L~Lotus~ is a five-piece band comprising of three ex. as milk members – 蓮華 (Renka) on vocals, saki and Takayuki on guitars, masato on bass, and YUJI on drums. They officially began their activities on March 6th and have released three digital singles to date: 「worry」 on May 19th, 「snow」 on May 26th, and 「tree」 on June 2nd. The members of L~Lotus~ sat down with us to answer a couple of questions, so give it a read to get to know them better! We’d like to thank JapanFiles... Read→
-LEON- is a five-piece band from Gunma comprising of Yuji on vocals, Shin and Koya on guitars, Yamato on bass, and Masashi on drums. Mixing Asian cultural influences with visual rock, -LEON- has a heavy, modern sound with a distinct, ethereal flavor. On December 13th, the band released their first three track mini-album, 「REGULUS」 along with a PV for their song, 「Kokou ni Tou Tsuioku no Kagen no Tsuki」. The members of -LEON- took time to answer a few of our questions, so take a read through... Read→
GLACIER is a five-member group from Okinawa, comprising of Makoto on vocals, Nao on lead guitar, Koujirou on rhythm guitar, Aki on bass, and Yuuki on drums. The band formed in July 2007 and made their major debut a year later on July 23rd. They have released a full album and six singles to date with their seventh single, 「愛の降る街」 (Ai no Furu Machi) which is the third installment of a 7-month digital release project, coming out on June 30th through JapanFiles and on iTunes. The members... Read→
O-PARTS is a two-man unit that started in June of 2009, formed by vocalist sho-ka (ex. Vogus Image) and bassist Jun (GaGaaalinG, ex. WAIVE). On August 20th, they released their first maxi-single entitled 「向日葵」 (Himawari) which included four tracks, all of which made it into the top ten of the Oricon Indies ranking. On May 26th, their second maxi-single, 「煌[kou]」 was released and will be available through JapanFiles from June 6th. Both sho-ka and Jun took time out of their busy schedules... Read→
In 2002, Kaya made his vocal debut in the Mana produced two-man unit, Schwarz Stein. In 2004, Schwarz Stein disbanded, and departing from the label the band was signed to, Kaya became a free singer. Using “aesthetics” as his main theme, Kaya conducts his activities with the goals of “the revolution of the aesthetic senses” and the “liberation of sexuality” in mind, and manages his own lyrics, CD jacket designs, make-up and costume designs as well as the organization... Read→
born is a five member band that began together under RENNY AMY, which was active from August 2005, until December 31st, 2006. Shortly after, the same five members created D&L, and eventually changed their name to ‘born’ on April 9th, 2008 with the sponsored event at Takadanobaba AREA called “born presents 「bug scremo vol.01」”. About a week later, they released their first demonstration single, entitled 「Dust pain」, which was followed by the tour, 「Abnormal skin’s」. Since... Read→
砂月-Satsuki- began his solo career on February 14th, 2009, after spending seven years as the vocalist for RENTRER EN SOI. His first solo release, 「AWAKE」 came out via his online shop on May 9th, and that month he also started his 「AWAKENING TO MOONLIGHT」 tour, which even made a stop in Los Angeles, California. His next release, 「CRYSTAL」 was out on August 21st, which was followed by his 「PEER INTO YOUR CRYSTAL HEART」 tour, where he preformed in both Tokyo and Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Read→
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I applied for the Translator role by filling in the Application form, but when I hit send the page refreshed itself and the form was blank… I’m not sure if this means my application sucessfully sent or not…? But if it isn’t, could someone let me know? I didn’t want to spam by sending my application twice! Thank you
It went through! ^^
Well, I really want to apply for the news team but I dont have a reliable internet accessing point until July, do you think If I apply and am accepted you could hold the position for me?
Unfortunately, we can’t hold an open spot for half a year. But, when you do have a reliable internet connection and if you’re still interested in applying, feel free to fill out the application!
Alright~ I will be sure to do that, It would be such an awesome thing to be staff here ^_^
Ahh, I kind of made a bit of a splash and mock up of my application… I was too excited about applying, I read the rules and then filled in the boxes.
However, silly me, I didn’t realise that the fake band had an actual page, I just made the fake band up.. T___T;
Have I killed my chances?
If you’d like you can resend just the mock post part in a new app, or via e-mail.
I dont really sure if i wrote and sent it all correctly…. do you email me if i’m not suitable?
We generally only reply to those who are accepted. We haven’t made any decisions yet. However, I noticed that you didn’t write the mock post part which is just making a post [like you'd post on S-T] about the band provided in the application. So, if you want to send that in, we can accept it. Otherwise, the application is incomplete and therefore void.
I Sent my app in, hope its complete and nothing was left out o-o
but just wanted to say thanks for the opportunity for all of us to even have the chance to apply ^0^
yay ST , for tha winn :3
We did get your application!
We haven’t actually had a chance to sit down and make any decisions yet as things have been very busy around the site. Hopefully we’ll be able to make some final decisions by this weekend!
Thanks for applying. ^^