happy birthday Kuro Bousuku(utau) and e-CH0(utau)!!! [sep 23]
Kuro Bousuku (art by revolutionities)
e-CH0 (art by suzuaki)
Kuro Bousuku is a japanese synth released in 2014, and created and voiced by ATSUYA. he is available on (in ?? through ?? i honestly dk i think some of these are too different to all be referred to with the same word) UTAU, HANASU, DeepVocal, TALQu, NNSVS, ACE Virtual Singer, and Diff-SVC. he is available in Japanese, English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Tagalog, Indonesian, Hindi, Bengali, Dzongkha(?), Russian, Polish, Swedish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Romanian, Burugalian(?), and Kiswahili. kuro is 21yo and 172cm tall. he is generally a positive person, and is a reliable and strong older brother. he is also described as having a silly demeanour
e-CH0 (aka Suzuno Echo, or Ekuziro, or Eko) is a japanese synth released in 2013 (or maybe 2012 the wikis dont agree). hes created and voiced by suzuaki/ sakurasou23/ luxureve. echo is officially 15yo, but his real age is 200. he is 160cm tall. he likes fashion and hugging people. he is part of a duo called CROW-N. he is a 3-tailed kitsune
unrelated but im still sick its been 9 days now i cant form a single coherent thought and my head is killing me
chinese design by saku
english by saku
korean by revolocities
tagalog by revolocities
deepvocal by matsuda toki
ENUNU / NNSVS by Haskey
ace by Haskey
ace by rev
ref by suzuaki
art by ara-shinju
art from official website for which i could not find artist
Clear your schedules out for tonight. Will be sharing an extreme examination of my heart with an Eko duo. Around 6pm Kansas time. Will be recording as well. If you join the session and would like the recordings let me know
I like the main duo, and as for my OCs, X and Eko are my favorites to explore while design-wise, I like Mae. I also really like Apollo's OC W because he has become much more plot-relevant to HPE and is basically X's kid now, and T because OG Babie™.
Descubre el cartel y horarios de OMBRA Festival 2022
La 4ª edición del festival OMBRA tendrá lugar en Barcelona del 24 al 27 de noviembre. El reencuentro con la oscuridad, la música experimental, industrial y alternativa se celebrará por última vez en la nave modernista Utopía 126, razón de más para no faltar a la cita y despedir a esa genuína localización por todo lo alto.
MUTE cumple 45 años este 2022 y presentará en OMBRA un showcase especial con motivo de su larga y consagrada trayectoria. Daniel Miller, fundador de MUTE, actuará con Sunroof, su proyecto junto a Gareth Jones. El resto del lineup del showcase del sello en Ombra contará con Robert Görl, mitad de DAF, que regresa al festival en solitario, y la berlinesa JakoJako.
Además de la aportación de MUTE, OMBRA contará con la banda electrónica sueca Agent Side Grinder, la formación alemana de post punk Days of Sorrow, Crash Course in Science, banda post-punk americana, el duo Xeno & Oaklander, Beau Wanzer, Curses, Chrome Corps (ex- Chrome Corpse) y la banda holandesa De Ambassade, que se vio forzada a cancelar el concierto de la pasada edición.
Programación por días:
Otros nombres que conforman el cartel son 80%BAUL, Asymetric80 (Aspecto Humano, ES), Abraxas (Ombra, ES), Bestial Mouths (Clan Destine Records,DE), Buzz Kull (Avant!, AU), Cardinal & Nun (L.I.E.S, FR), Chris Shape feat. SU EKO (Unknown Pleasure Rec. IT), Container (Drone, UK), Daniele Cosmo y Savage Grounds (Lux Rec, IT), Fiume (L.I.E.S,HR), In Aeternam Vale (Minimal Wave, FR), La Union Metalurgica (L.I.E.S, ES), L.F.T (Mannequin, DE), Lola Kumtus (Young and cold, FI), Martial Canterel (Dais, US), RNXRX (Veyl, ES), Sumerian Fleet (Dark Entries, NL) y Zarkoff (Endless Illusion, HR).
En las próximas semanas, OMBRA desvelará el Opening show de Viernes Dia y el espacio de Viernes Noche, así como la programación del Día de inauguración (jueves 24 de noviembre) y las actividades paralelas.
