In the interest of fairness, especially with showing off my music collection, I couldn't just show off Takeshi's AA= project without showing off Kyono's own solo project. However, when I made those posts, I didn't have any Wagdug Futuristic Unity stuff, unfortunately. Once I did get them, though, I spun the hell out of them to get a good feel for Kyono's new sound. The album on the left,

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Nu Riot, is a 'mini-album', more along the lines of an EP than a full-length album, whereas the one on the right,

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Hakai, is a real full debut album. Both of these particular 2-disc digipak releases have DVDs which are correctly marked as being Region 2, unlike the 'all-region' DVD included with AA='s #1

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Because of that, I'll be focusing solely on Hakai for reviewing the set. While Hakai is a much different beast than #1 is, that doesn't mean it's bad or anything. While there are a few problems I have with the album, mainly the production, it's one tough-as-nails digital hardcore record. It's because of Kyono's vocal presence, barely different than how he sounded on CiSTm K0nFLiqT..., that it sounds more like a Mad album than #1, even though it completely lacks Takeshi's songwriting touch.
As such, a few of the weaker tracks on the album, such as the album opener, feel completely bereft of a driving rhythm, but the stronger tracks have a lot of the Mad style to them, especially whenever Kyono opts to use his now-roughened singing voice over his scream-rapping voice; although no matter which voice he uses, it always meshes perfectly with the hard electronic sound of the album. The whole album suffers from barely having any bass in the mix, and that issue combined with the loud 'mass compression' attitude about the album means you're going to have to get used to the lack of bass if you really want to dig into the album. Dig deeper, however, and you'll find a digital hardcore album that's easily worth your time.

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Finally, below are the obis, as well as the liner note booklets, both the regular and exclusively Japanese versions. Nu Riot's Japanese liner note booklet contains an album review or whatever which I can't read, while Hakai's is basically the same as the regular liner notes but with the English lyrics in Japanese, no additional writeups or anything. As of this writing, the only other Wagdug CD I have is the remix/mashup disc Destroy The Destruction. I haven't ordered the Ill Machine single yet, but I have copies of R.A.M. and Raw on their way to my post office. I'll likely have them tomorrow, and I'll be able to give you writeups and pictures of those once I've had enough time to absorb them.

This is one of the odder releases, period, that I've ever seen through a major label. AA='s fourth studio album, for some reason that I can't comprehend, was split into two albums which came out only a couple weeks after one another, each with only seven tracks comprising about 20 minutes of material per disc. Perhaps it was a move to get the fans a little more involved in picking up the album? To making more money? I don't know. But in any case, it's a 'split album', and I have both parts.

There are a couple disadvantages to this packaging, unfortunately, those being:

• The mylar and disc protector for 4 become absolutely disposable once you combine # and 4 into their intended shape. Personally, I just keep the remains next to it in my stash of Mad stuff, but I can imagine other people thinking it sucks that there's disposable unique packaging with it.
• When you do combine them, there's still the obi that only recognizes #. On the other spine is another #, and underneath the obi it only says 4 for some reason. If the obi had just said #4, that would have been alright.

Granted, those are nitpicks, but it's still odd that the packaging doesn't totally gel together.
In any case, the material here is really solid. It's a little poppier than #3, and the songs are a lot shorter than most of their prior material. The short length of the material, considering you have to buy both halves of the split album separately, may scare some people off, but that doesn't make it not worth buying or anything. It's also odd that the music videos of the material are shortened even further for YouTube... splitting it in half to make people go for the tour DVD? I dunno. I don't have that one, either, nor do I have any of AA='s other tour DVDs.


NOTE: There was a recently released official #4 compilation that seems to combine the two albums into one disc. 'I'll just get that!' you might say, but don't. From the look of the official #4's tracklisting, it omits two tracks from the separate versions: PRG from # and Endroll from 4. There's absolutely no reason to, either; it's not like they're interludes or anything, they're full songs! Just get these two and combine them, the extra tracks will make it worth it.