Japanese Neoclassical Trio ‘sources’ Show Gothic Edge in BITE Music Video

Japanese neoclassical trio ‘sources’ have released an animated music video to ‘BITE’, a track from latest album Ittouryoudan. Featuring two violinists and a pianist, sources craft exhilarating instrumental pieces weaved around various ideas and exciting concepts. BITE’s composition is based around Gothic anti-hero Dracula and features aggressive, stabbing violin riffs, a dark and mischievous piano melody matched with souring and powerful hooks. The composition aims to capture the essence of the legend and his minions as they prowl the moonlit streets looking for the next victim.

BITE’s music video is sources’ first to be animated and was produced in collaboration with Osaka Animation College. The song was used as an insert song in the anime graduation project ‘Caldia’, about the unlikely paring of a werewolf trying to regain his heart and a girl who wants to save her parents. The music video also uses clips from this animation. Additionally, BITE was also the theme song to Japanese vampire themed theatre production Kyūketsuki BITE.

BITE is taken from new album Ittouryoudan, one of two albums released simultaneously last week. Violinist Ryotaro Kagaya comments, “‘Ittouryoudan’ is about things that should be cut off, while ‘Tsumugu’ is about things that should be pieced together. These albums were born in the midst of the corona virus pandemic. We wanted to express our strong desire to cut ourselves off and move forward, but also our desire to continue to protect and connect the world with care.”

Ittouryoudan: Ittouryoudan A strong will, as if they could swiftly cut something in two with one strike.   Honey Trap A bewitchingly sweet trap.   Suiheisen no kanata e What can be found beyond the horizon.   Othello Based on Shakespeare’s tale of jealousy, suffering, anger and the conflicts of war.   BITE This track is the theme song to theatre production of Kyūketsuki BITE, capturing the essence of Dracula and his minions’ escapades.   Shamal Sajin no Arashi Based on shamal, a strong wind that creates sandstorms over Iraq and the Persian Gulf that obscures one’s view.   Neon beat Neon lights glittering in the city’s nightscape.   Restart! The strong will of a person who manages to cut free from their past and move forwards afresh.

Tsumugu: Hyakkaryouran The atmosphere of flowers blooming in each of the four seasons in Japan.   Spanish Love A hot and passionate love   Kagekiyo Dou A limestone cave in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The scenery created by the passage of time.   Aoharu Days The bittersweet days of youth that we all go through.   Yuki no Furu Konomachi de A scene of a small town covered with deep snow and the people who live there.   Fiddler and buddies A scene of a fiddler and his buddies dancing, drinking, and deepening their friendship.   Requiem: Ansoku eno Inori To pray...   Stand Up! Even if we fall down or fail, let's get up and go again and again. Come on, stand up and enjoy life!