Today clammbon announced two new live recordings. 3peace2 is a 2-disc live album recorded on last year’s “Where Shall We Go?” tour, to be released on March 21. The other is a two-disc super-premium limited-edition live DVD box set, from their show at Ryoukoku Kokugikan on November 3, 2011.

Also! I picked up a few clammbon items of varying rarity on my trip to Tokyo last month, which I will be adding to the site. The Aru Kodou and Hana Saku Iroha singles, the limited-edition Aru Kodou DVD, three issues of Hibiku, the official clammbon magazine, and three clammbon t-shirts! I need to figure out the best way to add the magazines; maybe some brief reviews and a previews of a few pages would be appropriate. Not sure I have the endurance to translate whole articles any time soon!

These are the limited editions with the excellent live DVDs included. Now is your chance to get them at 20% off.

The first video from Mito’s new album is up: http://m.youtube.com/#/profile?desktop_uri=%2FClammbonChannel&user=ClammbonChannel&gl=US

Also, I didn’t know this, but the new best compilations come with awesome posters, one with a photo from 1996 and one from 2011: http://instagr.am/p/Dr1vr/

Hi! Just a few things.

The two new best compilations are out as of April 20th. Both have limited editions that come with live DVDs. And if you buy both, you can send away the included slips to get a bonus CD with the songs Eiketsu no Asa Shou and Tasogare. But you’ll probably need to provide a Japanese address, and you’ll have to postmark it by May 31st.

The official clammbon site has been totally refreshed! It is more modern, more fun, and more clammbon. Check it out!

Mito is coming out with a fourth solo project album. The title is DAWNS and will be released under the name Mito, unlike his previous efforts which each had unique artist names. Also, there will be a two-disc set of songs from various musicians that Mito has written, produced, remixed, or otherwise worked on over the years: Mito archive 1999-2010. Watch for both of these May 18th.

Miss Ikuko has started using Twitter, and almost every tweet is like a little poem. She’s @ooo195ooo. Also, if you haven’t been following Mito, he’s @micromicrophone.

One last thing: I dug up my old Akismet key and deleted the 2,000 spam comments in the queue, and now comments are back on. We’ll see how it goes!

Thanks for your support.

Hello, everyone. I have some news items.

First, it sounds like the Clammbon band and staff are all okay in the aftermath of the disaster that hit Japan this month. We can be thankful for that.

It sounds like the two new best albums have been delayed, though, as the production line has been affected. Columbia Best is now due April 20, and there doesn’t seem to be a date for Warner Best.

Clammbon’s song “Vital Sign” appears on the impressively quickly-compiled [Play For Japan series at Ototoy](http://ototoy.jp/feature/index.php/2011031604). All of the proceeds go to disaster relief, so you might want to buy a few of them, or the whole pack, and get exposed to some new music in the process.

Mito personally composed a little song for the earthquake victims, titled 312. Again, you can [pick that up at Ototoy](http://ototoy.jp/feature/index.php/2011032401). Proceeds from that go to relief, too. You can watch [its original performance on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOG2crGddnw).

Miss Ikuko appeared on the track “I’ll” by the band L.E.D.; thanks to Hear Japan for the note on my last.fm page.

Lastly, as spam has gotten out of control and the free use of Akismet is discouraged anymore, I have turned off comments. They weren’t that commonly used anyway, and I am still happy to receive email.

Thanks for your continuing support. Be well.

Hi! Clammbon has posted a performance of Vital Sign from the live bonus DVD that comes with the limited edition of their columbia best album. Both best albums are due out March 30. Check out the video; it’s pretty thrilling!

http://www.youtube.com/ClammbonChannel

Hello folks,

You may have already heard, but clammbon will be releasing two more best-of albums in 2011, one from their time on Warner Records and one from their time on Columbia Records. Each will come in a limited edition with a DVD, containing footage from 2000’s Machiwabi Machisabi tour at Akasaka BLITZ and from 2010’s SUPER STAR performance at Yomiuri Land Open Air Theater, respectively. The release date is March 30.

You can see a video message from the band, and vote on your favorite songs to be included, at the official site:

Happy 2011!

Hello! Thanks to some help from my friend Tom, who has lots of anime subtitling experience, I think I may have got the tayu tau subtitles into a reliable format. I had to update to the latest version of VLC for it to work properly; that software may have been updated in some way that makes SSA files work better. If you tried to use the subtitles before and it didn’t work, please give it another try and let me know how it goes. Thanks!

Mito has a special display up [at Tower Records Shinjuku](http://twitter.com/TOWER_Shinjuku/status/20763738519) to show off his favorite anime music.

That’s even *my* Tower Records, from when I lived in that area and whenever I go back to Tokyo. If I were standing in the store right now, I’d probably be tempted to drop the ¥35000 to get them all at once.

My more anime-aware friends have helped me figure them all out:

1. Patlabor the Movie OST Album INQUEST
2. Macross Frontier Vocal Collection Nyantama
3. Zegapain OST 2
4. Lucky Star Character Song Album Vol. 11: Kanata and Soujirou
5. Aso Natsuko – Programming for Non-Fiction
6. Hakuyoku no Seiyaku ~Pure Engagement~/Onnaji Kimochi
7. Kobato OST 2
8. Hidama~buru
9. Toyosaki Aki – Boku wo Sagashite

Related selections:

1. Aso Natsuko – Movement of Magic
2. marble – Senritsu no Yukue, Sora no Kanata
3. Sphere – Now loading…SKY!!
4. Fate/stay night UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS OST

Until the night of July 23, you can watch the 22-minute film for the song Hareru to Madjika at the Columbia Music clammbon site. I’m halfway through it, and it’s… really, really sad. ;_;

Movable Type was a fun experiment, and definitely superior to the totally manually-maintained site it superseded. But I have come to like WordPress too much to carry on with c-b e-b the way it was. So I spent a few evenings moving everything over, manually recreating all the cross-references, adopting a new style, and refreshing a lot of the content.

