Kero Kero Kero [Import]

1. Disco 3000

2. Puyo

3. Revenge Of Kero Kero

4. Tofu Song

5. Hao Hao

6. Dazzle

7. Chin Cihku Linn Part 2

8. Spaceman, Melon

9. Space Mushroom

Tracks:

In All The Wrong Places(Kero One)
With My Friends(Aloe Blacc)
Keep It Alive!(Kero One)
Future Paradise(Yosaku)
Summer In The City(Tableek Maspyke)
Cruise Control(Grean Tea)
On and On(Ohmega Watts)
Get Down(Aloe Blacc)
Give Thanks SP Remix(Kero One)
Slippin Away(Ohmega Watts)
Blueprints Japan Remix(Kero One)
My Story Dj Mitsu Remix(Kero One)
Space Cadets(Kero One)
Yagotta Raindrops Remix(Kero One)
Ramp(DJ King Most)
Here We Go(Rashaan Ahmad)

Product Description

Kero One handpicks 16 jazz,funk,soul, and latin influenced songs and beats from the plug label vaults. Artists featured on this album are Kero One, Aloe Blacc (Stonesthrow), Ohmega Watts (Ubiquity), Sound Providers (ABB), and more.

Album Description

From the Plug Label archives come a hand picked selection of new quality tracks and 12'' vinyl-only tracks never before released on CD. Contributing to this compilation are not only fresh new undiscovered talent, but some of the most well respected artists in the Indy Hip Hop / nu-jazz music scene: Artists such as Ohmega Watts, Kero One, Aloe Blacc, The Sound Providers, DJ Mitsu, Rashaan of Crown City Rockers, and Tableek of Maspyke just to name a few. Two brand new tracks from Ohmega Watts of Ubiquity Records, a never heard before new bossa influenced Hip Hop track from Rashaan Ahmad and Kero One, as well as an unreleased track from Tableek breathe fresh air into this album. Though the majority of Kero Presents: Plug Label is jazzy / soulful based Hip Hop, it also include a few nu-Hip Hop beats as well as up tempo Latin influenced dance floor tracks that have previously only been available on vinyl. Executive produced and overseen by label owner "Kero One", the album strives to be more than just your average compilation. This album strives to provide listeners with quality tracks and a timeless listening experience.

Customer Reviews:

Highly recommended album especially for longtime hiphop fans. .......2007-08-07

I've listened to hiphop since the late 80's and i admit i've stopped listening to a lot of hiphop out right now with the exception of artists such as pharoah monch, common, mos def, and SOME commercial stuff here and there. However, this album reminded me of why i loved hiphop. It gave me a nostalgic feeling and every selection had some variation. Songs like "in all the wrong places" immediately drew me in with the jazzy piano loop and good flow. "summer in the city" features a jdilla style beat with an emcee that sounds like one of the ex wu-tang members. Even some of the instrumentals such as "space cadets" and "cruise control" are top notch tracks that are amazingly smooth.

If your thinking about the purchase, don't think twice about this one, just do it. It was worth every penny.

Average customer rating:

its not music, its art
Songs to the Frog king
rating would be higher if album was more consistent
ex-girl ... amazing live, but great recorded, too.
Pop Muzik? Nay.

Back to the Mono Kero
Ex-Girl
Manufacturer: Ipecac Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00005IBHK
Release Date: 2001-05-15

Tracks:

Waving Scientist @ Frog King
Tozka
Aji Fry (Fried Horse Mackerel)
Pop Muzik
Gween-Kong-Zee
Cucumber Surrender
Wipe Out #3
Solid States Kerok'N'Roll
Zero Gravity
Crime Of The Century
Susuke

Customer Reviews:

its not music, its art.......2007-07-13

.. its not music, its art, is one of the first things i thought after listening to the cd completely. The way they use sounds, opera and punk/rock is just great. If youre looking for music thats just not the same as every other group or singer this is definetly worth listening to.

Songs to the Frog king.......2005-10-09

when this first came out, i listened to it like crazy. nowadays i don't pull it out too much; but i still love the zany goofy rock of these unique and talented (and frog-obsessed) girls. the songs on Back To The Mono Kero are full of spirit and pop stylings of bands like Devo or The Jesters Of Destiny. wild synths jump out inbetween the squiggles of bass and strange guitar; as the wild vocals just simply go off in any direction available. it's a mess at times, but a highly enjoyable one.

rating would be higher if album was more consistent.......2003-04-25

I saw eX-Girl in concert and they put on a goofy, techno, spacey stage show. After that show, I bought this CD at the shwag table.

Unfortunately, when I got it home and popped it in tht player, it didn't quite hit the mark. There are some very stellar moments but they are few and far between. Also, if their live show was any indication, it seems that they've drifted more towards a harder, edgier, punkier, alien spacewoman synth sound than is present on this albumn.

