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Woohoo! It's Friday again.. Time passed by real fast ne??? LOL I'm having Friday Blues ^__^;; Maybe because another week will passed soon and a new week will start...

Anyway, I have listened to my Clazziquai Project cd for 4 times in loop (twice on my cd/dvd player and twice on my PC) and I really love the album. *__* Alex really has a nice voice! I hope that his solo album will push through (It's not that I don't like Horan ^^;; They sound so good together)

I know I am late for giving this album a review but I want to share my opinions about this great album

Clazziquai, the trio composed of double vocals Horan and Alex and mastermind DJ/producer Clazziquai, returns to the spotlight. For their latest release, the keyword is "natural electronica". Still focused on electronica and pushing a message of a world peace (for which the band's "Love Child" stands), this time's works are filled with rhythms borrowed from other genres including new wave, tango, samba, and house. Featuring such songs as "Fiesta" (Track 7), "Friday Blues" (Track 12), and "Glitter" (Track 14), Clazziquai sends its sounds back to the music scene on Love Child Of The Century.
>> Taken from YesAsia's description of the album

Tracklist:

1. Prayers: (Music and Lyrics: Kim Sung Hoon (DJ Clazziquai), Vocals: Christina Chu)
- The first track kick off with a pure English song sang by Alex's sister, Christina. This song talks about freedom, salvation and peace as it's theme. The song hopes and prays for peace around the world. In the Japanese version of the album, there is an Alex and Horan version of this song (which still I'm still searching LOL)

2. Lover Boy: (Music and Lyrics: Kim Sung Hoon (DJ Clazziquai), Vocals: Alex Chu and Horan Choi)
- This song combines the electronica, house and bubble pop genre. The song describe Love as magical but strange temptation yet even if it is a temptation it hopes that his love will be true. On the music video of this song, the "love team theory" surface (Alex x Horan). Well they look and sound good together :D I haven't read or seen any rumor if they are going out together but it will be good if they are ^__~

3. 생의 한가운데 / Our Lives: (Music and Lyrics: Kim Sung Hoon (DJ Clazziquai), Vocals: Alex Chu and Horan Choi)
- This give a jazzy, electronic and house sound. As usual Alex's voice is really good in this one. The downside of this one is that it has repetitive lyrics... LOL But as the lyrics said: "Do you remember the first /last time you felt alive?" can struck the listeners...

4. Interlude: All Hail
- The introductory part for Track 5: Gentle Giant

5. Gentle Giant: (Music and Lyrics: Kim Sung Hoon (DJ Clazziquai), Vocals: Alex Chu and Horan Choi)
- The introduction part of this one is "cute". Another pure English song, this song can be used as children's song ^__^ It appeals to the kids. (I ask my niece to listen to this one and she likes the tune LOL)

6. Last Tango: (Music and Lyrics: Kim Sung Hoon (DJ Clazziquai), Vocals: Alex Chu and Horan Choi)
- I haven't watched its MV on the DVD of this album LOL ^^;; This combines the tango and jazz sound. The song talks about holding on for love as if it is the last dance

7. 피에스타 / Fiesta: (Music and Lyrics: Kim Sung Hoon (DJ Clazziquai), Vocals: Horan Choi)
- Another electronica / house sound, this solo of Horan can be compared to her other songs in other Clazziquai Project albums like Salesman. ^^

8. Next Love: (Music and Lyrics: Kim Sung Hoon (DJ Clazziquai), Vocals: Alex and Christina Chu)
- The siblings duet :D Although both were credited as vocalists, Alex's voice was just a backup of Christina's voice. I just hope that they can perform this song together (but well probably Horan will cover for Christina's part.. I just wonder why she don't appear on live perfs) They sound so good together.. The song talks about hoping that his/her love one will give his/her love again

9. Romeo and Juliet: (Music:Kim Sung Hoon (DJ Clazziquai), Lyrics: Horan Choi, Vocals: Alex Chu and Horan Choi Rap: MC Meta)
- My favorite Alex and Horan duet in this album :D I find it relaxing to listen to this one... I just wished that VERBAL do the raps for this one LOL ^^;;

10. Flower Children: (Music and Lyrics: Kim Sung Hoon (DJ Clazziquai), Vocals: Alex Chu and Horan Choi)
- The song talks about saving the environment. The English part of this one are just "talks" by Horan.

