T.M.Revolution

elanor · 4 Jan 2006

I'd prefer Kenshin with ME!

But really, forget pronouncing the Japanese places properly, the voice actor couldn't even pronounce Tomoe's name properly. The voice actor who did Tomoe's fiance called her "To-moe". Pronounced "moe" as you would pronounce "Joe" not "To-mo-e".

Sounded like "Toe Moe"

Very romantic for a dying man

-rika- shinya` · 4 Jan 2006

elanor said:
Sounded like "Toe Moe"

.. yes, it really $ucks when they pronounce the name wrong ne..that happens in quite a few animes..i wonder if they knew that when they did the voice overs..

toujin · 7 Jan 2006

oh my god...OH MY GOD! i have had 'invoke' for years any only realized that it is actually sung by a GUY! i..am still in shock....
as a maybesortabecoming fan can someone upload those songs via YSI? MU doesn't work for me....

chinyee · 28 May 2006

I've been a fan of TM Revolution for a long time!!!...^^" ever since before Nishikawa Takanori did theme songs for Rurouni Kenshin and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed/Gundam Seed Destiny...i love his vocal...nice and strong!!!...currently have all their songs (from starting career until latest works...) although just have the original Suite Season album...*extremely hard to find TM's album in Malaysia and this one is sitting on the darkest corner of a shop...*i did shouted a bit when i found this, happy*...been trying to look for his CDs in Malaysia..but in vain

Anyway, thanks to TM Revolution for their fantastic songs!!! I love u all!!!

Musashimiatsu · 7 Jun 2006

Can anyone upload the UnderCover album again? All the BT's i've found for it have no seeders. =/

primelajule · 18 Oct 2006

What do you think of him? (that is the Q u hav to answer)

I think he is cool and i lov his voice is great but everything else, nah

Tailsop · 19 Nov 2006

He's awsome for some reson i have there videos and on one of them he acts like my dad.

furan · 19 Nov 2006

*gasp*
OMIGODTHERE'S A T.M.REVOLUTION THREAD!!!!! *attacks it* XDDDD

i frigging LOVe the crap out of them, why? BECAUSE THE GUY IS LIKE RYUCHI IN REAL LIFE!!!!!!!!!
ofcause, it helps that Daisuke Asakura does most of his music (the guy who wrote the gravitation soundtrack) but... i mean... even hi's PVs are like Gravitation! XDDDD

his music is so brillient... it's just so cheesy!!!!! *jumps up and down*

primelajule · 19 Nov 2006

YAYAYAY TMR fans i lov his songs so much, but i heard that he stop singing three years ago after his divorce, and i was like this "NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO " my new japanese friend told not long ago

Primela-jule

furan · 19 Nov 2006

awwwww
well... that figures.... there isn't much about him on the net anymore...

O.O
i just checked last.fm....
um....

T.M.Revolution (real name: Takanori Nishikawa; born September 19, 1970) is a Japanese pop singer originally from Shiga Prefecture. Nishikawa's stage name stands for Takanori Makes Revolution (Japanese: Takanori ga kakumei wo okosu). He was originally signed under Antinos Records until its collapse in 2002, and is currently represented by Epic Records Japan. TMR is also the first artist to be signed under Tofu Records, a Sony-owned label promoting Japanese pop music in North America.

Nishikawa officially debuted as T.M.Revolution with his single Dokusai -monopolize- (Dictatorship -monopolize-) in May 1996. Nishikawa-san's first band was originally Luis-Mary, an indie music coordination featuring him as the lead vocalist (with the pseudonym "Haine"). Asakura Daisuke signed on with Nishikawa-san in 1995 under the record label FunHouse to release the first compiled single "BLACK OR WHITE?" (Daisuke Asakura expd. Takanori Nishikawa: Black or White). The selection process and the decision to work with Nishikawa-san was a long, hard choice for Asakura, as he was looking at producing either Katsurayama Shingo or Nishikawa. As it turns out, Nishikawa failed miserably with his first chance to sing for Asakura, and on a second chance, he took the yearning musician under his wings.

