Kyotaro’s new band: COCKROACH
22
Feb, 2011
Kyotaro who used to sing for Black:List has been running around Sapporo area with different session bands and host clubs. (See this post about Kyotaro’s hosting gigs)
COCKROACH started out as another session last summer but it seems that the group will turn into a full band. They are not visual so I am not sure if we’ll keep up with them but I thought some Kyotaro fans out there would be happy to know he is active!
What do you think?
Source: Kyotaro’s blog
Posted in New band, SessionTags: Black:List, COCKROACH
Release date change for Sequence Records’ VA
28
Dec, 2010
Seems like there was an error on the new Sequence Records VA and now the release date has been pushed back. Instead of being released on December 29th of this year, we’ll have to wait another month for the release! New date for release is on January 26th. We first talked about the release over here.
【Sequence Records V.A】
2010.12.29 ON SALE!
2011.01.26 ON SALE!
■Sequence Records 10th Anniversary V.A 3枚組にて発売決定！
「FINAL SUMMIT」
CD3 ¥3,990(tax in)【DISC-1】
1. SULFURIC ACID
2. Since1889
3. GallowS
4. アンチフェミニズム (∀NTI FEMINISM)
5. 魔弐悪 (maniac)
6. 殺～KORO～
7. 我流eve (guleve)
8. Venus
9. FALCIOUNE
10. 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael)【DISC-2】
1. Art Cube
2. gemmik
3. Eile deMu
4. Devine+MaideN
5. ZELGYER
6. LSD
7. +ISOLATION
8. 七死 (nanashi)
9. パニックちゃんねる (panic channel)
10. 水樂 (byakura)【DISC-3】
1. HIZAKI grace project
2. ClearVeil
3. Key
4. ミゼリア (mi’ze:lia)
5. Bi;shop
6. escape
7. BrainHacker
8. ZABEL
9. Black:List
10. exist†trace
Which bands are you excited to listen to? I used to adore gemmik, which bands do you like?
Source: SR Ameba
Posted in OmnibusTags: +isolation, Art Cube, ∀NTI FEMINISM, Black:List, brainhacker, Byakura, Devine+Maiden, Eile deMu, ESCAPE, exist†trace, FALCIOUNE, GallowS, gemmik, guleve, Hizaki, LSD (SR), mi'ze:lia, nanashi, Panic Channel, Since1889, SULFURIC ACID, Tokyo Michael, Venus, zabel, ZELGYER
New omnibus from Sequence Records
11
Oct, 2010
Indie label Sequence Records will be having its 10th anniversary soon and has decided to release an omnibus to celebrate. The omnibus is called FINAL SUMMIT, and will be released on December 29th.
The two-disc release will collect songs (including some SE tracks) from the many artists that Sequence Records has signed or supported over the years. It seems that all of the songs will be previously-released ones, but they will be remastered. In addition to some as-yet unannounced ones, participating artists include:
Art Cube, 東京ミカエル。 (tokyomichael.), exist†trace, SULFURIC ACID, HIZAKI grace project, Black:List, アンチフェミニズム (∀NTI FEMINISM), パニックちゃんねる (Panic Channel), ZELGYER, ミゼリア (Mizelia), ClearVeil, gemmik, 我流eve (Gul eve), LSD, +ISOLATION, 七死 (Nanashi), ZABEL, FALCIOUNE, 水樂 (Byakura), GallowS, Bi;shop, Venus, since1889, BrainHacker, 魔弐悪 (Maniac), (others)
Will any of you be buying this cool omnibus?
Source: Official blog
Posted in New release, OmnibusTags: +isolation, Art Cube, ∀NTI FEMINISM, Bi;shop, Black:List, Byakura, Clearveil, exist†trace, GallowS, gemmik, Hizaki, LSD (SR), Panic Channel, Since1889, SULFURIC ACID, Tokyo Michael, Venus
Random Fact of the Day
10
Aug, 2010
Big Ern here and today we will discuss Kyotaro (ex-Volark, √eight, Black:List, and the new word CULTURE [Session band]). What has this man been up to lately? Well….Kyotaro is a host at club ALL STAR. He lists this information on his new blog.
Big Ern says “I am Mija’s personal host.”
Posted in Random FactTags: Black:List
Tomozo’s new blog
2
Oct, 2009
After breezing through Ryo’s blog (LSD) I noticed on his friend’s page he has added Tomozo’s new blog! Tomozo is king of blogs – seems like he gets a new one every year! You can stalk him here. He just opened it yesterday so he only has 3 entries so far!
