wesjrocker

This is an interesting topic, back in the days (more than 10 years ago) tereko used to be traded through peer to peer software, I'm putting some links related to it:
 
https://hughstephensblog.net/2017/11/12/online-piracy-in-japan-how-big-is-the-problem-and-whats-an-effective-solution/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_in_Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenNap
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utatane_(P2P)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_(P2P)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Dark_(P2P)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winny
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinMX

Hi-res sounds better than iTunes, using Audio Technica studio headphones, a Dragonfly DAC and correct playback settings.
 
24-bit does not sound any different to 16-bit.
 
This is because 24 or 16 bits refers to the bit depth, not the bit rate, and on the vast majority of recordings (excluding perhaps orchestral music) the only difference is 8 bits of noise. There is no way we could truly take in the full audio range of 24-bit music without turning up the volume so high it would essentially be fatal (because of course decibels refers to pressure). That's why when making CDs, the remaining bit depth is simply filled out with inaudible noise frequencies. And this is even before all kinds of filtering and editing that go on in the studio.
 
Simply, there is no such thing as a perfect digital representation of music recorded in analogue sound, which is why even the studio files will probably sound no different to the CD itself. So those extra 8 bits of depth are incomprehensible to the listener.
 
For recording music, go 24-bit. For listening, 16-bit is more than enough for 99.9% of listeners.

The answer is a little complicated.
 
Does this Hi-Res copy sound better than say, a 320kbps copy? Yes, by a mile.
Does it sound better than a FLAC copy? That's to be debated.
 
People would be correct to conclude that the human ear is not capable of distinguishing anything higher than 20KHz, and so it would be a waste.
What they don't know is that that is 1/2 the truth.
 
In reality, we actually can hear the difference.
The only problem is, the volume would have to be turned up so high, that it would cause hearing impairment at those frequencies. So not the most pleasant listening experience.
Plus, most listeners aren't even aware as to what to look for in differences between the two.
Finally, you'd have to be in a dead silent room (the average environment is about 30db of noise) in order to even get the chance to do any of this.
 
Another issue is that NO DAC/Amp, or device on the market in 2017 is even remotely capable of, or ever will, be able to reproduce anything higher than 20Bits.
Trust me, I've looked (and even done a research paper on this lol). Modern Tech is just not at that point yet to reproduce frequencies that high.
What this means is that no HD/Hi-Res copy will be capable of being 24bit due to tech being shit still. So we are stuck with 20bit max.
 
Why is it called 24bit then? Well techies will tell you that we count bits by 8.
So:
 
8bit (Think Video Game Music), 16bit (FLAC Quality), and 24bit (HD, Hi-Res, SACD)
 
24bit Hi-Res is not intended to be used by the average consumer, but it is made available to us because well, why not?
It is intended for Audio Engineers, who use low-pass filtering for master recording and/or editing (kinda like a graphic designer/photo editor using RAW formatted images).
So this quality of music is really only able to be used in software, otherwise the raw frequencies of sound can kill your audio devices.
Plus, the recording companies are greedy SOBs that would never share master records with the average consumer. Those golden days are over.
Our entertainment systems have been made possible  to listen to at least 60db of sound affordably (on purpose, some might say), because any more would require more power (current) and amplification, to the point that we'd all be broke as shit if we wanted to hear this to it's real sound.
 
This can go way deeper in explanation, but I will stop here.
 
TL;DR
 
Take advantage of @Aeolus' kind gesture, and add this copy to your Music Collection.
You'll NEVER be able to play this in 24bit, because not even master recording equipment can. So don't BS anyone about your 5K sound equipment lol.
Record companies have purposely made audio sound like shit nowadays for their own profit.
Unless you listen to this in a sound booth at ear exploding volumes, then it'll probably sound the same as FLAC.
 
So enjoy this Hi-Res album, using a simple DAC/Amp and a really nice set of Noise-Cancelling Headphones for now.
Your crappy HP laptop headphone port isn't gonna cut it folks.
 
 

DuelJewel was that tiny-ass band that got their big break at a Texas Anime con back in 2002.

