i have a couple questions... where did the songs past the ~18 minute mark come from? i thought that was all that was found. also, who's andy? and where/who are the original band members?
Brilliant comment. Panchiko's songs remind me of my brother's band back in the early 2000s. It was similarly good stuff that was recorded very lo-fi and didn't connect back then, but now his kids are like: "Whoa, Dad! That garage band you were in was actually *good!"*
Looking in charity shops for old Vinyl/CD demos is something that people should do more often, there’s so much amazing stuff out there just waiting to found.
I came here because of feldup, this is one of those album that gives a weird felling of nostalgia because of their story and the way they manage to survive, we are listening to what people wanted to hear years ago. I can't really explain much more on this felling but since you're here I guess you kind of understood what I'm talking about. Just enjoy your time :)
The story of panchiko from disbanded band to their dream coming true and assembling again after 20 years is just wholesome and weird at the same time And all of this happened because of one 4chan post
when i discovered this album i genuinely thought it came out in the 2010s, if it rlly came out in 2000 this is ridiculously ahead of its time the anime references, the album cover, the lofi production, the bedroom pop sound, everything abt this sounds like something you’d hear on bandcamp today
i was talking about this with a friend the other day, just imagine the amount of music we’ve lost in the past due to lack of being able to store it. so many old EPs and albums made by nobodies that probably have very good music, lost due to time. like think about it, maybe the best song you would ever hear in your entire life was made in the 1980s by a bunch of college students, it just never got popular and is now lost due to time. digital music is great, the fact that you can upload your music to a couple of websites completely for free is incredible. i dont think we’ll loose much music now.
As a sound engineer and producer who works frequently with lo fi recording techniques I have to say that this kind of "rot" can occur on older low quality cd-r's from around the late 90s and early 2000s due to the fact that you literally have to burn data onto some of them. Add to that fact that if it was burnt at the wrong speeds for those discs they will last about 2 months before they start to sound bitcrushed like the songs here but honestly it doesn't take much and can be replicated with some care if you know a thing or two. I know this has been long winded but I have one more small point that the warping you can hear may be from shitty tape they used to record the masters I have to say it is unlikely because if you had warping this bad you would never use those as your masters anyway. Regardless I hope I have shed light on the subject for those who are interested and I will say if this isn't from the early era of cd-r's they have done a spectacular job on the production side, the guerilla marketing is top notch and the album is phenomenal just discovered it and am loving every track
@@toad8840 yeah if in post without the original stems they've removed a hiss like that that's most likely where the vauge warping has appeared as it's gotten rid of some frequencies at certain parts, I have to add that this album has become a fast favorite of mine I find myself coming back to it often and I only stumbled across it about a week ago so that's a testament to these beautiful songs
Wait so CDs have an expiration date of sound quality? I have a shit load of those CD-R discs from probably 2000s was thinking about putting my songs on there and then burning them. Are you saying if I wait a few months before burning they could have a similar sound?
@@shitocodone8940 it all depends on brand and how old they are, plus if they've had data on them the entire time. For the degradation to occur it needs data on it in the first place to degrade. It might still give you that effect with a fresh burn but I can't speak to the results as I've never seen or done it myself, let me know the results because this could be an interesting use for an experimental band I've been recording lately by mixing the "clean" sound with the rotted one
- EvilExNumber3 the stuff I’m working on now doesn’t really fit it one song might so I’ll try to finish it tomorrow. I kinda just plan everything in my head and hope I don’t forget months later but helps me stick to ideas I really like and only make good stuff rather gimmicky songs. ( if you were to look at my songs on this channel they aren’t reflective of what I do now. Those were just songs from 2018 and below that I remastered for fun)
@@shitocodone8940 ahh yeah I feel you it'll be interesting to see if you'd be able to replicate it with a fresh burn it'd open some interesting post FX possibilities
man if flcl 2 would've been at least somewhat good. it didn't need to be like the first one but it didn't do anything cool or new either or did it well
Stabilisers for Big Boys gave off early Linkin Park vibes, and I'm balling on the floor. This is a time capsule I was not mentally and emotionally prepared for. Update: DEATHMETAL (ROT) took me back when my CD collections would be scratched and itd be annoying to hear the songs skipping 😭
@@Gamefreak924 overall ahead of it's time globally maybe? Americans and other places weren't really into this kind of stuff that heavy during that time.
i thought we'd be stuck with just the data rot versions and that we wouldn't be able to find any of the members or a 2nd cd. i'm so fucking glad that i got proven wrong. thank you owain for giving us knowledge about the band and the album. thank you andy for remastering the album and giving us this. thank you to the rest of the band for making this masterpiece.
