Kimura Kaela - Jasper
Posted in Japanese Singles | Tagged as: Kimura Kaela
Tracklist
1. Jasper
2. Dive Into Shallow
3. Jasper -Instrumental-
4. Dive Into Shallow -Instrumental-
Jasper is Kimura Kaela’s 11th single and was released on February 6, 2008. It peaked at #9 on the weekly charts and sold moderately well, currently around 40,000 copies.
Jasper is a fast paced funky song with a heavy bass beat. Kaela collaborated with Takkyu Ishino who usually works with techno. It’s really obvious with the electronica, the super heavy beat, and distorted vocals. The beat is relentless and while this track might be a good dancing song, it’s not that enjoyable to just listen to. Especially since seems to just have one melody repeated over and over and over again, which is kind of ironic because I already forgot how it goes.
The b-side is definitely the better track. It’s a pop-rock track with a pretty standard-type arrangement but with a bit of funky elements inserted as per usual Kaela. The verse and chorus melodies are both pretty good, especially the chorus which can get pretty catchy. My biggest complaint is that it’s very short, not even three minutes. And while I really like this song, there’s only so much it can redeem the single.