11. Interlude: Confession

12. 금요일의 Blues / Friday Blues - (Music:Kim Sung Hoon (DJ Clazziquai), Lyrics: Alex Chu, Vocals: Alex Chu)
- Waaahhh I'm soo happy that Alex wrote his solo song :D This song is a ballad ^^;; Just like Love Me After 12 AM (in which I am still thinking, why he change and let himself loose after 12 AM), this one gives me another question that what does his Fridays have to give him Friday Blues ^___^;; But I love this song hahaha... ^^;; My favorite album track (without a bias-ness ehehe).. "Oh this is how it feels....."

13. Glory - (Music and Lyrics: Kim Sung Hoon (DJ Clazziquai), Vocals: Christina Chu)
- Another pure English song, ^^;; I seriously want Christina to appear on live perfs (but well it is kinda weird to have 3 vocalists to perform live). The song talks about communicating feelings for each other.

14. 빛 /Glitter - (Music and Lyrics: Kim Sung Hoon (DJ Clazziquai), Vocals: Christina Chu)
- The last track of the album gives the same sound as the first track but this time the song is Half English / Half Korean. ^__^;; This talk about dreaming and hoping that her love will somehow shine its light.

LOL sorry for the crappy review.. hahaha... I'm not really good in giving song reviews.. ^^;;

Waaahh I'm really a sucker for Clazziquai Project's new mascot, Love Child (points my avatar) Isn't it sooo cute???? If last year, I can give the award for "Cutest Mascot" for Nodame Cantabile's Mongoose Doll,

probably this year, the winner for this award is Clazziquai Project's Pig Mascot. As a trivia for everyone, Clazziquai Project's official mascot is a pig for the fact that Clazziquai Project's main man/producer/composer and musician, DJ Clazziquai (Kim Sung Hoon) has a pig pet named Dalmacian (which is always mentioned in each album of Clazziquai Project as his beloved pig). But for this album, he designed a new concept for the pig mascot as his "love child". As seen on the album cover, the mascot's head is a little boy with blue eyes.. ^^ He said that the mascot's purpose is to spread love and peace to everyone ^__^ (as the theme of their new album) The mascot appeared on KBS 2 Love Letter Special of Clazziquai and lol the host is curious of it's gender but well the mascot didn't remove the head part

>> I want to take home this cute thing (together with the mongoose doll) and have a purikura with the two mascots *___*

>> Am I a girl????

>> Or a boy???

>>> *thinks ?!?**

>> It's up to you decide, what is my gender! LOL ^__^;;

Because of DJ Clazzi's love for this cute thing, this mascot has his own blog, which has pictures of this mascot in the street meeting different people (LOL even a taxi stopped for it)

Here are some pics from its blog:

>> *points itself on the poster* It's me!!!! **

Speaking of Love Child, Waaaaaaaaaaahhh I want a poster of it which is currently on sale on Yesasia!!! ~___~ Weh it's kinda expensive... $10 for teh poster.. *sigh*

And since I'm talking about Clazziquai Project, looks like it will be a great chance to see Alex on the last of COSMICOLOR live tour because at the same month Clazziquai Project will have a concert in Japan!!!!! Waaaahhhh I hope he will really appear!!! *___*

Woeh! AP Bank Festival Performers are now complete ~____~ Of all the performers, why they did pick out Koda Kumi!!!!!!!!! Angela Aki could be a better choice!!! >__> I can't imagine a song Koda Kumi and Sakurai will sing *rolls eyes* The only console for the festival is that ayaka and AI will be there ^__^;;

waaaahhhh EXILE will appear on a-nation this year!!! After their 2 years absence in that outdoor festival, finally they will perform there, together with mihimaru GT.. AAA + EXILE and mihimaru GT!!!! Also EXILE will also appear in this year's J Wave Live Concert sharing the stage with Yuna Ito, Hajime Chitose, Kaela Kimura, Crystal Kay and Suga Shikao ^_____^.

Weh! SMJ shipped out my item so late.. It was supposed to arrive together with my order but looks like it will arrive on Monday ~___~;;

I just browsed my MediaFire account and woah! I didn't know that I have uploaded so many files (Well not all those files are shared publicly, there are some files that only my friends can download LOL)