Jack Knife

Is everyone enjoying 「あいにいくよ」?
























SAWA did a quick video for MUSIC BB, promoting the new mini-album:



Thank you Eight0008!

SAWA has stated in a couple interviews that this mini-album is a return to her roots. Besides, obviously, COLORS and the more pop sound.. SAWA's had experience in this area before.

As mentioned before, she briefly had a solo under the name 'Kouchi'. Before this however she was simply known as 'Sawa Kouchi', in a five-girl group called Jack Knife.

Here's a blurb about SAWA from their old website:

河内　沙和/Sawa Kouchi
1983年11月6日生(20歳)
血液型：AB型
身長：1.57m
靴のサイズ：24.5cm

確固たる自分の世界を持つ天才。つまり他人と同じ事が出来ない困った人。趣味で鍛えたパワフルな声量とキレのあるダンス、そして独特な言動は観る者を魅了。気付いたら彼女しか印象に残ってない事もあるので注意が必要。

Jack Knife did a few lives; judging by an article on one of their performances, mostly covers. They disbanded in 2004.











































It's cool to see how people have evolved over time, and in six years SAWA's steadily gotten better and gotten more recognition. She's really a motivated person, I think, to have released so much in so little time, and to have started so early on.

I'm glad she's gone the direction she has (and hasn't gone idol on us :P) I look forward to many more mini-albums to come!

For more info on Jack Knife, you can still see their old website, and there's a short article on one of their live shows. The group still keeps in contact, I think, they've recently reunited with a few other girls (all as friends) back in March. There's a blog post from one of the girls here.

Thanks to rewak for research and links. He's the best!!

It's out!

あいにいくよ is out! GO GET IT!






















She's doing a couple in-store performances, and a handful of live dates coming up, including a triple-release party for her album, Jazzin' Park, and Ryohei's Rat the Wolf album.

Wooo.

Here's the title track's lyrics from goo.

問いかけてよ
追いかけてよ
ずっと近くにいてよ

ざわめいてる
打ち寄せてる
心のさざ波が

瞬間warpして
teleportateして
君に会いに行けるかな?

会いたいから
ケイタイから
Hey, what are you doing now?

切り取って空に浮かべたいくらい
君の笑顔は溶け出した夕暮れみたい
何気ない言葉が力をくれるから
遠く離れててもそばにいてほしい

今君に伝えたくって
ただ君に伝えたくって
見つめあうと言えなかった
ありがとうと言いたくって

胸のベルが鳴り出して
君のこと　想いだして
気づいたら走り出して
今日が終わる前に
I'll come over...

なかなかなか
会えないけれど
ちゃんと元気でいるよ

「どこにいても笑ってて」と
君に言われたから

幽体離脱で　夜を抜けて
夢の中で逢えたら…
強く願いかけたら飛んでゆけんじゃないか?

今君に会いたくなって
ただ一緒に笑いたくって
言えなかった「ありがとう」を
届けに行くよ　今すぐ

今星屑をはらって
意地っ張りをとりはらって
止めるものは何もないよ
勇気さえあれば
I'll say thank you...

消えてしまいそうに弱いときも
大人になれなくて　涙しても
大丈夫　君がいる
だから　one and two, three steps to you.
今すぐ君のそばへ　あいにいくよ

今君に会いたくなって
ねぇ一緒にいてほしいって
素直に言えそうだから
伝えに行くよ　今すぐ

長い夜の海をこえて
喧騒さえもふりはらって
止めることは出来ないよ
明日がくる前に

今君に伝えたくって
ただ君に伝えたくって
見つめあうと言えなかった
ありがとうと言いたくって

胸のベルが鳴り出して
君のこと　想いだして
気づいたら走り出して
今日が終わる前に
I'll say thank you...

Also, SAWA has started a twitter account! Check it out if you're interested.

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In other news, BREMEN (Haoika, a third of the group, produced SAWA's NightDesert) is finally releasing new music! They've done a cover of Garbage's (Kami-sama, I love GarbagE) When I Grow Up!

It's only physically being released through their live shows, however you can order it from iTunes. :) It'll be released the 21st of April.






















1. When I grow up
2. Freeway
3. Superstar
4. Phantom of a dream

あいにいくよ PV .. HD!

Hope everyone's enjoying the new PV! SAWA never seems to bore with her videos.. Now we can enjoy it in HD, whee!!!

Makes one wonder if there'll be a DVD mini-album on the horizon.. She does such quality videos and there's no releases for them!

Also, if you're interested, check out HaroRangers FanSubs blog for a subtitled version of the Swimming Dancing PV! :D

あいにいくよ PV!

Ride On the JetCoaster

Samples of the new mini-album are up! If you've been following you've already heard bits of あいにいくよ and サイダー.. So how 'bout a listen for SuperLooper and JetCoaster!
























It sounds like a fun album this go 'round!

I wonder if she's working on something else as we get ready for April.. She's always busy, you know..

I hope this next one is serious business! :P

あいにいくよ Album Covers

Limited






















Normal






















Promo

Say Thank You!

Click and you might get a suuuurprise!

She looks good, right?

She's given her myspace a bit of a makeover with a new banner and a very pink background. Give it a look-see!

Thanks as always to rewak :)

New Stuff In April, あいにいくよ

SAWA's, naturally, been hard at work!

She played a new track on her radio station today called サイダー (Saidaa; Cider).. Pretty cool sounding.. slightly old-disco, shibuya-kei.. Very different from Swimming Dancing.

Anyway, I googled the new track and found this on neowing + CDJapan

Fifth Mini-album, titled: あいにいくよ.

Seems like four new songs, サイダー, the title track あいにいくよ produced by Hisashi Nawata (who's worked with artists such as Ryohei, Crystal K, BoA, Halcali, and Rie fu), ジェットコースター (Jet Coaster) produced by Jazzin'Park, and then an older song, called SuperLooper produced by RAM RIDER!

She performed SuperLooper back during TIME&SPACE, during a few lives. I think it's a cover, but I've never actually heard her performance myself, so we'll see!

A bonus track is being offered as well, a Takeshi Nakatsuka (produced メトロポリタン美術館 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) from TIME&SPACE)remix of Samba de Mar, a track she did for a compilation called Seaside Town.

*EDIT* TOWER has posted a tracklist of the new mini-album:

あいにいくよ [Fifth Mini-Album]: TBA 7 April, 2010
1. あいにいくよ ...Produced by Nawata Hisashi
2. ジェットコースター ...Produced by Jazzin'park
3. サイダー ...Produced by Junya Ookubo Zyun (ANA)
4. SuperLooper ...Produced by RAM RIDER
5. Samba de Mar（Nakatsuka Takeshi Remix） ＜BONUS TRACK＞

She's also going to be on the album of a debut artist, Anan Ryoko, a pianist and composer. The song's titled Dreaming. There's an English + Japanese version being released on it.

That's all for now! More info as it comes.