If you have the will. There's a way. I've only started recently within the past year and a half from being only able to draw stick figures pretty much, to getting close to the face you see in this album. Granted, I'm still very much a novice, learning new tricks and things to use to produce the art that I want. But, if you do wish to draw something akin to like how this album is, I implore you, try it. Art is such a wondrous thing I never realized I would love so much till I actually delved myself into it.
The title track is one of the most transportive, poignant, well-composed tracks I have ever heard in my life. It's rare for me to cry to music as much as I did to this gorgeous song.
It really is a beautiful song. It actually made me cry too. What a wonderful and beautiful track. And with the shoddy equipment they got, its a wonder they made something so beautiful and amazing.
This whole album is so pretty and soft and it baffles me the amount of time it took to find a piece of art like this, it makes me wonder what other masterpieces are forgotten and will never be found.
wow, i was in that original thread like 4 years ago and i'm shocked that this has actually happened, all this time later. thanks so much for posting this. hearing the clean versions of track 1 & 4 in particular is really amazing :-)
I know. Been in this mystery all thanks to TMS, and ir's been one hell of a trip. Who thought a high school band could unchain such an adventure for so many people? A chapter of our lives is closin
This whole album makes me feel like I'm flying way up in the clouds, above a city. It gives me a sense of euphoria throughout. Bless you guys for making this possible; this is really the best thing to come out of this year.
This came out in 2000, with the latter half (cut and on) coming out in 2001. It was originally datarotted which you can see in the final 4 tracks and the clean tracks were finally released this year.
This reminds me of my favourite shoegaze bands, Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. Oh what could have been, if Panchiko got a record deal. We were robbed =(
@@rxsanders4265 Not everyone likes to choose a single genre to listen for the rest of their lives and search every single possible band from foreign countries with shitty recordings, pal. Some of us listen to more than just one style and don't care about digging through thousands of bands that sound the same.
Spotify recommended this song to me and I had no idea about the lore of this artist/album, so it’s so cool that a random find from a thrift store revitalized this artist’s popularity!!
This is amazing. It makes me wonder what other awesome media has been lost to the mists of time. Thank goodness this was rescued from being lost to the ages. I wish Panchiko got to make more music, because this album is awesome.
Unfortunately a lot of old CD-R releases are going to end up the same way. I have a few dozen discs that have the same kind of distortion and aren't available anywhere else. I've been trying to find Overland for over 7 years. :( /watch?v=FauosB1ZjmA
@@eddiehorak913 Another copy was found but it has the same issue. We were able to get one additional track in poor quality. The band members are still unidentified.
stuff like this always makes me wonder what hidden gems will never be found, because there's bound to be content that simply gets unlucky and is just never discovered in the ocean of content that exists, especially in the information age.
Thank you TH-cam for recommanding me bangers like this. I just learned about the story behind this album and I'm coming back to it, it was almost going to slip away as another recent experimental album to me, I can't believe how these guys were ahead of their times ! This is amazing
This is why I go to thrift stores. I've found some crazy stuff that isn't even on TH-cam. Nothing is more satisfying than not finding music online then finding out it's a banger
Very rarely I favor the entire album by musicians and these are one of those rare moments. Soundtrack is perfect to my ears and everything just gives me this nostalgia feeling from a older anime I had never watch but wished it existed. If I where to make a anime this album certainly be the inspiration for the soundtrack.
@@tiredsam8807 I have especially when I was younger (which is ironic for what the anime about). I mean the music pretty close to flcl but the way I imagine this album 'if it had an anime' is more like K-on! but with the mix of weirder stuff and plot going on
Technically it would already be with the seven tracks, as the RIAA defines an album as either five or more tracks at least 15 minutes in length or any amount of tracks if it's at least thirty minutes, but the former definition seems too lenient of a threshhold and unsatisfying
Laputa sound like the soundtrack I could've had with a girl I like if I've been more courageous and honest with my feelings. Now, she will forever be my castle in the sky - was so near my grasp but just far enough that I couldn't just touch it or hold it with my arms.
