KARI BAND - SAMURAI GROOVE - Ryan Mear Reacts
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2022
- this is my introduction to the Kari Band. This is the studio band that backed Babymetal. It also included Mikio FUJIOKA, the guitarist that tragically passed away in Jan 2018. What a huge loss for music, let alone his family and musical companions.
This group is phenomenal and I need to hear more!
Here is a link to the original video!
• 仮BAND / 侍Groove【Music ...
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Japanese-speaker here. In case anyone is wondering, ”kari” means "tentative", "temporary", etc. because that is the nature of this band with its non-fixed members. Needless to say, it also makes a perfect wordplay with "Kami Band". "Kami" means "god", "godly", etc.
I forgot about this video! I think i watched it on a livestream sometime last year, but dang they are just absolute masters.
I get what you mean. Its economy of motion combined with an almost effortless playing style, by all 3 of them. Soft hands is what I call it as opposed to the asses and elbows style, lol. Neal played like that. Every sound was at his finger tips and made it look effortless. All three of play like that in this video. Really what struck me is the how almost gentle the guitarist made his playing look even though you know he's working hard. Crazy talent be like that. The really good ones make it look natural.
Little correction: the guitarist here is Satoshi Oka who is a student of Mikio Fujioka who replace him in this band after Mikio sadly died, a lot of his style of playing here is very very inspired by Mikio like his use of the whammy bar while picking to modulate the sound which is something Mikio does a lot and makes everything sound soo smooth,.
Has 岡聡志Satoshi Oka become an official member of 仮 Band? My understanding is that he is still a free guitarist, although he has performed and recorded with them as a guest musician. I will check it out.
@@pohojisan1287 Currently only BoH and Maeta form the Kari Band. Satoshi Oka, Tatsuya Nishiwaki, Yucco Miller, Takashi Masuzaki... are invited friends (and musicians from another planet)
@@pohojisan1287 I said he only replaces him as a guitar player, he is not an official member, only Boh and Maeta are members
@@JuanSan66 On guitar, ISAO and 平賀 優介Yusuke Hiraga are also playing in 仮BAND as guests, aren't they?
@@jonasw3945 I understand. Thank you. m(_ _)m
Yuya Maeta is Akane's one of three favorite drummer. It is written in "Rhythm & Drum Magazine " that feature article on
"Japanese great drummers chosen by professional drummers & social media users". Akane voted Nao,Yuya and BOBO
She mentioned Yuya, "I was taught that the drums are an interesting instrument with deep depth, infinite possibilities.
The groove, the way he hit, the expressiveness, the high level of understanding and persuasiveness of the song and the sound that changes from section to section. A drummer who is fresh and discoveries every time and wants to watch it for a long time.I have a lot of respect for him ,including his personality."
Cool, thank you!
We're finally getting into the good stuff! Mikio is unfortunately not in this video, on this one it's Oka Satoshi. We all miss Mikio! But Oka knows how to do it since a student of Mikio! Yuya and BOH are from another planet! Check out "Chatter" with Mikio...it's amazing: ruclips.net/video/ssyTlHxFMTo/видео.html
Jazz isnt my thing, but this was incredible.
So much damn talent.
1:50 "It reminds me of Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp."
I'm sure that Mikio is glad to hear you say so because he loves King Crimson.
3:50 "Mikio plays like he's just breathing."
Satoshi "Sam" Oka has incredibly well done here. Sam is one of Mikio's super students.
Fortunately, I live in Osaka, Japan. I had watched all of them so many times in lots of gigs of BABYMETAL's KAMI BAND or KARI BAND. Also, I had ever attended some seminars of them.
Thank you for sharing this. You made my day.
Thank you, it is wonderful that Mikio had such amazing skill and such talented students to show respect for him.
We will live on in the hearts of those that love us.
Kari means temporary or provisional. Both a pun on Kami band and a good name for a band of session musicians. And they are the members of the live band for Babymetal, not the players on the studio recordings. Check out the videos of the Kari band with friends where they have more players like a keyboardist and a saxophonist.
A good distinction, thank you
To be fair it's unknown who plays on their studio recordings for the most part.
@@TankSenior ok, there is nothing official but I thought it was generally accepted the studio musicians are different?
To be really precise nobody except for the 3 original girls have been officially identified by Amuse. Not the members of the Kami band nor the western band, nor any of dancers. Fans have had to do all the identications.
@@rakjr6 You are correct that it is generally assumed, but realistically we have no idea who their session musicians are, like you pointed out they do not usually identify their band members beyond the girls.
