Nov 21, 2024
Mechanero - 明暗 (light and darkness)
seen from Germany
seen from Netherlands
seen from Brazil
seen from United States
seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from Russia
seen from Malaysia
seen from Türkiye
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from Singapore
seen from China
seen from Philippines
seen from Zambia
seen from Netherlands
seen from Singapore
seen from Türkiye
seen from Japan
seen from Netherlands
Mechanero - 明暗 (light and darkness)
I guess it's time to post the song that got me into the Japanese music scene initially, Curtain Call by the band Mechanero. I was hesitant on featuring this band at all solely for the fact that I know nearly nothing about them, so this post will be focusing on my personal experience with this song.
I had always been interested in bands like The Pillows and Asian Kung-fu Generation, but as great as those artists are, I don't think they really encapsulated what Japanese indie had to offer. Instead they served as a kind of beacon to international fans. However, when I was maybe 15 I found the music video for this song and fell totally head over heels for it immediately. Every aspect of Mechanero was what I regarded the perfect band to be like. The lo-fi aesthetic and editing of the video, the acid-washed screentone, and the catchy keyboard break that made this song completely infectious.
After trying for so long to find anything from this band I gave up and eventually forgot about them. It's always been kind of an odd form of memorabilia to listen to this song and think about the amount of times i've (like many others) stumbled upon a band or song I loved through the internet, but had no luck in getting any information about them, or had anyone to talk about them with. It's that unexplainable feeling of isolation yet excitement you get with songs like this. Anyway, unfortunately I still don't have any information to share about Mechanero other than the fact that they have broken up and formed other bands. Hopefully you can take this post for what it is and enjoy one of my favorite songs of all time, which ultimately is the reason this blog was started in the first place. Enjoy, this is Curtain Call.
Mechanero - Curtain Call
メカネロ (Mechanero) - Curtain Call
This is the song that made "World renowned poet" Brian "Motherfucking" Ang remember me & talk to me more (and he still likes it 'cause he requested it to be played during fundraiser week I think).
