Ady's Burogu

I’ve got something on my mind, and I HAVE to write it down. I can’t believe that I can find time and energy to blog about music on such a busy day! But, I shall continue writing on this tiny iPhone keyboard as I walk home…

Today’s subject, Chitose Hajime (元ちとせ). She is JPOP singer with a distinctive style. Ever heard of Falsetto Effects ?

You can find out more about her on here Wikipedia page here.

She is gifted with a one in a million voice  (Come to think of it, aren’t most good singers? Hmm maybe, I’ll just continue writing…) As far a I know, she can do some hard core classical okinawan music, which I cannot stand, even for a minute. But other than that she also does some pop music too, which is very easy on the ears. Actually studies show that  her voice has a relaxing effect. She can belch out frequencies that very few humans can.
Many of you, actually most non-Japanese people, may find her voice annoying to a certain extent. Frankly I don’t care. Coz I absolutely love it!

Here are some of my favorite songs of hers…

元ちとせ　ワダツミの木

元ちとせ – 幻の月

元ちとせ – haru no katami

福耳 / 夏はこれからだ！ (Look for her, she’s there)

Chitose Hajime – Katari Tsugo Koto

Chitose Hajime- Kono Machi

Also recommend seeing this concert of hers. I still can’t such stuff can be done on stage !

There’s a lot more to hear…. Most of it is not on YouTube though

Where/When did I discover her ?

Once, for a change, I was watching Japaneeez TV on a Sunday evening, when I saw 3 females singing the same song. Two of the faces were familiar. The third one…no. Actually, it was her voice that struck me more than her face. Had never heard a human being singing in that kinda voice. This was new stuff.

However, with my toota phoota Japanese, I did manage to google her. It was this video and the other two females are Ayaka (絢香) and Aoyama Thelma (青山テルマ).  Ayaka too has a very good voice, but it’s getting a bit too repetitive now. Thelma…. well she made one good song. And she made it again. That’s it! Frankly, in my opinion, making her sing on the same stage as Chitose Hajime is an insult.

I’d also like to mention, the main reason for writing this post. In the last few months I haven’t been listening a lot of Chitose, but last night, just before falling asleep, I came across this sweet voice. Her name is Kizuki Minami (城南海). Since morning I’ve heard her new single at least a 100 times over. Seriously.

太陽とかくれんぼ

Hajime Chitose seems to have got new competition now ! This one too comes from Amami Shima. Its so small they might actually be relatives.

I’d also like to mention some more other artists in the same genre.

①　BEGIN (ビギン)

A absolutely amazing band from Okinawa. You can listen to their latet single here. They do deserve a blog post of their own. Here are two more songs by them.

②  Rimi Natsukawa (夏川 りみ)

I don’t know a lot about her. Here‘s one song by her.

Can’t recollect of any more.

I know there are still many more people I still have to discover. But no regrets. Life if full of surprises. And I like it that way.

And yeah music made one the Shamisen is not necessarily so dull. Check this ⇒ Monkey Majik – Change

Phew… enough music for the day. Gotta work tomorrow

Regards ♫

Ady

(PS: While writing this I was listening to Dhan te nan form Kaminey. I do have pretty weird taste in music )