You can watch the video by visiting The Anime Network at:

http://www.theanimenetwork.com/animeaccess/index.php?access_num=8

Update 27th June 2009: As the video is no longer available at the original link above, we have decided to upload the clips relating to BACK-ON to our Youtube account. You can watch the video below or by visiting this link:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XzPa0wqQP8

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but if you want to take a peek at the contents, we’ve taken a few screenshots from the video of scenes with Back-on. Take a look below (there are 12)!

Teeda is alittle cheeky during the interview ( :D) but it is a really great clip to watch, as they’re all smiling at one point or another, and we also get to watch their full performance of Chain! Thanks Akari and Ichiban!

The featured song for Round 2 will be Chain, the OP from the anime Air Gear and everyone is invited to participate!

So how will it all work?

We want to hear your rendition of Chain, so feel free to sing over the song in the background or even ‘a cappella’ style without the accompanying music! :) The rules are very loose here, so please don’t be bogged down by restrictions.

In terms of recording your voice, it’s quite easy to buy a microphone that plugs into your computer and works straightaway. If that option isn’t available, there’s always the web-cam or even your mobile phone! (info and demonstration courtesy of Sowon!)

The competition will run for a month, and submissions will need to be made by August 9th on the Forums. Voting will then start from August 10th for one week until August 17th. You are welcome to make an audio or even a video file for your submission! For an example, check out TsUbAmE‘s rendition of ‘a day dreaming…‘ on Youtube!

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For those who want to start from scratch: the Chain (TV size) mp3 audio file can be found at Japtard.com (thanks Frox!), and you can find the lyrics for Chain (kanji, hiragana and romaji versions) on Back-on Online by clicking here.

Minna Gambatte! So far we are expecting entries from the great Sowon-nii himself, TsUbAmE, Souryoku, and also myself. So hope you will all participate too by sending in your submission and voting!

rearrange Chain in DUB

where DUB is apparently a form of Jamaican music with reggae origins. To bring this into context, Back-on‘s name was given by Jesse of the Japanese metal, reggae and rap band RIZE. :)

So how does this all relate to the Air Gear OST II?

I have to confess that I haven’t actually seen the anime Air Gear beyond Episode 1, because I became a bit too obsessed intrigued by Back-on to continue watching it, but listening to the second OST (original sound track) is really helping to change my mind!

The first OST (original sound track) “What a Groovy Trick!” was hailed as a great album, but for fans of the show, it appears to have lacked the instrumental versions of Chain used throughout the anime.

The producers haven’t made the same mistake twice, and the second OST “Who wants More Groovy Trick!!??” features 8 (short but) different instrumental remix versions of Chain by Skankfunk! And in all honesty, I love them all!

You can see the track-listing below (courtesy of Wikipedia):

1. Chain [ROCKIN' 8 GLIDER MIX]
2. Massiveness
3. Chain [TEKNO VALUE MIX]
4. Fear 4 Terror
5. Chain [MAGNIFICENTRAL MIX]
6. Delusion
7. Chain [POPPY HOPPY MIX]
8. Melopole
9. Chain [ACOUSTIC COWBOY MIX]
10. Rise Electric
11. Chain [UNDERWATER MIX]
12. Sky-2-High [BATTLE-MENTAL REMIX]
13. Chain [FOLLOW UP 30 MIX]
14. Chain [FOLLOW UP 15 MIX]

My personal favourites include Chain [Magnificentral Mix], which starts off with quite a mellow rendition with synthetic violins and electric piano (I think) but towards the middle, that unbelievably catchy beat just *HITS* you and well… the only thing that matches this in variation is Chain [ACOUSTIC COWBOY MIX], with at least 3 different remix-styles in one. Of course, I mustn’t forget the signature Chain [ROCKIN' 8 GLIDER MIX], as it really gets you going! :)

Now that I’ve raved on-and-on about how much I love “Who wants More Groovy Trick!!??“, it would be irresponsible for me to *not* say where to find the OST online. Thankfully, this time you won’t have to rely on torrenting (although the original source file did come courtesy of Nipponsei) because Japtard.com have kindly made both OSTs available for download directly from their website!

In addition to the downloads, you can also listen to Air Gear OST II by using the Flash-player located on the website – it’s pretty high quality, and provides a very welcome distraction when waiting for the download to finish!

So a big thanks to Japtard.com for providing the readily-available download, and hope you all enjoy listening to the (albeit short) Chain instrumental remixes! Please let us know what you think! :D

p/s: There are also has one or two other Back-on related downloads that you can find if you read the comments on Japtard.

Teeda also posted in his blog (in fact, he was the most active in updating on a daily basis :D) where I think he said he was surprised at receiving such a warm welcome in America (which he now really likes!) Teeda noted the fact that alot of cute girls (author’s note: including Ichi, Ookami and Miyu-chan) asked him for an autograph/hugs? ^^ (author’s further note: you lucky lucky people! I so wish I was there!)

On the last day, the Back-on group went for dinner late at night, only to find that the restaurants weren’t open on a Sunday! Ultimately they ended up in Subway (those lucky Subway people!) and all ate a massive American-sized sandwich. The funny thing was that Gori (and someone else?) then said that he still wasn’t full, leaving Teeda and Kenji03 speechless!

Hopefully Back-on will update their blogs with even more info at a later date! They will actually be showing a video at their next show in Shibuya on May 10th 2007, with footage from the entire weekend. Fingers-crossed that they’ll post it online as well!

You will have to view the full post before you can see the video as the excerpt function of this theme disables the video code.

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Source URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_vC9_oKOwA