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It was watchable for a few hours after the stream was done. I guess all twitcasts are like that? The whole platform honestly kinda confuses me lol

I see! So far I've only seen either recorded lives or non-recorded ones that end right away... guess there's also a third type then :') yeah non-recorded or deleted twitcasts are the bane of my existence lol

I ONLY GOT TO WATCH HALF OF IT AND IM SALTY

@Ikna THAT'S THE PIC I WAS LOOKING FOR!!!

omg u fan too ! yes riley also if u ever saw movie lucario myserh of mew i recommend it! on YT i got 3rd place back in the championships in 2007 for polemon diamond and pearl was cool lol yes i agree some rmeind me of VK the outfits

And I'm five months younger than the Pokémon anime lol

PREACH

Maybe they just want it to sound like that? Maybe that's what they like?

I'm in a band (and some), and while we could record everything better (you know, used 5 mics for the drums instead of 2, told the guitarist we want a clear sound, produced it better and so on), we don't want to. We have a very clear vision for what we want, and even though a "better" (aka more polished) production would probably get us a few more fans, it's not what we're after. It's not in our interest. First and foremost we want to please ourselves with the music.

As far as programmed drums goes, it all depends on the music performed. And if you ask me (something you didn't he e he he he hrhaha heh) programmed drums really only suit a few types of music such as hip hop, different kind of industrial music, music where you don't rely on regular beats and so on. Programmed drums in regular rock, punk and metal are usually annoying as fuck no matter how good the actual samples used are.

This is Starwave Records I'mtalking about here. I doubt Kiwamu's half assed production is for artistic purpose, as he cares more about easy cash grabs and keeping his bands on a tight leash, than he is actually promoting the art of Visualkei. He's more concerned running a practical pyramid scheme than he is about furthering any art. 

I got to hear some good recs from threads of yours when I first joined, glad you're back.

Welcome back

Welcome back! It's okay to take a break every now and then, especially when things get complicated amongst friends. Hopefully everything is okay again and you're back to enjoying the things you love.

Their music and aesthetic did influence early Vkei bands though. Like, listen to the song Catholic. Visual Kei literally partially grew from Japanese Goth bands. Obviously G-Schmitt pre-dates Visual Kei, but their music was definitely an important step. Many of the first Visual Kei musicians were goth, and probably listened to Japanese goth bands as well as your standard western goth bands.

Obviously G-Schmitt isn't full on Visual Kei, but to say they didn't influence Visual Kei at all, is really stretching it.

I'm afraid people who went to see late 80s post-punk liveshows or walpurgis etc events made their own post-punk/no wave bands to stay underground...  I can hear post-punk-ish rhythm and "nerve" in the very early vkei, but it disappeared too fast...

And then there's the great Auto-Mod, who had Tomoyasu Hotei on guitars before he moved on to Boowy. I always considered Auto-Mod/Genet to be the secret grandfather of visual kei. It always felt like Kiyoharu got his early warbly voice in Kuroyume more from Genet than the obvious Robert Smith. The Tribute to Auto-Mod album really drives that home with Kiyoharu's epic Deathtopia cover.

And then there's Libido who I've gotten into recently who was connected with YBO2 and the Transrecord scene of krautrock. Their songs definitely had gothic moments both aurally and visually. One of Libido's early guitarists actually was one of the founding members of G-Schmitt before moving on to other projects.
 

Yu-dai. No question.

Yu-Dai San. 

... And fun L O L

I mean shit I'd do the same if I was him, I love money 

Imagine being SO thirsty (it applies to both sides).

also me: enjoys old skewl vk & some cheap kei

(also if u wanna hear some badass synths...)

That's actually pretty cool. 

If you want old school, cheap kei and synths all in one, Puella is the way to go. They were on the Soleil label, and had 3 members. The vocalist eventually left and was replaced by, of all people, a Female, named Yura. But she eventually left too (I think) and they just preformed with prerecorded vocals until they disbanded.

hopefully he comes up with a full album straight away

just like he did with 黒百合と影 when MM ended

*wouldn't

strong recommend do some hallucinogens before making this assessment but lol if you want to ALSO listen to these songs while doing I wouldn't tell you it's a bad time .!

I wouldn't call Black Sabbath psychedelic either, and it's first time I've done so. But when I think about it I don't think calling a track like Planet Caravan psychedelic if far off at all.

But the main reason I mentioned these tracks is because he/she mentioned Black Sabbath to begin with, and if you want something close to psychedelic by Black Sabbath it would be these tracks.

The only thing worse than regular hippies are new age hippies.

Had to revisit this status b/c Adam Neely did a video on tuning to the different A432 Hz "chakra" frequencies. Though considering that the video was posted on the same day, your status might've been inspired from this (?)

I think there's benefits in using A432, but using it in such a haphazard snake-oil way is ridiculous. Ends up sounding ridiculous too, haha.

Oh yeah, that's another rabbit hole lol. I think A432 could be good if, say, you're a singer and its more in your range. But when it comes to the actual temperament, unless you're an experimental musician, the whole push to switch to something other than equal temperament honestly makes little sense in the scale of western music. Although alternate tuning systems are really fascinating. 

True, but this is mainly a live distributed that is being limitedly distributed through webshop, so. 

I'll wait for someone to upload it xD

its not on the webshop yet. and yes you need to use a shopping service. im not buying it until next week probably. i hope they'll put it up after the gig today

I've been checking on youtube to see if they have uploaded the live video yet. They probably won't upload it until the gig today either. It's almost 9 AM in Japan so more waiting will have to be done

Good catch, I can hear it! They probably have similar influences, maybe '80s post-punk and post-hardcore combined or idk. This short-lived band from the '80s also comes to mind (they were one of the main inspirations for the whole emo thing).

Oh yeah, I'm semi familiar with Rites of Spring because I like a few songs from their vocalists other band, Fugazi. I actually never knew they influenced Luna Sea, but that makes a lot of sense!

I feel like it's the vocals. I can hear some Ryuichi in Gerard's voice here. The music itself I'm not so sure it reminds me of LUNA SEA, except for that little part from 1:37-1:40 and the occasional screaming.

lmao, what a story

It's (sadly?) not true. There might be Kisaki nude photos floating around since he was basically at every vk party and most likely fucking around for a very long time, but if so they weren't taken by Kyo. The supposed animosity is just old rumours that have stuck around for a long time but with no substance behind it, from what I gather it's greatly exaggerated and they have a cordial relationship these days.

@WhirlingBlackThat's what I was hoping. I mean, I know Kyo is an ass at times, but he's not that big of an ass.