Here is a band that kept getting skipped for some damn reason! Great stuff! LINK FOR THE ORIGINAL VIDEO • ASTERISM - Gunfire (Li... MY DISCORD / discord
Asterism is a great instrumental band. They are so talented. They have performed with guest singers as well. One of my favorite one was with Maki Oyama. What a great collaboration
Asterism are an instrumental power trio from Fukuoka, Japan. They consist of: Haruka Noma, guitars (“HAL-CA”) Miyu Yoshinaka, bass Mio Yoshinaka, drums They were formed in 2014 when Noma was 11 and the brothers were 12 and 14 respectively. They were all playing at a talent fair for young musicians in their hometown, when one of the music scouts noticed them, had a hunch and suggested they play together. Most of their current youtube catalogue is fan-made live video footage, much of it at the Hard Rock Café in Fukuoka. There are also a few clips from their one tour in the U.S., when they played Austin and Los Angeles. They are all phenomenal talents, but the big draw has been Noma, known by her first name Haruka or by her stage name Hal-Ca. She has been likened to a reincarnation of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan all in one. Even in the Japanese scene, with its overload of extraordinarily technical shredders, she stands out. She also writes most of the band’s music. Miyu is a virtuoso on the bass, plays both 4-string and 7-string, and has his own shred solos in a number of their songs. Best clips to start with are: “Rising Moon” (their first professional MV): th-cam.com/video/IfxMi0Bx4x0/w-d-xo.html “Blaze” (Live): th-cam.com/video/51Pxkp8lGAs/w-d-xo.html “Light in the Darkness” (Live): th-cam.com/video/QpxNcZoNjVU/w-d-xo.html “Yunagi” (Studio live): th-cam.com/video/8Kjntjpnn7U/w-d-xo.html “Dawn” (Live): th-cam.com/video/buQPvINJcA0/w-d-xo.html To see Haruka practicing at home, these are fun: “Practice Homework”: th-cam.com/video/_Fm9BBwsihw/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/KPqpt7pxCoQ/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/dPvCGHVc4C0/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/JtP_o2bOjvA/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/JiOeOw_YzMY/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/6AoVTmGZAS0/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/Jd1dwy36poU/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/ptTm2KOWt_w/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/jFDssmQnn3Y/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/oRGzOp-wFt4/w-d-xo.html
Some of these Japanese musicians must start at a really young age and practise a hell of a lot. Just a couple of days ago I came across the jazz fusion band Imaginary Point.
Asterism releases a lot of content for a young band. Rising Moon was their beautiful music video. You'll love it! First album had contributions from Bootsy Collins and Buckethead.
@@RyanMear When you watch Rising Moon, just think that Hal-Ca was 15, Miyu (Bass) was 16, and Mio (Drums) was 18. Hal-ca started to play at 10, Miyu 7, and Mio 5.
Some of this repeats what others have said. The drummer and bassist are brothers, Miyu the bassist is 19, Hal-ca the guitarist is 18, and Mio the drummer is 21. They met in 2014 at a festival for young musicians. The started out doing covers of metal bands like Metallica, Dio, and Babymetal. Bootsy Collins, a bassist for James Brown, helped produce their 1st album, Ignition, and appears on it along with the guitarist Buckethead. While mostly instrumental they have had Maki Oyama as a guest vocalist on covers. They have brought out two EPs and 2 albums in 4 years. Guernica is the latest and has more prog and jazz influences and is more introspective. Guernica started out as a digital-only 6 song EP but they have since added more songs and are bringing out Guernica+a on physical media. Hal-ca is restrained in this one, though that is appropriate for this album. She can be really wild, a born rock star. They performed at SXSW in Austin in 2019 at a few other places in Texas and in LA where they finally met Bootsy in person.
@@RyanMear Check out their older stuffs, they looked like really young because they started this band when they were like 11-13, somthing like that... the guitarist is the youngest among them. I watched them once live in Japan couple of years ago, you won't believe how much stage presense they have on stage.... the girl was very much IN THE ZONE while she was playing.