Well damn, Lapidary was my jam back in the day. Nice to see them making a comeback.

http://dueljewel.jp/pc/zepp.html
 
Duel Jewel announced their return live on March 1st, 2019, at Zepp Tokyo.
Hayato has apparently made a full recovery from the variety of conditions (functional dysphonia, vocal dystonia, vocal yips) that caused them to disband.

This is an interesting topic, back in the days (more than 10 years ago) tereko used to be traded through peer to peer software, I'm putting some links related to it:
 
https://hughstephensblog.net/2017/11/12/online-piracy-in-japan-how-big-is-the-problem-and-whats-an-effective-solution/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_in_Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenNap
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utatane_(P2P)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_(P2P)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Dark_(P2P)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winny
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinMX

Any thoughts on their disbandment?
I've always felt that 95% of the stuff after Fierte was pretty generic, thus boring. I deeply believe it reflects an atmosphere of low creative energy, clearly derivated of the loose bonds between the members, with their easy comes and goes. This is something I've never came to understand fully, since there is much evidence that, although they never reached the mainstream attention bands like Shazna had, neither the levels of popularity bands like Dir en grey or Pierrot enjoyed in those years, Lareine was indeed a solid band with a strong concept, decent musicians and organic compositions, that had marked with fire the scene for ever. In fact, it is obvious to me that they started the prince and princesses trope back in the day.
I will always praise their contribution of a very genuine and refreshing approach to the visual kei clichés that will never be forgotten.
A tragic-concept band project met an actual tragic end...😢
 
P.D.: the tears I shed while watching Kamijo sing Fiançailles during his anniversary tour date in my country were the worthiest ever. 💗🌹

I also love Lareine, I think kamijo's voice sounds more natural when he is singing lareine's songs.
I wish we could watch this concert but it was a fanclub only release: https://puresound.co.jp/user_data/sp_artist_product_detail.php?pid=102020068&aid=lareine&bck=%2Fuser_data%2Fsp_artist_product.php%3Faid%3Dlareine
 

Hello! I have copy number 14 of the DVD. It contains a concert, but actually much more. Two PVs (Fleur and ROMANCIA), the Fleur is much better then the VHS release we only have, it contains many many pictures in a slideshow that were released nowhere else, over 100. It also contains a slideshow of lots of unseen concert footage, but with just a song over it. And it contains excerpts of yet another major era concert, with about 15 seconds per song, it has Billet in that! The only live Billet footage there is.
This DVD just shows as a love letter how much love KAMIJO has for his fans, he didn't have money to print any more copies probably, because he had to print more compilation CDs at that time like Imperial Concerto, but it's still a big love letter.
 
Good news, I PUT A PART OF IT ON YT!!
Share it like widefire guys.
 
But I love this DVD so much, it's my favourite part of my collection besides their 1st demo tape (100 limited), and I want it to keep it's huge value among collectors, being sold for 100s the rare times it shows up, so I'm not going to put anymore online.
BUT I'm going to make an entry of this DVD in Discogs with a detailed tracklist guys
I'm already doing a lot for the fanbase by giving info and that one vid, cus there's litirally NO info at all about this at all on the internet besides the Puresound entry. Oh yes, if you have this DVD, YA BETTER NOT SHARE IT TOO  It must stay valuable.
 
 
And OMG I read your long post about their disbandment! This made me sooo sad.... I already knew some of this but not with this much detail! I always knew LAREINE had so much love for each other and their fans, even though I hear people sometimes say KAMIJO is an asshole. Or even a few posts before that they didn't like each other LOL.
APPLAUSE RECORDS was the only reason why LAREINE could still make music, I'm so grateful KAMIJO made it when he still had money in Fierte era. And their late era music has so much gems! Imperial Concerto, Sakura, Drama, 愛されていた日々-Ever Love-, 月の狩人, basically the whole Winter Romantic EP, but there's a lot of just good and some decent tracks too so that's why people think it. But I've listened to NEVER CAGE and Imperial Concerto sooo much times, hundreds that I love it all hahaha. Only 眠れぬ恋は真珠 I actively dislike and avoid. It might be one of the worst LAREINE songs ever lol.
I didn't know they actually COULDN'T find a drummer, that's soo sad! 😢
 