Dokusai -monopolize- was welcomed by thousands of fans, and his performance on Pop Jam with Asakura as the synthesist in June 1996 propelled an additional amount of unexpected sales, making the single sell out of its original printing. Months later, Nishikawa-san followed with another hit, Hesoshukujo -Venus-, and by August of that year, his first album Makes Revolution was released to the Japanese fans with a warm reception. By the release of his third single for the anime Rurouni Kenshin, Heart of Sword- ~Yoake Mae~ (Heart of Sword- Before the Dawn), Nishikawa-san had assured his success among Japanese fans.

T.M.Revolution incorporates many styles and genres of music. Each album differs greatly from one other, but the feeling of dance, techno and excellent vocals mixed with lyrics from Akio Inoue are present in all of his songs.

In March 1999, T.M.Revolution cut The Force, his most successful album to this day. In it, he released characteristic songs and fan favorites, among these being HOT LIMIT, Burnin' X'mas, THUNDERBIRD, and WILD RUSH. A special performance in 1999 at Tokyo Dome with producer Asakura was released, making the original dream of T.M.Revolution become a reality. Later that year, he teamed up with Asakura closely to reinvent the idea of T.M.Revolution, renaming the project the end of genesis T.M.R.evolution turbo type D (T.M.R.-e, for short). Working closely with each other, they slated the album Suite Season, mostly comprised of beautiful ballads incorporating heavy classical piano and really bringing Nishikawa's voice out as the center of the music.

However, the two have grown apart since T.M.R-e, and the album Progress restored the band to its original namesake. This doesn't mean, however, that the sound or style of the music changed one bit. Songs like LOVE SAVER and Madan -Der Freischütz- were part of this post T.M.R.-e era.

Since then, Nishikawa has self produced his music (Starting with the single Out of Orbit -Triple ZERO- in February of 2002. Asakura still composes and arranges much of T.M.Revolution, the only exception being the most recent compilation (UNDER:COVER, but Nishikawa-san has directed and arranged some of the tracks on vertical infinity). His albums coordinate (March 2003), SEVENTH HEAVEN (March 2004), and vertical infinity (January 2005) have been released by Tofu Records and are available for purchase in the US, along with the DVD's Summer Crush '02 and Sonic Warp: The visual fields Since the release of the ending song Web of Night for the movie Spiderman 2, Nishikawa has sung several songs completely in English, facilitating to his international audience.

Nishikawa-san has made 2 appearances in the US: Otakon 2003 in Baltimore, Maryland and Pacific Media Expo 2004 in Anaheim, California. Thousands of fans of anime piled into the convention arena, waiting to hear T.M.Revolution live, singing his songs from familiar shows as Rurouni Kenshin and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. The reception by an American audience left him speechless, making him an international success.

Some fans today argue over the direction of T.M.Revolution. He has been involved with hosting the musical show Pop Jam, producing the band abingdon boys school, and doing the cover Silver and Gold Dance for the 90s hit dance band TRF (Tetsuya Rave Factory). From the album SEVENTH HEAVEN onward, the music has taken a more heavy feeling, incorporating more guitar, bass, and drums than the usual synthesized feeling fans can recall from hits like HIGH PRESSURE. The live band has become more involved with the actual recording of the music. Even his voice has taken a different direction, fine tuning the raw talented vocal spread from his early career to work with the melodious ballad sound of T.M.R.-e. UNDER:COVER (January 2006), TMR's so-called "self-cover best album", took liberty in rearranging 15 of the fans' most favorite songs, all done by election. The result was controversial: bringing songs like HIGH PRESSURE and WHITE BREATH under a more edgier sound, while Twinkle Million Rendezvous featured orchestral instruments (similar in style to Shiroi Yami ["White Darkness"], a ballad from vertical infinity). Asakura's only contribution to that album was on the instrumental version of the Gundam SEED song Meteor (which he also performed on keyboards). His recent work includes the release of 10000000000 -billion- (June 2006), the two disc compilation all his singles from Dokusai -monopolize- to his latest, vestige, and DVD of all of his PVs made to date.