@@toad8840 I mean like Smashing Pumpkins, MBV, Björk n all that Basically just go on the Rate Your Music charts for the 90s and you'll find everything he's talking about
Wish I followed this mystery while it was going on, I love lost media like this. I imagine this album would sound even more amazing to me if I had been searching for it. However, I already think its a fantastic album, so im glad I found it
Personally I think this album fits rarely well into the wake of OK Computer. It has similar vibes with the mix of electronic and rock elements with some weird experimentation and generally melancholy tone. The lo-fi rock sound is probably more an element of the recording conditions, but it’s not like weird lo-fi rock was unheard of, Grandaddy being a great lo-fi indie rock band from around the time. I’m not 100% convinced the story behind the album is true, but it’s fairly believable that a group of young guys could’ve made this in the late 90s.
I had a dream last night where I was in some sort of art class and me and a bunch of other students were working on some charcoal drawings. In the class there was a radio playing music and at some point, a song that sounded very much like Kicking Cars started playing and everyone including me began singing along like it was just a pop song that everyone knew like that. It's not all the time that I have these vivid dreams with music I can recognize so distinctly, so for my brain have chosen that song in particular, especially the one with the lyrics that mentions dreaming, it's all very interesting.
I enjoyed the whole album and I loved it how nostalgic and calm sounding it sounds, it reminds me of the early 2000s alternative music. This is one of my favourites albums and I am glad to listen to this (nearly) 20 year-old album from the past. Amazing!
This feels like Walking into a 7-11 alone at night with head phones Watching your friends be happy without you as you watch from a far Not knowing what to do when you turn 18 and wanting to stay a kid forever Being lonely in a room full of people A long car drive zoning out as rain drops fall down the window The feeling of growing apart from your closest friends
Dude, the very first thing I heard from Pachinko was Sodium Chloride and the first thing I was, "These guys must've really loved Pablo Honey and Ok Computer."
This album reminds me of the early 2000s, when everyone had a Nokia phone and there was no Coronavirus. My cousin Alex gave me his Nokia 3310 and a hug, when the song DEATHMETAL was playing on his computer. Alex is also a big fan of anime and japanese stuff. He's 26 now, a good and calm person. Oh boy! How fast time flies!
i went into this completely blind. had no idea of the backstory or anything. i thought it was beautiful rot and all. very few albums can i say made me cry but this was one of them. especially rotted laputa i just broke out in tears listing to it. after i listened to it youtube recommended the whang vid and damn i was quite surprised.
this is one of my favorite albums ever, despite the original data rot all the songs on the ep were really beautiful. listening to the full album with them in peak quality made me legitimately tear up. thank you owain and andy and everyone who spread the word and search :')
Damn, this is amazing! not only the story behind it, but also how great the songs are. It's magical that this exists and it's here so that all of us can enjoy it for free. Thank you to everyone involved. Also, it looks and sound so modern. Can't believe this is from 2000, that's insane.
This album is awesome, a masterpiece. My favorite song from this album always changes because it's so hard to pick only one. I really wish Panchiko made more music, but I'm so glad that they are gaining popularity nowadays, they deserve it.
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0:00 - DEATHMETAL
4:21 - Stabilisers For Big Boys
8:34 - Laputa
11:17 - The Eyes of Ibad
18:15 - CUT
23:08 - Sodium Chloride
25:52 - Kicking Cars
30:03 - DEATHMETAL (ROT)
34:24 - Stabilisers For Big Boys (ROT)
38:35 - Laputa (ROT)
41:20 - The Eyes of Ibad (ROT)
The rot versions are the original rips, right? That's actually a really cool idea to throw them in
i have a couple questions... where did the songs past the ~18 minute mark come from? i thought that was all that was found. also, who's andy? and where/who are the original band members?
@@jacksonknight6884 Andy is one of the original band members who also sourced the three extra songs
Where si the death metal????
@@chezzcp3623 it's the first one
“I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it.” - the lead singer of Panchiko in 2000, probably.
You should check out Jamison Faulkner if you like deathmetal, he's got a very similar vibe to Panchiko
Brilliant comment. Panchiko's songs remind me of my brother's band back in the early 2000s. It was similarly good stuff that was recorded very lo-fi and didn't connect back then, but now his kids are like: "Whoa, Dad! That garage band you were in was actually *good!"*
Maybe the real Panchiko was the friends we made along the way.
Lmaooo
Lik if u criyed evryetim
true though
omg
Well we all got herpes along the way..
interesting how this took nearly 20 years to be heard. i'm going to be hitting up my local thrift store more often now....