Source: Ryo’s blog
Posted in BlogTags: Black:List, TOMOZO
Random fact of the day
10
Apr, 2009
Did you know that Jin (support for the disbanded Black:List) also plays bass for other sessions and bands including: 666-SIX-, DEATH PROJECT, THE.LAST and Project Eden and his first band feathers-blue (disbanded back in 2005).
He also has had a different look for each group! Busy guy right?
I too have different hobbies and a costume for each as well. Newest obsession, tap dancing! My small legs make it hard to tap dance but I will not be beaten!
Posted in Random FactTags: 666-SIX-, Black:List, THE.LAST
Black:List says Thank You
28
Feb, 2009
The members of the now disbanded Black:List all wrote in their blogs saying that their old homepage and myspace will officially close tomorrow. Each member said goodbye in their own way but mainly that they thank fans and even though each member will go their own paths that to please continue to support their futures. Tomozo posted the new link to his blog (which we’ve mentioned here) and says that he isn’t sure if he’ll continue with musical activities. ;———–;
Check out their hp one last time and see the flash thank you!
Source: HP, members’ blogs
Posted in ObservationTags: Black:List
Random Fact of the Day
18
Dec, 2008
Today’s random fact is courtesy of Tomozo’s blog!
Tomozo confessed that he went on a date.
With none other than Hizaki from Versailles!
Okay okay, it was actually a joke. But they did get together for the first time in a long while to chat, which Tomozo said was interesting.
I had an imaginary girlfriend once. Her name was Sparkles.
Posted in Random FactTags: Black:List, Versailles
From Kyotaro of Black:List
5
Dec, 2008
Originally, I wasn’t going to translate this message. However, I know that both Hideko and Mija are big fans of Kyotaro so if anything, I wanted to translate this for them, and for all his other fans that are wondering about Black:List’s disbanding.
This is what Kyotaro has written in his blog about their decision.
Takadanobaba AREA
Black:List Sponsored LiVE
Seriously, thanks for the 2 days.
I really had a great time.
I had a smile on my face the whole time (Laughs)
Honestly, from the bottom of my heart, THANKSWe owe it to this place,
and thank you so much to everyone from each of the bands, audience members, and everyone concerned, that participated in the 2 days event.And…
I’m so sorry that our announcement to disband was published only in the news and media
You’re probably wondering, “why didn’t the members explain it to us?”, and it was probably a coldhearted thing to do to our fans, but I feel that when I perform what’s left in me on stage, if there time to speak and even if it’s just in one song, I want to convey it to everyone in a song.
So, I hope you can forgive me
I’m sorryWhat was written in the news was true, my family has become unstable, and family is important
I also love music, and I there’s part of me that didn’t know what to do. I thought over and over that I didn’t want to vanish as I am now. It was painful and difficult; there were so many times where I couldn’t concentrate on anything, and there were times where I felt, “why me?”.
However, as far as I’m concerned, your family is your only blood relation, and because when I’m separated from them I worry so much, it was painful.I’m grateful to my mother who gave birth to me, for being born, for continuing in music, and for being able to exist in this world and come across music.
So now, it’s my turn to help her,
and that’s the decision that was passed by in the news.I thought that the word ‘retire’ was a word that had nothing to do with me, so even now I can’t really believe it but in reality, moment by moment it’s drawing near.
There’s only a little time left as my life as a musician, and with Black:List but I want to see it to the end, I want to sing for my life,
I want to shout to the point where my voice ceases to make a sound
I want to leave something behind in everyone’s heartsSo there’s three more lives left
My time on stage as a vocalist has been precious
The time I’ve spent together with everyone in Black:List
The time I’ve spent together with the Kuso-honeys
The times I’ve gotten to meet the Kuso-honeys
All of these are extremely important to me.
Kyotaro is going to become a normal person.
Please watch us attentively, without moving your eyes, until the bitter end.
Please give us lots of love.
Please give me lots of love as well.
Until the end…Since I started in music, I’ve met a lot of people.
Band members and members who are senior to me, all the people connected to the band
And important Kuso-honeys, from within the country and around the world
Thank you for liking me like this.
And thank you for letting me meet you like I have.I want to convey these feelings through songs at our lives.
I want to strike these last three lives with everything I’ve got.
Please believe in all of me.
Kuso-honeys would be Black:List fans. Please do not repost this elsewhere without permission. With that said, I’ll likely go back and fix it up a bit when I get home from work.
Posted in Disbanding, TranslationTags: Black:List
Black:List disbands
3
Dec, 2008
Black:List, who toured Europe less than two months ago, has announced today at their live at Takadanobaba AREA that they will disband in January 2009. No reasons for their disbandment has been given as of yet; however, TOMOZO writes in his blog that from now on, he doesn’t think he’ll ever do music or rise on stage with the current members anymore.