@@RyanMear I specifically flew to Fukuoka, their hometown, to attend their show in the local Hard Rock Cafe. I was late, unfortunately, by more than an hour, because the plane from Moscow to Tokyo was late, and I missed the plane from Tokyo to Fukuoka. Had to take the next one, and it was delayed 🤦♂️ Nevertheless, now I have a photo with me and them together, hanging on my wall. MIYU the bassist was very kind. He saw me being rather shy, and said, "Do you want a photo with us?" I felt like my mind was shattered into pieces. I mumbled, "Yes," and now I have that photo, where MIYU is throwing his hand around my shoulders, MIO the drummer is in the centre, and HAL-CA is showing the 🤘 sign on the right. They are really good live. Which is only natural. Three absolutely amazing musicians, playing instrumental music: they can basically improvise as much as they want, never being afraid of losing track.
If you want to see what Miyu does on his seven string check out Church. The first minute is all about him on lead with Hal-Ca on rhythm. Sounds funny when typed out like that but it works. I also wonder how many bridges Hal-Ca goes through in a year since she loves her whammy bar and she lay into it even harder on some songs compared to even this. 🤣
@@RyanMear She puts so many cycles on her bridge in some of her songs that any defect is definitely going to lead to a failure sooner rather than later. At least they are steel so they won't fail on their own eventually but Yamaha better be making sure there aren't any noticeable defects.
Not the worst introduction to ASTERISM. They actually decided to play "live in studio" their whole new album "Guernica+". The album is obviously based on Picasso's famous painting, and on the drama it symbolised - those kids are not only virtuosos, but also very well-educated young persons with a huge artistic sensibility. The band was formed around 6 years ago (yes, they were 13) and is even better on stage - Hal-Ca (guitar) is a true guitar-heroin in front of an audience. I really suggest you to listen to the whole album, it's more proggy than their former hard/metal sound ... and at 19 it's only the beginning of an amazing journey I hope.
GUERNICA is a concept album. I would even say it's like a rock opera, only without vocals. And as such, it must be listened to from start to finish as a single whole. It tells the story of that city, which has fallen under the Luftwaffe strikes. Yes, it was Picasso's painting which triggered HAL-CA's interest first, but then they have studied the history together, and created this amazing album, actually goring through those events. If you read the article in Wikipedia, you'll understand where the names of the songs are coming from.
@@VladimirChupin yes I have known Guernica and the Spanish Civil War since I was a teenager. This is why I'm so proud of them as contemporary japanese kids to have that knowledge and artistic ambition and daring.
@@realdocloco It's amazing how cultured and refined these Japanese kids are. To dig for that story, which is not known to the majority of humankind... It's incredible.
@@VladimirChupin Yes. I also think they have learned to learn - what I mean is that when they find something interesting, music, history, movies, cooking or whatever, they don't stop at the first informations but dig deeper to know the whole story.
@@otobokegaijin6218 I was a bit surprised to see Russian words under their recent Guernica live studio videos. But I thought it's some new feature of TH-cam, where they translate things automatically. "Live" is not translated directly into Russian as a "concert." In those videos, it's translated with the meaning of 住む, which of course can be only automatic translation.
OMG this is so good, and having read the comments I watched Church, amazing and recorded at the same time as this. And I usually listen for singers but they are great.
I'm glad you've finally discovered Asterism! They are such a talented trio and I can't get enough of them. Just released their second album, GUERNICA+a, and have so far uploaded 6 of the 10 songs as live studio recordings to their TH-cam channel (with "Gunfire" being added just last week). Lots of great stuff to go through, both new and old. Personally, I love "Dawn", "Stars" and "Rising Moon", but can't help but recommend "155", which I believe they wrote when HAL-CA (the guitarrist) was only 11. Here's her performing it on stage at age 12: th-cam.com/video/hOHEAiT2wnU/w-d-xo.html
@@RyanMear Sorry to see that you never got around to reacting to any more Asterism. But should you suddenly feel like listening to some amazing instrumental metal, I hope you give _Dawn_ a try. It's quite the musical journey: th-cam.com/video/buQPvINJcA0/w-d-xo.html
Guitarist: Hal-ca and bassist: miyu are both 18 years old young musicians, and one of my favorite guitarists and bassists. Drummer mio is 21 years old. He is the brother of miyu, they are very young and very technical band👍 Next one i recommend《dawn》, another amazing killer song🔥🔥🔥
Maki Oyama helps them from time to time. It seems they are very good friends, and she joins them during some lives, if she feels like it. They have also recorded one studio cover, Guerrilla Radio by Rage Against the Machine. My personal opinion: this cover is much better than the original.
Yep. A 3 piece combo is always so honest. Love these guys. Another 3 piece Japanese band I love is Sokoninaru. Have a listen tho "Reprogram" (live) or "Gou Ni Moyu" You will be amazed.
