*1 Electric Mama『Rock N Roll Universe』 includes spiritual 10 tunes that stands for their live and releasing act in 2024. More than ever, we relatively find the faster BPM tunes just like their live mode. Anyway, we must celebrate that the newest masterpiece is born in this world🪐
"Rock N Roll Universe" is a title and first tune of the Album『Rock N Roll Universe』.
Among them, it’s the phrase that 【wishing I could fly just like the speed of light】represents their live space as it were. The sound trip begins from here🪐!
Then, let me show the MV of "Rock N Roll Universe" , as follows.
As the key word “universe” prove that it includes various kinds of meanings form human race to space, we can also witness in this mv various scenes such as DNA, brain system,＆galaxy.
Anyway, this tune's MV seems to me to be very challenghing.*2
Succeeding in the flow of the 1st tune, Ele-Mama suggests to us that you should shed a light just like "Hyper Vega" that is the hyper Rock & EDM tune and the lyrics of the song expresses from daily life to the farthest place, or very magnificent song🚀
Totally, most of the Ele-Mama’s MVs always make me feel that the originality of each tune always is expressed with space, humans brain process and the elements of retro future existed.Also this MV reminds me of the movie『Ghost in the shell』in its orientarism.
3. Taxi Driver2 After the dramatic first 2 tunes, we are attracted by the introduction that express the wonders between forever and illusion and simultaneously, take us to the New wave sound. Of course, this tunes’ background is based on the movie “Taxi driver”(1976).*4
#ElectricMama The first time I came across #TaxiDriver2 is acoustic-style live show in summer of 2023. At that time, I was impressed with not their new wave arrangement but rather bluesy and folks style. Especially, Arisa Zombie’s monologue “Don’t leave me alone!“was impressive. pic.twitter.com/DtBmqT5cjO
— ネノメタル𒅒Ahead Of the TRUTH (@AnatomyOfNMT) 2025年4月18日
4.Space Derringer
As for "Space Derringer", the introduction of this tune seems to me to set the fire on feeling of our impulses as if to get the battle started and noticed this album『Rock N Roll Universe』features situations of “flying” such as【habataku】in this song.
This MV also seems to features key words“flying”in that a ballet dancer have a wings as if to fly in the sky. Besides, we can confirm many TV men that are controlled by dictators just like the novel George Owell’s “1984“.((「スペース・デリンジャー」に関しては、この曲のイントロダクションが、まるで戦いの火付け役のように私たちの衝動に火をつけるように感じます。そして、このアルバム『Rock N Roll Universe』には、この曲で描かれているような【羽ばたく】といった「飛ぶ」というシチュエーションがフィーチャーされていることに気づきました。このMVでも、バレエダンサーがまるで空を飛ぶかのように翼を広げているなど、「飛ぶ」というキーワードが強く現れています。 また、ジョージ・オーウェルの小説『1984年』のように、独裁者に支配されたテレビマンたちを多く確認することができます。))
The phase personally reminds me of the masterpiece movie"interstellar(2014)"in that these works are based on the humanism, and besides, Kenji Zombie’s tender＆delicate vocal contribute to that🌌
It was surprising to see that the phrases of『sky telepathy』 have synchronized with the latest Gandam series "GQuuuuuuX". 1.【across the sky】
In 2024 June 21th, Electric Mama gave a birth to this tune, titled "Astro Dancer" as if to celebrate Kenji’s birthday. The moment I come across the introduction of this tunes, I feel extraordinary catarlsis. I define this tune as representatives of Ele-Mama.🚀
THis "Baby Dont Cry"‘s existence makes me confirm that this album 『Rock N Roll Universe』must be Ele-Mama’s culmination, since they play this 1st『The Wall』’s tune not only with a tension of self-cover, but rather with a tension of head-on battle. *8
The final song of the album, "Black Hole Love" is the very tune that close the 『Rock N Roll Universe』and celebrate the Kenji Zombie’s birthday in 2023.
Let’s get together in the next world
If I define『Distopia Parade』as “praying song”, this will be “promising song”
【Concluding Remarks】 Although『Rock N Roll Universe』is such an album as you are brought to the black hole, you can return to the first song, Rockn’ Roll utopia, since you can’t stop playing this album. Anyway, we must celebrate the giving a birth of masterpiece🪐.
