Tag: 🎵 耽美系 (Tanbi Kei)

Influenced by European nobility, 耽美 (Tanbi) stands for “aestheticism”, “pursuit of beauty” or “obsession with beautiful things” in Japanese, something that clearly reflects in the visual performance of the artists in this genre.
While the genre has no specific sound associated with it, there is often a classical and symphonic influence as well as references of France and French being used in the titles, roses and love songs. Artists and band members are often referred to as prince, princess, duke or duchess, but neither the French influence nor the naming scheme is a standard for every artist. The pursuit of beauty is the main focus of this genre, and it can come in many different forms.

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KAMIJO // Behind the Mask (4/3): VIOLET DAWN

雪 (Yuki) November 24, 2024 No Comments
Bonjour!
While our “Behind the Mask”-series was only intended to have three parts, we quickly learned from our most recent interview with KAMIJO that there would be a fourth part in this series. With that said, we really want to thank you, dear readers, for the amazing reception of this series! We didn’t expect anything near the response we received! Thank you so much!

In this fourth part, 雪 (Yuki) dives into the mini-album “VIOLET DAWN”, which was released on July 31st 2024. Are you ready for KAMIJO’s epic intense album?

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摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) announces 10th album “六花” (Mutsu no Hana)

雪 (Yuki) November 7, 2024 No Comments
摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) have announced the release of their 10th album “六花” (Mutsu no Hana), and pre-orders have already started on their official website since the 5th of November. We have collected a little more information for you within this post, since not a lot is known about the new album just yet.

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Schwarz Stein // New album: DEMIGOD

雪 (Yuki) September 7, 2024 No Comments
Schwarz Stein have announced that their new album “DEMIGOD” will be released on October 10, 2024. Not much is known about the release at this time, but there are some live dates that we can tell you about already. More information can be found within this post.

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KAMIJO // “The Anthem” European tour goods now available

雪 (Yuki) August 15, 2024 No Comments
Envol Prod opened a webshop for the goods available during KAMIJO's "The Anthem" Europe tour last June.
We've collected a little more information about what kind of items are available in this post.

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摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) // New live Blu-ray from 17th anniversary live

雪 (Yuki) August 7, 2024 No Comments
摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) announced the release of the Blu-ray version of their anniversary live performance in LINE CUBE SHIBUYA to be set for September 25. As always we have a little more information about the release to share with you, so we've collected all of our info in this post.

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摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) // New single “夜明けは雪と共に”

雪 (Yuki) June 19, 2024 No Comments
摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera)'s new single "夜明けは雪と共に" (Yoake wa yuki to tomo ni) will be available from June 19, so we have listed a little bit of information about the single and the nationwide tour in July and August in this post.

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Y-xiz // A devil and a god on each end of the vertical axis

雪 (Yuki) June 14, 2024 No Comments
Y-xiz is a Stylish Hard Rock Band, existing out of vocalist yesk and guitarist You.. They are inspired by mythology, retro movies and theater, creating a sound that is rooted in hardrock - much like their description already suggests.

Their first single came out in February of 2023 and captivated us as soon as we saw it, but at that moment in time we chose to wait a little longer before asking them for an interview. And it's a good thing we did, because they had a lot of interesting answers to our questions! We can't wait to share their work with you today!

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KAMIJO // Behind the Mask (3/3): OSCAR

雪 (Yuki) May 24, 2024 No Comments
Bonjour!
As you probably know by now, KAMIJO is preparing to tour Europe this June with his "The Anthem" tour, and for that reason we're doing a little promotion of our own. With our three-part "Behind the Mask" series we aim to give you a different view of KAMIJO's solo works by diving into his story of Louis XVII.
Since this story spans various releases, we've divided it into three parts. In this third and final part we'll cover the "OSCAR" album, which was released in 2022.

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KAMIJO // “My aesthetic is to keep it a secret and strive for it.”

雪 (Yuki) May 10, 2024 No Comments
Bonjour!
As you probably know by now, KAMIJO is preparing to tour Europe this June with his "The Anthem" tour, and for that reason we're doing a little promotion of our own with the "Behind the Mask" series, but today we have something extra for you!

We've managed to talk to KAMIJO about this tour, but also about his music as a whole and his plans for the near future.

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