@@RyanMear "Sokoninaru" is prog/math-rock, maybe a bit overwhelming at first, but manages to be actually very catchy XD Love them! Would also throw their song "Tenohira De Odoru" (MV) into the mix. It's "somewhere in the middle" song of theirs, not as crazy as some others, but not the softest either. 785boats suggestions are great too, don't get me wrong ^^
@@w.b.562 I never get things wrong (Ha! Ha!) I totally agree with you man "Tenohira De Odoru" is another brilliant show, as you say. There's a dozen songs that could be added to the list. What I like is that what you see in the music videos, they can do live, which is totally amazing. His foot dances over his pedalboard to get all those effects & sounds. As does hers. And the drummer? Magic.
The bassist and the drummer are brothers. They started as "Asterism" ("Group of Stars") in 2015, small 3-piece kids garage band, just look at the oldest videos on their channel :) All three of them visited some kind of music festival for kids in Japan, somebody introduced them, and suggested they should start a band... so they did. Their parents actually drove them to their live shows and picked them up afterwards ^^ (heck, I would too, with a huge grin on my face) instrumental only band (some collabs with singers on live shows, but rarely) the "Rising Moon" MV was suggested in the comments already. Check also "155", "Blaze" and "Light in the Darkness", the INFERNO lives from their channel. great stuff!
Ryan! Greetings from a windy Chicago-like Shizuoka City,! But Mount Fuji is magnificent half-white on a blue sky backdrop! Sorry, but this might turn into another novel! Take a long drink along! Most non-Japanese Japanese rock band lovers mostly live abroad and need some extra knowledge, historical, geographical, cultural and musical, except for some super-fans like Gary Holloway and Vladimir Chupin. First of all, the male-dominated music industry basically resides in Tokyo and around in the Central Island of Honshu. These Tokyo-people (but 90% of them are imports, snobbish and self-righteous, foreign residents included!) despise"country people" from other islands: Hokkaido in the north used to be a penitential island, Shiokoku south of Hiroshima is a "monastery" refuge, Kyushu (Fukuoka, Nagasaki, etc) was a hard-life island with its coal mines and heavy industries, Okinawa Island became part of Japan again only in 1972. To go back to Asterism, they hail and still live in Fukuoka. Kyushu people are hard-bitten Japanese, both men and women, which explains their acceptance of mixed groups. Incidentally, Band Maid's Miku is also from Kyushu (Kumamoto) which explains a few things, does it not? Strangely enough, because of this internecine situation difficult to imagine for Westerners, foreign fans become an invaluable help when it comes to make these groups better-known. After all,Tokyo-based musical industry have no wish for another single-minded Band Maid! Japan used to have some great rock bands back in the 70's~90's, but they lost to the pop-crap oriented music industry who found it easier to sell to mediocre fans, like with the disco music killing rock in Europe and the Americas. No wonder that Jimmy Page wanted to meet Akane! So the situation is very simple: it is up to reactors like you, Ryan (I cannot mention them all!), and super fans like Gary and Vlad to create the stimulus audiences need thanks to the Internet we did not have in good ole times! Take good care until the next rant! LOL Best regards, Robert-Gilles
If you drew a Ven diagram of Prog Rock, Math Rock, and Prog Metal you would find Asterism right in the middle. Great little three piece and they are still relatively young. Been mostly playing smaller live houses (what Japan calls music clubs) but I believe they recently had a big one man show... I honestly don't follow them all that close but have enjoyed most of what I've heard from them. I'd buy a ticket to see them here in the States.
They still play only the tiny clubs, from what I can see. Even that show in July, ROCK or DIE, where they have featured Maki Oyama, was like 50 people or something. Although they were streaming it on TIGET. Man, I would love to be there in person! ASTERISM with Maki Oyama is always a very cool jam!
Thanks for this reaction Ryan. ASTERISM is an instrumental band and they are one of my favorite from Japan. I really like the way they are showing the songs of their new album, no music videos but just raw studio sessions. If you want to try another jaw dropping 3 piece band, please check out Sokoninaru with the song "Tenohira De Odoru". Still a band from Japan with killer musiciens but this time with singing. I'm sure someone already recommended this band on Discord 😄
I highly recommend Dawn live by Asterism . Its recorded at a club and they do a great job of showing her hands while playing this amazing song . At the taping of the video she was 16 and didn’t start playing guitar til she was 10/11 yrs old . The whole band is made up of amazing talented musicians .
