Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Our "medley" cover of MOKA's "Lilium" (Elfen Lied) and Yoko Kanno's "The Real Folk Blues" (Cowboy Bebop).

Happy Spooktober! We're willing to bet you probably didn't see this mashup of two drastically different anime, did you? Haha, well, we admit that the idea for putting these two together was more of a "what if" than a carefully and deliberately planned out venture, but the themes work so well with each other that we couldn't pass up the coincidence. Also, being that it's Halloween season (at the time of this video upload), I'd say Lucy is a good candidate to set the mood... Regardless, after playing these two songs for nearly 10 years now, here's our first recording of the Elfen Lied opening, "Lilium", and another rendition of the timeless classic, "The Real Folk Blues". We hope you enjoy! Oh, and watch out for stray vectors...

What do you think? Should we do another mashup?

Also, who did it better: 90's anime or anime of today (2010's-today)?

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We're back at it again! This series of videos is a special look back in time to the roots of the J-MUSIC idea - the duo of Pat and Ben. With Ben now moving primarily to accordion, the range of sounds has completely shifted, allowing for new acoustic soundscapes that have never been explored like this in J-Pop! We're always looking for new ideas to explore, so if you like this combination, be sure to let us know what kinds of songs you'd like to hear us do like this in the future!

Patrick Bartley - Alto Sax
Ben Rosenblum - Accordion


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