vanivani

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Whoo!
 
Contemplating ditching iTunes, possibly even using an iPhone, and jumping on the SONY train once again.

It's not so much exaggerated as it is rarer cases of the worst side of the scene. This is not every fans experience but I've heard of it all happening over and over again through the years. The website themselves takes things and spins them in a comical or absurd light, so that is important to remember. They picked the horror stories on purpose.

Let's hope for that!  

奏音 (NEON)
Part: Vocal
Birthday: July 14
Blood Type: А
Past Bands: 蒼-AO-
 

ShuN
Part: Guitar
Birthday: May 9
Blood Type: В
Past Bands: 蒼-AO-
 

HIROKI
Part: Guitar
Birthday: September 20
Blood Type: А
Past Bands: DIFFER. → 蒼-AO-
 

Kazuya
Part: Bass
Birthday: June 21
Blood Type: А
Past Bands: 蒼-AO- → MiraID(support)
 

Ryota
Part: Drums
Birthday: July 13
Blood Type: А
Past Bands: 蒼-AO-
 
蒼-AO- was a visual kei band that was formed in 2010 by NEON (vo.), ShuN (gt.), and Kazuya (ba.). Ryota (dr.) joined the band in March 2011, and their second guitarist, HIROKI, joined in March 2012. 
 
During their short reign, they released four singles and one minialbum.
 
They disbanded on June 3, 2014 due to two of the members wishing to leave the band. After their last live, they released a live DVD titled “蒼-AO- LAST LIVE Blessing of Blue Rose-蒼き薔薇に願いを込めて-(aoki bara ni negai wo komete)” which was sold through their website for a limited period.
 
Discography
Reborn [single] (2012.01.18)
Oasis [single] (2012.09.26)
Afterglow [single] (2013.06.26)
Sacrifice to the Moon [single] (2013.09.25)
MYSTERY OF NATURE [minialbum] (2014.05.28)

I can't believe that in the last year I have gotten married, my wife got pregnant and I am now in the process of buying a home. Life sure happens fast

That's really interesting! I always wondered that too...
Thanks for the information!!

Yeah, it is really weird. I wonder if it just didn't work out with the band members and they didn't want to cause any drama or something? But I'm glad I can share their minialbum with everyone! ( ^ ^ ) In my opinion they are/were a very promising band!!

Yeah, it is really weird. I wonder if it just didn't work out with the band members and they didn't want to cause any drama or something? But I'm glad I can share their minialbum with everyone! ( ^ ^ ) In my opinion they are/were a very promising band!!

Yeah, it is really weird. I wonder if it just didn't work out with the band members and they didn't want to cause any drama or something? But I'm glad I can share their minialbum with everyone! ( ^ ^ ) In my opinion they are/were a very promising band!!

Yeah, their youtube channel was still up and running just a few days ago.
Now their youtube account has been deleted.
 
I think they've disbanded.

I've noticed this too. I haven't been able to find any information. 
Nothing's been updated for months. 
 
KENZO doesn't list ANOMIY. on his twitter profile...
https://twitter.com/VIVA_LA_KNZ
 
I just saw that their minialbum hasn't been shared here yet.
When I finish the lyrics, I'll share their CD with everyone ( ^ ^ )

I've noticed this too. I haven't been able to find any information. 
Nothing's been updated for months. 
 
KENZO doesn't list ANOMIY. on his twitter profile...
https://twitter.com/VIVA_LA_KNZ
 
I just saw that their minialbum hasn't been shared here yet.
When I finish the lyrics, I'll share their CD with everyone ( ^ ^ )

That's pretty cool that they want reach out to their foreign fans.

To be honest and fair though, while I agree that Yohio is morally despicable in a lot of ways and the fact that I have personal relations with people affected by this (as do most in the fragment of what's left of a Swedish VK scene), I have to say that a major reason for the dislike is that western peoples shit generally get out a lot easier. There are plenty of Japanese bandmen who do equally awful things to fans and other women who happen to get in their way. We just don't really hear about it because we either chalk it up to Tanuki rumours or, most likely, no one cares to read up about it at all. Because looking up every entry level bandman who fucks up (without breaking any major laws) would just not be feasible.
 
Ironically though, I think he's representing the current (unfortunate) trends in the Japanese scene pretty well, tapping into both the pop and the more heavy sides of "neo-vk" with his various projects. The problem is that it's highly unoriginal and sounds like derivatives of a bunch of popular bands tossed together in a blender based on what he was able to dig up on his latest youtube escapades, bands that themselves aren't very exciting to begin with (this is personal opinion though, of course). I also always found him and his group of friends to have pretty shallow knowledge of VK during encounters so the fact that he apparently knew several 90s bands back in the day sometime surprises me, because I've always felt during conversations like they're the kind of guys who think Dir en grey's OBSCURE PV is the most cool and obscure shit around. (remember when Yohio was watching it in that documentary from SVT? lol.) 
 
So while I agree that there are plenty of good reasons to not like Yohio, my point is that if this was another good for nothing Japanese indie VK guy, chances are we wouldn't be interested, but precisely because he's a foreigner and we have access to a larger amount of information we are able to more easily pass judgement on his behaviour. And perhaps that's for the better, really.
 

Most people do, except the select few that get really lucky early on.

Personally, from what I've listened to of YOHIO and DISREIGN, I just don't like it. 
Musically...vocally... it doesn't grab my attention. 
 
Some people probably do care that they're not Japanese, but I just don't like them lol

There is nothing better than waking up early to some nice coffee and listening over all the new tunes you just got.

Available Here

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If you believe people are inherently good, then you haven't worked in food service.

I NEED THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No problem! If you need help finding any music, just let me know!

^ Oh, wow... Thank you! I'm digging all of the music, honestly lol 
But I think the ones I'm enjoying the most are BOMI, heliotrope, Remigai, and Spangle call lilli Line.
 
Thanks for taking the time to share this music with me!! I'm excited to delve into more J-indies!!

SENSE OF ASH is already on itunes. ^^