HaL-Ca is a Deadly Shredder , some people have called her Steve Vai's Granddaughter . In my opinion she's the fastest female shredder in Japan . Check out Dawn .
I'm happy to see you're expanding your japanese inspired musical base, this to me show's that not only are you a talented musician/artist you also know and realize the the west is no longer the best, I don't h8 all that's being made in the west nor do I like all that's coming from east Asia, but it's 90/10 these days, and if I didn't have arthritis issues I'd be trying to replicate it myself, ganbatte kudisai Ryan.
They are an all instrumental band, which I don't mind, since they kick ass. But if you want to get a glimpse of how they sound with a singer, check out their cover of Loudness' In the Mirror with the amazing Maki Oyama: th-cam.com/video/3thAXV4laAA/w-d-xo.html
That 7 string bass was custom made for Miyu at 17 y.o. by ESP (not available for anyone else). Hal-Ca just pounds that old Yamaha/Pacific to death but it keeps going. They have been together since she was 11 writing, arranging and playing their own fusion of Metal/hard Rock/Jazz. Wicked good and this trio is as talented as Cream (1966-68) except they have no vocals (wrong their music is their vocals). If you want to see that 7 string bass and Hal-Ca's wicked string work try Dawn LIVE (small club due to ages and lack of exposure) Hal-Ca is 16 in this video (th-cam.com/video/buQPvINJcA0/w-d-xo.html). Fantastic instrumental band that is still after 5 years a hidden gem on YT (just like D_Drive with Yuki on guitar struggling for fans and views). Kids just graduated High School so look out now that Babymetal's label signed them. Hal-Ca has that Hendrix vibe (born to be a rock star especially LIVE).
I love the way they all solo at the same time, if that makes sense?! 🤔😂 Also I think that Hal-Ca is rapidly becoming my favourite guitarist...just don't tell Kanami!
not my favourite song, but still good. i prefer live performance like these: Light In The Darkness ( th-cam.com/video/QpxNcZoNjVU/w-d-xo.html ) BLAZE ( th-cam.com/video/51Pxkp8lGAs/w-d-xo.html )
You should see what that bass player does with his seven-string!!! These kids are really good.
Asterism…yes!!
They are very young and are talented.
You will have a lot to discover from them for sure.
Dawn by Asterism is a masterpiece.
Yes, Dawn. Still my favourite song by them.
I totally agree Dawn is an amazing song
Halca on guitar shreds like no other!👍🔥🔥❤❤
NOW I'm thrilled! A reaction to one of my favourite artists🙂🤘
Asterism is a great instrumental band. They are so talented. They have performed with guest singers as well. One of my favorite one was with Maki Oyama. What a great collaboration
Asterism are an instrumental power trio from Fukuoka, Japan. They consist of:
Haruka Noma, guitars (“HAL-CA”)
Miyu Yoshinaka, bass
Mio Yoshinaka, drums
They were formed in 2014 when Noma was 11 and the brothers were 12 and 14 respectively. They were all playing at a talent fair for young musicians in their hometown, when one of the music scouts noticed them, had a hunch and suggested they play together. Most of their current youtube catalogue is fan-made live video footage, much of it at the Hard Rock Café in Fukuoka. There are also a few clips from their one tour in the U.S., when they played Austin and Los Angeles.
They are all phenomenal talents, but the big draw has been Noma, known by her first name Haruka or by her stage name Hal-Ca. She has been likened to a reincarnation of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan all in one. Even in the Japanese scene, with its overload of extraordinarily technical shredders, she stands out. She also writes most of the band’s music. Miyu is a virtuoso on the bass, plays both 4-string and 7-string, and has his own shred solos in a number of their songs.
Best clips to start with are:
“Rising Moon” (their first professional MV): th-cam.com/video/IfxMi0Bx4x0/w-d-xo.html
“Blaze” (Live): th-cam.com/video/51Pxkp8lGAs/w-d-xo.html
“Light in the Darkness” (Live): th-cam.com/video/QpxNcZoNjVU/w-d-xo.html
“Yunagi” (Studio live): th-cam.com/video/8Kjntjpnn7U/w-d-xo.html
“Dawn” (Live): th-cam.com/video/buQPvINJcA0/w-d-xo.html
To see Haruka practicing at home, these are fun: “Practice Homework”:
th-cam.com/video/_Fm9BBwsihw/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/KPqpt7pxCoQ/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/dPvCGHVc4C0/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/JtP_o2bOjvA/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/JiOeOw_YzMY/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/6AoVTmGZAS0/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/Jd1dwy36poU/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/ptTm2KOWt_w/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/jFDssmQnn3Y/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/oRGzOp-wFt4/w-d-xo.html
Awesome, thank you, G!
