Dir en grey

[Pretsy 1343]

^It's just a best-of album though? I don't think you cared much about DECADE albums before either, no?

 

Remakes sucked, but certain remasters at least sounded better the more listens they were given. They will not replace the album playthroughs necessarily, but it's quite fascinating to see whether there's more to this than just another easy cashgrab.

 

Who knows whether the next album is going to follow suit here and have a whole new approach in mixing and mastering, unlike DSS and ARCHE which had this muddy sound hindering the quality throughout. Did we also mention that Kyo seemed to revert back to his WtD-TMOAB half-screaming vocals?

[Seelentau 884]

Am a die-hard fan, can confirm that I came all over my copy

Now it's broken

Shit

[Saishu 1589]

All I know is I want a remastered Vulgar and WtD now. 

[Furik 832]

1 hour ago, Saishu said:

All I know is I want a remastered Vulgar and WtD now. 

IKR. 

[Nowhere Girl 189]

For some reason, I don't own a physical copy of VULGAR, so this would please me.

For some other reason, I own two copies of Withering to death. (cardboard 1st press and black English version). 

 

No, I don't know, either.

[ghost 2687]

14 hours ago, Seelentau said:

my wiki > discogs

Gonna be honest, the frequency at which you made changes in discogs made me turn off my notifications 

[Seelentau 884]

20 minutes ago, ghost said:

Gonna be honest, the frequency at which you made changes in discogs made me turn off my notifications 

Yeah I know, I often forget to add/change something, or notice it only after I have submitted the edit ^^'

But the DEG stuff should be mostly complete nowadays, although I have already a new old VHS release in the drafts, but I need to buy it first to see what's on it :x

[DogManX 179]

10 hours ago, Alroy said:

Remakes sucked, but certain remasters at least sounded better the more listens they were given. They will not replace the album playthroughs necessarily, but it's quite fascinating to see whether there's more to this than just another easy cashgrab.

 

It's as fascinating as the speculation whether shinya s gay or not. Because the answer is crystal clear. If this is no easy cash grab for you then I dunno what is. The remasters are for the most part unbalanced. It sounds like they just snatched up all the highs in one sitting and then called it a day. If something sounds cheap as fuck, then either the production was cheap as fuck or the producer (sup kaoru) was dumb as fuck. Choose one.

[diryangrey 121]

if this release confirms anything for me it's that the original mix & master of the first three albums was a huge part of why i loved those songs - & they work better as parts of an album than singles.
bring back too-trebly overcompressed reverby 2000s kei plz

[Saishu 1589]

I mentioned it elsewhere, but they used several mixing engineers for this, not one. And I refuse to believe no one thinks the now-audible bass and drums in the Vulgar and WtD tracks is an improvement. Not all the remastering worked well, but then I think some of this stuff couldn’t be saved to begin with (Kisou, Marrow). 

[Tanishi 598]

Is the deluxe US version of DSS meant to have a small 3 second hidden drum track between The Blossoming Beelzebub and Different Sense? I don't remember it being there in the Japanese version.

[Saishu 1589]

I’m pretty sure it’s in every version. 

[nullmoon 784]

I wish it wasn't. It's such a mess. 

[nekkichi 6043]

8 hours ago, DogManX said:

Because the answer is crystal clear

is it?..

[Saishu 1589]

The problem is with the track sequencing, which is another issue DEG has. Very rarely do their albums flow well from track to track. The problem with DSS is Different Sense shouldn’t have followed Beelezebub; it’s too different of a mood shift for it to work, so they slapped on that interlude that sounds like Shinya and Toshiya tumbled down the stairs together. 

 

I mean, shit, why is Clever Sleazoid in between Namamekashiki and Ware, Yami Tote on Vestige? That’s ridiculous.  Arche is a mess too, especially the latter half. 

[Ozileras10 371]

Full MVs and documentary 

[Seelentau 884]

Of course, it's the same footage that they have shown on their Mousou~ VHS.

Only now labelled as Meguro Rockmaykan footage, back then as  Namba Rockets footage.

WHAT IS THE TRUTH, DEG?

 

Edit: The truth is, the VHS is wrong. Tada, easy.

Edited January 15, 2018 by Seelentau

[nekkichi 6043]

Dir en grey PVs on a Sadie budget realness tbh

 

yawn

[blacktooth 227]

I wonder which corporation was kind enough to let five aging rockers film a music video in their building's lobby for Beautiful Dirt.

 

Also, I appreciate Kyo's efforts in bringing Zubaz back.

 

Edited January 15, 2018 by blacktooth

[Ozileras10 371]

14 minutes ago, nekkichi said:

Dir en grey PVs on a Sadie budget realness tbh

 

yawn

Some Sadie Mvs are better than this tbh

[Takadanobabaalien 3607]

22 minutes ago, Seelentau said:

Of course, it's the same footage that they have shown on their Mousou~ VHS.

Only now labelled as Meguro Rockmaykan footage, back then as  Namba Rockets footage.

WHAT IS THE TRUTH, DEG?

 

Edit: The truth is, the VHS is wrong. Tada, easy.

Yes. The backdrop in the clip also says Rokumeikan so..

[Seelentau 884]

Yeah, I never bothered to translate it

Wonder why the VHS got it wrong, though...

Edited October 30, 2018 by Seelentau

[blacktooth 227]

52 minutes ago, Saishu said:

so they slapped on that interlude that sounds like Shinya and Toshiya tumbled down the stairs together. 

I always got Seinfeld transition vibes from it. I really liked my first listen-through of MOO but that just took me out of it.

 

I always tweak the tracklists of their albums and throw in single versions or B-sides. Generally I try to respect the artist's intent when it comes to album sequence, but I don't think DEG even has an intent.

[Saishu 1589]

They honestly should have just stuck with “shot in one take” videos of the re-recorded tracks. I guess I can appreciate these cheap PVs as a throwback to the low budget VK days, but they could have at least filmed one in the woods. 

[Saishu 1589]

28 minutes ago, blacktooth said:

 

 

I always tweak the tracklists of their albums and throw in single versions or B-sides. Generally I try to respect the artist's intent when it comes to album sequence, but I don't think DEG even has an intent.

Same here. In fact, I have a playlist that’s a drastically altered Arche with the inclusion of and Zero and Tefu Tefu.