He has also stepped out of the music industry and into fashion, debuting DEFROCK, his own clothing line. The term is a combination of the word differential lock (automobiles and turbine engines being a heavy theme for the clothing line) and the word rock.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the concept creation of T.M.Revolution and has been anticipated with much nostalgia for the old, and new, T.M.R.

T.M.Revolution, however, is still a project for everyone in Nishikawa-san's following. He wants to reach fans of every age, all over the world, bringing the revolution into the hearts of all. The line between vocalist and fan can only be separated by a sheet of music.

..... there we go

primelajule · 19 Nov 2006

thats just awesome what you just found thanks for sharing furan
but still is so sad to hear that he hasnt made any new songs for so long
not fair i wanted him to come to Ontario, Canada
Primela-chan

furan · 19 Nov 2006

lol
i still don't quite understnad.... he had something to do with the spiderman 2 film? *is a geek*

but yeah, it is sad... but maybe he'll still do live shows if he asked... just not releasing anymore music ^.^

Tailsop · 20 Nov 2006

he is still making music right?

furan · 20 Nov 2006

i don't think there's been anything from him recently... but there's been no offical mention of him retiering so... i guess we'll have to see ^^;

Tailsop · 20 Nov 2006

I guess we do i hope he's just on vacation or somthing

furan · 20 Nov 2006

lol
pretty long vacation
but... actually i think he's taking a 'break'
.. that would make more sence...
cos i think daisuke's working on other projects atm... i'm really not sure... but... from reading that, i'd guess if he's doing anything with his music, he's working on an album BY HIM SELF... you know... without Asakura... ^^;

Tailsop · 20 Nov 2006

well yeah you can say that.

furan · 21 Nov 2006

lol
but really i have no idea...
we need like... a TMR nut or somthing to come and inform us ^^;

primelajule · 22 Nov 2006

furan said:
lol
but really i have no idea...
we need like... a TMR nut or somthing to come and inform us ^^;

Well my friend from Japan told me after he divorce from "puffy amiyumi"(one of those girl was marry to him) he stop singing and it has been 2 years that he hasn't seen him in tv or heard of him (and my friend lives in Tokyo)
Primela-chan

furan · 22 Nov 2006

O.O
.....T.M.Revolution...... married to.... Ami or Yumi?
.....
....
....
*dead* _^_

XDDD OMIGOD that's... like.... my head is going crazy right now

but... yeah... thansk for the info!... i don't know any of that... but... i suppose if the divoce was on band terms it would be kinda difficult to go back into singing so quickly....

hee hee, but that's an ADORABLE picture XDDD

Chazie · 23 Nov 2006

Hey I've been stalking the forums for awhile and haven't posted much but I came out of my stalking to say that he is still making music
He's in a band called Abingdon boys school now ^^
They got a pv already too, though i can't post the link ><
just go on youtube and it should be there

Tailsop · 23 Nov 2006

WHAT no that cant be.

WHAT no that cant be. holy crap this song is awsome.

Why?....I just put this song on my MP3. what is wrong with me?

furan · 23 Nov 2006

Tailsop: ??
XD

and THANK YOU CHAZ!!!!!!
io shall look into them!!!
d'you know if Asakura-sama's still producing them?

Tailsop · 23 Nov 2006

why do i want more of those songs?☝

primelajule · 23 Nov 2006

Chaz said:
Hey I've been stalking the forums for awhile and haven't posted much but I came out of my stalking to say that he is still making music
He's in a band called Abingdon boys school now ^^
They got a pv already too, though i can't post the link ><
just go on youtube and it should be there

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFO

YOU ARE THE BEST
Primela-chan

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