@@RyanMear most welcome. I also left you some info on Bridear on that reaction.
Crazy right the new generation of japanese bands are very skilled and talented.
Some of these Japanese musicians must start at a really young age and practise a hell of a lot. Just a couple of days ago I came across the jazz fusion band Imaginary Point.
Hal Ca the guitarist didn’t start playing guitar til she was 10/11 yrs old . I think she is now 20🤷🏻♂️ but the level of talent is amazing
Asterism releases a lot of content for a young band. Rising Moon was their beautiful music video. You'll love it! First album had contributions from Bootsy Collins and Buckethead.
Wow
@@RyanMear When you watch Rising Moon, just think that Hal-Ca was 15, Miyu (Bass) was 16, and Mio (Drums) was 18. Hal-ca started to play at 10, Miyu 7, and Mio 5.
Yep, do Rising Moon sometime. It's truly spectacular. Watch the bassist do sweeps with his thumb. Very unique talents with all of them.
dont forget "dawn", another epic from start to finish
That was pretty cool. They are crazy talented musicians.I can't believe that the guitarist is only 18.
She's an amazing guitarist. She doesn't play the kind of music I prefer to listen to, but there is no denying that she is extremely talented.
Some of this repeats what others have said. The drummer and bassist are brothers, Miyu the bassist is 19, Hal-ca the guitarist is 18, and Mio the drummer is 21. They met in 2014 at a festival for young musicians. The started out doing covers of metal bands like Metallica, Dio, and Babymetal. Bootsy Collins, a bassist for James Brown, helped produce their 1st album, Ignition, and appears on it along with the guitarist Buckethead. While mostly instrumental they have had Maki Oyama as a guest vocalist on covers. They have brought out two EPs and 2 albums in 4 years. Guernica is the latest and has more prog and jazz influences and is more introspective. Guernica started out as a digital-only 6 song EP but they have since added more songs and are bringing out Guernica+a on physical media. Hal-ca is restrained in this one, though that is appropriate for this album. She can be really wild, a born rock star. They performed at SXSW in Austin in 2019 at a few other places in Texas and in LA where they finally met Bootsy in person.
Man, you are just hitting all my favorite bands. This is another box checked!
Never heard of and pretty damn cool.
This got me curious so now let's find out some more about them.
Thanks for this Mr Mear(and Joe) 👌
You got their albums on Spotify ant they are awesome
@@davidornberg Thanks for the tip! 😁
Asterism is badass! Hal-Ca is my favorite guitarist! Girl can shred!! Very progressive the trio is!! Enjoy!!
HAL-CA HAL-CA HAL-CA!
The guitarist is like 17 or 18 now… I haven’t seen anything new by them for a while and they’ve leveled up a lot.
Holy shit.....I had no idea they were so young
@@RyanMear I checked and she’ll be 19 in November.
@@RyanMear Check out their older stuffs, they looked like really young because they started this band when they were like 11-13, somthing like that... the guitarist is the youngest among them. I watched them once live in Japan couple of years ago, you won't believe how much stage presense they have on stage.... the girl was very much IN THE ZONE while she was playing.
@@joshi_new_wave3283 Miyu is just a year older and Mio two year older yet.
@@RyanMear I specifically flew to Fukuoka, their hometown, to attend their show in the local Hard Rock Cafe. I was late, unfortunately, by more than an hour, because the plane from Moscow to Tokyo was late, and I missed the plane from Tokyo to Fukuoka. Had to take the next one, and it was delayed 🤦♂️
Nevertheless, now I have a photo with me and them together, hanging on my wall. MIYU the bassist was very kind. He saw me being rather shy, and said, "Do you want a photo with us?" I felt like my mind was shattered into pieces. I mumbled, "Yes," and now I have that photo, where MIYU is throwing his hand around my shoulders, MIO the drummer is in the centre, and HAL-CA is showing the 🤘 sign on the right.
They are really good live. Which is only natural. Three absolutely amazing musicians, playing instrumental music: they can basically improvise as much as they want, never being afraid of losing track.
Good to see people reacting to/promoting these guys, they need more exposure. The view counts on their vids are still ridiculously low.