Also almost ALL releases of LAREINE after 2003 are expensive ASF and rare and rarely show up: NEVER CAGE, the main album of that time is rare, the three versions are all three rare, normal, Deluxe and Limited... The main singles: Trailer, Sakura, Drama and Sakura -Second Season-, 雪恋詩, 道化師の舞曲 and Cinderella Fantasy are rare too! It's exeptional that these are on puresound at the moment actually, they're KINDAAA overpriced, but are still expensive items. And let's not talk about Best Album Ballad and Fleur, Imperial Concerto, Winter Romantic, Deep Forest, 白蝶 and 女王という名の貴公子 that are each worth over 100.... A prime example of releasing REALLY GOOD music on limited batches of prints. They actually also had a revival of the Fleur fanclub magazine in 2004 that had a few issues, these seem to be so rare that I've never ever seem them on sale. Heck, even the Fleur magazines from the major era BARELY go on sale...
 
I'm dreaming of ever seeing a Bara wa live performance, question: Did they perform this and Billet in their late era concerts? Or songs like ピンクの傘 and パリは秋色 from Fierte, two of my favourites and sooo underrated. Sadly these four are not on the THE LAST OF ROMANCE I DVD main concert.
 
 
 
And some good info:
I'm working on a huge LAREINE fansite! With scans of every release booklet, a full discography AND miscellanous items like the many many message CD/VHS/Tapes, lots of information, magazine and book scans! It's sitll in early stages so no link yet, but I will make a topic and a new LAREINE thread here (this one's from 2007 lol) when it's close to done and presentable!  Using a paid domain and a very good Wordpress theme with many plugins. I think I am very fitted to make the website since I own almost every item ever except the FC magazines that I barely own.
 
Inertla thank you so much for your post!! Can I use info of it in my site? I will credit you! This might also be my favourite post on this whole site lol!
Bye
 
Also if anyone is wondering why Reine de fleur I and II sound so weird, it's because it's a compilation of pre-BLUE ROMANCE LAREINE except for Detest Off Doll and a version of Féerie. KAMIJO's voice was completely untrained in some of the songs on it. When I first started listening and downloaded Reine de fleur I and II I was also very confused by this LOL. I put on 季節風 and Dir en gray at random and was like "WTF??" lol

I've been wanting to write some of this stuff out forever because I'm a huge digital packrat and I like to archive these types of things... I don't think any of this has been written out anywhere before, but I'm not sure how much people actually care about the fan culture part of VK here, especially the Japanese fan culture, and especially the online Japanese fan culture. But, just in case any of you are also level 50 Turbo Nerds I thought I should post it here. I hope this is a sensible place to put it??

this piece is WAY too long for how lame the subject is and i'm so sorry
tl;dr: tanuki is old as fuck and there used to be another tanuki and forums are dead, long live tanuki

edit: fixed a number i screwed up
 
 

Nice! So many bands aren't on spotify and it's hard to make a playlist. Will you be updating your list as the master post?
I've got some more, forgive me if there are any duplicates
 
176BIZ
Amber Bullet
Angelo - mixed with different artists
Annie's Black
Capella - mixed with different artists
Creature Creature
CULT the Movie
DEAD END
Dunkelheit
the fool - mixed with different artists
GOLDEN BOMBER
heidi.
Jilled Ray
JILLS BLUE ROSE
L-Lotus-
Lost Ash
MirialD
NEU
Orochi
Otogadead
RED universe
the riotts.
SUGIZO
umbrella - mixed with different artists
Un=(xag)
ZIg+Zag
ZORO - mixed with different artists
V-Anime Rocks compilation
 
Just realised most Starwave bands are on spotify, they're probably all there but I haven't searched them all

Because I have no life, here have a small list of visual kei artists available for listening over spotify. Some have full discographies some only few albums or singles. there are also instances on several artists from all over the world being grouped together on one page, because of shared name.
 
What is spotify? - to put it short, a digital music streaming service. It comes in two flavors - free with ads, and paid via subscription, with no ads and few useful perks. Sign up, log in, most likely download their application to your computer or mobile and you're set.  
Isn't that piracy? - no it's completly legal and artists and/or their label (we know how that goes...) are getting paid for each listen.
 