Who the Bitch時代からのソリッドなパンクロックスタイルとは一線を画し、フラットに日常を描い歌詞がスッと心に溶け落ちる。しかしノスタルジックにとどまらず「実家アンセム」としてカッコよく鳴らす所が20年戦士としての本バンドならではの境地だと思う。共感者がいるかどうかは全くわからないが、個人的ツボは2:07〜辺りのボーカル・ehi氏の横顔と髪の跳ね具合の絶妙なバランス感。これです。私はここにロック魂やらパンクスピリットやらオルタナティブ精神を感じたりして。
アルバムラスト曲でありながら何かの始まりをも示唆する力強いフレーズ。どこか第二期Who the Bitchのライブ定番曲『zero』に対してのセルフアンサーでもあるような印象を受けた。そしてタイトルは「今までの二十年間の年月」と「これから重ねていくであろう年月」とのダブル・ミーニングを含意するのだろう。更に以下の一節にも注目したい。
刻んでいけ
I go, I go, I go
６曲目『トリコロール』における「I’ll be there」というフレーズとどこかしらリンクしていくような感覚を覚える。
Concluding Remarks〜『years』はパンクロックなのか？
さてここまでWho the Bitch名義から続く20年の集大成でもあると同時にWtBとしてのデビューアルバムとしても聴けるエヴァーグリーンな名盤であるものとして印象的なフレーズ、過去曲などを踏まえ一曲づつ論じてきた。個人的にチリヌルヲワカ、チバユウスケ、oasisなどの本格的なロック愛聴者だけでなく、純粋にポップスリスナーにおいても心の琴線に触れる何かがあると思う。
ここに私はWtBのバンド観を見る。そしてこの「それぞれ」というのは別にバンドメンバーに限定したそれではない。私は以前コロナ禍時代に開催されたWho the Bitchの『ビッチフェス』配信ライブ全般を通じて、以下のバンドとライブ、ライブハウス、そしてそこに集いしオーディエンスに関する記事を書きバンド観について以下のように結論づけている。
『ボールド アズ、君』(Enlightitle;bold as you)is a Japanese adolescence movie whose main cast Tama-chan is searching for her own way of living a full life by playing her favorite guitar as well as which devoted to those who are crazy for rock&pop music all around the world.*1
As for the main cast, Tama-chan(伊集院香織), although she used to be a lonely geek in her high school days, she is gradually getting to notice an important thing that she wants to be like charismatic artist on the live stage. Exactly, she must be saved by the music.
In this movie, Tama-chan’s longed-for artist is Heishi Yuiko who’s the main vocalist of Kage-razu(翳ラズ、カゲラズ) that can play both rockn’ roll dynamism and fragile＆sensitive mental landscape that is peculiar to youth just like her. This is the theme song of『ボールドアズ、君』as follows.
This is a live version of Kage-razu’s “Bold as you” in the live house Big Cat in Shinsaibashi where the most of live scenes of this movie were shot two years ago based on the real lives.
This is a live version of Kage-razu’s “Bold as you” in the live house Big Cat in Shinsaibashi where the most of live scenes of this movie were shot two years ago based on the real lives. Thus, we can enjoy the real live concert’s dynamism by watching this movie.#ボールドアズ君pic.twitter.com/ZtcLawe0sN
— ネノメタル𒅒Ahead Of the TRUTH (@AnatomyOfNMT) 2025年8月6日
2. various musicians
Thus, we can enjoy the real live concert’s dynamism by watching this movie.In this movie, in addition to theme song, we should pay attention to various kinds of bands that they usually perform around the live house in Shinsaibashi. Especially, Sumurooth(スムルース)‘s 『美しい世界』(beautiful world) shed a light on Tama-chan’s mental scene.Moreover, P-90 is indispensable band in this movie, the vocalist of which is Suzuki Hiromu who is a solo singer but has powerful vocal and aura as rockn’ roll star.
Moreover, P-90 is indispensable band in this movie, the vocalist of which is Suzuki Hiromu who is a solo singer but has powerful vocal and aura as rockn’ roll star.#ボールドアズ君 is such a movie as rockn’ll roll band spirits, dynamism, and Romanism’s been still alive until now. pic.twitter.com/XF09111Qju
— ネノメタル𒅒Ahead Of the TRUTH (@AnatomyOfNMT) 2025年8月7日
ボールドアズ君 is such a movie as rockn’ll roll band spirits, dynamism, and Romanism’s been still alive until now.Another important band is Ashigaru-youth(アシガルユース) that expresses the delicate, positive＆nostalgic world with dynamic rock sounds.
This song, 『青い自転車』(blue bicycle) is not only their killer tune of live, but also bring the positive light to this movie, ボールドアズ君.The reason why we can enjoy such a rockn’ roll dynamism in ボールドアズ君 is the director of this movie is an active musician whose name is Takashi Okamoto(岡本祟), who can write various kinds of music, play the guitar wildly＆ direct the enthusiastic live space in live houses.Main cast Tama-chan(伊集院香織)is a vocalist＆guitarist of the band(M1LKYWAY, みるきーうぇい).