However logically speaking, seeing how they have an existing relationship with the kami band members who also happen to be active as session musicians, well... 1+1=2.
I'm not saying they are definitely involved but I don't think there's any reason to readily dismiss that thought either.
The guitarist in this video is Satoshi Oka
Fantastic sir! Glad you liked them. In this composition the guitarist is not Mikio but Satoshi Oka, Mikio's student and in charge of replacing him in the Kari Band. The initial composition of the band (Fujioka, BoH and Maeta) were part of the main impulse of the Kami Band and Baby Metal (in the albums Babymetal and Metal Resistance) together with Takayoshi Omura. They all appear in your Rondo of Nightmare reaction video. This song belongs to the Nimaime album that the Kari Band wrote as a testament and tribute to Mikio, and the money that was collected from its sale (and that of a very emotional tribute concert where they shared the stage with Omura, you would have to be dead not to cry listening to The Hill of Wisteria) went to Mikio's family so that they would not have financial difficulties at that hard time. The guitar phrasing in Samurai Groove is based on a phrasing that Fujioka worked on before his death and has been faithfully reproduced by his former student Satoshi Oka. I always get emotional with the death of Mikio, for me the most subtle and emotional guitarist of an era. I will always remember the picture of him with Kanami and Akane wearing the tiny hat, and the happiness on his face when he had a guitar in his hands. I'll leave a couple of links on your Patreon, not for you to make a reaction but for the mere enjoyment of his music. Thank you very much!, It has been quite exciting.
Thanks for explaining that, I feel a little silly now, but these are all new to me so it gets confusing
@@RyanMear You are doing a really good job Ryan, and gathering a very interesting community of music lovers around you.
Small correction: Maeta played quite a few times with BabyMetal, but he wasn't their main drummer, nor was him at the Budokan for Rondo of Nightmare: that's Hideki Aoyama
@@BlackArr0w Another small correction: the guitarists in the Rondo of Nightmare video are Takayoshi Ohmura and Leda Cygnus. It's actually quite rare to hear Mikio Fujioka playing in the most well-known Babymetal live videos. There's 'No Rain No Rainbow' from Legend S on RUclips, otherwise you need to go to other platforms.
@@charly_tan Actually there is on the Official BabyMetal channel... THat exact performance :D
It's almost unfair that these guys can be so good in the Rock/Metal genre, and also be phenomenal Jazz musicians.
The real question is: were they able to play basically anything before doing session musician work or is it from experience ?
Koba's prodigious insight was that he could think of incorporting the girls with these musicians. As you know, 10 years ago, the girls were talented but not commercially succesful yet and the musicians were ultra-skillful but unknown instrumetalists (only limited maniac fans know them). If Koba continued to use that fake band and digitaly mixed tracks that were easily affordable in his budget, we could not see the sunlight we currently have.
@@autohmae I replied to your mail through reddit, because my mail did not go through receiving only an error message about not reponding remote host.
@@flugelhornoldman1362 my guess is it's solved now. I'll send you reply on Reddit
Satoshi Oka is considered to be probably the number one student of Mikio Fujioka. He really does embody a great deal of Mikio's style, that he didn't get much chance to demonstrate with Babymetal. Satoshi has an album of his own compositions out, called 'Zephyr'. It fits well with the Kari Band material, well worth digging into. It features a couple of notable guest appearances. On one track, Satoshi's friend Ichika Nito appears. Ichika previously featured on Polyphia's last album and I believe is pretty well-known among guitarists. A couple of other tracks feature contributions from Yasutaka Nomura, a Japanese musician based in Los Angeles. Yas is possibly the least known Kami Band member, he played for Babymetal on several dates of the Lady Gaga tour in 2014. He's also close friends with Mateus Asato, another popular guitarist who also featured on Polyphia's last album.
This is amazing. I’m inspired.
BOH is a bass God.
Wow, that song is really awesome - I'm not ahuge Jazz fan but this track flows so smoothly and has a lot going on, great. I'll have to ckeck out their other stuff for sure.
One thing I was wondering about is: I'm not sure why their isn't more of Kari band original songs on RUclips.
I would love to ask people to react to more Kari original songs which aren't on RUclips (some where at some point, a long while ago), but I'm afraid some company doesn't want these songs on RUclips ?
