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JYOCHO Announces New Digital Single and Cover Challenge

25/03/2021 2021-03-25 16:48:00 JaME Source: Press Release Author: Christine

JYOCHO Announces New Digital Single and Cover Challenge

Post-rock/math rock band JYOCHO released a new digital single on March 24th, and they are challenging fans to cover parts of the track without using a score.


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Post-rock/math rock band JYOCHO released a new song titled Gather the Lights (or Hikari atsumete oide yo) on March 24th via No Big Deal Records.

Written by the band's guitarist, ex-Uchu Conbini member Daijiro Nakagawa, this single is their first new release since October 2019. Links to download and stream the song on various music platforms can be found here

To promote the release, the band has launched a special campaign called "Challenge from JYOCHO”, which challenges other musicians to copy the hard-to-play song without using a score.

To help fans out with this task, the band members have each uploaded a performance video to the band's YouTube channel and versions of the track with each member's part removed will be available to download for free from JYOCHO's SoundCloud account until April 30th. The parts include guitar, keyboard, bass, drums, flute and vocals. While there is no performance video available for the vocals, fans are welcome to submit singing videos. They are also welcome to cover any of the parts on another instrument.

Fans can take part in the challenge by uploading videos of their attempts to YouTube using the hashtags "#copyJYOCHO" and "#GatherTheLights". The members of JYOCHO and their staff will watch all videos submitted using the appropriate hashtags until the deadline, April 30th. Their favourite submissions will be introduced to their fans on social media and listed in their YouTube playlist until May 28th.

Detailed instructions for the challenge are available in English and Japanese on JYOCHO's official website

Watch Nakagawa's demonstration of the guitar part for Gather the Lights below.

 "Challenge from JYOCHO" Instructions (English and Japanese)  Download or stream "Gather the Lights"
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