So, this story has some overlapping points where she used to be introspective in her teenage but tried to search for hopes in listening&playing music. 『ボールドアズ君』might be her documentary. In『ボールドアズ君』, we can come across a guitar-battle scene＆surprisingly, this event is a real live event that had really held in a live house (Kobe D×Q) where about 80~100 audiences are enthusiastic for witnessing they playing guitar.
3. The linkage between music&movies
In this movie, we enjoy such an enthusiasm.『ボールドアズ君 isn’t just a adolescence&music movie, but the movie that we can experience dynamism of live music mainly based on indies in Japan, such as 翳ラズ, p90, スムルース. In this context, we can witness continuations of movie every day in many live houses until now.
Before watching『ボールドアズ君』, you might want to try 『ディスコーズハイ』(discords high)that is Okamoto director’s previous masterpiece that has common with this movie in that a woman find a favorite thing (music)by promoting a minor band, and p90＆後藤まりこ are also appearing.
Let's turn to the past. On November 23th in 2023, it was for the first time that Director Okamoto presented a concept of making a movie based on indies rock band＆ mini theater recognize by making the use of cloud founding.
Exactly it was the moment that we know beginning the project of『ボールドアズ君』.
Director Okamoto once said “There is an unnecessary border line between live house ＆mini theater in the entertainment society, but I wanna destruct this border."
Director Okamoto once said “There is an unnecessary border line between live house ＆mini theater in the entertainment society, but I wanna destruct this border. Clearly, this statement will be necessary core of #ボールドアズ君＆any other works even if they are music or movie. pic.twitter.com/66jnstPvWL
— ネノメタル𒅒Ahead Of the TRUTH (@AnatomyOfNMT) 2025年8月12日
Clearly, this statement will be necessary core of 『ボールドアズ君』＆any other works even if they are music or movie.Such a borderless-idea between music＆movie reflects the casting in Okamoto works. The representative example is potesara-chan(ぽてさらちゃん) who is a solo singer as well as an actor＆doesn’t cling to genre of entertainment. Thus, she plays an important role in 『ボールドアズ君』.
Okamoto’s attitudes suddenly spread to Tokyo, where event space live bar-pega(バーペガ) understand the attitude& the owner 古郡翔馬 had kindly consent with decorating the poster of 『ボールドアズ君』 on the wall.
Because he also knows there’re no borderline between music＆movie. The other music bar that is understanding Okamoto’s borderless-between-music&movie is TAKAITOW located in Kayanacho, whose owner, Namita Sui is not only a musician, but also taking music video for indies artists. In that respect, they seem to have synchronicity.
The thoughts that there’s borderless between LIVE house＆Mini theater is clearly reflected by the Okamoto’s(コココロ) live.
Most of the audiences must’ve felt as if to come across the ending of ディスコーズハイ and surely 『ボールドアズ君』 because the essence is almost the same.Concretely let me show you an incident; on June 2024 live in Teradacho, Director Okamoto lent his guitar for Ishikawa(who’s a member of P-90)instead of broken one. Surprisingly, watching『ボールドアズ君』 may make you realize the same incident happened!
What a miraculous this is!
Concretely let me show you an incident; on June 2024 live in Teradacho, Director Okamoto lent his guitar for Ishikawa(who’s a member of P-90)instead of broken one. Surprisingly, watching #ボールドアズ君 may make you realize the same incident happened!
— ネノメタル𒅒Ahead Of the TRUTH (@AnatomyOfNMT) 2025年8月16日
Otherwise, this isn’t a miracle but rather a dairy event in that such a miraculous incident’s happening everyday in each live houses, where you can find not only kagerazu-like band but also tamachan-like person who’s searching for identification. 『ボールドアズ君』 is such a movie. In this live on April 2024, Director Okamoto fell down as if to be crazy playing their standard tune“『じゃあねさよなら』(see you again), which made us feel his rock &entertainment spirit.
I‘d like all the people who like ボールドアズ君 to watch his live. We should note that #ボールドアズ君 is NEVER a kind of movie that only mania can enjoy within inner circles. As an evidence, in 2024 winter, digest video of this movie was on air at the center of Osaka(道頓堀).
This is a popular movie everyone enjoys！In an event related to 『ボールドアズ君』 , we witnessed 鈴木大夢(P-90) acting with a solo acoustic style.The most impress tune is “The moment(瞬間)”, among which he sung loudly “music is just the art of the moment”, which can be said to every entertainment.
