nisshoku was in charge of the theme song "appetite" for the previous local version, and will be in charge of the opening theme for the national version. She stands at the entrance to the story and colors the opening with a vivid piano melody.

This song can be heard first in the promotional video for episode 1 of the drama "Uragiri Meshi" that has been released on various social media accounts, TVer, and YouTube.
Be sure to check out Natsuko Eclipse's latest song, which you can only hear here.

●Natsuko Solar Eclipse Comment
I get to meet Mariko-san and President Sakakibara again! And this time it's the national edition! Congratulations!!
In the first season, I was involved in the theme song that concludes the couple's food journey, but in the second season, I will be in charge of the opening song that marks the beginning of their adventure. I am very happy to be involved again, thank you!

To find something delicious, we must first go outside. Whether it's on foot, by car, or by plane, hundreds of kilometers away or just around the corner, there is a path to the destination and the scenery. If there is a dream at the goal, the road leading to it will naturally be vivid.
I believe that "Wind, Flowers, Noise, City" will be the prologue to the story of the two of you. I'm looking forward to the weekly broadcasts with bated breath!

● Teaser video
https://youtu.be/4Y9pycACmWo

[Episode 1 Synopsis]
The president of the Sakakibara Hotel Group, Soichiro Sakakibara (Masato Ibu), is forced to make a decision by seven executives and is racking his brains. Mariko Onodera (Sara Shida) is on a long vacation and works in the secretarial department, where the rationalistic young employee Rintaro Shinjo (Kentaro Maeda) is assigned.
At that time, Sakakibara was scheduled to go on a business trip to Aichi, and the secretarial department was in a panic. "I will accompany the president on his business trip and attend to everything he does. Of course, I will also be in charge of what he eats." It is a difficult task to satisfy Sakakibara, who is a gourmet and will never eat the same thing again.
Shinjo, who was appointed as the "business trip attendant" in place of Mariko, attends Sakakibara to Aichi specialties, but finds himself in a big pinch. Then Mariko, who is supposed to be on vacation, shows up and introduces the two of them to Pakistani curry for some reason! Sakakibara is surprised by the unexpected "betrayal meal"...

[Broadcast slot]
Chukyo TV/Nippon TV Network Wednesday Platinum Night, every Wednesday from 24:29
Starts Wednesday, January 15, 2025
After the broadcast, it will be available for free on TVer and Locipo!

[Program information]
Program name: Betrayal Meals in Such a Place ~Seven Executives Bringing a Storm~
Distribution: Scheduled for catch-up distribution on TVer, Locipo, and other platforms
Cast: Sara Shida, Masato Ibu, Kentaro Maeda, Akane Moriya, Yuki Yoshida, Anyu Okuma, Junya Kawashima and others
Home page: https://www.ctv.co.jp/uragiri-meshi

<Natsuko Solar Eclipse Profile>
Born May 8, 1991 in Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.
Started playing the piano at the age of 9 and writing songs at the age of 12. From the age of 17, she started full-scale music activities based in Morioka as "Nisshoku Natsuko". The meticulously crafted lyric world and composition techniques that sway the heartstrings have attracted attention, and have appeared in many large festivals. Released in 2021, "Anti-Freeze" was selected as a prize-winning work at the 14th CD Shop Awards 2022, and in recent years he has also written many new movie theme songs and commercial music. Nisshoku Natsuko's dense music that she creates one after another knows no bounds in creativity, and her musical ability and performance, including her unique composition style that expresses guitar, bass, and sometimes even percussion parts such as drums with a single piano, are outstanding. It goes beyond the imagination and framework of a piano-playing artist. Strength, weakness, sharpness, ephemeralness, the piano music that runs at full speed pierces the listener's heart and provides a unique musical experience.

<Natsuko Solar Eclipse Digital Distribution>
https://orcd.co/nisshoku

<Natsuko Solar Eclipse Official Website>
https://nisshoku-natsuko.com/

<Solar Eclipse Natsuko X>
https://x.com/nsn58?mx=2

<Natsuko Solar Eclipse Instagram>
https://instagram.com/nisshokunatsuko_official?utm_medium=copy_link

by ldandk

Yuki Kei will release a new album and hold a tour. The songs on the new album reflect the voices of fans.

Yuki Kei, who recently announced her departure from LD&K after eight years with the label, will release a new album in spring 2025.
It has now been decided that a tour will be held in support of this new album.
This will be LD&K's last work, but details will be announced at a later date.

It was also announced that a special project will be carried out on this album, where some of the songs will be recorded as solo acoustic versions, and the songs to be included will be decided by fan voting.
The songs eligible for the award are those that Yuki released while he was signed to LD&K; songs that have already been recorded with acoustic guitar or vocals, or songs that have been confirmed for recording, are not eligible for selection.
You can vote for up to three songs, and the deadline for the survey is Tuesday, December 31, 2024.
This attempt to directly reflect fan requests in the production of the album shows Kei Yuki's sincere attitude towards music and his gratitude to his fans.
And it symbolizes a deep connection.

[Survey summary]
▼Questionnaire form
https://forms.gle/uqZ7mD1m6oRbMCYm6

▼Target songs
Songs released by Kei Yuki while he was affiliated with LD&K (see the questionnaire form)
* Songs that have already been recorded with an acoustic guitar or songs that have been confirmed for recording are not eligible.

▼ Number of votes
You can select up to 3 songs per account.

▼Deadline
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

This new album will be produced in a way that reflects the fans' thoughts.
This is sure to be a special album for all those who have been exposed to Yuki Satoshi's music.

[Profile of "Yuki Kei"]
June 5, 1998 Born in Oita Prefecture, raised in Saitama Prefecture
The group operates under the concept of RE:NATURE - returning to nature and being true to yourself.
Just as when people spend time in nature, all of Yuki Satoshi's creations seep into and envelop the heart of "someone" there.
In addition to his work as a singer-songwriter, he is active in multiple fields, holding solo exhibitions, producing artwork for CDs and merchandise, plants and apparel, and is also deeply involved in the production of stage decorations and music videos.

[WEB]
・Official Website:https://yukiakira.com/
・Official Twitter:https://twitter.com/Yuki_Akirart
・Official Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yukiakirart/

by ldandk