【予選1st 第14ブロックA】OTONOVA2023 - Participation Report

I am very happy that Mudia exists and supports artists of all kinds. I am glad that events such as Otonova2023 are organised, which I am participating in for the first time.

As someone for whom life would be empty without music, I am even more excited about the Otonova2023 event and looking forward to all the performers taking part.

The course of the first qualification of this block 14 A was very interesting and exciting, as we were able to witness the confrontation of participants representing different musical genres and artistic achievements. It was also noticeable that the criteria for choosing to support a particular performer varied widely: admiration for their work, familiarity with a particular performer, following the majority of people.

Congratulations to all the performers taking part in Otonova2023 for their excellent participation! It was a really exciting duel, which in this group resulted in the following outcome:

1.Junk Martini

Congratulations to Junk Martini for winning first place 🥇 in this qualifying group and advancing to the next stage. Please continue to give your best 💪 .

Junk Martini is a highly original pop music film band made up of two members (Yours and Kai). Through the music they create, the band is able to move our all senses and transport us to a cinematic world. Looking at the band's social media profile, it can be seen that the two members have divided their roles and Yours is primarily responsible for writing lyrics, composing music, singing, creating illustrations or images for films and playing guitar. Kai, on the other hand, is responsible for the vocals; creating the illustrations for the videos; and for characterisation and editing the video. They already have a track record of participating in the finals of Emergenza Japan in 2017.

Their Youtube channel is well worth a visit, where we can check out their original work, including their latest MV 'Tetra Psycho', for which the teaser is intriguing:

" It's a place where the sun never shines. I can't resist this insidious connection, even if I want to beg. This journey that will continue tomorrow I am sure I will see a different view next time. I wonder if I can believe it."

Both voices are very interesting to both Yours and Kai.

Yours' account on Tik-Tok (@yours_yua) is also worth a visit, where you can check out his original work and covers of songs by Korean band BTS like Butter and Yet to Come, among others. It should be emphasised that Yours combines playing the guitar with singing at the same time in a sensational way.

To better illustrate their work, below are the lyrics of the song 'Tetra Psycho'.

TETRA PSYCHO

まあ同罪 さあどうぞお先に

徐々に 表情に 

正直、どうしようもない問題

妙に 噂話に集りがち

「あいつってさ」って口癖で

噛み付いてたってなんか虚しい

止まない雨はないってたって

抗えないってそんな毎日

やめたって逃げだってわかってる

だからって ネタだって言ってんじゃんなあw

今のネイルにも冷めたしな

己紛らわして世渡り what time?

ときに雲隠れ

空っぽの舟には 行く宛てもなく

Deepin', Wonderful, Deepin'

「また明日」って

辛辣なあと味

No side

憐れみの航海を 誇りな

明日はまた違う景色に巡り会えんだろ、なあ

渇き切った 脳裏に 焼きつけて

雷鳴に踊れ

テトラのように

Will you get gonna do it?

Baby, it's too fake!

Now really can't stop

I'm gonna do it!

That's amazing factor!!

No, are you satisfied?

I don't care about you, ananimous

孤独まっしぐら あの日トラウマ 

心も 足掻くも 逆さまのthe world

Struggle for migration

いつの間にか 保険も効かなくなった今

言葉狩りに富むジャーナリズムに

今日も未解決のオンパレード

なんでだろな これも味がしないな

だって才能ない これもやめちまいたいな

待ってそうだった どれも真面目がすぎるな

抑えたって 脳は欲張りだな

(Tetra Psycho)

Ah 高らかな要塞を 見上げな

今日はまた違う何かに巡り会えんだろ、なあ

あたたかいな 祝いの嘘さえも

夢に踊る

テトラと呼べ

Will you get gonna do it?

Baby, it's too fake!

Now really can't stop

I'm gonna do it!

That's amazing factor!!

I am very curious to see how his future will turn out in the Otonova2023 competition.

2 Olter Current

In second place with 4165 points was the band Olter Current 🥈 Congratulations on advancing to the next stage! Please continue to give it your all 💪 .

Olter Current is a three-member very intriguing cinematic rock band from Osaka that specialises in symphonic and impressive sound arrangements, laced with loud emo and unique metre that grab the heart. Vocalist Ryota-san is characterised by his unique tone of voice and overwhelming sense of music. Guitarist Hiro-san and bassist Katsuo-san, on the other hand, have a high level of technical and performance skills, allowing them to recreate the music they create to the limit of greatness. 

I recommend visiting their profiles on distribution media like their Youtube channel (@oltercurrent2996), where you can get a glimpse of their work. Their latest MV for the track Prayer is held in a slightly dark atmosphere, and has lyrics and melody that pierce to the marrow of your bones. To give you an idea of the atmosphere, here are the lyrics to Prayer, which was released entirely in English.

"Prayer"

The dingy walls and the chains that bind me 

from my blurred sight never disappear 

I'm thinking about why I'm locked in

I buried my head in the sand in that scene 

My mind is a mess

Stop it now...

I pray to get out of here

before it explodes 

blood seething in me

(Please listen...) 

I wanna see that clear sky some other time

(Before the end of this life...)

That moon is calling me but it is offset

If I could hold you at that moment, 

wouldn't I have to be scared of the Reaper? 

Bring it back it's steadily approaching me

Even if I close my ears, I can't help hearing the fear

I pray to get out of here

before it explodes 

blood seething in me

I wanna see that clear sky some other time

(Before the end of this life...)

That moon is calling me but it is offset

I also reload in my dark side

Until that day I even imagine if I don't escape here

What if you can fly anywhere?

Going to mask in the past

So I ask, what will change if you do that?

Embrace my weakness I wouldn't dare

I might be breakdown but this wall was created by my own

Keeping the pride I don't need

Stop it now!

I pray to get out of here

before it explodes 

No, even it shapes me 

I've got it

I wonder if I can see that clear sky  some other time

(Before the end of this life...)

That moon is calling me but it is offset

I also reload in my dark side

Until that day I even imagine if I don't escape here

3. Momo

Third place along with 5 points went to Momo, 🥉 who is a music teacher, mainly singing. Momo specialises mainly in reggae, gospel and a capella music. Momo is very active on distribution media such as Tik-Tok (@momopeachan) and Youtube (@mmscoverunitchannel4062) where she constantly posts videos of her original songs and rearranged songs regardless of the type of music. She performs covers of songs from Western music (artists such as Alicia Keys, Whithney Houston, for example) or Japanese music (artists such as Aimer, for example).

4. 小次郎 feat. 惺光玖拾玖

By the decision of the audience, fourth place with no points scored went to 小次郎 feat. 惺光玖拾玖. 小次郎 feat. 惺光玖拾玖 is an instrumental band consisting of TK (ex. Musashi Seiryu/acoustic guitar), Shiho (Fletless Bass), Sin (drums) and Makoto (electric guitar). Minoru Mukaiya (keyboardist) and Akira Jimbo (percussionist) from the Japanese band Casiopea commented, "I can show this to the world as it is...", and Kojiro's instrumental ensemble has incredibly proven skills. The band takes us into a world of diverse sounds and overwhelming sounds. Otonova2023 is characterised by the fact that it is first and foremost an audience vote and this time there was a lack of luck 🍀 because the skills are there. It's worth visiting this band's Youtube channel (@kojiro-jp) because they are a truly original band.

Everyone in this group proved to be very strong and intriguing, from which it was difficult to choose two performers who . I'm rooting for the winners Junk Martini and Olter Current, and I can't wait to see how they will fare in the Otonova2023 competition.