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天野攸紀 (amano yuki) Worship Thread Amano Yuki is one of visual/nagoya kei's best kept secrets. In the past decade, he's played bass (for a short time) in legendary bands like deadman, the god and death stars, and the studs. Currently, he's juggling a number of bands/projects, being most well-known for playing bass in HOLLOWGRAM. However, the projects he leads are much more exciting. In his projects (detailed below), he plays guitar, sings, and writes all the music. Unfortunately, Yuki has not done himself a lot of favors in terms of promoting his work. There seem to be no current official photos of him, besides what he's done with HOLLOWGRAM--not a great technique in VISUAL kei (although, he does seem to operate on the periphery of the scene). Plus, all of his CDs to my knowledge are always released as live-limited—luckily, the majority of his stuff is released from the “vault” eventually and goes for sale on his personal webshop or elsewhere, such as zoisite shop. dim my division (2011) Back in 2011 when he was still known as “yukino,” he released a single under the band dim my division in a mellow, alternative (Nagoya kei?) style. The two songs (plus the sample of “window” tacked on to the end of track 2) would later be totally reworked in the DIMMDIVISION. mini-album, RECALL. Members: Vocals & Guitar: yukino (Gullet, Deadman, the studs, StrangerSaid.) Bass: kazu (Kagerou, the god and death stars, Stereo.C.K.) Guitar: KUMA Drums: hibiki (the studs, otogadead) Release: モノクロにクル 2011 1. モノクロにクル (monochronicle) 2. dims in wonder DIMMDIVISION. (2011-present?) On New Year’s Eve of 2011, the band changed their name to DIMMDIVISION. Members yukino and hibiki “updated” their names as well. They released their first mini-album, this time with a very strong shoegaze influence and noisy production, bearing hardly any resemblance to dim my division’s music. The following releases have continued the shoegaze-influence and the RECALL mini-album features some of the most creative retooling and remixing I’ve ever encountered, rendering the old Nagoya kei style music of dim my division into something completely fresh. While DIMMDIVISION. hasn’t had a release in a while, they still perform live, so I assume they’re still active. Members: Vocals & Guitar: Amano Yuki (f.k.a. yukino) Bass: kazu (Kagerou, the god and death stars, Stereo.C.K.) Guitar: KUMA Drums: Manabu Saitoh (f.k.a. hibiki) Ex-Member: Guitar: takumi (ex-Moran’s velo); departed after the release of first mini-album Releases: A Day in the PanoramaMagic. 2012/01/10 1. NightFlight 2. Deva_Loka 3. Embryo 4. HaS 5. Envy 6. .ReyarP ザヒビキ(the hibiki) 2012/05/04 1. .ReyarP 2. Envy Note: According to @Trombe, this single features a remix by Manabu Saitoh, with one song with vocaloid vox and the other sung by Saitoh himself. 揺れる/梟 2013.01.12 1. 揺れる (yureru) 2. 梟(fukurou) Note: A second press was released (date unknown) with different packaging in a clear DVD case. The songs feature no perceived remastering. RECALL 2013.11.18 1. Monochronicle (new ver.) 2. Dims In Wonder (new ver.) 3. Window 4. HaS (RECALL ver.) 5. Envy (RECALL ver.) 天野攸紀 (2012-present) Yuki’s solo project, which officially goes by his full name, is largely acoustic. The songs are generally much simpler than his DIMMDIVISION./StrangerSaid. work. Releases: saw. 2012.06.26 1. saw. Daybreak / colors. 2013.01.12 1. Daybreak 2. colors. Note: This is a collaboration single credited to 天野攸紀& 高井淳(Takai Jun). According to @Trombe, one song is composed by Yuki and sung by Jun, and the other is composed by Jun and sung by Yuki. memento 2014/03/30 1. memento 真昼の月 2015/05/28 1. 真昼の月(mahiru no tsuki) Note: A bonus track is connected to the title track. On iTunes, the song appears as “真昼の月 ～ PLAY”. StrangerSaid. (2013-present) StrangerSaid. is unique in Yuki’s projects, because it features violin and upright bass. I would describe the core sound as closer to dim my division than DIMMDIVISION., but with the inclusion of the orchestral elements of course. One of HOLLOWGRAM’s songs, “Butterfly in her dreams,” sounds like StrangerSaid. (with a bit of Moran influence?) and Yuki indeed composed it. Members: Vocals & Guitar: Amano Yuki Violin: hidaka hayato (sources) Upright Bass: YUCHI (kannivalism, sukekiyo) Drums: ootaka jun (rowthe, the god and death stars) Releases: stranger said_ 2013/04/07 1. 無形の輪(mukei no wa) 2. Laughing In The Pain. 3. 白日(hakujitsu) Note: A second press with remastered tracks was released on 2014/08/15 under the title [ss_2nd mortal.] a sleep. 2014/01/12 1. a sleep. THE PAST. 2015/01/10 1. THE PAST./KUMA_mix 2. saw.[ss_ver.]/takumi_mix 3. THE PAST./takumi_mix Special thanks to VKDB and @Trombe’s informative news threads which helped me to gather so much information! _____________ Now, let’s discuss his music and shed some much needed light on this dark horse figure in art kei! Do you have a favorite project or do you try to follow everything? Favorite releases/songs? Should he focus more on his three current projects or on HOLLOWGRAM? Do you think Yuki deserves more popularity/recognition?
