Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Vinyl Junkie Recordings New Year's Party 1/23

COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS (VISITORS team) will be performing on January 23, 2019 at (Tokyo) Shibuya TSUTAYA O-NEST (Vinyl Junkie Recordings New Year's Party).
Tickets are on sale on December 22.
www.jungle.ne.jp/newsfeature/20181212_vinyl-junkie


Twitter sources:
http://twitter.com/JUNGLE_LIFE/status/1072704125907812352
http://twitter.com/u_desper/status/1072749398994501632

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

RABBIT EP, SUMMER GAZER '92 MV, & WEB STORE

Fellow broaltars, it's a moment in history!
[COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS' latest release was DEAR FUTURE and announced RABBIT EP on Twitter in 2011.]
What was a running gag during concerts is now reality.

shirt from “THE END OF SUMMER” @ Shinjuku LOFT 2012

You can purchase RABBIT EP digitally on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rabbit-ep/1441285375

You can purchase a physical copy of RABBIT EP from CDJapan, HMV, and Vinyl Junkie.

CDJapan http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UDECD-3?s_ssid=e354405bebff7cc167

HMV http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_COALTAR-OF-THE-DEEPERS_000000000038623/item_RABBIT-EP_9178052

Vinyl Junkie http://vinyl-junkie.com/index.php?amount=0&blogid=3&blogid=2&query=UDECD-003

Lucky fans in Japan who purchased a copy from Disk Union in person received a limited edition badge pin.

https://twitter.com/i_roco_7/status/1062287482404761600

COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS' last music video, EVIL LINE, was released around 2007.
Today, we received a NEW MUSIC VIDEO surprise: SUMMER GAZER '92
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5TXz9wCsMk


There is a new online store with new COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS goods!
(The logos were designed by Atsuo from BORIS.)
U-DESPER RECORDS WEB STORE
http://cotd.thebase.in/


Now some words from NARASAKI:

DEEPERS7年ぶりの新作発売日です。とはいえ今回収録されているSUMMERGAZER含め4曲とも7年以上前に作曲したものです。ブランクがありすぎたので新しいものを作る前に一旦ニュートラルの状態に戻しておきたかったんですよね。7年前の自分を肯定するところから始めようかといった気持ちですかね。
http://twitter.com/NACKIEeeee/status/1062587029408477186

この7年間 仕事はいつでも楽しく音楽制作してこれてきましたが久しぶりにDEEPERSやるとそれはまぁ時間がかかりましたね。なんせ誰からもストップかかりませんから。4曲で半年以上かかりましたので、この構築からの破壊実験を繰り返して模索して作るみたいな手法ではアルバムは夢のまた夢ですな。
http://twitter.com/NACKIEeeee/status/1062587030419398656

それでも新しい構想もありますし、それらは具現化したいと思っております。
そろそろライブもね。それではRABBIT EP お耳に合えば嬉しいです。
http://twitter.com/NACKIEeeee/status/1062587031358910464


Roughly translated with Google Translate & Bing Translator:

DEEPERS' new release is 7 years old. However, four songs including SUMMER GAZER, which were recorded this time, were composed more than 7 years ago. Since there were too many blanks, I wanted to return to a neutral state before making a new one. I feel like I'm starting to affirm myself 7 years ago.

For 7 years of work, I have been making music for fun, but it took DEEPERS a long time.
No one stops for anyone.
Because it took more than half a year in 4 songs, the album is a dream of a dream with a method of repeating destructive experiments from construction and exploring it.

Still there are new ideas and I would like to embody them.
It's time to live.
I'm happy if you listen to RABBIT EP.

+ + + +

Thank you so much for these new releases!
I hope this means there will be more COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS in the future. :)

Friday, November 2, 2018

(partial) CAT EP release interview 1997

Indies Magazine Vol.7 (February 1997)

http://twitter.com/ent_entelechy/status/1037999009732984832




* 1月30日にアルバム先行シングル 『 CAT EP 』 が発売になるんですよね?

