Reiko

I really never thought they would ever do Jessica again. Thank god I was wrong about that.

Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone has any info on (founding bassist of Deshabillz) Yuuji's techno career. Coming up with nothing. I Dj techno myself, and its really peaking my interest.

Wow I love Strangiato, actully learned the studio version once. ( My dad was a bass player in Rush cover bands haha) No I totally get what your saying. I've often thought the same about the non stop fills and lack of a real flow through the newer stuff. I should have said I was mainly thinking about pre-oroboros when I typed that. Honestly they are a totally different band to me now after Oroboros. I really loved a few songs on that album, but really I just started mentally separating them from their old stuff. And while I'm at it...DSS was bad to me but I still listened moderately, Arche was the only album I flat out didn't like.

Reading tons of Shinya discussion in this thread, so I thought I'd chime in as a drummer and a huge diru fan. Nobody in this band is particularly great at their instruments/abilities so its tough to really single Shinya out as far as song composition goes. I think, given that despite whatever you think diru is now, they started in the golden time of v kei. This to me means that all of things that may seem like overused or stupid tropes in song composition where just really reiterations of the trends of that time. I always think that's what made diru so great. They weren't breaking any ground when they came out, they just took the best parts of the scene up to that point and nailed it in a huge way. So all those things that people say about Shinya's boring or uninspired drumming have always been the things I love about his drumming. He had his versions of the that distinct v kei style. As far as Shinya's recent stuff, I think Ouroboros was his best work as modern drummer. I've always felt that Vinushka was his best work and Ware, Yami, Tote a close second.

hope the single sounds the way shinya, die, and toshiya look.

please more info on this category... never heard that term used.

tbh i think they are head and shoulders above all the other cassette-era Matina bands.

Transcendental Luna Sea is best Luna Sea

Its so bad that it makes me question everything about them. It makes me almost think that if they are so fucking aloof to that, the brilliance of albums like Macabre might come from the other great producers on their label or something of that sort. But its probably more like they are just dumb old rockers now, and they were young mavericks back then.

i know i know... im just a huge luna sea nerd and i defend them to death even tho i dont really keep up with anything they do anymore lol

That blu-ray does make me appreciate then much more and I agree with people saying they may have not really found their sound yet. I think what it boils down to for me is on paper, this should be a favorite band. Diru is largely responsible for my getting into vkei heavy, i love RES, and 9goats is god tier for me.....but it doesn't add up the way i wish it did.

Nothing beats Malice Mizer's Portugal for me. I can't get over it.

Sugizo is more dynamic than anyone on that list. I think Emmuree is so fucking slept on for guitars tho. They got that shoegaze overdrive that just rides through the emotional songs 9goats Uta is also up there. Also I think people forget how great Ken is in early l'arc.

oh shit i had no idea sakamoto was even gonna be animated! hell yes!

Aftermath completely blew me away and then the rest of Immortalis was totally disappointing to me.

Awesome thread. thanks everyone.

killer thread Its fusion, but is anyone hip to these guys and their affiliated projects?

Regardless if current shit sucks or not, I would never say its something to grow out of. Old school v kei is a such a crazy, interesting phenomenon in music that could have only happen in the time that it did and in the place that it did. We haven't even seen the full effects of that wave. That scene is gonna go down in music history. the older it gets the more people will stumble upon entering the rabbit hole of v kei from a very disconnected standpoint. Most of us were born when these bands were still releasing music and have an idea about how fucking warped the scene has gotten. Later people wont even have that frame of reference and will be able to look at the golden era as something totally different. Which it is.

Wow never heard this mix thanks! Right up my ally! I feel you on the rawness of Marrow tho.... People like to trash that album but its not as bad as Arche for me.

Even if you're trolling, ware yami tote and vinushka are some of the best songs they have ever done and I get that vibe from them. So fuck the sludge metal shit.

I wish there were 10 current bands i liked....

Wow thats sad. Nail in the coffin for me in terms of my reluctance to admit I have no interest in them after Arche...

Does anyone here actually own Sans Logique? Do they ever show up for sale?

V Kei Cassette tapes are my new obsession.