OTTOMEN RECORDS – HOME OF THE OTTOMEN

Jurstday: Good Morning (2009)

November 3rd, 2011 by justin

Good morning

This is a song about never being able to sleep when a new person is sleeping in my bed next to me. Then waking them up with a bass solo for some activity that makes me go to sleep finally.

NEW SONG NEW SONG JUrstday!

September 23rd, 2011 by justin

It’s my birthday. I am back in Saint Louis and Mr. Misung and I did a new song today.

BIRTHSAY recordign!

This song is called.

Shapes
shapes

It took us 3 hours to make this.

We are fast.

Jurstday THursday SLEEEEEEP

July 14th, 2011 by justin

Sk welcome by justindicenzo

Track from my NEWLY RELEASED CD: SLEEP (I/II)

First 4 are I

Last 4 are II

I made this Drone/ Ambient album to help me sleep when I was living in Los Angeles. Now it’s always in my ambient playlist with the epic Brian Eno and friend Maxwell who also has a great Ambient record under the name EN.

Here is the store you can buy the full thing:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/justindicenzo

Thank Joseph it’s JUrstday!

July 1st, 2011 by justin

gameplan
THE GAMEPLAN

This song was written half by me then the rest by Misung.

I originally wrote it in a key he could sing, then jacked it up played and then recorded all the instruments by myself.

We does did pretty good job on this.

It was intended for KONAMI, but they changed their mind last minute and requested an instrumental instead of an upbeat song about sports.

Now it exists….here.

It will have to go on a Justin and the misungs album.

Jurstday! with Yuqi!

June 23rd, 2011 by justin

It is THURSDAY in Tokyo! You know what that means!
THJURSTDAY in OTTOMEN land.

So a girl I came to know on Twitter added me on facebook and sent me a little video of her and her band.
I was blown away, she sent some more clips of new songs.
I was impressed!
Then, I was in the middle of making a new song and she told me she was only 4 foot 8, so I started to sing, “you are my smallest friend”

She asked to hear the song, then she asked to sing a verse then boom!

Amazing!
Listen below!
smallest friend

thursjurstday the DINOSAUR song.

June 3rd, 2011 by justin

Dave wrote a song about being like a dinosaur.

I liked it a lot

so I rerecorded it to give it more of a band feel

Now it is like David, Justin and the Justins.

Now we produce together. We have more songs on the way!
I am like a dinosaur

Jurstday Thursday – I share a secret Justin Dave song with you.

May 26th, 2011 by justin

Here is a little peak into what Mr. Misung David and I have been up to lately.

I like his songs a lot, but I miss playing on them

so

we does collaborate INBOX style. he write, I produce and play

Here is his song from this last Monday. I re-recorded parts at my place in Tokyo on Tuesday, sent him the part, he recorded the vocals for me, I put them in now.

Here you go!
Drowning

Thursday= Jurstday: tanpaku-shitsu

May 19th, 2011 by justin

Here’s a song about
PROTEIN

Tanpakushitsu is Japanese for protein.

The lyrics are about dieting, losing a little weight then gaining more back.

I then sing

Banana diet
Watermelon diet
Apple diet
Watermelon diet

Cause I heard about these from some Japanese friends.

Enjoy!

This will be part of my Debu debut CD.

I just started a song about octopi and tacos.

Food!

Thursday Jurstday: Ottomen producer flashback

May 13th, 2011 by justin

Dave and I made this song together. The process was probably one of the best experiences I’ve had writing with Dave (he doesn’t like writing with others).

I sampled David Bowie Soul Love to n’th degree and then added some electro beats, vocoder robot voice and we sat in the house and wrote most the lyrics by hand in front of the mic.

The video we didn’t do until 2006 when I was back in STL after my research stint in Osaka.

On a side note, this song almost got me turned away from an audition with freak folkster fashionista duo HECUBA.

They wanted someone who took music more serious. Who said music couldn’t be fun?

Thursday! = JuRsTDay! ^_~ 5/5 = Alone…

May 5th, 2011 by justin

HELLO OTTOBOTS!!!! Its Jurstday Thursday so you get Justin music! Here is a sad song I wrote called ALONE. Below is a funky version…then further below is the original sad version from when I was sad about a lady in Osaka.

I am still trying to get the hang of playing my own songs. This is me in my bed room a few months ago in Tokyo. Pardon my squeeze on the high notes.

and here is the originallllll below with some retarded random video

in the original, u can hear a train go by in the background while I recorded bass and vocal together. I like.

Which one do u like? 2007 or 2011 version?

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