以前X(旧Twitter)にてこの盤を聴けば「少なくとも10回は宇宙にぶっ飛べます」と記述したことがあるがその理由を述べると、ラスト曲『Black Hole Love』でブラックホールにブッ飛ばされるのだ。また一曲目に戻ればいい。一度聴き終わっても回帰的(recursive)な流れになってるのでリピートが止まらないのだ。 そこにあるのは宇宙の普遍とロックとELECTRICMAMAと....わっしょい。『Rock N Roll Universe』はそういうアルバムである。
一曲目の勢いを継承し「銀河で最高に光り輝く『Hyper Vega』 であらん事を。」と我々にも、エレママ自身にも問いかけるように歌い上げるEDMロックチューン。 【等身大から完全体、そして最果て】へと連動していくような世界観。ここから描かれる理想はロマンチシズムすら超えていくような感覚に見舞われる。それにしても、エレママのMVを観てていつも思うのが人間の計算体系に基づいた近未来像、宇宙観などエッセンスを維持しつつその曲にしかないオリジナリティも忘れない点。 本MVでは映画『Ghost in the shell (攻殻機動隊)』に顕著なオリエンタリズムが炸裂しているように思えるのだ。
1-10.Black Hole Love アルバムラスト曲であり2年前のKenji Zombieの生誕を祝うようにドロップアウトされた最初の『Rock N Roll Universe』の要素を持つ曲である。
合図をするから来世で逢いましょ
『Distopia Parade』が「祈り」ならば本曲は「約束」の歌である。エレママ新曲『Black Love Hole』セトリのどの位置で放たれるかに注目していたが、正にダイナマイトにニトログリセリンをぶち込むかの如く最も盛り上がりを加速させる中盤だった！彼らはキラーチューンに頼らず真っ向勝負に出たのだ！ このアティテュードこそ最高の起爆剤だ。
理由はシンプルで最＆高を更新したからだ。もっと具体的にいえばこの日は特に『Evil Heat』期のプライマル・スクリームのようなエレクトロパンクスピリットを感じたからだ。『rock 'n' roll universe』に顕著なスピード感溢れるロッキンブルースとあの頃のプライマルに顕著な荒削りなEDMパンクとの華麗なる融合した正にオーディエンスの誰もが「世界はエレママが必要だ」ともわ思わせた瞬間でもある。
The Comprehensive Disc Review of GunzoPikata's(#群像ピカタ) ”Braid”(2022) ~International Version
【Review】 Although 3 years have passed since『Braid』released, we can recognize the lifestyles of 古郡翔馬. These constituent (music, art ＆atelier Pegasus)are merged into peculiar sound escapes and these 7songs have a POWER to appeal the world.
1.『Intro』
The vocalist (古郡翔馬)said “It’s essential to feature acoustic guitar sound even if the tune is rock-oriented”. In fact, the first tune of the album『intro』is acoustic guitar instrumental tune we feel the sense of urgency.
Although this tune has many varities of version, this album version might be what we call, conclusive version in that chrus work and goovy sounds are added to bring us a kind of funky element.
Music varies with audiences' interpretation freely.
【I feel the underground boiling with enthusiasm】 This 『No.9』 ‘s impressive phrase reminds me of the very ideal for Japanese indies music scene and we also feel the arrangement have the taste of jazz improvisation in 1970s〜80s.We should note that『No.9』has the following phrase 【Making the correct way the right way on my way 】 This phrase is warning clinging to a stereotype is dangerous & suggesting a criticism to the music scene all over the world.
4.『ネモフィラ』 【Make a greatest change if you want 】 This phrase includes Shoma’s introspective feeling and praying, where we can feel the combination of his shouting 【鳴らせ】with the groove of the band sound proceeding gradually.As for the concept of “change”in #ネモフィラ, we should note a biologist Charles R. Darwin stated as follows; “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, but the one that is most adaptable to change.”which prove that music has a power to change the world🌎
For 群像ピカタ, 人生名画 can be compared to『A day in the life』for a legend, THE BEATLES. A trivial event in a day life can trace in our heart, leading to a universal truth even if our lives passed away, which is also compared to just like a painting🖼️ .
Watching this MV strongly proves that the scene of reversed guitar sounds(1:05) and noisy shoe-gaze sounds(2:25) make us feel that both romanticism and melodious elements are preserved without devoting itself too much psychedelics🖼️
I am clearly remembering this act at Atelier Pegasus when the first time I came across this song. I was very impressed by Shoma’s performance feeling not only delicate＆poetic elements but also emotional and dynamic parts (especially interlude of the song).
6.『金星の日面通過を見逃した』 This is the very killer tune that is often played in Shoma’s solo LIVE. As the tile shows, the rylics is based on his way of thinking in his daily life. That‘s why we can feel＆enjoy its contrast of dynamic band sound.
This is the last tune of『Braid』and one-half minutes instrumental『Outro』that has a taste of silence and bluesy. Because of the wordless world, the interpretation depends on each audiences. And this might be the introduction of『intro』.
As『人生名画』shows, we can find a phrase【sub-cultural days】which suggest that every cultural things ahead of us have messages and 『#Braid』tells us such an attitude’s as everything is permitted in my life