If you want to see what Miyu does on his seven string check out Church. The first minute is all about him on lead with Hal-Ca on rhythm. Sounds funny when typed out like that but it works.
I also wonder how many bridges Hal-Ca goes through in a year since she loves her whammy bar and she lay into it even harder on some songs compared to even this. 🤣
Some musicians were discussing in the comments whether there is such a thing as De Luxe edition of YAMAHA Pacifica 😂
Well the one she has is a high end model. I'd like to have one! I have a cheapie that was $150.... GREAT guitar!
@@RyanMear She puts so many cycles on her bridge in some of her songs that any defect is definitely going to lead to a failure sooner rather than later. At least they are steel so they won't fail on their own eventually but Yamaha better be making sure there aren't any noticeable defects.
Wow! Amazing! I like their sound! Thank you Mr Ryan for bring me to a new music! 🤗
HOLY SHITSNACKS!!! I'll be keeping this band on my radar for sure.
Just got done watching some Archer
@@RyanMear Is that a riot or what… Pam’s a favorite for sure..
Not the worst introduction to ASTERISM. They actually decided to play "live in studio" their whole new album "Guernica+". The album is obviously based on Picasso's famous painting, and on the drama it symbolised - those kids are not only virtuosos, but also very well-educated young persons with a huge artistic sensibility. The band was formed around 6 years ago (yes, they were 13) and is even better on stage - Hal-Ca (guitar) is a true guitar-heroin in front of an audience. I really suggest you to listen to the whole album, it's more proggy than their former hard/metal sound ... and at 19 it's only the beginning of an amazing journey I hope.
GUERNICA is a concept album. I would even say it's like a rock opera, only without vocals. And as such, it must be listened to from start to finish as a single whole. It tells the story of that city, which has fallen under the Luftwaffe strikes. Yes, it was Picasso's painting which triggered HAL-CA's interest first, but then they have studied the history together, and created this amazing album, actually goring through those events. If you read the article in Wikipedia, you'll understand where the names of the songs are coming from.
@@VladimirChupin yes I have known Guernica and the Spanish Civil War since I was a teenager. This is why I'm so proud of them as contemporary japanese kids to have that knowledge and artistic ambition and daring.
@@realdocloco It's amazing how cultured and refined these Japanese kids are. To dig for that story, which is not known to the majority of humankind... It's incredible.
@@VladimirChupin Yes. I also think they have learned to learn - what I mean is that when they find something interesting, music, history, movies, cooking or whatever, they don't stop at the first informations but dig deeper to know the whole story.
@@otobokegaijin6218 I was a bit surprised to see Russian words under their recent Guernica live studio videos. But I thought it's some new feature of TH-cam, where they translate things automatically. "Live" is not translated directly into Russian as a "concert." In those videos, it's translated with the meaning of 住む, which of course can be only automatic translation.
OMG this is so good, and having read the comments I watched Church, amazing and recorded at the same time as this. And I usually listen for singers but they are great.
I'm glad you've finally discovered Asterism! They are such a talented trio and I can't get enough of them. Just released their second album, GUERNICA+a, and have so far uploaded 6 of the 10 songs as live studio recordings to their TH-cam channel (with "Gunfire" being added just last week). Lots of great stuff to go through, both new and old. Personally, I love "Dawn", "Stars" and "Rising Moon", but can't help but recommend "155", which I believe they wrote when HAL-CA (the guitarrist) was only 11. Here's her performing it on stage at age 12:
th-cam.com/video/hOHEAiT2wnU/w-d-xo.html
This is crazy. So glad to see them stay together
@@RyanMear Sorry to see that you never got around to reacting to any more Asterism. But should you suddenly feel like listening to some amazing instrumental metal, I hope you give _Dawn_ a try. It's quite the musical journey: th-cam.com/video/buQPvINJcA0/w-d-xo.html
this is a god band.. perfect 🤟🏼
ASTERISM, finally! ♥️♥️♥️
I want more! 🙂
Their recently released "Church" on their YT-channel is just hauntingly beautiful and mesmerizing.
Guitarist: Hal-ca and bassist: miyu are both 18 years old young musicians, and one of my favorite guitarists and bassists. Drummer mio is 21 years old. He is the brother of miyu, they are very young and very technical band👍
Next one i recommend《dawn》, another amazing killer song🔥🔥🔥
DAWN: th-cam.com/video/zTMwICTO5Bg/w-d-xo.html
It's a 360° video, drag it to the right and to the left (and up and down) to see each member.
