nowisee - Combination of Music and Artwork

nowisee (pronounced “noise”), is a cross-content creation between music, animation, novel and comics. On August 8th, 2015, 08:08:08, music video titled “Vibration” was released online, and after that a new video has been following every 8th of every month.

Behind the unit name “nowisee” stands 6 professional musicians who have been involved in so many creations that they have sold over 15,000,000 CD's all together. The music they create combined with the emotional vocals will get you hooked with the first listening, and the story behind the songs will attract you even more.

The story is told from the point of view of a person called “I”, who woke up without any memory in a mysterious place, which turns out to be “sea”; a separate world where people who have lost the hope to the real world and have decided to end their lives visit before their death. The storyline behind the songs can be read through their official application “nowisee” in both written form and as a manga (released on comico.jp).

If you enjoy things pretty to listen, pretty to watch, this project is something you will most certainly find enjoyable.

#07/24: confusion

Why does self-esteem exist. If we could just really give up when we feel miserable and pitiful, it would be so easy. People who love themselves so much they can hate themselves from the bottom of their hearts are very healthy people.

The music video for "confusion" shows a part of I's memory that actually happened to her in real life. nowisee's most trippy creation. Like Zankoku tone's name, the color levels are shaking. If you are a good kid, you shouldn't watch this with lights off and/or close to TV.

MV URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRMxZYO-EQ

#08/24: Kanzensei Sekai ni Yadoru Shikaku

Why are there rules? Who are the ideals of the world for? Only beautiful and marvellous things get loved, and things that don't get displayed there won't get noticed by anyone unless they commit a crime or die. What should we look for in this imperfect world where things like that happen?

Cafe Margaret that I visited. This music video tells the story of the owner Megu. The shocking ending that gets displayed among the colorless world that is getting colored...

MV URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zRuOj7QQa4

■ Story ―

“Looking for the reason to live.”

“I” opened her eyes in an unknown beach in the middle of the night. She had lost her memory and couldn't even remember her name. As she was left there with no idea of what had happened and who she was, a man named “D” appeared from nowhere and saved her. D took her to a house where his friends were. There I meets the head of the house “R”, alcoholic “J” and mysterious boy “C”. She learns that the place she is in is “sea” (a separate world where people who have lost the hope to the real world and have decided to end their lives visit before their death), and that they are special beings in that world. While still having no idea of the reason she exists (the past she has forgotten), one day she meets a girl named “U”, who disappears immediately. For some reason I can't forget U, and she believes that U has something to do with the memory I has lost, and so I starts to look for her. What will be waiting for her in the end?

■ About “nowisee” ―

"nowisee" (pronounced "noise"). Strange Octave (vocal), Minimum Root (guitar), Add Fat (guitar), Turtle 7th (piano), Chotto Unison (bass) and Zankoku tone (artwork). Group of professional musicians who have been involved in so many creations that their overall sales combined are over 15,000,000 CD's. On August 8th, 2015, 08:08:08, they publish their first song “Vibration”, and announce that they will be releasing a new song every month on the 8th. On October 8th, 2015, they release a smartphone application on AppStore and GooglePlay as a collection of their creations, making it the first “smartphone application album”. By August 2016 the application has been downloaded over 50,000 times, and it has been gaining attention all over, making it rank in as 5th on AppStore entertainment ranking. On August 10th, they released their 1st Album “Tenohira no Sensou” from King Records