Looking in charity shops for old Vinyl/CD demos is something that people should do more often, there’s so much amazing stuff out there just waiting to found.
the story is fake
@@brickmaster1435 i agree actually
@@brickmaster1435 still no source
@@brickmaster1435 Is it though?
I've been bamboozled this ain't death metal *wtf*
same lmao, I'm into brutal death and so is my band but I do have a lil guilty pleasure of a sideproject that is kinda like this so... lol
I mean, it is good, but I was prepared for an earrape that never happened
I legit though this was like a band like Jig-Ai
few things will ever be as death metal as your username tho
@@davidley4832 Thank you 🤘
I came here because of feldup, this is one of those album that gives a weird felling of nostalgia because of their story and the way they manage to survive, we are listening to what people wanted to hear years ago. I can't really explain much more on this felling but since you're here I guess you kind of understood what I'm talking about. Just enjoy your time :)
same
Pareil pour moi.
...Are you French ?
@@NiightpinkI'm Belgian.
@@Limedea so cool! :3
The story of panchiko from disbanded band to their dream coming true and assembling again after 20 years is just wholesome and weird at the same time
And all of this happened because of one 4chan post
From a 4chan post, not reddit.
It's insane to think that the 2000s is so far behind us. Still feel like the 90s was 10 years ago for me
@@CarlWidegrip my bad
@@johnroyal4054 NGL , even tho you make no sense, I completely understand
because of the 1 random copy in the thrift store
Hey Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!
*We're getting the band back together*
Please do.
YOURE THE ONE WHO SETS THE BAR
congrats, theyre back together
You should check out Jamison Faulkner if you like deathmetal, he's got a very similar vibe to Panchiko
when i discovered this album i genuinely thought it came out in the 2010s, if it rlly came out in 2000 this is ridiculously ahead of its time
the anime references, the album cover, the lofi production, the bedroom pop sound, everything abt this sounds like something you’d hear on bandcamp today
Just found out abt this album and I couldn’t describe it any better
Tbf, everything on bandcamp sounds like late 90s/early 2000s indie. We aren't doing anything new.
@@ThatFilmisGnarly You're not wrong, but still, this came out in 2000. Sounds more modern than that imo
I guess so, some of this also reminds me of radiohead which also predates it.
The Velvet Undergrown of our time
As a Metalhead, this came up on my recommendation
Thought it was gonna be pure Death Metal songs
But am not disappointed, really2 love it!!!!
lol same here
tho at first I was expecting 8-bit death lmao
yeah man, i love metal, and in the end, good music is what only matters
What kind of death metal album is called death metal lol
@@fackumon292 Venom have got an album called black metal and that’s better than most black metal so 🤷♂️
wait a sec... this isnt Radiohead
fortunately
Yeah it's a very cheap ripoff of them
@@gonlegos poo poo head
@@jhin4474 Isn’t every band?
@@jhin4474 however it sounds better than them
i was talking about this with a friend the other day, just imagine the amount of music we’ve lost in the past due to lack of being able to store it. so many old EPs and albums made by nobodies that probably have very good music, lost due to time.
like think about it, maybe the best song you would ever hear in your entire life was made in the 1980s by a bunch of college students, it just never got popular and is now lost due to time.
digital music is great, the fact that you can upload your music to a couple of websites completely for free is incredible. i dont think we’ll loose much music now.
Moondog
:(
@@andrescardenasloza6999
i do not know what moondog is pls enlighten me thanku
dang
@@andrescardenasloza6999 what’s moondog?
@@MrManProduction moondog these nuts
historic moment
Great to know you are still alive and kicking, Onodera.
It wasn't your fault, punpun...
sexy
i remember you
Yo wtf are you doing here
As a sound engineer and producer who works frequently with lo fi recording techniques I have to say that this kind of "rot" can occur on older low quality cd-r's from around the late 90s and early 2000s due to the fact that you literally have to burn data onto some of them. Add to that fact that if it was burnt at the wrong speeds for those discs they will last about 2 months before they start to sound bitcrushed like the songs here but honestly it doesn't take much and can be replicated with some care if you know a thing or two. I know this has been long winded but I have one more small point that the warping you can hear may be from shitty tape they used to record the masters I have to say it is unlikely because if you had warping this bad you would never use those as your masters anyway. Regardless I hope I have shed light on the subject for those who are interested and I will say if this isn't from the early era of cd-r's they have done a spectacular job on the production side, the guerilla marketing is top notch and the album is phenomenal just discovered it and am loving every track
@@toad8840 yeah if in post without the original stems they've removed a hiss like that that's most likely where the vauge warping has appeared as it's gotten rid of some frequencies at certain parts, I have to add that this album has become a fast favorite of mine I find myself coming back to it often and I only stumbled across it about a week ago so that's a testament to these beautiful songs
Wait so CDs have an expiration date of sound quality? I have a shit load of those CD-R discs from probably 2000s was thinking about putting my songs on there and then burning them. Are you saying if I wait a few months before burning they could have a similar sound?