Sports Minister, AFN President Storm Lagos For Amusan, Brume
Sports Minister, AFN President Storm Lagos For Amusan, Brume
Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare and President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Tonobok Okowa are expected to grace the unveiling ceremony of two of Nigeria’s brightest and best track and field stars, Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume as Primus Trust Bank Brand Ambassadors.
The unveiling ceremony holds on Wednesday at Eko Hotels and Suites and the duo of Dare and Okowa have…
How did the first ZDF show from SchwuZ, Conchita Wurst, come about?
The new music show "Music Impossible" will start on ZDF on Friday - moderated by ESC winner Tom Neuwirth. We spoke to him about the unusual concept, the first guests and the queer recording location in Berlin.
Drag icon, ESC winner and performer Tom Neuwirth aka Conchita Wurst moderates a new ZDF music show: "Music Impossible" juxtaposes artists from opposite genres who are supposed to perform their own song in the style of their counterpart. Neuwirth supports the participants with advice and action, but also surprises them with one or two additional tasks. The on-site spectators at SchwuZ in Berlin decide, based on the strength of the applause, which person is better at leaving their own comfort zone.
In the first two episodes, pop singer Marianne Rosenberg and rapper Eko Fresh as well as heavy metal artist Doro Pesch and pop star Mike Singer fight for the audience's favor. The first show will be broadcast on ZDF on Friday 2 September at 11.30pm, with the second following a week later at the same time. The episodes will then also be available in the ZDF media library.
We had the opportunity to ask Tom Neuwirth a few questions after the recording.
Q: The title "Music Impossible" describes an almost impossible task: how difficult do you find the challenge of "assimilating" another genre?
A: At first glance, the musical challenges seem impossible: a rap as a hit, a pop song in a heavy metal guise... hence the title of the show. The subtitle is "My song. Your sound." – that pretty much sums up the format. And I think the challenge is very difficult.
Q: What aspect makes the concept so entertaining for you?
A: That you look beyond your own nose - both musically and in the presentation of art. I hate narrow-mindedness and the stupid idea that everyone has to stay within their own boundaries. What are our limits, who sets them? What I like about "Music Impossible" is that established stars step out of their comfort zone and visibly endure insecurities. It's something that should encourage us all. Because it shows that we are all only human.
Q: In addition to the genre rearrangement, viewers can also look forward to additional challenges?
A: The additional challenges are very different and should actually be completely new for the artists: hitting and holding high notes in the head voice, rapping a certain number of syllables, playing guitar riffs - none of these are impossible challenges, but also a bit outside of the comfort zone and completely new for the artists.
Q: Can the desired stylistic change work?
A: Of course it can work - the finished new songs on the show are the best proof of that! And I think the idea of reworking existing material and immersing it in a new perfume is wonderful - that's what I do with "Rise Like a Phoenix", for example, which originally has a bombastic orchestral accompaniment. At concerts I've been playing it in a very reduced way with acoustic guitar accompaniment lately - and it already seems completely different, almost like a different song.
Q: How successful do you think the composition of the artist duos was? According to which criteria were the artists combined?
A: I think the combinations are great! Schlager meets rap, or the pop star Mike Singer meets the queen of heavy metal Doro Pesch - the musicians couldn't be more different, and yet there are connections in all of their paths in life or in their work, which we can find out through the talks on the show. On the one hand, the genres should be further apart, and on the other hand, with our successful and hard-working artists, it is always a question of the availability of dates between their own concerts and projects.
Q: Could you imagine yourself participating?
A: Yes, I could definitely imagine taking part myself - and I would have liked to swap genres with all the previous artists! I love different styles - that's why none of my songs sound like another! (laughs) Personally, I would find death metal or folk music quite challenging, I think.
Q: How many episodes are planned?
A: We shot two episodes of 50 minutes each. And of course we hope that we can go into series and shoot a whole season - many artists have shown great interest, now we just have to find suitable dates for the different duos! And I would be extremely happy if we could expand the offer to Austria and Switzerland, because there are also excellent and versatile musicians there!
Q: This is your first own ZDF show: How important is TV presenting in your career at the moment?
A: I've been doing TV since I was 17 - that was my real start in the entertainment business. And I've also had the privilege of moderating many programs in the musical field: the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards, the Green Room of the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Stefan Raab's European Song Contest and much more. In short: I love to moderate and above all to have conversations with people. And I have the feeling that TV makers are realizing more and more which formats I really like.
