Genki

[kirinn]

I've just been introduced to the music of Kaela Kimura: wikipedia, official page, bunch of music vids on YouTubeShe's so... genki. Especially her early stuff, see "Happiness!" and "Real Life, Real Heart", etc. Later on she branches out into some other styles which are also interesting. I may have to acquire some of her tunes. Unfortunately I

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[doctorskuld]

Unfortunately I hear she's only on JP iTunes, which kind of reduces the options to stupidly expensive import albums or piracy.

I usually just use piracy as my first resort, because well...ARRRRR! IMMA PIRATE!

[kirinn]

So, uh, if I totally FAIL after searching isohunt, piratebay, mininova, torrentreactor, and torrentz, any suggestions? Looking for any of the first three albums ("Kaela", "Circle", "Scratch"). Best I've found is a couple singles. And I just double-checked that she is indeed not on US iTunes, so I can't even pay for anything. Sadness!

(ETA: can't type)

[doctorskuld]

For all my JP related needs, I search on TokyoTosho.
http://www.tokyotosho.info/search.php?terms=Kaela+Kimura&type=0

[kirinn]

Oh, awesome, I thought I had tried tosho, but I was still using the (apparently outdated) .com address and getting a blank page, thanks!

Only... I still can't find the first two albums, and the one torrent for the third one has no complete seeds. ;_;