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  • Q & A with a:Vout

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L’arc~en~ciel members’ Best Selection album
Posted on February 15, 2010 in New release

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After their new single in January, L’arc~en~ciel will be releasing a “Best of” Album to be named “QUADRINITY ～MEMBER’S BEST SELECTIONS～” on 10th March 2010, along with a new look!

The regular edition of the album will consist of 4 CDs, with each CD containing 7 tracks resulting in 28 songs all together. Each CD is named after each member by choosing the best songs they have composed for the band.
The Full Edition of the album will also include a 63 minute DVD of the band’s entertaining Variety/Quiz Show; “The L’arc Quiz”, which is a must for big fans!

＜Disc.1＞
hyde best
01. I’m so happy
02. HONEY
03. flower
04. さようなら (Sayonara)
05. Anemone
06. いばらの涙 (Ibara no Namida)
07. In the Air

＜Disc.2＞
tetsuya best
01. READY STEADY GO
02. Blame
03. Time goes on
04. DIVE TO BLUE
05. 砂時計 (Sunadokei)
06. Link -KISS Mix-
07. あなた (Anata)

＜Disc.3＞
ken best
01. 花葬 (Kasou)
02. ガラス玉 (Garasutama)
03. MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM
04. Coming Closer
05. 真実と幻想と (Shinjitsu to Gensou wo)
06. the silver shining
07. 虹（Album Version）(Niji)

＜Disc.4＞
yukihiro best
01. a swell in the sun
02. cradle
03. drink it down
04. get out from the shell?-asian version-
05. new world
06. revelation
07. trick

Regular Edition (4 CDS): 3980 yen
Full/Limited Edition (4 CDS + DVD + Gift-box + Photo booklet): 4980 yen

Source: barks, OHP

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L’Arc’s BLESS pv preview
Posted on December 30, 2009 in PV, YouTube

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We talked about L’Arc~en~Ciel’s new single over here. Now someone has ripped a short cm on the new pv, now we have a general idea about the song and look.

What do you think about the new song?

Source: Youtube

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tetsuya to release book
Posted on December 14, 2009 in Cool

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MUSIC JAPAN updated with this bit of news about testuya and how he will be releasing a book at the end of January!

On January 27th 2010 L’Arc-en-Ciel bassist and leader tetsuya will release a book titled ‘tetsuya / L’Arc-en-Ciel’! In the book tetsuya will reveal untold stories about the band, and a collection of high quality photos will be included! It takes a closer look at the bassist from every possible angle.

tetsuya is the founder and undisputed leader of L’Arc-en-Ciel. One of the notable features of the book is an extensive interview article spanning 30,000 letters, complete with pictures taken during the discussion. tetsuya, who has been the driving force of the band, talks in detail about his childhood, how L’Arc-en-Ciel came to be, the steps and missteps leading to their breakthrough, and also his thoughts and philosophy about music.
Fans can look back at the band’s history through live photos taken over the years. Photos of various instruments and picks used by tetsuya to create the many L’Arc-en-Ciel masterpieces are included too. The book will also come with reissues of all the interview articles that were published in ‘Bass Magazine’ from 1997 to 2007. Many other rare articles, such as bass scores written by tetsuya himself, have been included as well! A must-have for all L’Arc-en-Ciel fans!

Source: MUSIC JAPAN

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Tetsu changes name + new single
Posted on December 2, 2009 in Name Change, New release

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L’arc~en~Ciel is going to be releasing a new single on January 27th, 2010. Single will be called BLESS – but remember they are still not doing any lives until 2011! The song is confirmed to be the theme for NHK Vancouver 2010 Broadcast.

2010.01.27 Release
【Limited Version】CD＋DVD “BLESS” Music Clip Included
Limited Jacket　KSCL-1550～1551　￥1,575（tax incl.）　
【Regular Version】KSCL-1552　￥1,223（tax incl.）

In addition of that news, seems like Tetsu will be now known as tetsuya in L’arc and TETSUYA while releasing his solo work. What do you think?

Source: L’arc myspace

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L’Arc~en~Ciel Museum.
Posted on May 1, 2009 in Event

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What’s that you ask? Well, it’s exactly what it says. L’Arc~en~Ciel has decided to open up their own little museum! However it’s more like an exhibit really which means it’s only available for viewing for a limited time.

This event will take place on the weekend of May 22nd to the 24th at Asakasa Sacas. The museum will feature their “DOCUMENTARY FILMS 〜Trans ASIA via PARIS〜” and “LIVE IN PARIS” DVDs to be shown on a large screen monitor, followed by an event which displays a collection of photographs for sale from “a Paris”.

Tickets will cost 2000 yen and will go on sale May 16th. For more information on purchasing tickets for this event, you can find it here.

source: bma, ohp

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Ken and Hyde’s releases
Posted on February 23, 2009 in New release

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Since L’arc’s hiatus – the members have been working on their solo releases. Ken is releasing his second single entitled Deeper. The single will be the theme song for the drama Galactica. Type A will include a pv. On CD Japan the first press is already sold out! Thats not all for Ken, he is also releasing his first solo album In Physical in April of this year. Album will contain both Speed and Deeper tracks and a dvd with S pv and bonus video footage. His covers for Deeper are kinda sexy!
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Hyde will be releasing a greatest hits album that will contain 17 tracks and if you get first press you will also receive a dvd with 8 pvs from his solo career.
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L’arc’s Chronicle 4 also comes out this month. Will contain 7 clips expanding from the last few years.

Source: CD Japan

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MUCC’s new single to be produced by Ken
Posted on June 16, 2008 in New release

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L’arc~en~Ciel’s guitarist, Ken, will be producing MUCC’s new single.  The title is still undecided, but the single will go on sale August 27th of this year.

Source: MUCC OHP

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L’Arc~en~Ceil goes on hiatus
Posted on May 19, 2008 in News, Pause

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I debated for a while whether I’d post this or not, because this band is not a visual band. But I figured I might as well, because a lot of fans of visual bands also like L’Arc~en~Ciel and this is pretty big news.

The band has decided that after the summer release of their new single “NEXUS 4 / SHINE” the band will be going on an activity pause until the year 2011.

2011 will mark 20 years of the band being together and thus they will be holding a “2011 Next Live 20th Anniversary Live”.

During the pause, the members intent on doing solo work.

Source: BMA, Barks.jp, Fact-mag.com

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  • Yuuki: so great!! ^-^

  • KIZUNA: MYV is hot as always. The song sounds intresting, although I hope he just doesn’t...

  • Jinx: Exo-chika is stunning as usual. The song is nice. The PV was a little boring for me, though.

  • Jinx: Yessssss~~~ I can’t wait!!

  • hezzuh: and just when i thought my day couldn’t get any better!! i love heidi.!

  • hezzuh: I AM SO THERE the con is gonna rock for sure this year <3

  • shitman: THE END OF CORRUPTION WORLD???????? whatever

  • Yoru: Aural Vampire is always a delight! But LOL at the bat. Do love the song and Exo-Chika is...

  • yukikoa: Yay, I’m proud of them. I remember a couple of years ago when you could barely...

  • VaL: the “7th rose” tittle is for their 7th aniversary :)

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