@@shitocodone8940 it all depends on brand and how old they are, plus if they've had data on them the entire time. For the degradation to occur it needs data on it in the first place to degrade. It might still give you that effect with a fresh burn but I can't speak to the results as I've never seen or done it myself, let me know the results because this could be an interesting use for an experimental band I've been recording lately by mixing the "clean" sound with the rotted one
- EvilExNumber3 the stuff I’m working on now doesn’t really fit it one song might so I’ll try to finish it tomorrow. I kinda just plan everything in my head and hope I don’t forget months later but helps me stick to ideas I really like and only make good stuff rather gimmicky songs. ( if you were to look at my songs on this channel they aren’t reflective of what I do now. Those were just songs from 2018 and below that I remastered for fun)
@@shitocodone8940 ahh yeah I feel you it'll be interesting to see if you'd be able to replicate it with a fresh burn it'd open some interesting post FX possibilities
Merci Feldup pour la découverte 😊
Feldup m'a fait découvrir ce chef d"oeuvre
was lucky enough to be one of the first people to listen to this in a chatroom after 19 years of it being unheard
Same here mate
Was it really unlisted to for that long? Like it just fell off the map? Or was it just that it didn't get popular.
no one actually cares
is that a famjly giy referemce xd
@@orbambassador5158 you're not funny
My God
This album is the soundtrack of the Indie Anime of my dreams
This shit is what I wanted FLCL 2 to sound like
It's fantastic
That would be amazing holy shit
FLCL is a great comparison to this album
dude I was literally just thinking about flcl or how it would be a good soundtrack in welcome to the nhk
Man that would be Incredible
man if flcl 2 would've been at least somewhat good. it didn't need to be like the first one but it didn't do anything cool or new either or did it well
Stabilisers for Big Boys gave off early Linkin Park vibes, and I'm balling on the floor. This is a time capsule I was not mentally and emotionally prepared for.
Update: DEATHMETAL (ROT) took me back when my CD collections would be scratched and itd be annoying to hear the songs skipping 😭
Could they be considered ahead of their time? Cause this album would definitely do well in 2015 when lofi was at its peak
Agreed, especially paired with the cover and title given the rise of anime and ironic humor around the same time.
Not completely. This genre was somewhat popular in the 90s in the UK. Look up some of Archive's older works (pre-Noise album).
fr
@@Gamefreak924 overall ahead of it's time globally maybe? Americans and other places weren't really into this kind of stuff that heavy during that time.
There's so many lofi albums out there tho idk
I can't stop smiling that we finally got a release!
No smiling allowed. Only golf claps.
very nice Haruomi Hosono profile picture, you have great taste!
Hmmm
i thought we'd be stuck with just the data rot versions and that we wouldn't be able to find any of the members or a 2nd cd. i'm so fucking glad that i got proven wrong. thank you owain for giving us knowledge about the band and the album. thank you andy for remastering the album and giving us this. thank you to the rest of the band for making this masterpiece.
There's just something about album art that is just so aspiring. It makes me want to go out and create my own despite being nowhere near an artist.
If you have the will. There's a way. I've only started recently within the past year and a half from being only able to draw stick figures pretty much, to getting close to the face you see in this album. Granted, I'm still very much a novice, learning new tricks and things to use to produce the art that I want. But, if you do wish to draw something akin to like how this album is, I implore you, try it. Art is such a wondrous thing I never realized I would love so much till I actually delved myself into it.
Its literally just a panel from a manga with colored square spaces and text put on
anybody can be an artist
The title track is one of the most transportive, poignant, well-composed tracks I have ever heard in my life. It's rare for me to cry to music as much as I did to this gorgeous song.
It really is a beautiful song. It actually made me cry too. What a wonderful and beautiful track. And with the shoddy equipment they got, its a wonder they made something so beautiful and amazing.