My rating is heavy handed with 2 stars, but would have had 3 stars if the quality was consistently good, or 4 even if it was consistently good as the best tracks.

ex-girl ... amazing live, but great recorded, too........2002-05-08

ex-Girl have a masterful grip on their own peculiar blend of punk rock, girl harmonies, new wave, 1970s sci-fi, and noise pop. This inspired trio of Japanese women have learned to play their instruments since their debut release, and Back to the Mono Kero proves that they've recently perfected the art of composing their strange style of songs - with some help from producer Hoppy Kamiyama.

"Solid States Kerok'n'Roll" is a bouncy yet hard-rockin' wonder of the classic retro-retro variety, the 2001 version of one of those 1982 retro-1960s songs... or maybe Nena Hagen swirling around with Les Claypool in the blender at a B-52's beach party. The dubiously-titled "Cucumber Surrender" and the irresistable "Gween Kong-Zee" hit the same rich vein of golden Pop Rock nuggets.

The girls lighten up for the beautifully droning "Crime of the Century," which builds a spatial atmosphere of repetitive melodies, then breaks into noise moments and crunchy guitars in a Sonic Youth moment. And oh man, "Zero Gravity" aims for the stratosphere while plunging its feet through the ground and into the magma under the earth's core -- thanks primarily to Fuzuki's relentlessly kick[ing] percussion.

If you already know and love ex-Girl, you're undoubtedly hoping for some shouting and silliness along with the clear advancement of their musical skills: have no fear! The goofiness and from-the-gut originality are still in place on Back to Mono Kero, layered among the dense walls of guitar noise and mad samples.

Tunes like the jaw-dropping first track, "Waving Scientist," the girl vocal fest of "Sasuke," and their cover of the classic New Wave crossover tune "Pop Musik" show off just how brilliantly ex-Girl can balance happily familiar elements with truly strange ones.

Pop Muzik? Nay........2002-04-11

John Zorn takes Cibbo Matto under his wing, and viola! Yeah, it's really that good. Hard rock, glam rock, noise rock, space rock, prog rock, acid jazz, punk, and so on, and so on. Mike Patton only wishes he could be this feminine.

I'd like to say that's it's three Japanese transsexuals from Finnland, but I could be wrong. I'd still like to say it, though. It's three Japanese transsexuals from Finnland. There. Gonna TELL ON ME, now? Huh??

Tracks:

Windmills Intro
Give Thanks feat. Niamaj
Musical Journey
My Story
In a Dream
Ain't That Somethin?
Tempted
In All the Wrong Places
Keep it Alive!
The Cycle Repeats
Fly Fly Away
It's a New Day
Check The Blueprints

Product Description

Often compared to the sounds of Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, and Common, Kero One is a full time deejay, producer, musician, rapper, and record label owner from San Francisco. Kero One s professional career began when he released his first single in 2003 called Check the Blueprints . The single unexpectedly sold 9,000 units worldwide with funding from only a personal credit card and hardly any marketing push from outside sources. Five 12" singles later comes Windmills of The Soul, Kero One's long anticipated debut LP, running 13 tracks strong. Released in Japan several months earlier, Windmills of The Soul has reached #2 of 200 on the hip hop HMV and Tower Records charts, plus held the title in the top 100 hiphop downloaded Itunes Albums for 3 months straight.

With the Windmills LP, one can expect more timeless jazz meets hip hop energy that many have come to enjoy from Kero One. Going further than just reconstructing samples, Kero One also plays a variety of instruments on the album (moog synths, fender Rhodes, bass etc.) and brings in live session players paired with vocalists to blend the organic feel of live musicianship with the rawness of sample based hip hop.

On the lyrical side, Kero One rhymes about real life stories and topics that have helped define his character and musical career.

Customer Reviews:

Great album. Definately worth my money........2006-02-12

I bought this album on a recommendation from okayplayer.com and was more than satisfied when i got this. The production is awesome, it reminds me of classic common sense and theres not really one garbage track on here. i highly highly recommend it...its worth your time.