ナラサキ:
うん。 ジャケットがものすごくいいよ。 俺コレ店で見たらジャケ買いするもん。 ベリーグッド (Very good!)!


* ジャケットの猫ちゃんおシリからシツボのラインがメチャかわいいもんねえ。

ナラサキ:
俺はね, 目だな。 思想のある目をしてるでしょ? そこが好きなんだよね。

カンノ:
でも次に見たらぬいぐるみになってるかもよ。


* 次にって...? あっ、そういえば、今ここにあるシングルと、 リリースするシングルとは内容が変わってるという噂を聞いたんですが。

ナラサキ:
いやあ、 どうでしょう (笑)?

カンノ:
ノーコメントで  (No comment.)(笑)。



Roughly translated with Google Translate and Bing Translator:

* On January 30th, the leading album single, "CAT EP" will be released?

NARASAKI:
Yes. The jacket is amazingly good. I'll buy a jacket when I see it in the store. "Very Good!"


* The line on the jacket cat's butt to the tail is very cute.

NARASAKI:
My preference is her eyes. She has eyes with thought, doesn't she? I like that.

KANNO:
でも次に見たらぬいぐるみになってるかもよ。
But if you look next, it might be a stuffed animal.


* What's next...? Oh, by the way, I heard rumors that the contents are changing with the single now and the single to be released.

NARASAKI:
Well, how is that (laughs)?

KANNO:
"No comment." (laughs).

NOTE:* The interviewer is referring to the album cover of CAT EP when talking about the "jacket".
* KANNO's comment is a hint to COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS' EP series inspired by PostPet.
* The contents changing may be referring to the release of CAT EP and CAT EP II.
According to the Japanese COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS Wikipedia page, NARASAKI did not like the sound quality of the original CAT EP, so he released it again.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/COALTAR_OF_THE_DEEPERS

EDIT: I corrected the translations. Special thanks to iwtmyut!

Saturday, October 13, 2018

Autographed RABBIT EP CD

RABBIT EP will have a limited NARASAKI autographed release!
You can purchase it on Vinyl Junkie.
First come, first serve!

http://vinyl-junkie.com/index.php?amount=0&blogid=2&query=UDECD-003&fbclid=IwAR3XWAflrAEpb9OrX7m14nU0hGy6LrNnfTk3XUwaxP6QYmwp3hO0cIgw_Uc

How to Order (Overseas)
http://vinyl-junkie.com/help/

EDIT: Correction- it is a CD release, not vinyl. Apologies.

Friday, September 7, 2018

RABBIT EP COMING SOON!



RABBIT EP will be released on November 14th, 2018!

Tracklist:
1.) HALLUCINATION '18
2.) SUMMER GAZER '92
3.) DEAR FUTURE '18
4.) LANGSAM BLUT '13

Though SUMMER GAZER '92 is the only new song, it is possible the other songs will be newer versions.
HALLUCINATION and DEAR FUTURE were originally released in 2011 and LANGSAM BLUT (from the Paradise Kiss anime) was released in 2005.

You can purchase the EP on Disk Union!
http://diskunion.net/jp/ct/detail/1007757348



NARASAKI also stated that RABBIT EP completes the EP series since CAT EP. Apparently, the animals were based off of a Japanese mail software called PostPet.

http://twitter.com/NACKIEeeee/status/1037995252122963968

Thursday, August 30, 2018

NEW SONG & RABBIT EP

(U-desper Records is NARASAKI's record label)

https://twitter.com/u_desper/status/1035104866601906176

★緊急告知!!コールター・オブ・ザ・ディーパーズ (COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS)約7年振りに新曲を発表!!
『DEEPERS 7年振りの新曲は夏の恋人たちに贈るホットなサマーチューン』
8/31(金)から11月発売予定の新作CD 「ラビットEP」より先行シングル「SUMMER GAZER ’92」をiTunesのみで配信開始!

Google Translate:

★ urgent notice! ! COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS Announcing new songs in about 7 years! !
“DEEPERS New song in the seventh year is a hot summer tune sent to summer lovers”
From early August 31st (Friday) the new single CD “Rabbit EP” scheduled to be released in November, “Summer Gazer ‘92” will be delivered only on iTunes!

