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.
I first found out about David at a show of Versailles, of all places. At the entrance of the venue people were given a very small business-card sized flyer advertising SUI’s new project, and this seems like a rather strange place to promote a project that’s not even on stage that night, right? Well yes,
You might have noticed this news floating around over the web already, but in case you didn’t just yet…
SUI, the vocalist of Metis Gretel and Megaromania, started his solo project David in January 2017. Which means the 3rd anniversary for his project is coming up in January 2020.
To celebrate
During their “ZEUS” European Tour 2019 Jupiter stopped at the Baroeg in Rotterdam on May 10 to play their show for the fans who had been waiting outside for most of the afternoon already.
We also went to check out their performance, and took some photos while we were there. You can find these photos
We’ve been covering Jupiter’s releases for quite some time now, so the band doesn’t need a big introduction at this point, do they?
Last August the band released their first single with the new lineup of the group, titled “Theory of Evolution”. Consisting out of three
Jupiter has been pretty active in the ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) genre for a few years now, creating quite a name for themselves. Unsurprisingly, given that the original lineup of the band existed out of both guitarists, the bassist and the drummer of Versailles. Throughout the years there have been some
After the departure of vocalist ZIN, remaining members HIZAKI, TERU, RUCY and DAISUKE have returned to the scene with a new single, called “Theory of Evolution”, showcasing the skills of their new vocalist KUZE in August of this year.
KUZE is not a newcomer to the music scene, not in the slightest even.
KAMIJO will be returning to Europe this September for a short tour in order to promote his newest album “Sang”.
After the release of the album KAMIJO already went on a tour throughout Japan, ending with a special concert titled “TOKYO BASTILLE”.
Now KAMIJO will return to Europe
After debuting in the summer of 2013 with the single “Blessing of the Future” Jupiter’s lineup has been consistent, in the sense of it existing out of ZIN on vocals, HIZAKI and TERU on guitars, MASASHI on bass and YUKI on drums. In 2015 however, bassist MASASHI and drummer YUKI both announced that they
With the upcoming European tour now is more than a good time to ask the guys of 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) some questions about not just the tour, but also their upcoming album and the mini-album before it. Because if you have followed the band you might know that this is not their first visit to Europe, and
The winter has been raging over Europe, but in order to warm everyone up for summer a little early, 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) have announced they’ll be coming to Europe for a tour in late June and early July!
During the tour they will visit Finland, the UK, Germany, Poland, France and The Netherlands
I don’t think I have to introduce Versailles to any of you, right? Given their track record here in Europe and how pretty much everyone who has ever heard of ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) knows their name?
Well, we all know Versailles has been on a hiatus for a few years now already while vocalist KAMIJO works on his
ミサルカ (Misaruka) WDP are about to release their new limited DVD, titled “World Domination Project”, which will only be available at the online shop from July 12 to July 14 2015!
The DVD will be released through Starwave Records, and keep in mind, it’s availability is very limited.