Közi x seek tour 2021「ぽろろん猫とたゆたう魚」

[MorganIvy]

Közi and Seek (Psycho le Cemu, MIMIZUQ) are on tour this month and all lives will be streamed on twitcasting (3000yen each)




Links and dates:

7/10 Shin-Yokohama starge https://twitcasting.tv/c:yuu__sa/shopcart/71324…

7/11 Nagoya [sunset]BLUE https://twitcasting.tv/sunsetblue_/shopcart/69076…

7/18 Niigata 6 studio https://twitcasting.tv/c:polka_dot_creative/shopcart/71019…

7/24 Himeji Beta https://twitcasting.tv/c:himeji_beta/shopcart/69089…

7/31 Shimokitazawa Flowers Loft https://twitcasting.tv/flowers_loft/shopcart/70323


info taken from seek's twitter: https://twitter.com/seek_bonshisya/status/1413468220980285450

Kozi's outfit includes a hat and possible necklace designed by Yu~ki, and he played Garnet on the first night and Madrigal on the second (pics from kozi's twitter):

 

[flowersofnight]

Those tracklists look great. Might have to check out the first one at the very least.

 

[flowersofnight]

Double post: I did buy the ticket to the first (7/10) live.
General information:
The live starts at 0:11:00, with Kozi and Seek doing some duets. Both play guitar and they split the vocal duties.
The first song is "Chim-Chim-Cher-ee" (in Japanese)
Second song is "kasa ga nai" by Inoue Yousui (also covered by MUCC)

After that, Kozi steps out for Seek's solo segment, which I skipped because I have no interest.
Kozi's solo segment starts at 1:17:00, which I'll review in detail below. After that, Seek comes back out and they blather for a while, then do more duets starting at around 2:08:00.

First up, some parody on Mozart's "Rondo alla turca" - don't know if this is original or a cover but there's nothing of particular musical interest here.
Second is some song I don't recognize.
Third is an instrumental piece that I also don't recognize.

Now, getting down to brass tacks: let's focus in on the Kozi segment. In order:

IZM - This isn't really a great choice for an acoustic cover if you ask me - most aggressive songs with lots of synth aren't. The melodic parts are nice, but the driving parts are somewhat droning.

INCOHERENTS - Sort of an odd rework here; this sharp-edged song becomes languorous and spare. The half-spoken vocal parts have a new singsong melody line. This is practically a new song that doesn't make much sense unless you know the original already. There's a new bridge at one point as well as a few (largely superfluous) warping effects.

Curious Nuance - This is similar to the version you may have heard on the "acoustic demo" CD. As with the others, something is lost in the transition to acoustic, but this is musician's music that can still be thoroughly enjoyed as such.

Que Sera Sera - A very pleasant guitar arrangement here, but I would have preferred if a bit more of the up-tempo joy of the original came through.

Saramandara - A Ziz song here. Again, a rather spiky original but this time I find the chilled-out guitar version works pretty well. We get much more sophisticated guitarwork here than on the previous songs in this live, and I think that works to the overall advantage.

Crimson Star - Kozi added a bit more verve to the arrangement since the last time I heard him do a live version of this song (in February) but this was and is strange to my ears without the synth FX.

Garnet - This Malice Mizer classic got what was certainly the finest arrangement of the night - a light, energetic strumming rendition with an unusual surprise near the end. Kozi makes a minor vocal misstep or two on this song, but nothing that detracts from the pleasure of the thing.


The final verdict: "Garnet" is the only real standout here; your enjoyment of the rest will depend on how much acoustic Kozi you've already heard and how much more in the same vein you want to hear.

 

[gbthngs]

Közi and Seek are doing another tour with aie (deadman, the god and deathstars, etc) and you can watch a stream of last night’s show 「ぽろろん猫とふらふらの死神とたゆたう魚 第三回」 - Official Store

 

[flowersofnight]

Közi and Seek are doing another tour with aie (deadman, the god and deathstars, etc) and you can watch a stream of last night’s show 「ぽろろん猫とふらふらの死神とたゆたう魚 第三回」 - Official Store

Got a tracklist by any chance?

PS: welcome aboard