Last Samurai?

Maybe so.

Here are some photos from the session de samurai last week.

One of these will be used as back cover of the album when it’s released as CD.

This photo session was so fun the photographer and I are now thinking about sequels to this.
A Last Samurai photograph series.

The album cover art is done, and this weekend my friends and I will be shooting a video for the song “Cheeseburger Baby” which will be the single off the new album.

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Aigh,
talk to you soon.

Keep it absurd.
Hugs,
Aki
Voluntary Mother Earth

Here it is. A home video-esque sample trailer for VME’s upcoming album “Village Avant-Garde”, due out next month. You can get a very basic idea of what this album smells like. All shot here in Tokyo with a bunch of my friends. Some parts of it are from the Samurai photo shoot from last week that I talked about here on this page.

It’s home-made for my friends and Voluntary Mothers all around the world to have a taste of my home. Not for the masses, but please enjoy the hand-made-on-a-budget feel of this video.

A “real” music video for one of the songs off the album coming up in a few weeks.

Hugs,
Aki
Voluntary Mother Earth

Voluntary Mother Earth New CD Reviews from Europe

Voluntary Mother Earth’s latest CD “Unacceptable Vegetable” was recently reviewed in Tarkus Magazine (issue #46) in Norway. If you understand Nowegian, check out their website and order a copy today to see what they have to say about our music.

Also the same album had been reviewed in iO Pages Magazine (issue # 81) in Netherland. Speak Dutch? Check out their website and get a copy today.

Voluntary Mother Earth TOURS 2009
We’re currently planning a US tour for March 2009, and an European tour for May 2009, as well as applying to various festivals for the next summer.

-VME’s “YOU CAN BOOK US TOO” Policy-
If you live in a musical community, no matter how small and no matter where it’s located on the planet Earth, and would like to see us live, AND if you are part of your local scene, or know the clubs/bars/bands in that scene, YOU can book us too.

Interested? Send me an email at voluntarymotherearth ( at ) gmail.com for details.

Other than that, we’ve started rehearsing new songs which we hope to record and present to you next year.

Hope to see you on our next tour!

-Aki
Voluntary Mother Earth
-a Japan’s premier absurdist rock combo