Q: Do you already have other TV projects in mind?
A: None for me to talk about! (laughs) When it comes to television, it's often important that someone at a large desk approves a project. So that I can still offer my fans as much entertainment as possible, which is produced according to my own rules, my team and I founded wursttv.com - my own video streaming platform! Netflix for the Wurst, so to speak! (laughs) I think the extension of TV to the Internet is extremely important and will become even more important in the coming years. "Music Impossible" is also available in the ZDF media library - around the clock and everywhere!
Q: The queer cultural stronghold SchwuZ in Berlin-Neukölln is the venue: To what extent does the show have a queer self-image?
A: The presenter of the program walks through Germany with make-up and in high heels, and we don't make that an issue, it's just the way it is. I don't think there can be more queer self-image! Of course there is a lot to do for queer rights, but the show is mainly about music and the stories of the protagonists. My own queerness slips along as a matter of course, and that's what I like about the format.
Q: How do you rate the representation of queer artists in this country?
A: I think that a lot has happened in terms of queer representation in the German media - just what Riccardo Simonetti does, for example, is irreplaceable queer work on TV! But while there's always been a lot of queerness in the arts, music, and entertainment industries, I think it's best if it's taken for granted that each person is who they are. But that will probably take a while...
Q:In the first episode, the five-time participant in the ESC preliminary round, Marianne Rosenberg, is there. Is this Eurovision reference intentional?
A:I don't think so - Marianne is an icon of the German music landscape and I actually still can't believe that she's there for the start of the show! Because in addition to all the joy and professionalism, I have to admit that every time I meet the artists, I am one thing above all: a huge fangirl and very "starstruck"! (laughs)
Exo blueshift interactions with N and Uzi doodles?
Ask and ye shall recieve + some Eko lore
The Blueshifts aren’t nearly as important as the Doormans but are still considered a high-standing family as they are in charge of keeping the lights on in the bunker (if the last names indicate the programmed jobs of the drones). Coming from an ambitious-but-supportive family (she also has grandparents who were alive from long before the Yeetening and survived the first wave of disassembly drones), she mostly joins the WDF as her way of thanking them for raising her so well, even though she’s unhappy.
Eko’s a bit “weird” herself, as she’s not so interested in lights and electrician work as she is in art, but her parents are better than Kahn in every conceivable way so her life is much less… complicated. She’s run into Uzi many times before due to the connections between their families, but they only started talking at a WDF party several years before the events of the pilot. Eko knows about the Talk™ and goes to keep the younger drone company, and while Uzi is initially very closed-off and snappy, the two hit it off. Eko graduates and joins the WDF shortly before Uzi starts drone high school or whatever it’s called, and ends up working alongside Kahn to ensure the alarms and lights for the doors are working. She hates the guy. So much.
An unfortunate aspect of my personality that I have shamelessly projected into Eko is that I cannot handle conflicts for shit. Eko mostly just does what is asked of her even if she doesn’t agree with it, just to avoid having to argue with a bunch of old dudes. She’s far away when N, V and J break into Copper 9, and is horrified when she finds out what happened. She finally loses her cool and points out why leaving your daughter to die is bad (“A reasonable dick move is still a dick move, Kahn.”) and is subsequently fired from the WDF. Her parents, while distraught that Eko no longer has a job, are understanding and praise her for standing up to her boss for Uzi’s sake.
Some time passes, and Eko moves back in with her parents while they try to sort things out and get Eko a new job. During that time, her grandparents tell her stories about their time working for JC Jenson, all the cruelty and hardship drone and man alike faced under the capitalist thumbs of the higher-ups. They don’t like the disassembly drones, but in a way, they’re just as much slaves to the company as the workers were. Hmmm…
Things don’t improve. Eko is prevented from being re-employed into the WDF, and eventually just leaves Copper 9, deciding to brave the icy wastelands instead. There, she stumbles across the corpse spire, and after finding out about the rebellion, decides to grow a spine but also help Uzi and N out. She goes back, speaks honestly to her parents, and gets a job independently inspecting/repairing the bunker. She also gets a side gig as an artist, and maybe sneaks out every now and again to hang out with/deliver supplies to her favorite duo of rebellious teens.