For the start I cut this list into two categories. First one is the bands that retain their japanese song tags even on spotify - for all purists who want their last.fm scrobbles accurate 
 
Amber Bullet
Angelo - mixed with different artists
Anli Policino
Annie's Black
Black Gene For the Next Scene - mixed tags
BUCK-TICK - region locked
Calmando Qual
Capella - mixed with different artists
Cløwd
CULT the Movie
D - ??? they used to have few albums, like Vampire Saga there, but it seems to be gone now. Perhaps region locked.
Daizy Stripper
Das:Vasser
Fixer - several different artists mixed together on that page
girugamesh - mixed tags
GOLDEN BOMBER
Gossip
GPKISM
Grieva - romanized name, but correct song tags
Insanity Injection
Kamijo
ラヴェーゼ (Labaiser)
La'veil MizeriA
Liv'ert
L-Lotus-
Lost Ash
lynch.
Luna Sea
Magistina Saga
Majolica
MirialD
Misaruka and their other profile ミサルカ
Miyavi
最上川司 (Momigawa Tsukasa)
NEU
Nightmare - some albums seems to have romanised tags
Nocturnal Bloodlust
NoGoD
nue  - mistagged nüe, also different nue releases on the same profile
Orochi
-OZ-
Rose Noire
砂月-SATSUKI-
Scarlet Valse
SCHWARZ KEIN (シュヴァルツカイン)
Sirene - mixed with different artist
Synk;yet
Suicide Ali - mixed tags
SUGIZO
the fool - mixed with different artists
The Sound Bee HD
the studs
Tokami
Under Fall Justice
VAMPS
Versaillies
Velvet Eden
vistlip
yazzmad
Zombie (ぞんび)
 
 
And now artist with no japanese tags
 
12012
176BIZ
9GOATS BLACK OUT
ADAMS - mixed with different artist
Amber Gris - mixed with different artist
An Cafe
And - eccentric agent-
Awoi
Ayabie
Birushana
Blood - sharing profile with other Blood band
Chanty  - again, releases mixed with other artist of the same name
Chariots - 3rd era only
Creature Creature
Croix Allcine
DEAD END
DELUHI
D'espairsray
Diaura
Dio ~distraught overlord~
Dir en Grey
DISACODE
DIV
Dunkelheit
D=OUT
exist†trace
Gackt
glamscure
heidi.
Hizaki
I-ai-
Inoran
Inugami Circus Dan
Jilled Ray
JILLS BLUE ROSE
JokArt Au Legal
Kameleo
Kagerou
Kiryu - depending where you are, you might have two different kiryu's there
Lacroix Despheres
L'arc en Ciel
Lix.
LM.C
Luzmelt
Matenrou Opera
MARRY+AN+BLOOD
Megamasso
MERRY
Merveille Magique
MeteoroiD
MUCC
Otogadead
Pan-d-ra
Plastic Tree
R-shitei
RED universe
Rentrer en Soi
Rides in ReVellion
Sadie
Screw
Shiva - releases mixed with other artist of the same 
SID
SuG
Sukekiyo
THE GALLO  they also have another seemingly empty profile ギャロ
The GazettE
the riotts.
TRA TRA TRA
umbrella - mixed with different artists
UNITE.
Un=(xag)
UnsraW
Waive
Vallquar
Vaniru
Vidoll
Vivalet
XodiacK
ZIg+Zag
ZORO - mixed with different artists
V-Anime Rocks compilation
 
 
Obviously this is a work in progress not an absolute complete list.

Kamijo Lariene > Kamijo Versailles

The band members market themselves for women. It's like the female idol industry, I went to an idol live once and there were only men watching, not a female in sight apart from the group performing.  
Hot men in make up who seem readily available = mostly female fans
Cute girls who seems readily available = pretty much just dude fans
 
Metal/rock/etc. attracts all kinds of people in the west, but these niche groups in Japan (VK & Idols) market themselves in such a way that I think it 'segregates' who can enjoy the group to the fullest. (Lives, taking part in the community, instore events, etc.)