Some stuff is bound to be broken, though I have done my best to make sure that at least syndication feeds are automatically redirected. If you come across anything amiss, please let me know of it.

And lastly, the new site is commemmorated with a new translation: JAPANESE MANNER, requested by Gavin Oakman. Enjoy!

“2010″ is here! Just a couple of quick things, then back to listening to it for the krillionth time. :D
In addition to the ototoy version I mentioned earlier, the album is also available on [iTunes](http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=ZQxyEW4Kdjg&offerid=146261.672239330&type=10&subid=). (Use that link to support this site!) I found it on the USA store; you may find it in your country too.
The [video for NOW!!!](http://www.youtube.com/ClammbonChannel#p/u/0/qrxpQmD3p0o) is up at YouTube; check it out!

Howdy friends. The new album is almost upon us, and I’ve just learned that ototoy is accepting pre-orders. The album is presented in their higher-than-CD-quality HQD format. In the ototoy version, the track “4hands_cp_waves” is four times longer than on the CD, and you’ll receive a special “web booklet”. I’m off to reserve my copy now! Vive le international online distribution!

[ClammbonChannel](http://www.youtube.com/ClammbonChannel) is open on YouTube! Go check out the video for “tiny pride”. Mito posted some footage from the making of this video on his own YouTube channel a while back.
Also! Check out the video for “Ka-Ka-KaLMa!” and some comments from the band on [New Audiogram](http://www.newaudiogram.com/premium/134_clammbon/). (Don’t miss seeing Miss Ikuko in… spectacles!!)

Happily, the JAPANESE MANNER EP [made it to iTunes USA!](http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=ZQxyEW4Kdjg&offerid=146261.672239330&type=10&subid=) Use that link if you’d like to support c-b e-b; I truly appreciate it. I’ve also added this release to the ever-lengthening albums page. Have a lovely new music day!
Update: Zounds, I just realized that this 5-track “EP”, at over 43 minutes, is longer than a lot of albums! That’s value!

Many clammbon fans have come to know Nujabes, and vice versa, via his remix of “Folklore”. Nujabes was recently killed in a car accident, and several musicians have offered messages of farewell. Here is what Mito had to say. (Thanks to Bob Ross, who pointed it out.)

“Hey Mito-kun. How have you been? Find any good music lately?”
“Let’s make something together soon. All right?”

Whenever we talked on the phone, those were the words he always started and finished with

Then, I took it all for granted,

Like I thought it would last forever

I always believed we’d be able to make wonderful music

And now, I didn’t recognize the peace those exchanges signified,
Until he was gone I still haven’t found the words to say goodbye
It was such a sudden thing, I still need time

Though,

While he may be gone,

his music,

is still here and connecting us to him

I will continue to listen to this music for a long… long time,

And so that I might be able to create even a single drop of the sound we made together during that time,

I want to keep making music

The finest of artists, the finest of friends

Now, just be at peace

2010 3/19 am 4:08 　clammbon mito

There’s a lot of news in clammbon-land right now…
First, the [free, high-quality download of SUPER☆STAR](http://ototoy.jp/feature/index.php/20100415) is available! At least, it is supposed to be, but the Ototoy site seems to be down at the moment. Check it out some time within the next week to get your copy.
The JAPANESE MANNER e.p. will be available exclusively on iTunes starting April 28. No word yet whether it’ll be available on international iTunes stores, or just the Japan one, but recent clammbon and Harada Ikuko releases have been pretty widely available. Once a cover is available, I’ll add it to the releases page; until then, here’s the track list:
1. JAPANESE MANNER
2. Joutai no Highway (2006 @ Yaon feat. BIKKE)
3. Eiketsu no Asa Shou (2009 @ Matsumoto Piccadilly Hall)
4. Re-Ame -Amestub Remix-
5. Re-Ahoj! (2009 @ Tokyo NHK Hall)
Mito-san has posted two more clips to [his YouTube account](http://www.youtube.com/user/micromicrophone), this time documenting the filming of a music video on top of a snowy mountain. On the topic of music videos, the band just announced that they will be making videos for *every song* on the new album!
Wowowowow, clammbon fans~

Hi! Clammbon’s eighth album is titled *2010*, and will be released May 19. I have posted up the [track list](http://clammbon.metalbat.com/2010/05/2010.html) on the discography page.
The ["tiny pride" single](http://ototoy.jp/opus/index.php/76500) is available for free on Ototoy for a limited time; get it while you can!
It’s a great time to be a Clammbon fan~

The new album has finally been officially recognized on the Clammbon web site. It will be released some time in May.
And, great news, a song from the album will be released early as a free download! Starting March 1, ototoy (formerly Recommuni, the site that released the “NOW!!!” single) will offer “tiny pride” in greater-than-CD-quality 24bit/48KHz WAV format.
Party!

Clammbon has a habit of making announcements at the beginning of the year, so I was anticipating some news about a new album for 2010. But the official site was silent on New Year’s Day, and hasn’t had much band news of note all month.

But! Someone on the BBS pointed out that Mito himself has been posting YouTube videos lately. I went to check them out, and not only are they videos of the mixing process of the new album, but you can even hear bits of the new songs!

Go ahead and check out micromicrophone on YouTube for yourself. If the album was already in the mixing stage on January 11, the album should be complete soon! Perhaps we will see a Spring release.

Happy Clammbon new year to the world!