The glow part two
I think you're being a little hyperbolic
Its pretty shit. Like the rest of the album. Ahead of its time, sure. But its generally bad all the way through.
Good shit man. These kids were talented
*Are
@@salvadorm5046 not kids anymore
This whole album is so pretty and soft and it baffles me the amount of time it took to find a piece of art like this, it makes me wonder what other masterpieces are forgotten and will never be found.
Kindest Of Thieves - Serial Mothers and Terminal Hunchbacks is a great one that I rescued
Muchas como la humanidad misma
wow, i was in that original thread like 4 years ago and i'm shocked that this has actually happened, all this time later. thanks so much for posting this. hearing the clean versions of track 1 & 4 in particular is really amazing :-)
I know. Been in this mystery all thanks to TMS, and ir's been one hell of a trip.
Who thought a high school band could unchain such an adventure for so many people? A chapter of our lives is closin
Just found this band recently, is there a story about this album?
@@Malos_ yup!!! It's actually pretty mysterious tbh, but it's cool to know
Nice pfp
everyone be like "oh yeah this sounds like a mix of death grips and crazy frog"
Wow this album is actually pretty good. Didn't expect it to sound like this at all.
Came here for brutal slamming anime death metal.
Walked away with goosebumps, tears, and a cool story 💚🤟🔥
This is the ending I always wanted for every local band I ever listened to as a teenager
I’m a huge rap fan and finding this album has transcended my music taste
Trapaholics Mixtapes
holy shit
Real trap shit
we make it look easy
walk with your boys
*inhale*
key moment in music history
Honestly.
I remember stumbling upon all of this back in 2017. Finally hearing it in such great quality is so surreal.
This is definitely the album ever
one of the most albums ever
This whole album makes me feel like I'm flying way up in the clouds, above a city. It gives me a sense of euphoria throughout. Bless you guys for making this possible; this is really the best thing to come out of this year.
Low-key crying to Kicking Cars though, ngl
This came out in 2000, with the latter half (cut and on) coming out in 2001. It was originally datarotted which you can see in the final 4 tracks and the clean tracks were finally released this year.
This reminds me of my favourite shoegaze bands, Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. Oh what could have been, if Panchiko got a record deal. We were robbed =(
Doll Face i’m guessing it was due to the samples?
Pretty sure andy has a record label and was planning to release the album on streaming services through it
>favorite shoegaze bands
>only the succesfully commercial ones
fuck off
MBV is amazing, Slowdive is so fucking spectacular. Souvlaki is one of my favorite albums. You have great taste!
@@rxsanders4265 Not everyone likes to choose a single genre to listen for the rest of their lives and search every single possible band from foreign countries with shitty recordings, pal. Some of us listen to more than just one style and don't care about digging through thousands of bands that sound the same.
This was truly ahead of it's time
Spotify recommended this song to me and I had no idea about the lore of this artist/album, so it’s so cool that a random find from a thrift store revitalized this artist’s popularity!!
This is amazing. It makes me wonder what other awesome media has been lost to the mists of time. Thank goodness this was rescued from being lost to the ages. I wish Panchiko got to make more music, because this album is awesome.
Unfortunately a lot of old CD-R releases are going to end up the same way. I have a few dozen discs that have the same kind of distortion and aren't available anywhere else. I've been trying to find Overland for over 7 years. :( /watch?v=FauosB1ZjmA
@@Profoundemonium still looking for it? I know a very talented group of sleuths who would enjoy the search for it
@@eddiehorak913 Another copy was found but it has the same issue. We were able to get one additional track in poor quality. The band members are still unidentified.
A bit late to this but they've released new music now
@@Smurfypopcorn I heard! It's super cool that they got brought back together because of this.
stuff like this always makes me wonder what hidden gems will never be found, because there's bound to be content that simply gets unlucky and is just never discovered in the ocean of content that exists, especially in the information age.
album: death metal
genre: Lo-Fi
Me: Like
watched panchiko lore video and immediately fell in love w them
Merci Feldup
Gracias yoshi por darme buenos gustos en música
creí que seria el único
@@gustavoospina7475 xd hay una canción que se llama laputa
@@LeSaWorks eso vi, y quede como... whaaat
@@LeSaWorks se llama laputa por una referencia a la película castillo en el cielo (también conocida como tenkuu no shiro laputa)
Apuesto que Yoshi ahora es responsable de traer fans de los Méxicos a este disco. 😁
Thank you TH-cam for recommanding me bangers like this.
