060411 - Kei Iwasaki presents "もうガマンできないよっ！ Vol.4" - Shibuya Duo Exchange

I was thinking, if Ucchi hadn't helped me out last year, if I'd be going for so many Sekaiichi events..... Actually, probably not. Although, I must say, they can sometime have really, really incredible sets. For a band that's not entirely rock, a little more folkish, I think Iwasaki Kei really, really heats up and energizes the lives a hundred folds.


Anyway. So I wasn't sure what kind of event this was going to be.

It was like Kei Iwasaki event with Sekaiichi as supporting band. And I was like "wha-? Isn't Kei Iwaski Sekaiichi?? If he plays with Sekaiichi, how... how are they the 'supporting band'.. Together the 4 of them ARE the band... right...?" Confusing.

Anyway.

Yeah, so it turns out that what it is is that Kei invites 5 vocalists from other bands to perform OTHER BANDS' songs, and Kei doesn't sing, he just plays with the other members of Sekaiichi (so doesn't that still make it Sekaiichi????) and the other vocalists sing.

Confusing.

Very cool though.


Anyway, so yeah. He had 6 people come out to play.

He first started the set with an English song, and then the first person who sang was the vocalist of A Flood Circle. He sang about 5 songs and covered a Sekaiichi tune (NOTE: Not a Kei Iwasaki song, although the song was written by Kei Iwasaki, so which is it??? Confusing. haha).
Second guy was a little crazy. I think he's the vocalist of mono..
He too covered a Sekaiichi song, or was it two??

Anyway, then they took a break, because as Kei said it "All of us are of an average of 30 years old... so.." haha!

OLD.

Then after the intermission, they had two more vocalist who came up to sing.

The night was wrapped up by Kei who did covers of songs he liked..
They didn't play any Sekaiichi song cause as Kei said it, we (the fans) were not there to hear Sekaiichi songs.



Anyway, it was quite a nice night. Something different from the usual Sekaiichi.
And I thought it was very, very cool of Kei Iwasaki to feature other bands.
That they're musicians, they're not just a band.
Which I think it's awesome.
Especially in Japan where in this industry, you're always identified by your band.