① As of May 8th, select UNDER CODE PRODUCTION music is available for purchase of iTunes. It's the first time that UCP has offered digital downloads and I highly recommend purchasing something if you are at all interested; strong support will probably encourage KISAKI to make more available, and it's a LOT cheaper and easier (the iTunes store takes credit cards as well as PayPal) than important CD's or even buying them in Japan. To make the deal a little sweeter, the offerings are iTunes Plus releases, which means that they are basically free of DRM and higher in quality without costing more than normal releases. It's pretty cool, very much worth the small price. Here's the info of what is currently available:
*KISAKI PROJECT -- Untitled Single
- 2008-05-08; 1.98 dollars; Digital Single
- GALACE (ガラス) No Album
- Michi-Shirube *Phantasmagoria -- Untitled EP
- 2008-05-08; 2.97 dollars; Digital EP
- Hikari Ni Furu Ame
- Gensoukyoku - Eternal Silence 03. ...Lost In Thought *V.A. -- UNDER CODE PRODUCTION SPECIAL COMPILATION ALBUM VOL:1
- 2008-05-08; 4.95 dollars; Digital Omnibus EP
Again, please support this if you can! Purchase KISAKI PROJECT - Untitled Single Purchase Phantasmagoria - Untitled EP Purchase V.A. - UNDER CODE PRODUCTION SPECIAL COMPILATION ALBUM VOL:1
Edit: http://aptera" .livejournal.com reminded me that I should specify this: the downloads are not limited to iTunes Japan or anything like that, they are readily available for purchase through the normal iTunes store. The prices are in dollars, there is no weird process to go through, just purchase the songs like you would any English artist. (You can use the links I provided to make it even easier!)
- Current music: Phantasmagoria 「幻想曲 -Eternal Silence-」
- Current mood: fine
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No problem! I'm glad you appreciate it.
It would be a lie to say that I am against all downloading, but I am definitely in favor of supporting artists, and there is really almost no excuse to not do that when their songs are availble so cheaply on iTunes.
I really hope that UCP puts more music up for download (it seems to me that KISAKI tends to embrace a new format and then forget about it just as quickly) and, eventually, maybe even try some digital-only releases (like alice nine. and a few others have done).
2008-05-14
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OMG Kudos to you for posting this! You have no idea how sick and tired I am of my head exploding over conversations like this:
Random Fangirl: Hey, you gotta hear the new single from Such-And-Such-Band! It's awesome!
Me: Oh, really? That's good to know! I just ordered it on CD Japan. I should have my copy in about a week. How did you get yours so fast?
Random Fangirl: I downloaded it off Limewire (or some other ripoff download site that could give a shit about the artists who bust their asses to make this music...and that they have to eat and pay rent, too)...
Me: head explodes
iTunes, Baby! Yeah!!!
Thanks again for posting this!
2008-05-14
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Hoshit...it works...in US dollars at that.
2008-05-13
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Ah, I should specify shouldn't I! It's completely available to people in the US. Just open up the store like normal and search for either Phantasmagoria, KISAKI PROJECT, or UNDER CODE PRODUCTION (or just click on the links that I provided at the end of the entry). It's not limited to Japan at all~
2008-05-13
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Now.... Is this through Itunes Japan, or is it across the different itunes store? Because if its just Itunes Japan I believe its going to be far more complicated for us non-in-Japan-people to get these. There's some sort of strange switching around involved that Paypal can facilitate.
2008-05-13
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