I just learned about the story behind this album and I'm coming back to it, it was almost going to slip away as another recent experimental album to me, I can't believe how these guys were ahead of their times ! This is amazing
i legit thought that this was a deathmetal/grindcore album judging by the album cover. well this is good, anyway
Do you know of much weeb death/grind albums or nah?
@@treatz620 i know some like Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship, Cheerleader Concubine, Schoolgirl Upon thy corpse, and stuff
@@strayfurther8246 the meat shits
I don’t understand the correlation between gore and anime, but DEATHH METALLLLL!!!!!!!
@@pinoydak0871 never heard of them, maybe i ll check em later
I’ll listen to that in the car when i’ll be a father so that my son will have the "dad’s music nostalgia" (great album btw)
I remember when the only version available was the rot version. I used to listen to it a lot but man I am thankful for the clear album.
this album actually kinda kicks ass.
that's my review.
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@@ilovepersona3 L
So is it a strong 9 to a light 10 or what?
@@thekid1568it's a "good"
Looks like I’m gunna be listening to 20/19 year old music like it’s just came out, This is honestly amazing
I think i tried listening to this once didnt like but now coming back to it it actually is really good might be a contender for my favorite albums
The eyes of Ibad it's truly a masterpiece song, very well composed
This is why I go to thrift stores. I've found some crazy stuff that isn't even on TH-cam. Nothing is more satisfying than not finding music online then finding out it's a banger
For something that I mistook for actual death metal. . .this is actually pretty nice
Nice Acid Bath pfp, I thought the same thing.
probably internet's biggest bruh moment
Certified hood classic
Very rarely I favor the entire album by musicians and these are one of those rare moments. Soundtrack is perfect to my ears and everything just gives me this nostalgia feeling from a older anime I had never watch but wished it existed. If I where to make a anime this album certainly be the inspiration for the soundtrack.
Have you seen flcl ?
@@tiredsam8807 I have especially when I was younger (which is ironic for what the anime about). I mean the music pretty close to flcl but the way I imagine this album 'if it had an anime' is more like K-on! but with the mix of weirder stuff and plot going on
I like that both remastered EPs combined just _barely_ pass the half hour mark, making it a full length album.
Technically it would already be with the seven tracks, as the RIAA defines an album as either five or more tracks at least 15 minutes in length or any amount of tracks if it's at least thirty minutes, but the former definition seems too lenient of a threshhold and unsatisfying
Laputa sound like the
soundtrack I could've had with a girl I like if I've been more courageous and honest with my feelings. Now, she will forever be my castle in the sky - was so near my grasp but just far enough that I couldn't just touch it or hold it with my arms.
Damn I'm glad whang introduced me to this album, it slaps
Yup!! Came here from him as well
Sameeee
Same
@@MrFart-in6gj what don’t you like about it
Reminds me of the indie/alternative/britpop/neo-psychedelia/trip-hop type shit my mom listened to in the late 90s.
@@toad8840 kid a by radiohead LOL
@@toad8840 I mean like
Smashing Pumpkins, MBV, Björk n all that
Basically just go on the Rate Your Music charts for the 90s and you'll find everything he's talking about
@@toad8840 yeah she's a pretty popular singer
Not really "indie" more like "critically aclaimed"
I'd check out her album Post for the 90s vibe
Dream pop
Its like smashing pumpkins without the guitars
I don't remember who said it, but "lofi shoegaze" is exactly what this sounds like
reminds me of Sweet Trip
love sweet trip
oh you know annas gonna love this one
I love Sweet Trip to death but I honestly don’t hear it except for maybe the end of Cut
Wish I followed this mystery while it was going on, I love lost media like this. I imagine this album would sound even more amazing to me if I had been searching for it. However, I already think its a fantastic album, so im glad I found it
Had chills all throughout Kicking Cars. So damn happy to finally hear these without the rot.
Hearing the rot on these sounded so cool, but I'm happy too.
Okay, this is poggers
PAGCHOMP
Personally I think this album fits rarely well into the wake of OK Computer. It has similar vibes with the mix of electronic and rock elements with some weird experimentation and generally melancholy tone. The lo-fi rock sound is probably more an element of the recording conditions, but it’s not like weird lo-fi rock was unheard of, Grandaddy being a great lo-fi indie rock band from around the time. I’m not 100% convinced the story behind the album is true, but it’s fairly believable that a group of young guys could’ve made this in the late 90s.