Their last live event “BLACK-RIOT -FINAL-” will be held at Shibuya BOXX on January 8th. Other bands performing at the event are DEATHGAZE, Since1889 (opening act), and more. Tickets will go on sale on December 13th through Lawson Ticket.
Source: visunavi, TOMOZO’s blog
Posted in DisbandingTags: Black:List
Aika’s myspace
30
Nov, 2008
Aika of Black:List now has a personal myspace account! Soooo for those with a myspace account, you can add him over here.
We’ve talked about vkers with myspaces before – do you guys add personal acounts that belong to vkers?
Source: Aika’s blog
Posted in CoolTags: Black:List
Siva event
20
Nov, 2008
Another event with Siva! On December 22nd UNDER CODE PRODUCTION will be sponsoring an event for Siva. Its a commemoration of the release of their cd. The event is called:『Prediction from a prophet：Code8℃
And so far the band line up is pretty cool! Of course Siva will be there with Black:List, Nega, E’m〜grief〜, Jewel, Zip.er and Misaruka!
Source: Black:List HP
Posted in EventTags: Black:List, E'm~grief~, Jewel, Misaruka, Nega, Siva, Zip.er
Interview with Black:List
18
Nov, 2008
As many of you know, Black:List toured Europe with exist†trace last month. After their live in Finland the band sat down with us at the backstage of Gloria and took some time to give us an interview. The mood was quite relaxed and the members laughed a lot and were talkative despite having just had a very energetic, almost aggressive live on the stage of Gloria!
Thank you so much for this interview! Let’s start with introductions, but instead of introducing yourself, please introduce the person sitting next to you!
TOMOZO: Kyoutarou is the vocalist of Black:List. He’s very cool.
AIKA: Tomozo is the guitarist of Black:List. He’s an impressive man.
REI: Aika is a unique guitarist, but… (whispers) He’s a pervert!!
(everyone laughs)
KYOUTAROU: Rei is Black:List’s drummer. He is.. I love beer. I love metal. [in English] He loves food! (laughing)Was there a specific reason as to why you moved away from TOMOZO’s label, Sequence Records?
TOMOZO: Well… There are several bands on Sequence Records and all of them have a specific kind of a style, and we thought that Black:List doesn’t fit on the label with the other bands because of our different style.
Can you tell us anything about your new label, DUAL CORE SOUND ENTRERPRISE?
TOMOZO: The label was created together with Pepe-san, Meguro Rockmaykan’s owner. The label doesn’t have any other bands than Black:List, it’s just for us.
(some talk about Pepe-san)
TOMOZO: By the way, is there a meaning to the word “pepe” in Finnish?Actually, Pepe is a certain kind of a liquorice candy bar in Finland!
(everyone laughs)
TOMOZO: Candy bar!
AIKA: Pepe-san is kind of like a candy bar himself too!
(more laughing)TOMOZO, how does it feel like being in a band yourself and running your own record company at the same time?
TOMOZO: It’s hard.
KYOUTAROU, AIKA & REI: (laughing) But why is it hard?
TOMOZO: Oh, why is it hard? Well… On my record label I have to take care of many things with many different bands, such as their bookings and all that kind of things. In addition, I have a lot of activities with Black:List. I’m really busy. However… I can do it because I enjoy it!What are you expecting from this European tour?
REI: Food! Beer!
(everyone laughs)
KYOUTAROU & TOMOZO: We’re looking forward to audiences that are different from Japan, as well as new experiences and new places.What do you know about Finland?
Everyone: Sonata Arctica!
REI: Alexi Laiho!! [guitarist of the band Children of Bodom]By the way, the kebab restaurant you went to earlier today is a place where Alexi Laiho always goes.
Everyone: SERIOUSLY!?!
(everyone laughs and cheers exitedly)
TOMOZO: I want to meet him!!! And if I would meet him… (bows and holds out an invisible piece of paper) “SIGN!!”It’s a place where some famous icehockey players go to as well.
Everyone: That’s so cool!! (more laughing)
What were the reasons behind going on a coupling tour with exist†trace?
TOMOZO: exist†trace has been on Sequence Records for a very long time. We wanted to get to know each other better and gain experiences together.
You haven’t had an official bassist since your old bassist left. How did you meet your current support bassist? Do you plan on taking a new official bassist at some point?
TOMOZO: Pepe-san introduced us to our current support bassist Jin-kun at Meguro Rockmaykan. We don’t plan on adding an official bassist to our ranks until we find someone whose taste in music and play style fit with ours perfectly.
What goals do you have as Black:List?
TOMOZO: We want to do more lives and perform in front of different kind of audiences. We want more experiences, and it would be nice if we could continue like this forever.
What is the weirdest or funniest present you have received from a fan?