Noticed something interesting when I was exploring worldwide trends for the search term "visual kei" on google - that tiny spike earlier this year just happened to be when youtubers react to visual kei came out:

 
So visual kei is dead. And at the rate it is going now, will be even dead-er; A scene stagnating on the same looks and sounds, rarely venturing out musically if at all. But it wasn't always that way. Although it would be  appropriate to refer to the 90s golden era of vk to remind us of how opulent the scene once was, I want to bring back memories of 2009.
 
In October 2008, Kerrang ran a feature on jrock, publishing an article predicting jrock to go big in Europe in 2009.
And sure enough, google trends highlighted the correlation clearly, confirming that the search terms "j-rock" and "visual kei" did indeed peak between January and March 2009.
 
However, following vk's brief global success was a period of near-exponential decline - to what we see now as the lowest point of popularity vk has ever experienced in a 12 year time-span. Even that spike in August wasn't enough to break above 2004's lowest point.
 
Personally, I'd been a passive fan of visual kei for many years prior to 2009, but it wasn't until 2009 that I became fully engaged. One prominent catalyst was Japanese blogging platform Ameba launching its virtual community ‘Pigg’ that year, becoming a game changer in the way fans and bands could interact. Popular musicians were also given accounts powered by ameba, a la twitter's verified personalities.
 
I remember 2009 as a year that several vk bands were going major and gaining international recognition. It was no surprise that vk reached its global height by being much more accessible through social media and other digital channels. This momentum seemed to be gaining quickly until 2010 brought a sharp turn of unfortunate events within the scene and the emergence of kpop poached a large part of the international vk audience.
 
However, the situation in Japan is a bit different, as vk has been pretty steady since it had already declined by the turn of the century. The search term "ヴィジュアル系" on google trends says as much.
 
A few years ago, major labels published all those visual kei cover albums probably in an attempt to raise the relevance of visual kei, but the hype had pretty much died by then. The drought of talent and variety meant that each band was no better than the other, and was enough for many people to lose interest. Stricter piracy laws also meant that music had become less accessible, with people being reluctant to pay the exorbitant prices of some CDs. Not to mention the discontinuation of many vk magazines as an indication of the scene's current degradation. Marketing and business models that worked in the 90s and early 00s struggle to find significance in the present day, yet management has not evolved to adapt to current trends (or have done so poorly).
 
Now that the last of the influential underground vk labels is defunct, vk doesn't have the backing and budget as it once did. X Japan and Luna Sea are like the only lifeline left for vk - there can't even be a vk festival without either X Japan or Luna Sea in the lineup.
 
I remember reading an interview where Yohio mentioned that he kinda killed western interest in vk, but I don't particularly attribute that to those western vk acts damaging the reputation of this uniquely japanese scene. Bands such as D'espairsRay, girugamesh, the Underneath, Rentrer en Soi, Dio, UnsraW and Black:List etc who laid the groundwork for vk to make its mark in the west are no longer around. I'm surprised lynch. didn't carry the torch.
 
I don't want this thread to sound too much like #resurrectvk, but instead I want ignite a discussion (and maybe create a dialog) - how did the vk boom of '09 affect you in your country, what could've been done differently, or the best things to come out of  that little modern renaissance of vk history.
 
 

Found a radio rip of the new single. I think it's kinda catchy song but... it still feels like a TK one man show, I need 345 and Nakano to shine more. The guitar solo part at 2:25 is neat, though.
 
 
 

Musically, most bands today don't catch my attention. I admit most bands today play much better than older bands, but they don't play the kind of music that I like in Visual Kei. I also see the theatrical aspect of Visual Kei lost, there is no dramatization of any kind anymore except for a few bands here and there. I also feel like for many Visual Kei bands today their looks are meaningless, there's not real or at least minimal purpose in dressing and looking like that in an artistic sense.
 
Visual Kei cannot be always at the top just like no other music style/scene is at the top forever. Sooner or later they dwindle and lose their initial appeal among the crowd. Goth was the thing in the past; it isn't anymore. Metal was the thing in the past; it isn't anymore and etc. All styles lose their appeal to some degree someday.
 
I'm not over Visual Kei, I still love it; it's just that there is less offered for my taste.
 