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Just Warmin' Up
King Kerosene
Manufacturer: Kero-Scene
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000JJL2
Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

Another Drink
This Old Truck
Five More Minutes
Find The Words
Right To Know
Fifteen Seconds
Totally Crazy
Evil Twin
Veronica
Stay With Me

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Windmills of the Soul (Bonus Disc)
Kero One
Manufacturer: Pastel Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000PXSJVY

Product Description

Korean Exclusive Special Edition Coming with 7 Track Bonus CD. (CD-1) 01 Windmills Intro 02 Give Thanks (Feat. Niamaj) 03 Musical Journey (Reengineered) 04 My Story 05 In A Dream 06 Ain't That Somethin? 07 Tempted (Reengineered) 08 In All The Wrong Places 09 Keep It Alive! 10 The Cycle Repeats 11 Fly Fly Away 12 Its A New Day 13 Check The Blueprints (CD-2/Bonus CD) 01 Check The Blueprints (King Most Remix) 02 Keep It Alive! (Jazz Remix) 03 The Cycle Repeats (Instrumental) 04 Check The Blueprints (Instrumental) 05 Keep It Alive! (Jazz Remix Instrumental) 06 The Cycle Repeats (Remix) 07 Keep It Alive! (Acapella)

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Windmills of the Soul
Kero One
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000NO3HFS
Release Date: 2007-02-13

Tracks:

Windmills Intro
Give Thanks (feat. Niamaj)
Musical Journey
My Story
In a Dream
Ain't That Somethin?
Tempted
In All The Wrong Places
Keep it Alive!
The Cycle Repeats
Fly Fly Away
Its a New Day
Check the Blueprints

Product Description

Often compared to the sounds of Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, and Common, Kero One is a full time deejay, producer, musician, rapper, and record label owner based in San Francisco. Now Kero One releases his first debut album called Windmills Of The soul , garnering the attention of magazines such as Rolling Stones, URB, XlR8R, and Straight No Chaser and selling roughly 11,000 units independently. The album has now climbed to # 10 on ITUNES Japan and Tower Records sales charts while being selected as #5 best indy album and artist by MSN.com. With Windmills", one can expect more timeless jazz meets hip-hop energy that many have come to enjoy from Kero One, who handles his own production on 11 of the 13 tracks. Going further than just reconstructing samples, Kero One also plays a variety of instruments on the album (moog synths, fender Rhodes, bass etc.) and brings in live session players paired with vocalists in attempt to fully blend the organic feel of live musicianship with the rawness of sample based hip-hop. Now, Kero One is a full-time musician producing tracks for licensing companies, touring Japan and the States with artists such as Ohmega Watts from Ubiquity records, releasing records on his own label with the likes of The Soundproviders, Lanu of the Bamboos, Aloe Blacc from Stonesthrow, and doing remixes for artists such as Grand Puba. Track ListAdd Digital Deletion Add/Edit Tracks View Expanded

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Halilem

Manufacturer: Pneuma Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Kaettekita Kero't March/Soramiminglish
Ichiro Zaitsu , Yuko Ogura , and Nobuaki Kakuda
Manufacturer: Jvc Victor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000N3SY6G
Release Date: 2007-03-26

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CFC Windsor/Detroit
Kero
Manufacturer: Shitkatapult Records/Forced Ex
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00020PUW6
Release Date: 2001-10-15

Average customer rating:

Essential Ex-Girl!!!
Weird trio

Kero Kero Kero
Ex-Girl
Manufacturer: Para
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

International | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00004W3X8

Tracks:

Disco 3000
Puyo
Revenge Of Kero Kero
Tofu Song
Hao Hao
Dazzle
Chin Cihku Linn Part 2
Spaceman, Melon
Space Mushroom

Customer Reviews:

Essential Ex-Girl!!!.......2005-12-10

IMHO this is the Ex-Girl album to get! Endangered Special is great too, but it's a different band (well, 2 of the 3 members are different, same producer/puppet master). This Ex-Girl line-up is very punk with mind-blowing vocals. The Endangered Species line-up is more like Steve Vai meets Neal Peart meets a group of half-alien Japanese girls, but the vocals aren't as strong. From a technical musicianship standpoint, they're heads and shoulders above the other line-up, but they're not as raw and other-worldly.

I can't rave about this album enough. Do yourself a favor and get Endangered Species too.

In the rare chance you get to see them live, do it! I've seen them twice, once with each of the afore-mentioned line-ups. Their live show totally lives up to the craziness of the albums. It borderlines on being a theatrical performance. Their costumes are insane, and the whole stage explodes with color and sound.

Weird trio.......2000-08-22

The Japanese underground has already delivered some weird and varied music with bands like Melt Banana. I first discovered Ex-Girl in Los Angeles, on their US tour. 3 charming girls, dressed up in shiny silver costumes, they were not experts on the instruments they were playing. But this is compensated by the creativity they put in their songs.

This is their second CD. It would be hard to describe the style, because the girls are not afraid of turning a pop song into a schizo balad after 15 seconds, only to continue with some noise 5 seconds later. The lyrics are similarly freaky, varying from your first Spanish lesson ("Where am I on this map ?") to happy-happy frog songs. There's also a vocal piece that's a bit of a prelude to their all-vocal album.

Ex-girl won't become my favorite band, but it's a very nice addition to an eclectic record collection.

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