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Archive for the ‘J-Rock’ Category

Not a lot I can say about this as its pretty rare. The artist you see is YUNA, who created this little project which he called RED. It was his first collaboration with well-known musician Sugizo (LUNA SEA, Skin, X-Japan) before the two joined to form the group THE FLARE. I do not know what became of YUNA after THE FLARE disbanded so that’s where the story ends for now… >_>

Single: SAGA
Year Released: 2001

Tracklist:
01. SAGA
02. Perfect Butterfly
03. ASH

Single is 320kbps
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Psycho le Cému are a cosplay band that dressed up as characters rather than the goth/visual-kei style that many other bands of their genre did. They were extremely successful but in 2005 lead singer Daishi was caught with stimulants in his system and he was arrested for drug possession. The band then announced that they would be going on hiatus to which they are still ‘on hiatus’ today. Nothing has ever been stated that the band had officially disbanded despite the lengthy amount of time they have been apart. The latest news on the grapevine, however, is that the band will be performing live together in June/July this year. Whether it will spark a reformation of the band or not is anyone’s guess.

Single: Yume Kazaguruma (Dream Pinwheel)
Year Released: 2004
Track List:
1. Yume Kazaguruma
2. Ten to Hitokiri
3. Early Autumn

Single is 320kbps
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This track is part of their 2004 album “Beautiful World” which also contained other singles such as “Omoide Aruki” (A Walk Through Memories) and “Michi no sora” (Sky Road)) Unfortunately the album is out of print and I don’t have a copy (other than what I’ve downloaded).

Single: LOVE IS DEAD (B Type)
Year Released: 2005
Track List:
01. LOVE IS DEAD
02. Shibashi no wakare
03. Bushidou (Bad Boys, be ambitious!)

Single is 320kbps
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This track appears on their last album “Greatest Hits” released in 2006. This album contains most of their released singles and is still available to buy from cdjapan.

BUCK-TICK are one of the greatest JRock bands around. They’ve been together since the mid 80′s and always produce amazing music. This particular song was used as the intro theme to the anime series XXXHolic (Season 1) and does not appear on any of BUCK-TICK’s albums (AFAIK).

Track List:
01 ??-????- (Kagerou)
02 ??-????- (Utsusemi)

The single is still available to buy from cdjapan (regular release only). As I bought the CD/DVD version, I’ve only uploaded the PV for Kagerou.

PV Stats:
Title: Kagerou
Running Length: 5.16 minutes
Resolution: 716×432
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