 

I fell out of the Visual Kei scene in 2010 because all of my favorite present bands were disbanding or going to shit. I fell back into Visual Kei in the last two years because of a discovery/re-appreciation for all of the gold in the late 90s and early 2000s.
 
While I don't have anything present or new to look forward to, I keep finding new things I love from the past. All of my favorite bands I discovered in 2016 were ones that disbanded 15 years ago! And despite that, they make me feel like I've really gotten into VK again.

I am still a big fan of Japanese music and I keep checking new releases for the classic bands like Mucc, Dir en Grey, Merry, Matenrou Opera, nogod etc, but new stuff?

I just watched a top 100 video for the "best" vk songs of 2016, which I guess covered most relevant releases, and man everything was just horrible. 

Is this me just getting over VK, or is the quality lower than ever? Anyone else feeling the same?

Can I join this thread? I'm generally in completely opposite situation. I don't care about most audio bootlegs I have, 'cause I don't listen to a lot average bands, enjoying only some chosen cases, like i.e. mentioned above tereko of The Candy Spooky Theater; or some Diru, Malice Mizer's and M10M unofficial recordings... But what I wish I had, what is to me the most important and for what I'd like even to pay about $40-50, are every rare bootlegs of Rentrer en Soi and Satsuki. If anybody was into of it, please contact with me. It's for me every-time very important at all.
I publish list of some ReS performances, I'm pretty sure that they were recorded, which I really desire with all my heart.
2003.07.30 [Re-verse?] ～深壊…～＠7/30 高田馬場AREA 2003
2003.11.30 高田馬場AREA (V系 LIVE音??)
2003.12.05 市??CLUB GIO (16分)
2004.02.10 「ゆり??????発売記念1st ワンマン ～La Renaissance～
2004.04.13 目黒鹿鳴館 (18分)
2004.04.25 江?? ブーミンホール
2004.07.30 渋谷公会堂
2004.12.26 ??京BAY NK HALL
2004.12.31 HOLIDAY SHINJUKU
2005.02.27 新宿CLUB HOLIDAY 約８６分 / HOLIDAY SHINJUKU
2005.06.04 江??MUSE / ESAKA MUSE
2005.12.13 新宿CLUB HOLIDAY
2005.12.24 OSAKA MUSE
2005.12.31 HOLIDAY NAGOYA
2006.05.07 ナガシマスパーランド特設ステージ
2006.05.12 HOLIDAY UMEDA
If You had possess something from this list, please, just have mercy!
I can also share my list of bootlegs I already have and I'm willing to share, or exchange (copied from my last.fm profile journal)
Aurora
2003.07.18 池袋CYBER
D
2003.04.18 - 大阪BIG CAT
2004.03.28 - ???屋E.L.L
DIR EN GREY
1997.05.31 - 難波ROCKETS (ver. 1)
1997.06.27 - 大阪COWBOY WORLD
2002.04.09 - 列島激震行脚 2002 -亜細亜- The Japanese Fxxker Family 上海ARK -上海-
lynch.
2005.03.01 - 渋谷 O-EAST
MALICE MIZER
1993.03.17 - 横浜モンスターよりKamiサ??ート??加
1993.05.22 - 新宿アンティノック
1993.10.22 - 1周年記念ライヴ
1993.11.03 - 第一夜 悲劇??晩?? vol. 1
1994.10.23 - deuxi me anniversaire
1995.10.10 - Gackt加入復活後第一弾ライヴ「??麗??る復活劇??渋谷ON AIR WEST
2001.06.21 - Gardenia～夜明????庭園～
MOI DIX MOIS
2002.12.13 - ～Tour2002-2003　forbidden～
2006.03.17 - Beyond the Gate ~European Tour 2006~
RENTRER EN SOI
2004.11.28 - ??浦 CLUB HOLIDAY
2006.01.30 - 渋谷 O-WEST
2006.02.25 - 新宿 CLUB HOLIDAY ワンマン 1&2 「TO THE PROTOPLASM??
2006.03.11 - HOLIDAY NAGOYA 「Aesthetic†Angelic～耽美????????～??
2006.07.30 - 渋谷 CLUB QUATTRO
2007.09.06 - THE BOTTOM OF CHAOS in PARIS 「En concert a la maroquinerie??
Schwarz Stein
2003.06.19 - 高田馬場AREA
THE CANDY SPOOKY THEATER
2006.01.10 - 高田馬場AREA
摩天楼オペラ
2008.02.29 - 高田馬場AREA
サディ
2005.06.04 - 络哄MUSE
***
At the end, if it was somehow big problem to contact with me, I can even share here my e-mail address, i.e. for people, who can't log in. Its: qliphoth [at] interia.pl