Thanks Ryan. I knew you'd like this. They don't do vocals, just play some awesome music.
Maki Oyama helps them from time to time. It seems they are very good friends, and she joins them during some lives, if she feels like it. They have also recorded one studio cover, Guerrilla Radio by Rage Against the Machine. My personal opinion: this cover is much better than the original.
Ooooh.... sounds cool
@@VladimirChupin Thanks for the info Vladimir. I don't recall hearing that cover so I'll have to check it out.
@@jsellitto It's available on Spotify. Also, on TH-cam Prime: th-cam.com/video/hCqh6S2SGuI/w-d-xo.html
Hal-ca + Yamaha Pacifica = Gunfire, no doubt about it.
Yep. A 3 piece combo is always so honest. Love these guys.
Another 3 piece Japanese band I love is Sokoninaru. Have a listen tho "Reprogram" (live) or "Gou Ni Moyu" You will be amazed.
I've been hearing that alot in the comments about them
@@RyanMear "Sokoninaru" is prog/math-rock, maybe a bit overwhelming at first, but manages to be actually very catchy XD Love them!
Would also throw their song "Tenohira De Odoru" (MV) into the mix. It's "somewhere in the middle" song of theirs, not as crazy as some others, but not the softest either.
785boats suggestions are great too, don't get me wrong ^^
@@w.b.562 I never get things wrong (Ha! Ha!) I totally agree with you man "Tenohira De Odoru" is another brilliant show, as you say. There's a dozen songs that could be added to the list.
What I like is that what you see in the music videos, they can do live, which is totally amazing. His foot dances over his pedalboard to get all those effects & sounds. As does hers. And the drummer? Magic.
The bassist and the drummer are brothers. They started as "Asterism" ("Group of Stars") in 2015, small 3-piece kids garage band, just look at the oldest videos on their channel :)
All three of them visited some kind of music festival for kids in Japan, somebody introduced them, and suggested they should start a band... so they did. Their parents actually drove them to their live shows and picked them up afterwards ^^ (heck, I would too, with a huge grin on my face)
instrumental only band (some collabs with singers on live shows, but rarely)
the "Rising Moon" MV was suggested in the comments already. Check also "155", "Blaze" and "Light in the Darkness", the INFERNO lives from their channel. great stuff!
Ryan!
Greetings from a windy Chicago-like Shizuoka City,! But Mount Fuji is magnificent half-white on a blue sky backdrop!
Sorry, but this might turn into another novel! Take a long drink along!
Most non-Japanese Japanese rock band lovers mostly live abroad and need some extra knowledge, historical, geographical, cultural and musical, except for some super-fans like Gary Holloway and Vladimir Chupin.
First of all, the male-dominated music industry basically resides in Tokyo and around in the Central Island of Honshu. These Tokyo-people (but 90% of them are imports, snobbish and self-righteous, foreign residents included!) despise"country people" from other islands: Hokkaido in the north used to be a penitential island, Shiokoku south of Hiroshima is a "monastery" refuge, Kyushu (Fukuoka, Nagasaki, etc) was a hard-life island with its coal mines and heavy industries, Okinawa Island became part of Japan again only in 1972.
To go back to Asterism, they hail and still live in Fukuoka. Kyushu people are hard-bitten Japanese, both men and women, which explains their acceptance of mixed groups. Incidentally, Band Maid's Miku is also from Kyushu (Kumamoto) which explains a few things, does it not?
Strangely enough, because of this internecine situation difficult to imagine for Westerners, foreign fans become an invaluable help when it comes to make these groups better-known. After all,Tokyo-based musical industry have no wish for another single-minded Band Maid!
Japan used to have some great rock bands back in the 70's~90's, but they lost to the pop-crap oriented music industry who found it easier to sell to mediocre fans, like with the disco music killing rock in Europe and the Americas.
No wonder that Jimmy Page wanted to meet Akane!
So the situation is very simple: it is up to reactors like you, Ryan (I cannot mention them all!), and super fans like Gary and Vlad to create the stimulus audiences need thanks to the Internet we did not have in good ole times!
Take good care until the next rant! LOL
Best regards,
Robert-Gilles
THANK YOU ROBERT!
I just can't believe this is your first contact with these kids... 😀 the drummer and the bassist are brothers.
