Otakon's "Year of Awesome" continues with the announcement that hip hop group HOME MADE Kazoku (H.M.K) will return for Otakon 2013, joining previously announced T.M.R. in a spectacular joint concert event on Saturday.
I know what you're thinking--HOME MADE Kazoku isn't "rock music"! But, in any case, wouldn't you find the collaboration for the convention to be interesting? T.M.R. and H.M.K. will be holding concerts through the convention--one said to be collaborative as well as their individual performances!
They last brought their unique "large, medium, small" style to Otakon in 2010, fulfilling a lifelong dream. Home Made Kazoku debuted May 2004 with Ki/oon Music Inc. / Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. and won acclaim as the best upcoming artist of the year on the Japanese music scene. MICRO is widely referred to as a ‘soul rapper’ because of his husky, powerful voice. KURO adds a deep, whispering rap which gives life to the lyrics. Combined with UICHI's DJ skills, their positive, heartwarming music has entranced many listeners' ears.
Large, medium, small.
Vocalists Micro and Kuro are originally from the United States. MICRO spent a part of his childhood in Kentucky, while KURO lived in Chicago until he was 12. Their first fulllength album, Rock the World, achieved #5 on the Oricon national chart, with over 300,000 sales, and spent an amazing two months in the Best 20s. They created a buzz with their tracks featured as theme songs on many hit anime series, such as Eureka Seven (“Shonen Heart”) and NARUTO (“Shooting Star”). Their third album, Thank You!!, hit #5 on the Oricon chart.
Following their fourth album, Home, which included the lead track “No Rain No Rainbow” (the theme song of NARUTO SHIPPUDEN the Movie: Bonds), HOME MADE Kazoku headlined their first tour in Japan, including a soldout show at the Budokan in front of more than 10,000 fans. They also took their show overseas to the US (Otakon 2010) and Taiwan which ended up being great successes. They host an annual music festival, held for the third time this year in October, called Kazoku Fes.2012. Along with their announcement of their comeback to Otakon in 2013, they just released their latest album 3RISE on January 1, 2013 for all their overseas fans.
To see our post about T.M.Revolution's appearance, and more information on Otakon, click the link below!
http://toshivk.blogspot.com/2013/01/otakon-welcomes-back-tmrevolution.html
Source: Victor Albasharat (Otakon Press Liaison) via Email
Thanks for the email, Victor!
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