Hey everyone!
I am looking to expand my tereko collection, and figured I would put my list up here for everyone to check out! Just a few notes:
1. I'm looking for pretty much anything i dont have.
2. If you see something you want to trade, you send first. I can provide samples if you want.
3. if you see something you want but have nothing to trade, feel free to message me!
Dir en Grey
2006_12_14 Namba Hatch_ Osaka, Japan
2007.08.07 Stockholm, Sweden (ASoM soundcheck)
2007_06_12 The Fillmore Detroit_ Detroit
2007_08_12 Katowice, Poland
2008.11.07 Orlando, FL
[2004.11.07] The Manipulated life 2004,11,07 ???BAYSIDE Jenny -female only-
[2007.06.26] Las Vegas, NV
[2007.08.01] THE MARROW OF A BONE London, England
[2007.08.02] THE MARROW OF A BONE London, England
[2008.05.04] hide Memorial
Aster plaza [2005.03.16 Hiroshima]
dir-en-grey-97-12
macabre sendai 2001.mp3
Dir en grey - 1997.05.31 ??ROCKETS (ver 1).mp3
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How did the vk boom of '09 affect you in your country?
 
A lot of people don't know about this but in 2009, Kagrra came to my country [Brazil] and did a complete gig in the city of São Paulo, this was my first time watching a Vrock band playing live, it was a cold night and the concert was outdoors. There are some unofficial footage if you search for "kagrra anime friends" on youtube.
Here is the setlist: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/kagrra/2009/mart-center-sao-paulo-brazil-13d745c1.html
 
I have no words to explain how good it was; What an amazing atmosphere, I don't know If I'll ever experience this again in my life because I still really care about this band even though they're gone forever.
 
About the scene:
 
It looks like the Neo Visual-Kei scene is still going strong in Japan but many bands sounds just like each other, not all of them, but most.
I'm sure everyone knows these websites, but I'm putting them here because I think that they are examples of how Vrock isn't dead in Japan.
http://www.club-zy.com/
http://www.visunavi.com/ 
 
Anyway, here in Brazil we have a band once in a while; Jupiter is coming to play here this year.

How did the vk boom of '09 affect you in your country?
 
A lot of people don't know about this but in 2009, Kagrra came to my country [Brazil] and did a complete gig in the city of São Paulo, this was my first time watching a Vrock band playing live, it was a cold night and the concert was outdoors. There are some unofficial footage if you search for "kagrra anime friends" on youtube.
Here is the setlist: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/kagrra/2009/mart-center-sao-paulo-brazil-13d745c1.html
 
I have no words to explain how good it was; What an amazing atmosphere, I don't know If I'll ever experience this again in my life because I still really care about this band even though they're gone forever.
 
About the scene:
 
It looks like the Neo Visual-Kei scene is still going strong in Japan but many bands sounds just like each other, not all of them, but most.
I'm sure everyone knows these websites, but I'm putting them here because I think that they are examples of how Vrock isn't dead in Japan.
http://www.club-zy.com/
http://www.visunavi.com/ 
 
Anyway, here in Brazil we have a band once in a while; Jupiter is coming to play here this year.

AFAIK, it seems to just be a general decline in Japanese things. In the 00s, anime (and Japan in general) was a lot "fresher" and interesting to people. I think it was around the end of the 00s that interest really started to fade. Others can probably qualify this better, but around that time there were a lot of people going to uni with a major in Japanese who had jumped ship around that point to study Korean instead. I feel like Japan themselves has noticed this as well. I've seen a much bigger push in the last few years for trying to get people interested in traveling there from their tourism bureau.