(everyone thinks for a long time, mumbling to each other)
AIKA: We don’t get many presents.
(everyone laughs)
TOMOZO: There hasn’t been anything that would have surprised any of us that much. And… we don’t get many presents.
(more laughing)Please give a message to your fans!
KYOUTAROU: I was really touched by today’s live. We’ve come from afar and I don’t know where they have heard about us, but even though people didn’t even know our names very well, everyone was really in the mood. We got energy from the audience.
(other members nod in agreement)Thank you for the interview!
Everyone: Thank you! Kiitos! ['thank you' in Finnish]
In addition, the band also gave a video message to their fans. The video was recorded before their live and it’s subtitled in English.
Shattered Tranquility thanks Black:List and all their staff for making this interview and video message possible.
Posted in InterviewTags: Black:List
hide Birthday Party～hide Special Cover NIGHT!
14
Nov, 2008
On December 8th at Meguro Rock Maykan, Visunavi is sponsoring a special event called 「MIX LEMONed JELLY 2008 ★ feat. hide Birthday Party～hide Special Cover NIGHT!～」 which will feature various artists doing covers of hide’s music.
The artists listing so far as performing are as follows (there will be more):
DELUHI
PureQ＆A
Lycaon
T.T.C (Featuring: DEATHGAZE’s Naoto, Black:List’s Tomozo and REI)
独立国歌-Ashe”s Hiron Session
Glacier and LuLu Session
The show will cost 3000 yen to attend.
Random Fact of the Day
29
Oct, 2008
Guess what time it is? Random fact of the day. Today’s random fact comes from Kyotaro of Black:List. It also involves my favorite subject of all…hate! Anyways, here is what he said about it:
I hate rain
Isn’t it kinda like
someone’s crying
isn’t it sad
lately you’ve [the sky]
been in a bad mood, eh
is it something you’ve hated too?
once in a while, you scream zaaa
Pika!Gorgorogorogoro
you’re saying these wavering things, aren’t you
Is it hard?
because if I’m quiet, you let me hear you
until I’m satisfied
it’s okay if you cry
everyone complains about it
but
I’ll wait for you to be silent and stop crying
so it’s okay
Big Ern hates candy apples.
Posted in Random FactTags: Black:List
Black:List’s new look
24
Oct, 2008
If you guys check out Black:List’s home page you’ll catch a new flash intro and profile pics! The band still wears black suits but this time they have a touch of style. We’ve already were shown pics of Kyotaro’s new dreads but the group picture just makes me giddy~! Check out their new styles, what do you guys think? (I’m tired of the textures they use for their pics DX)
Source: HP
Posted in CostumesTags: Black:List
Venus, Black:List & LSD
13
Oct, 2008
On November 7th at Shizuoka Sunash, Venus, Black:List and LSD are teaming up for a threeman live!
The live will cost 2800 yen to attend.
Source: Venus OHP
Posted in EventTags: Black:List, LSD (SR), Venus
another location canceled
21
Sep, 2008
We’ve mentioned that Black:List/exist+trace’s live in Belgium was canceled here. NOW another location has been canceled – the live in Münster Germany. It was only a couple of days ago where they announced the bands would play at tokyo cyber dance night vs. visual culture. The bands are no longer featured on the Astan site.
Source: Astan, Black:List comm
I thought I updated about this before Hurricane Ike *had to evacuate*
Posted in TourTags: Black:List, exist†trace
4th location cancelled
2
Sep, 2008
Mija posted here about exist†trace and Black:List’s tour’s fourth location, which was supposed to be Belgium on October 11th, but unfortunately this live had to be cancelled.
We will keep you up to date if other dates will be announced.
Source: JrockSuomi
Posted in TourTags: Black:List, exist†trace
additional lives for exist†trace
31
Aug, 2008
exist†trace’s already has new lives lined up before they head out to Europe. They have a live on 09.14 with Black:List called “Black Riot”. Band line up includes: Black:List, gaudie, Megaromania, Schmelz Cure, DELUHI and more… live tickets are about 2800-3300 yen. They live will be held at Takadanobaba AREA.
09.26 they have a live called “Deer Call War #05″ with Black:List, Venus, LSD, Juliette and more… tickets are the same price as mentioned above but the live is going to be at (Shizuoka) Sunash.
The last live they have listed before they go out on tour is “Deer Call War #06″ at Holiday Nagoya. This live is on 09.28, and features: Black:List, Venus, Domain, EAT YOU ALIVE, Danger Gang and more… same ticket price.
They also changed their pictures on their site. What do you guys think of the new look? (click for bigger pic)
Sources: exist†trace lj, HP
Posted in Costumes, LivesTags: Black:List, exist†trace, LSD (SR), Venus
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