About Nimo´s First Solo Album ~ Rhapsodia ~ Dolce vita ~

That will be my first Album review I will write. The main reason for this review is, that I can´t keep anything short concerning Rhapsodia ~ dolce vita ~. A 140 signs long sentence at Twitter isn´t possible to express my thoughts and feelings about this album.
Also, I want to make the once curious about Nimo´s first solo Album, who will read the review and haven´t recognized yet, that he released a solo album.

It will be more a long feedback with a lot of personal meanings and experiences I made by listening the album, than a clear structured, professional review. So thank you for taking the time to read it.
And to Nimo: Forgive me that I needed so long for my feedback and I hope my review gives a little bit of the joy back to you, which I feel by listening to your Album.

To tell the truth, I was to curious for just counting days and waiting for the Album. So I was searching for the original songs on youtube. I tried to imagine how the songs would sound with his voice. Sometimes I thought: "How will he want to sing this?" because some of the songs are from female singers and had some high notes, which sound difficult. A week later I saw the prelistening Video on youtube and was impressed by the way he is singing. All notes aren´t a problem. He seems to take them as easily as he would have a smalltalk. By listening to the songs I always have to think about, what my vocalcoach always tried to teach me:
You can sing a song in a different way. The most singers learn at first to sing the right notes. But that´s not all. You can play with the notes, give them a character, a soul, a feeling. This is the way you can express feelings in a song so impressiv, that noone needs to understand the hole lyrics. I can tell you from my experiences that this kind of singing is everything else, but not easy.

You find exactly this kind of singing in every single song, the way he sings the notes, the feelings he´s putting into it. The music becomes alive and emotional. Most important is, that you feel that Nimo made experiences with the songs. There are memories, feelings he is connecting with every single song. It´s so enjoyable to listen to his playful voice and just daydreaming about, what could be behind the songs and behind the man who is singing. I can imagine how much fun he had while recording, even if it´s a lot of hard work. Sometimes it is like you can hear him smiling, so I also start to smile and feel very happy wihtout a reason.

I also found a new piece which completes the puzzle of my life a little bit more. Something was missing, something which makes me realize how wonderful and satisfying the daily life can be. Since last year I was working a lot and so the days went by without noticing how good my life is, with all it´s little gifts. Since I could listening to the full album it seems to be better now. His voice is calming and at the same time it brings out what I really am and really want to be: A cheerful little girl, always curious about everything around her and smiling 24 hours a day nearly 365 days in a year. The album is perfect for the small enjoyable situations. For example, I can´t wait to have breakfast at the window ledge on a warm sunday morning, drinking tea and watching the birds and my little squirrel family in the trees. Also falling asleep with the songs is an incredible happiness, as well as waking up with them every morning. Doing the household was also a lot of fun while listening. Everything is so easy now and every single thing, like the spring flowers on my way back home, are much more beautiful since the album is released. That´s how I feel, in a short way, just to let you know what could happen to you, too. And I really wish you, that you will feel the same way.

Followers and friends of mine for sure have seen my tweets, counting days, buying chocolate to deal with my impatience (by the way, half of the chocolate bars are still alive!!! x´D ) and waiting like a child for christmas. If I had known that Nimo would exceed my expectations so much, I think I can not imagine how cruel waiting would became. Because I really haven´t expect that he became so much better since the last song I´ve listened from him. There is a big difference between the songs from Anonymous Confedereate Ensemble and his solo Album. A very positive difference and I am glad that his voice is becoming so much better. He´s very talented and seems to be a charismatic and positive man, that´s what I was getting to know about him the last years. The solo album is underlining this kind of personality very well. Opening the Album you see him, sitting on the floor with this incredible handsome smile. It´s one of the most beautiful pictures I know from him. I am sure everyone is smiling by seeing it. The Hole CD Cover has wonderful pictures, made in a warm and homely atmosphere. Music and design of the CD Cover are harmonizing perfectly.
"Perfect" is the right word for the hole Album, I think. Even if we always say, that nobody is perfect, sometimes it feels like it is and that´s the case with these Album.

Nimo deserves all my biggest support and deepest respect for who he is and what he creates.
Also I am very thankful for all the people who support him, hearties and musicians. He is really worth it to believe in him. I never heard such a beautiful, heartwarming and unique voice, so it´s one of the biggest treasures I know.

I hope in the end I could give a good feedback and make some of you curious about Rhapsodia ~ Dolce Vita ~.

If you want to take a try and listen to the Songs, here is the Prelistening Video:
Nimo "Rhapsodia ~ Dolce Vita ~"

With Love,

Kimie

5th July: G.L.A.M.S @ Contopia /Germany

Sorry, that I needed so long to get the motivation to write. The university and some other problems I had to solve needed a lot of time. For the persons who doesn´t know. This isn´t a normal review.
I am writing down the emotions I have while visiting the concert. I like it to show what was going on with me. I think that´s important for everyone, the musicians, the fans and potential new fans.

So let us go back to the 5ths July 2014, the day where we went from Paris to Dortmund. I was more than 30 hours awake when we arrived at the Convention called Contopia, so I was terrible tired the hole time. But when the concert started all the fatigue of the last day was gone. Mikaru has the talent, no matter how tired I am, to wake me up. The music was changing between being in love and dreaming yearningly from the one and only person, to being cheerful, free and full of self-esteem, with a little pinch of longing for someone and being sure to get this person.
  
The strongest feelings I had are definitely conected with three songs of the concert: Under the moon, 12:00 am and glad eye (A song from Black line). Maybe because July became the most emotional month for me in the last 4 years. Everything this songs describe happened in July. And than there is this reason, why I visited the concert. G.L.A.M.S are not scared of showing their feelings and made merciless real, what I better want to crowd out.  But that is what I always want. Someone who frees my feelings even if it´s against my will. 

Thinking back of it, I really miss the sweet pain, the longing for my love and the breathtaking heartbeat by watching Mikaru and having the feeling, like he would know very well what´s going on with me. And than the relief when songs like the light of my life and Wanderer were played and you realize your friends around yourself and suddenly your love feels good, even if you miss him. It´s a free decision if or who you love or not. And I enjoy this kind of freedom more than before.
Since visiting the concert, this up-and-down of feelings became normal, because I accepted it.

A very special moment was also the solo of Syu. He isn´t only a smart man, he also has a talent for fascinating fans with his strong, but also emotional personality. His power while doing the solo part was breathtaking and we had a lot of fun just to let us go and follow him. Just the smell of Platinum egoiste let me wake up from the hypnotic atmosphere and realizing Tetsuto and Mikaru in the crowd of fans. It was such a good feeling, to be so close to them, far away from rules of the music business. What a wonderful moment of becoming one in the music of Syu and his powerful charisma. 

We had also a short, but wonderful meeting with the band. I was very happy to see, how good they could remember the time we spend in Paris in February. And I was very proud of myself. I was able to speak some words (in english)!!! Maybe because it is so easy for me to show my different sites of my personality. It seems to be no problem for the band that I am often changing from a young woman to a 4 years old little girl who wants to play with her uncles (that´s what I call them lovely ♥ ). Not at the Contopia and not in Paris. I am very thankful for this. They gave me the feeling, that I am who I am and I can show it whenever I like.

It was a wonderful day and It was worth it, staying awake more than 50 hours. So I hope the next concert of G.L.A.M.S will follow soon.

There is just one thing left I really have to say:
As a female singer it is extremely difficult to concentrate on the lyrics while watching Mikarus perfect body!!!!!
I think everybody agrees? Yes? Okay, than, good night and sweet dreams ♥ ^.~


With love,

Kimie