But I see the Chatter video was suggested, so it's all good 🙂
Oh, you've got your eye on a ridiculously reluctant '仮band'. Aren't they brilliant? After the death of guitarist Mikio Fujioka, the remaining two (still without a specific guitarist) have continued to play with guest disciples and successors from Fujioka's direct lineage.
Thanks for this enlightenment, I personally don't shop around for a jazz type of music, after hearing this amazing composition I may have to go fishing, or is it just that Japanese jazz is better? Either way thanks for an ear opening experience.
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Yep amazing and awesome. What else is there to say 😎🤘🏻
Amazing… love it
Music like this makes me feel inadequate. I watch it and feel entertained and see the talent it requires, but it fails to get a grip on me. I can listen to it for ten minutes and come out of it without a single line stuck in my head. But I feel like that’s my fault, not the music‘s.
The talent level in this band is off the charts. That 6 string bass looks like it would be hard to play with that wide neck, BOH doesn't seem fazed by it, I guess that's why his nickname is "Basu No Kami" (God of Bass)
What is this? The gods reincarnated?
Kari Band = Kami Band = awesome musicians. Keyword: Babymetal.
I've seen them as Kami Band, but I have no idea why. Mistranslated? Whatever, they remind me of the fusion jazz bands from a while ago (Al Di Meola, UZEB). Precise musicians, that's for sure.
The Kami Band exclusively support BABYMETAL at live concerts.
The Kari Band is a side project that has included several Kami Band members.
NOTE: Kari can be translated as "temporary" or "provisional".
Kami means "god", but can also mean "hair". : )
@@rickwagner- As you explain, however, "god band" is written in Japanese as "神バンド". 神 is only God. It does not mean hair（hair=髪kami).
@@pohojisan1287 Yes, but band members have mentioned the additional meaning when it's spoken. Which they thought was funny, considering the wigs some of Kamis wear during shows, and BOH's lack of hair.
They might have just meant this as a joke.
That's certainly possible.
@@rickwagner- Yes, that was probably meant as a joke. But that might only be understood by foreigners who don't understand Japanese. Even if Japanese people realize it was a joke, they probably won't think it's very funny, except for the most rabid fans, IMO. Lol
But excuse me. I'm sorry for the extra trouble. m(_ _)m
Thank you for doing this reaction. This project doesn't get as much attention.
5:11 kind of like tip toeing ?
What's that band called? 😂
KARI BAND
The word '仮Kari' means provisional. They say, "We couldn't think of a good name for the band, so we just gave it to them randomly and it has no particular meaning."
I got that, Wave...
it's "glans band" in English. btw someday please try reacting idol one too💕 I'm looking forward it! 🐰🐰🐰 ruclips.net/video/1HJM40UBE58/видео.html they are doing liveshows since when 13 12 13 yo like Yoyoka and they are devoted.
Personally I prefer this over their Baby Metal stuff, although that's good, too. This reminds me of Gamalon, and that's never a bad thing.
Asterism's Miyu is the son of Boh🙄?
If so, the son is superiot to his farther in terms of numbers of string (7 > 6). もしそうなら弦の数に関しては息子は父親を超えてますね 🤣
@@flugelhornoldman1362 息子は親父を超えたいからね and It was just a joke ;)
@@muto4055 いかにも。しかし７弦ベースは驚きでした。
@@flugelhornoldman1362 Asterizm はビッグになるとは思うけど今の日本じゃダメかな ヨーロッパがおすすめ マスゴミのKOREA KOREA推しには流石に疲れた
@@muto4055 「今の日本じゃダメかな？」→ ダメだと思います。世界に目を向けなければ。ベビメタも日本人のファンは２５％程度でしょう。彼女達の偉いところは欧米の小さな町や小規模フェスにも巡業して回って少しづつ固定ファンを増やしたところ。（私は米国駐在中に仕事でMountain ViewやSomersetも行きましたが、ホンマの田舎町ですよ） もちろんLady GagaやRHCPなどのビッグネームの推しがあったとはいえ、前座バンドについてわざわざ口コミで応援の輪を広げてくれることは少ないでしょう。自分達のステージを直接見たファンを50人づつ増やすようなことが必要なんでしょうね。そういう意味ではBand-Maidも150人などの小さな会場を数多く回ったことが今の成功に繋がっていると思います。Asterizmは恐ろしい力量で一部海外でもバズってますので、まずは小さなフェスなどから始めて欲しい。なにしろ若いですからね。（商業的に且つ偏向して成功を作ったＫの音楽のことは忘れましょう）
He's been listening to Allan Holdsworth .