〈サイバーパンク・ニンジャ活劇〉を音楽で!
舞台は近未来都市＝ネオサイタマ。ニンジャの抗争によって妻子を失った主人公に謎の〈ニンジャソウル〉が憑依し、復讐に乗り出す――ブラッドレー・ボンド×フィリップ・ニンジャ・モーゼズによる〈サイバーパンク・ニンジャ活劇〉小説「ニンジャスレイヤー」は、のちにTwitter上で連載された日本語訳が書籍化され、さらに今年4月からは〈フロムアニメイション〉としてウェブアニメ化。〈スリケン〉〈サラリマン〉〈ソウカイヤ〉など曲解&デフォルメされたカタカナ名詞が交錯するぶっ飛んだストーリー展開に加え、毎回異なるアクトがエンディング・テーマを担当したことでも話題ですが、それら12曲とBGMを収めたコンピ『ニンジャスレイヤー フロムコンピレイシヨン「忍」』がこのたび到着! これが、海外にもファンの多い猛者から期待の新人まで揃ったラインナップで、どの曲も猛烈な格好良さなのです。
クレイジーに、グラマラスにドライヴする2曲のハード・ロックを提供したBorisに始まり、MELT-BANANAのコケティッシュなファストコア、ドシャメシャなディストーションにまみれた80KIDZのエレクトロ、skillkillsの脱臼ヒップホップ、スコアも担当した大沢伸一のファニーなエレポップ、THE PINBALLSのフレッシュなガレージ・ロック……と書き下ろし曲も多数。さらには、極太のリフで押すオルタナ・チューン、リズム・オリエンテッドなグルーヴ・ロックをそれぞれ披露したELECTRIC EEL SHOCKと8ottoは、そもそも新曲自体が久しぶりでは!?……と身悶えする内容なのです。他にもtaffyやSawagi、6EYESらが鮮烈なカラーを添えていて聴き逃しは厳禁。ホントに良コンピ!
Ninja Slayer from Compilation [Nin]
By: Mayumi Tsuchida
Music collection of ‘cyberpunk ninja action’ series!
The setting is in a not-too-distant-future city called Neo-Saitama. An enigmatic ninja soul possesses the main character whose wife and child were killed in a ninja turf war, and now he is seeking vengeance – ‘cyberpunk ninja action’ novel “Ninja Slayer” was authored by Bradley Bond and Philip Ninj@ Morzez, and the Japanese-translated version serialized on Twitter got published. It was also made into an online-animated series called “Ninja Slayer from Animation” this April, which has been making waves with its unconventional plot that is full of distorted and deformed katakana nouns such as ‘suriken (shuriken)’, ‘sarariman (salaryman)’, and ‘Soukaiya (Soukai Syndicate)’, and the ending theme songs which are performed by different artists in each episode. With twelve of those songs and some background music, a compilation album titled “Ninja Slayer from Compilation [Nin]” has been released. The artist lineup has a wide range from up-and-comers to big shots with many overseas fans. Every song is stunning!
Some of the songs were made just for Ninja Slayer, including a couple of hard rock numbers played in a crazy-but-glamorous manner by Boris, a cute-and-sexy fastcore track by MELT-BANANA, an electro number mixed with a distortion spree by 80KIDZ, an offbeat hip hop tune by skillkills, a funny electropop track by Shinichi Osawa who also composed it by himself, and a fresh garage rock tune by THE PINBALLS. On top of that, both ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK and 8otto made their long-awaited returns, after quite a while, respectively dedicating an alternative rock number with thick and massive riffs and a rhythm oriented groove rock each. Taffy, Sawagi, and 6EYES, who also make this compilation vividly colorful, are the artists you simply shouldn’t miss as well. A simply amazing compilation!
