Who Is Super Bell"Z?
 

Japanese trains are very kind. They always arrive on time and tell you all the information and little details you need to know.

For example:

• “The train is arriving in the station, please stand before the line of the platform. Please do not stand close to the edge.”
• “Please try to save seats for elderly and disabled persons.”
• “While you are in the train, please turn off your cellular phone. Be considerate to the other passengers.”
• “The next station is Shinjuku. If you need to change to the subways, or other commercial trains, please get off here.”
• “Please do not forget your belongings or umbrella.”

If you are not amazed by the kindness of these graceful announcements, then you will be seduced by the conductor’s voice—which is so amazingly soft and tender it makes you feel like you’re in dream.…
Anyway, here is a CD created by a DJ group called Super Bell Z. They make techno sounds by sampling the sweet, soft announcements of train-station conductors.
A few years back, Densha De Go! became a mega-hit video game in Japan. The object of the game wasn’t to kill bad guys. Instead, it was a battle to see how kindly and gently you could control a commuter train. Don’t shake it, stop at a certain spot in the station smoothly, make the proper announcements, etc.
Under the influence of this phenomena (maybe?), Super Bell"Z’s first album Motor Man became a hit in Japan. You can experience the sweet feeling of the cruisin’ train in Japan by listening to this CD. -J. Tack