I had a dream last night where I was in some sort of art class and me and a bunch of other students were working on some charcoal drawings. In the class there was a radio playing music and at some point, a song that sounded very much like Kicking Cars started playing and everyone including me began singing along like it was just a pop song that everyone knew like that. It's not all the time that I have these vivid dreams with music I can recognize so distinctly, so for my brain have chosen that song in particular, especially the one with the lyrics that mentions dreaming, it's all very interesting.
Cool
Its actually lit, I dont understand why you guys got turned down, love it
Whang! Brought me here and they're actually pretty good.
I enjoyed the whole album and I loved it how nostalgic and calm sounding it sounds, it reminds me of the early 2000s alternative music. This is one of my favourites albums and I am glad to listen to this (nearly) 20 year-old album from the past. Amazing!
one of the most underappreciated albums ever
merci feldup
Now that I finished listening, I just wanna say that was absolutely fantastic.
The whole Kicking Cars EP is definitely a 10/10 kind of album
Merci Feldup 💜🙇
Bless Whang for exposing me to this album, it's soooo good! Way ahead of its time
I had been listening to this music for several months. And I just learned it was a lostwave.I'm so impressed this becomes a super melancholic piece
the rot version sounds so melancholic. sounds like crushed hopes and dreams barely managing to hold on and not be forgotten memories.
Hopefully this project gets more recognition. This feels ahead of it’s time, but right for its time also.
merci feldup vraiment fan au dela de l'histoire du titre
This feels like
Walking into a 7-11 alone at night with head phones
Watching your friends be happy without you as you watch from a far
Not knowing what to do when you turn 18 and wanting to stay a kid forever
Being lonely in a room full of people
A long car drive zoning out as rain drops fall down the window
The feeling of growing apart from your closest friends
So true!!! This feels sort of conforting, like I'm not the only one going through, like a distant link with someone else in this same mental state
I'm actually impressed with how good this sounds. Way ahead of its time!
It's basically just pre-Kid A Radiohead
Dude, the very first thing I heard from Pachinko was Sodium Chloride and the first thing I was, "These guys must've really loved Pablo Honey and Ok Computer."
@@nightmare-nightmarenightma1147 Sodium Chloride doesn't sound like Pablo Honey at all, easily sounds like a B-Side for The Bends
Came in here looking for Death Metal ended up finding D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L
crazy how we searched so much to find this album
This album reminds me of the early 2000s, when everyone had a Nokia phone and there was no Coronavirus. My cousin Alex gave me his Nokia 3310 and a hug, when the song DEATHMETAL was playing on his computer. Alex is also a big fan of anime and japanese stuff. He's 26 now, a good and calm person. Oh boy! How fast time flies!
and the fact that this album was REALLY released in 2000!
i went into this completely blind. had no idea of the backstory or anything. i thought it was beautiful rot and all. very few albums can i say made me cry but this was one of them. especially rotted laputa i just broke out in tears listing to it. after i listened to it youtube recommended the whang vid and damn i was quite surprised.
Eat your heart out, Radiohead
We did boi's! Its a dream come true! We can finally put this mystery to rest!
Didn't think I'd be here years later after OP's post. It's great that so many people got together to make this happen.
this is one of my favorite albums ever, despite the original data rot all the songs on the ep were really beautiful. listening to the full album with them in peak quality made me legitimately tear up. thank you owain and andy and everyone who spread the word and search :')
this is the best thing ive heard all year. thank you. also the story behind this is absolutely incredible
Thank you for making this happen - you did what I thought was impossible
bruh, shut up i don’t care if this is fake, it slaps HARD
Tf do you mean is fake??
@@Roydelrey It was found out that this was a hoax or something.
@@panquake3217 no it wasn't lol -> pastebin.com/cbFkxD2m
@@panquake3217 it's not
I think we all doubted it for at least a second but the true fans slapped them self out of it. Thank you Andy, Owain, Shaun and John!
Thanks whang.
Thanks for uploading this. Very beautiful album.
Damn, this is amazing! not only the story behind it, but also how great the songs are. It's magical that this exists and it's here so that all of us can enjoy it for free. Thank you to everyone involved. Also, it looks and sound so modern. Can't believe this is from 2000, that's insane.
This album is awesome, a masterpiece. My favorite song from this album always changes because it's so hard to pick only one. I really wish Panchiko made more music, but I'm so glad that they are gaining popularity nowadays, they deserve it.