Lover Callots -- Pierrot（ピエロ）

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LonrnSZzYNc

As well, I can't bring in any videos directly so once again I've got the YouTube link for you to refer to. Back in February, I introduced the pop and jazz duo Lover Callots（ラバーキャロッツ）who had their run between 2002 and 2005 with "Lover Callots no Theme"（ラバーキャロッツのテーマ）. There was also quite a bit of Shibuya-kei swing in their arrangements which is why I'm back with them to show off their "Pierrot", their June 2004 single. It is also a track on their 2nd album "Itazura Scat"（悪戯スキャット...Teasing Scat） which was released later in November that year.

Oh, so groovy, so good. Listening to "Pierrot", it's like being in a retro beatnik jazz bar in Paris in the early 1990s. From the funky keyboards to the tight percussion to the song stylings of vocalist TAMAc, it's just a pity that Lover Callots couldn't keep the fun going for a bit longer.

7:38 pm July 15th: Ah, we are back if a bit jittery!

Lover Callots -- Lover Callots no Theme（ラバーキャロッツのテーマ）

 

Always keep searching in that underwater 90% of that J-Pop iceberg since you will come across some riches. 

I found one recently and it's called Lover Callots（ラバーキャロッツ）, a band that was centered around the core of vocalist TAMAc and bassist GURI. They had their run between 2002 and 2005, and according to their J-Wiki profile, they specialize in pop and jazz. The band released four singles and two albums.

From their November 2003 debut album "Oshare Quest"（おしゃれクエスト...A Stylish Quest） is the first instrumental track "Lover Callots no Theme" (The Theme for Lover Callots), and it may be short at a little over three minutes, but it really does give a fine introduction to the guys. Everyone gets their time in the sun to shine with some of their jazz instrumental improvisation but I also can't help but get some of that Shibuya-kei feeling in there, too. In addition, the way that it's recorded with the brief horsing around in the first several seconds and the yell of "We are Lover Callots!", it also sounds like the band was actually performing a live gig somewhere in some stylish club in Daikanyama or Shimo-Kitazawa.