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HALCALI
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HALCALI is a Japanese rap-pop duo from Meguro, Tokyo. Its two members, Haruka (Halca) and Yukari (Yucali) also comprise the group’s name; a concatenation of “Haru” and “kari”. Haruka, born April 21, 1988 and Yukari, born July 18, 1987 originally met as finalists at a hip-hop audition held in a local school in the Meguro district, where both were born.
At their inception, the girls were produced by Oshare Track Factory (OTF) comprised of producing artists RIP SLYME, RYO-Z and DJ Fumiya and signed to Tokyo-based record label, For-Life Music Entertainment (FLME).
Their single, Tandemu (Tandem) and accompanying music video paid “double homage” to the Rip Slyme song “Steppers Delight” which originally parodied the song “Rapper’s Delight” by American artists The Sugarhill Gang as well as various video game and pop-culture references. Following the success of this single, were the equally-successful songs “Elektorikku Sensei” (Electric Teacher) and “GiriGiri Safuraida” (Roughly translated to “Cool”, “Awesome” or “Ultimate” Surfer).
Their initial album, “Harukari Beekon” (HALCALI BACON) was released in 2003 along with their second album “Ongaku no Susume” (Recommended music) with FLME before moving to Epic records to release their remix album “Harukari Mikkusu” (HALCALI Mix) in 2005 and their most recent 2007 release “Saiboogu Oretachi” (We, the cyborgs).
At their inception, the girls were produced by Oshare Track Factory (OTF) comprised of producing artists RIP SLYME, RYO-Z and DJ Fumiya and signed to Tokyo-based record label, For-Life Music Entertainment (FLME).
Their single, Tandemu (Tandem) and accompanying music video paid “double homage” to the Rip Slyme song “Steppers Delight” which originally parodied the song “Rapper’s Delight” by American artists The Sugarhill Gang as well as various video game and pop-culture references. Following the success of this single, were the equally-successful songs “Elektorikku Sensei” (Electric Teacher) and “GiriGiri Safuraida” (Roughly translated to “Cool”, “Awesome” or “Ultimate” Surfer).
Their initial album, “Harukari Beekon” (HALCALI BACON) was released in 2003 along with their second album “Ongaku no Susume” (Recommended music) with FLME before moving to Epic records to release their remix album “Harukari Mikkusu” (HALCALI Mix) in 2005 and their most recent 2007 release “Saiboogu Oretachi” (We, the cyborgs).
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HALCALI -桃源郷
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HALCALI - Strawberry Chips ~Tanaka Chigai Mix~
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HALCALI[マーチングマーチ]
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HALCALI - LOOK PV
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Shoutbox
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gilgameHEARTS wrote:
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Silenzioso-7 wrote:
Long Kiss Goodbye rocks,Shippuden!
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starshapedfruit wrote:
gilgame don't be a pessimist<3 I'm gonna change the tag now~ And I suggest that all of you change the 'Goodbye' word to 'Good Bye' too. :3
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gilgameHEARTS wrote:
Just watch. The top 3 songs will be "Long Kiss Goodbye" "Long Kiss Good Bye" and "Tip Taps Tip". V_V
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gilgameHEARTS wrote:
Shit. All of the narutards are going to tag it "Long Kiss Goodbye" but there is actually a space it's "Long Kiss Good Bye" yo! Shit, HALCALI's tags are gonna get fucked up. :\ I guess there's not much we can do. -_-
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heriol wrote:
Long kiss goodbye is perfect!
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Naruken wrote:
Long Kiss Goodbye <3 rulz =)
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odysseyandoracl wrote:
HALCALI Bacon is so much fun, the albums since not so much...where did the hip-hop go?
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gilgameHEARTS wrote:
My HALCALI review is up from the other night's live, if anyone is interested. ANOTHER NEW SONG, PS.
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laloon wrote:
THESE GRRRLS ROCK! you guy's should totally listen to the electric sensei remix (electric body sensei remix).... it's pretty fabulous.
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gilgameHEARTS wrote:
PS. I was listening to 嗚呼ハルカリセンセーション this morning -WHILE ON THE TOKYU TOYOKO LINE- and I realized HALCALI play around with the names of the stops in Meguro via the Tokyu Toyoko Line in their rap: Naka-Meguro, Yutenji, Gakugei daigaku, Toritsu daigaku. And I was like "aw, HALCALI." And I felt proud to be a Meguro citizen. :D
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gilgameHEARTS wrote:
I can't believe the new single's release date is in November. That is TOO far away for the hype they seem to be getting on this release. It should be released mid-late October.
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RedArmada wrote:
Hot female Japanese pop-rappers? That's fantastic.
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Marktacular wrote:
Its good! Thanks gilgame
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LOVEppears wrote:
thank you :D/
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aughtstar wrote:
adsogiahds;adscaerg thankyou.
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gilgameHEARTS wrote:
I just uploaded the .mp3 to JPOPSUKI, but here's a link if you want it instantly! AMAZING SONG. (make sure to copy paste it to your browser and replace "[dot]" with a " . " And take out the spaces, I added them because last.fm recognizes it as spam) Long Kiss Good Bye DOWNLOAD: http://www[dot] megaupload [dot] com/?d=CMF7Y6FC
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gilgameHEARTS wrote:
INORITE! ME TOO!
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LOVEppears wrote:
Just watched the live of "Long Kiss Good Bye". I am impressed :o
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gilgameHEARTS wrote:
And I am so pissed my apartment doesn't get Fuji TV because GIRL POP FACTORY '08 is on right now and I could be watching HALCALI's performance. T_T And I'm spamming this shoutbox. x_x
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Recent Activity
- okishin, chocolatestarpi and FiiFo added HALCALI to their libraries. 7 hours ago
- MagiNcia connected HALCALI to the group J-Music Portugal. Thursday evening
- gilgameHEARTS added HALCALI to the lineup of Candy Stripper MUSIC! at Zepp Tokyo. Thursday afternoon
- amcguigan, OtakuOtoko, HoRiWo and 1 other person added HALCALI to their libraries. Thursday morning
- gilgameHEARTS added HALCALI to the lineup of rockin'on presents COUNTDOWN JAPAN 08/09 at 幕張メッセ インテックス大阪. Tuesday afternoon
- mido_o, Satchoom, jiujin and 8 other people added HALCALI to their libraries. Tuesday morning
- nightr1der tagged HALCALI with ‘japanese’ and ‘soundtrack’. last week
- galinijay, scarfies, zohbari and 1 other person added HALCALI to their libraries. last week
- kenalien tagged HALCALI with ‘female vocalists’. last week
- CountessDarkess, maggiebook, harpokrat and 13 other people added HALCALI to their libraries. last month
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