metro trip -- BABYBABY

                                          

I discovered another nifty group from that 2003 compilation "good compi" by abcdefg* record. It's the same collection where I found out about Sonic Coaster Pop and naivepop or petitfool. And as was the case with those two groups, I couldn't glean too information about the duo known as metro trip. 

They do have a J-Wiki file in which the following became known to me: metro trip consisted of vocalist Tomoka Hino（日野友香）from Tokyo and musician Taka Aoki（青木多果）from Mie Prefecture. They formed in 2000 and put out a couple of mini-albums and full albums each between 2004 and 2007. As well, metro trip also participated in other projects such as "good compi" but after that, the trail runs cold. Any external links to sites such as one for the group itself are dead.

Now, speaking of "good compi", metro trip's contribution to that album was "Dance Music"（ダンスミュージック）which I couldn't find elsewhere on YouTube, but I did find the music video for their "BABYBABY" that was the first track on the duo's first album from January 2006 "Tsuki to Drive" （月とドライブ...The Moon and The Drive）. A pretty catchy pop song, I could also pick up on some nice groove and maybe even a bit of Shibuya-kei. I've been to places in Japan that look like that café or restaurant in the video, but I don't think I've ever encountered a flash mob of dancers suddenly coming to life like that. It's just as well.