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Posted on July 2, 2009 in Departure, Introduction

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Tragus. has announced that at their live on July 10th at HOLIDAY NAGOYA, their bassist 蓮架-Renka- will be leaving the band.

Renka’s reason for leaving is because he feels that his path in life, and the path for him being Renka of Tragus. are two roads that are not compatible. He apologizes to the fans and thanks everyone for their support, saying that Tragus. will continue to push forward, and even though he’s no longer in the band, he supports them from the bottom of his heart.

Tragus. isn’t a band we’ve introduced here on Shattered-Tranquility, so there’s no time like the present! This band about a year ago, on July 26th, 2008. Being based out of Nagoya, nearly all of their lives have been local.

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They are currently (until July 10th) a four member band:
Vocals – 響 (Hibiki)
Guitar – 咲夜 (Sakuya)
Guitar – 庵 (Iori)
Bass – 蓮架 (Renka)

Each of the members have a blog on Ameba, so click their names above to check them out.

So far, Tragus. has released two free singles, one free mini-album, and a demonstration single which was 300 yen. You can check out their music on their OHP, and a few of the songs have links to samples. The samples, however, don’t work on my computer so I’m not sure if it’s just me, or if they’re not working at all.

Source: vkdb, OHP

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  • Jinx: Wow. That is one skinny dude. Hope he gets well soon. And maybe gets a decent meal, too.
  • Adrienne: It doesn’t look like it based on their website.
  • Meme: can people overseas purchase from this website?
  • stephanie: thanks SO much for the translation~ this made my day~ LOVE the gazette!!~~
  • AngelSenshi: Awww! I wish him a very speedy recovery! It’s good he’s taking this time...
  • Mido-chan: D: Poor Miyavi-kun! He must feel so bad for postponing his American tour! T.T …I...
  • pinkusupaida: I’ll miss him so much .__.
  • Padge: Aww that poor guy!!! Hope he recovers quickly!
  • keri: damn. I guess I’ll just have to wait until a copy appears on closet child…....
  • Kay: Wow, they sound really good! Kay

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