SEKAI NO OWARI, SCANDAL, OLDCODEX wow fans at TIMM 2015

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The 12th annual Tokyo International Music Market (TIMM) was held October 20-22 at Grand Pacific le Daiba in Tokyo, boasting record attendance from international music labels, journalists, promoters, and industry professionals.

Special market showcases were held with mini-performances from up-and-coming acts Charisma.com, The SxPlay, and Akamaru Dash, along with seminars on export strategies for Japanese music, the future of streaming music content in Japan and abroad, and the role of sync licensing in promoting artist awareness.

Three nights of packed-house concerts were held at nearby Zepp DiverCity. The first night, October 20, featured a two-part concert by SEKAI NO OWARI, who decorated the entire live house in spooky, Halloween-themed imagery. The band presented such hits as “Dragon Night”, “Death Disco”, and “Starlight Parade”, adding a funny but frightening Nightmare Before Christmas-style animated short film where the members candidly discuss their true monster identities and their struggles to resist eating all the humans in their audience. The band also presented an array of amazing stage effects, including lasers, optical illusions, floating chandeliers, and English lyrics projected near the stage for the benefit of international fans.

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On TIMM’s second night of concerts, the event presented a triple-header of rock bands, led by international favorites SCANDAL, supported by androp and FLiP. Closing the three-night series, rock band OLDCODEX performed a one-man show including their popular anime themes for Free!, God Eater, and Kuroko’s Basketball.

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Sekai no Owari at TIMM
Oct. 20, 2015 Zepp DiverCity TOKYO
(photo credit: Shuya Nakano)
1. ANTI-HERO
2. The Fire and Forest Carnival
3. Nijiiro no senso
4. Moonlight Station
5. Snow Magic Fantasy
6. Death Disco
7. SOS
8. Fantasy
9. Love the warz (new arrangement)
10. Starlight Parade
11. Maboroshi no Inochi
12. RPG
13. Dragon Night
EN-1 Fight Music
EN-2 Instant Radio

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SCANDAL at TIMM
October 21, 2015 Zepp DiverCity TOKYO
(photo credit: Akihiro Ito)
1. Stamp!
2. EVERYBODY SAY YEAH!
3. DOLL
4. Shunkan Sentimental
5. Shojo S
6. Kagen no tsuki
7. Sisters
8. Your song
9. Image
EN-1. Awanaitsumorino, genkidene

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FLiP at TIMM
October 21, 2015 Zepp DiverCity TOKYO
(photo credit: Akihiro Ito)
1.. Wonderland
2. MADONNA
3. JEREMY
4. Heisei Jurassic

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androp at TIMM
October 21, 2015 Zepp DiverCity TOKYO
(photo credit: Akihiro Ito)
1. Voice
2. From here
3. Bell
4. Shout
5. World.Words.Lights
6. Dreamer
7. MirrorDance
8. Run
9. One
10. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

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OLDCODEX at TIMM
Oct. 22, 2015 Zepp DiverCity TOKYO
(photo credit: Yousuke Komatsu)
01. painter
02. mono frontier
03. #4
04. Backed out
05. Now I am
06. Lost before
07. physical
08. Ignite
09. Achromatic habit
10. bird
11. [Blue]
12. WALK
13. CATALRHYTHM
14. Rage on
15. kick out
16. Landscape
17. reel
18. Bitter Aspiration
19. Eyes in chase
EN-1 flag on the hill
EN-2 sick of it