RABBIT EP IS FINALLY COMING!

iTunes link to SUMMER GAZER '92:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/summer-gazer92-single/1424004816

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Indies Magazine Vol.49 (July 2001)

Indies Magazine Vol.49 (July 2001) [Rittor Music]
NO THANK YOU release / interview with NARASAKI
Track #4: Driven (JOY RIDE)





scan credit: iwtmyut
translations are coming soon...


RULES:

* Please support COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS by purchasing their music. You can purchase their music on iTunes/Amazon/CDJapan/HMV/YesAsia. You can also listen to their music on Spotify.

* COTD FAN will only post downloads of rare or out-of-print material.

* Do not re-post these download links anywhere else.

PASSWORD hint: The fansite name...

http://www.dropbox.com/s/q5771s1jukgp3di/driven.zip?dl=0

New York

I LOVE N.Y.
(incomplete lyrics found on http://mimizun.com/log/2ch/musicj/1011512151/)

窓から見えるよ 大きなエンパイヤ・ステートビル
ここはニューヨーク ビルがいっぱい
ピザがうまい

色んな人種がいるよ 不思議な街だね
ここはニューヨーク 街を歩けばJazzがいいね

遠くに見るのがいいよ 自由の女神
ここはニューヨーク
ウルトラクイズじゃ最終ポイント

税金ちょびっと高いけど 
でもそれはいいっこなし

サイフも空になったし
日本に帰ろう


(rough translation by Google Translate)

You can see from the window big Empire State Building
There are lots of New York buildings here
Pizza is good

There are various races, it is a mysterious city
Jazz is good if you walk in New York City here

You can see it far away Statue of Liberty
This is New York
Ultra quizzes last point

Taxes are slightly expensive, but
But it has no bad points

The wallet also became empty
Let's go back to Japan

+ + + +

In March, I got to go to New York (for the first time) for vacation.

Out of curiosity, I visited the old Kampo Studios (aka Kampo Cultural Center Inc.) location.
(31 Bond St. in Manhattan)
COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS recorded with Kampo Studios around 1998-2001.
(SUBMERGE, RECEIVE E.P., Come Over To the Deepend, NO THANK YOU(I think))
Unfortunately, the studio closed in 2010.
You can find COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS on their client list:
http://www.kampo.com/kampo/Clients.html

view of the whole building

front door

I also went to Manhattan Chinatown and found the shirt NARASAKI wore in the UNLIMBER PV.


Japanese Sci-Fi References

Fun post time!
NARASAKI is a huge sci-fi fan.
Here are some references he used:

NARASAKI got his alias, Goro Watari, from the main character of Inazuman (1973).

SADESPER RECORD got it's name from Sadespar.

U-DESPER RECORDS (NARASAKI's record label) got it's name from Udespar.

The characters on THE VISITORS FROM DEEPSPACE album art are loosely based off of Alien Zetton from Ultraman or Kemur Man from Ultra Q.


Hedorian Forever is a reference to Queen Hedrian from Denshi Sentai Denziman (1980).

source links:
inazuman.wikia.com/wiki/Goro_Watari
inazuman.wikia.com/wiki/Sadespar
inazuman.wikia.com/wiki/Combined_Udespar
ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Alien_Zetton
ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Edo
ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Kemur_Man
powerrangers.wikia.com/wiki/Queen_Hedrian
villains.wikia.com/wiki/Queen_Hedrian

Let us know if you know any other sci-fi references that have been made! :)

Thursday, February 22, 2018

"DEEPERS 作っとるよ"

https://twitter.com/NACKIEeeee/status/966702021481918464

NARASAKI: "DEEPERS 作っとるよ" / "I am making DEEPERS"

FELLOW BROALTARS!!!!!
COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS' last album, Yukari Telepath, was released in 2007. Their last single, DEAR FUTURE, was released in 2011. Their last concert was in 2017...
NOW...

COTD IS COMING.

RELEASE THE RABBIT!!!!!