If you drew a Ven diagram of Prog Rock, Math Rock, and Prog Metal you would find Asterism right in the middle. Great little three piece and they are still relatively young. Been mostly playing smaller live houses (what Japan calls music clubs) but I believe they recently had a big one man show... I honestly don't follow them all that close but have enjoyed most of what I've heard from them. I'd buy a ticket to see them here in the States.
They still play only the tiny clubs, from what I can see. Even that show in July, ROCK or DIE, where they have featured Maki Oyama, was like 50 people or something. Although they were streaming it on TIGET. Man, I would love to be there in person! ASTERISM with Maki Oyama is always a very cool jam!
I think somehow Steve Vai’s dna 🧬 is involved here. 🤷🏻♂️🔥. She’s fantastic but so is the bassist - damn!
Thanks for this reaction Ryan.
ASTERISM is an instrumental band and they are one of my favorite from Japan. I really like the way they are showing the songs of their new album, no music videos but just raw studio sessions.
If you want to try another jaw dropping 3 piece band, please check out Sokoninaru with the song "Tenohira De Odoru". Still a band from Japan with killer musiciens but this time with singing. I'm sure someone already recommended this band on Discord 😄
They've been suggested a LOT this week here on YT....I GOT TO GET ONE DONE FOR YOU ALL
@@RyanMear My man 😉
The drummer is fortunate Jimmy Page wore sweater vests on stage in the ‘70s. Therefore sweater vests are cool, man.
I highly recommend Dawn live by Asterism . Its recorded at a club and they do a great job of showing her hands while playing this amazing song . At the taping of the video she was 16 and didn’t start playing guitar til she was 10/11 yrs old . The whole band is made up of amazing talented musicians .
Great choice!
HaL-Ca is a Deadly Shredder , some people have called her Steve Vai's Granddaughter . In my opinion she's the fastest female shredder in Japan . Check out Dawn .
Already done!
@@RyanMear Thanks .
I'm happy to see you're expanding your japanese inspired musical base, this to me show's that not only are you a talented musician/artist you also know and realize the the west is no longer the best, I don't h8 all that's being made in the west nor do I like all that's coming from east Asia, but it's 90/10 these days, and if I didn't have arthritis issues I'd be trying to replicate it myself, ganbatte kudisai Ryan.
Arigato, dexter
Recently, I feel that the home of Rock music has moved from the US and Western Europe to Japan and Northern Europe.
Sure seems like it
Love Asterism!
They are an all instrumental band, which I don't mind, since they kick ass. But if you want to get a glimpse of how they sound with a singer, check out their cover of Loudness' In the Mirror with the amazing Maki Oyama: th-cam.com/video/3thAXV4laAA/w-d-xo.html
I'm glad you found them.
That 7 string bass was custom made for Miyu at 17 y.o. by ESP (not available for anyone else). Hal-Ca just pounds that old Yamaha/Pacific to death but it keeps going. They have been together since she was 11 writing, arranging and playing their own fusion of Metal/hard Rock/Jazz. Wicked good and this trio is as talented as Cream (1966-68) except they have no vocals (wrong their music is their vocals). If you want to see that 7 string bass and Hal-Ca's wicked string work try Dawn LIVE (small club due to ages and lack of exposure) Hal-Ca is 16 in this video (th-cam.com/video/buQPvINJcA0/w-d-xo.html). Fantastic instrumental band that is still after 5 years a hidden gem on YT (just like D_Drive with Yuki on guitar struggling for fans and views). Kids just graduated High School so look out now that Babymetal's label signed them. Hal-Ca has that Hendrix vibe (born to be a rock star especially LIVE).
I love the way they all solo at the same time, if that makes sense?! 🤔😂 Also I think that Hal-Ca is rapidly becoming my favourite guitarist...just don't tell Kanami!
I've just come from wave potter's reaction and loved them. My kind of music except for their more speed / power metal type tunes.
Hail for you guys ! You are amazing !
Haruka is a force of nature. They all are.
I recommend one more ...
" そこに鳴る / 掌で踊る【Official Music Video】Sokoninaru / Tenohira De Odoru "
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It's a younger band than Babymetal in the same office as Babymetal. It's a teenager.
ヘタな英語ですみません、私は英語が苦手な日本人です。
Steve Vai's secret daughter?
Hal-ca has become a WOMAN !!! ))
not my favourite song, but still good.
i prefer live performance like these:
Light In The Darkness ( th-cam.com/video/QpxNcZoNjVU/w-d-xo.html )
BLAZE ( th-cam.com/video/51Pxkp8lGAs/w-d-xo.html )