Zazen Xstasy

Zazen Xstasy (座禅エクスタシー, Zazen Ekusutashii, Zen Meditation Ecstasy)[1] was a live show performed by Japanese musician Sheena Ringo at the Kaho Theater (Kaho Gekijou (嘉穂劇場, kaho gekijou) in Iizuka City, Fukuoka. The event took place on July 30, 2000. The event's official name is "Shiina Ringo Jitsuen Kyūshū Zazen Ekusutashī (椎名林檎 (稀)実演キューシュー 座禅エクスタシー, Shiina Ringo (mare) Jitsuen Kyūshū Zazen Ekusutashii, Shiina Ringo (rare) Kyushu Performance Zen Meditation Ecstasy)".

Zazen Ecstasy DVD
DVD edition cover.
Video (Live DVD) by
Shiina Ringo
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2008
RecordedJuly 30, 2000
GenreJ-pop, Live
LabelEMI Music Japan
Shiina Ringo chronology
Dai Ikkai Ringohan Taikai no Moyou Zazen Ecstasy DVD
Zazen Xstasy
Tour by Shiina Ringo
Start dateJuly 30, 2000
End dateJuly 30, 2000
No. of shows1
Shiina Ringo concert chronology

A video recording of the event was released on DVD by EMI Music Japan on September 17, 2008 as part of the celebration for the 10th anniversary of Ringo Sheena's debut.

Ticket Lottery

The Kaho Theater was built in a traditional Japanese architecture style and could accommodate up to 1,000 people. Due to the high demand that exceeded its capacity, tickets for the concert were sold by lottery. The high demand for tickets resulted in many being sold at auction for a higher price. Toshiba EMI broadcast a live-stream of the performance, which was viewed by approximately 17,300 people, a new national record in Japan.

Sheena invited fans who had not managed to get tickets to play extras in the filming of the PV for Yattsuke Shigoto on July 28, where band members had a dress rehearsal before the public performance. Inspired by a rock band vocalist who told his fans to "wear black to tomorrow's show" and then didn't wear black himself, Sheena asked all the guests to wear red for the day. No music was recorded during filming. The track used in the video was the recording from the performance at Shibuya Public Hall on April 15, 2000 from the "Gekokujou Xstasy" tour. Thus, at the end of the video, the beginning of another song, "Benkai Debussy", can be heard.

Performance

The show was a one-night performance that took place at the Kaho Theater in Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture.

The scenic design and stage effects incorporated shoji (the traditional sliding door of translucent paper) and other Japanese-style effects. Sheena and members of the backing band, Gyakutai Glycogen, were all costumed in yukata (traditional kimonos). As part of the stage performance, Sheena crucified a mannequin dressed in the image of her bandage-like costume from her previous nationwide tour "Gekokujou Xstasy." She also used similar Japanese themes in her later nationwide tour "Sugoroku Ecstasy" (which was recorded and released on DVD as "Electric Mole"). A photograph of this is exhibited in the HP of Kaho Theater.[2]

  1. "Tsumiki-asobi (積木遊び, Playing With Blocks)"
  2. "Memai (眩暈, Vertigo)"
  3. "Shoujo Robot (少女ロボット, Girl Robot)"
    She covered the offer song to Rie Tomosaka in person.
  4. "Remote Controller (リモートコントローラー, Remote Control)"
  5. "Akane-sasu Kiro Terasaredo... (茜さす 帰路照らされど..., The crimson-gleaming sun still shines on my way back, but...)"
  6. "Haikei EMI dono (拝啓EMI殿, Dear Sir EMI)"
    She covered Sex Pistols's "E.M.I.", but this song wasn’t recorded on this DVD.
  7. "Identity /アイデンティティ"
  8. "Byoushou Public (病床パブリック, Sickbed Public)"
  9. "Unconditional Love" (Cyndi Lauper cover)
  10. "Sakana (サカナ, Fish)"
  11. "Kabuki-chou no Jo-ou (歌舞伎町の女王, Queen of Kabuki-cho)"
  12. "Benkai Debussy (弁解ドビュッシー, Excuse Debussy)"
  13. "Yokushitsu (浴室, Bathroom)"
  14. "My Luxury Night/マイラグジュアリーナイト"
    Originally it was Hatsumi Shibata's song, but she covered the version of Takao Kisugi, the composer.
  15. "Sid to Hakuchumu (シドと白昼夢, Sid & Daydreams)"
  16. "Stoicism (ストイシズム, Stoicism)"

Encore

  1. "Nippon ni Umarete (日本に生まれて, Born in Japan)"
    She covered the offer song to Rie Tomosaka in person.

Backing band

Gyakutai Glycogen (虐待グリコゲン, Abuse Glycogen) (1999–2000)

  • Vocals, Electric guitar: 椎名林檎 Shiina Ringo
  • Electric guitar: 西川進 Susumu Nishikawa (1999) → 弥吉淳二 Junji Yayoshi (2000, Sheena's former husband)
  • Electric bass guitar: 亀田誠治 Seiji Kameda
  • Synthesizer, Keyboard instrument: 皆川真人 Masato Minagawa (from Thinners, SPARKY)
  • Drums: 村石雅行 Masayuki Muraishi
  • Music sequencer：中山信彦 Nobuhiko Nakayama

Notes and references
  1. Toshiba EMI (2000). "座禅エクスタシー". Universal. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  2. "Kaho Gekijou(Kaho Theater)"
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