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[lvnasea]

LUNA SEA - IMAGE or REAL (1992)

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[okenki]

i want to do another luna sea zine so bad...!!!

[allinavteews]

CD 「STYLE」 1996 | LUNA SEA

[mikayoko]

Inoran & J ★˚ ⋆

(1991) (Cr.)

[manjikarame]

Luna Sea || In My Dream || 1993

didn't know where to put this but since i've posted buck-tick on this blog, i guess why not.

i could yap ab how heavenly luna sea's music is to me for hours even tho i'm not the biggest fan (i love their music a lot, i just would say i could know much more about them than i do rn).

aside from the fact this song makes me ascend to the gods every time i hear it, is my favorite video from them it's so GORGEOUS. i always talk about how much i love ryuichi's look in this era because it just so...naturally exudes vampire to me idk..so effortlessly. i wanna rant ab each member's look in this video specifically but i'm too lazy to rn. maybe later.

sugizo is one of my fav guitarists, i've had the solo from believe as my ringtone for over a year (maybe more lol). the band as a whole just makes amazing music i could rant all day so lemme end it here. 🫠

[losrtphu]

LUNA SEA B-PASS 1996 21 Q&A [TRANS]

PART 2

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What's a dream that you've had recently?

RYUICHI: I had a dream where i was put on fire. i was on the rooftop of a building and i was talking to the sky and a random guy came and burned off my left arm.

SUGIZO: I don't remember.. i have a lot of dreams though.

INORAN: When we we're recording i was asleep dreaming about arranging songs.

J: I'm still dreaming now. I'm a boy who's always dreaming (laughs)

SHINYA: I always dream when i go to sleep so i don't know (laughs)

How would you describe what God is?

RYUICHI: Someone who knows everything

SUGIZO: God is the creator of everything, and all knowing. but his form might be all humans as well.

INORAN: ...I wonder where he could be

J: God's real form...i feel like it would be something inside all of us not a figure like Christ or Buddha

SHINYA: Something that is really important/precious. i have a really strong sense of faith so I've never missed hatsumoude (first shrine visit of the year).

What is something that lasts forever?

RYUICHI: I still haven't found it.

SUGIZO: The idea of space. but there might not be anything that lasts forever, but on my level of thinking i would say space

INORAN:hmm... i would definitely say love

J: That is something that I've always been searching for

SHINYA: Something that is endless would have to mean that it's something that you have to pursue but i guess that would also make it impossible to reach.

How do you spend most of your nights and from what hours?

RYUICHI: The time that i do spend in my house is very short. around 12pm i take a bath, have dinner, watch a video on cars. yea i probably do those the most.

SUGIZO: I am always up until the sun comes.

INORAN: I turn the TV because there's always something always going on , but by 4am I'll definitely have NO energy

J: Around after 12pm I'm usually drinking and rolling on my sofa listening to music.

SHINYA: I space out while thinking about a bunch of stuff, while watching TV.

Favorite 3 CDs that you've been listening to during this recording period（TN: genuinely thought i was going insane because only shinya names CDs, everyone else just names the artist for some reason???)

RYUICHI: I haven't had any to listen to recently. I've kind of stopped listening to CDs.

SUGIZO: what I've been listening to is "ICE" and "DREAM DOLPHIN", but "TRICKY" has been my favorite since last year

INORAN: There's quite a lot so i cant pick what's my top 3, but i would probably say john Coltrane's album

J: Smashing pumpkins, Silverchair and John Osborne (TN: I'm guessing he means Ozzy Osborne)

SHINYA: none. when recording i only listen to our music, if i were to say which, style, mother and Eden.

Whats the first thing or person that comes to your mind when i say "quiet/still" ?

RYUICHI: I know a woman who is the exact meaning of the word silent, if i were to say an object..maybe a clock and i would also say that the waves of the sea feel still.

SUGIZO: The moon. the thought of death. I feel that if something is quiet/still it is like death, and not in a negative way but in a beautiful way

INORAN: I don't know...i think stillness coexists with movement

J: Me... why are you laughing??(laughs)

SHINYA: I think i would say God. i feel like he has a very still/quiet image.

Name a moment in the past when you've been the most angry

RYUICHI: I get pissed off when I'm denied to live the way i want to.

SUGIZO: Betrayal in human relationships, there's so many people that i would kill if i met them again. 　

INORAN: I get angry often so i honestly don't know (laughs)

J: Around high-school because i had to suddenly decided my own future

SHINYA: At the Budokan live a typhoon blew away the set, i genuinely went insane. (TN:pretty sure this was also their first Budokan live)

Name something that you want right now

RYUICHI: I know perfect things don't exist, but i want an honest love

SUGIZO: Sometime for my mind to go blank.

INORAN: Endless time.

J: Myself, time to be alone as myself.

SHINYA: A medicine that that makes me able to be awake all the time, sleeping is just a waste of time.

Name a book/s that you read often

RYUICHI: I think i have a lot of car books, the books are western so they have a different feel.

SUGIZO: Phillip k.dick books.

INORAN: I don't read books.

J: A book called それから(TN: no Eng title but I'd translate this as "after that/and then") which is a collection of stories by Akemi Edo

SHINYA: The books that i have, have lately been collections of short poems, its more like "Oh i have nothing to do so I'll just read"

A person who has your ideal lifestyle

RYUICHI: No one, I guess that would mean that person is myself.

SUGIZO: Jim Morrison, or Mike Tyson. I think after he came out of prison his performance has been amazing.

INORAN: The life that I'm living right now is the most ideal.

J: Someone who doesn't give up no matter what life throws at them.

SHINYA: Someone who enjoys life, as in, no matter what they do they have fun, i think that's wonderful.

What makes you want to hug someone?

RYUICHI: I really love casual gestures. gestures that come out without knowing.

SUGIZO: When I love that person so much I can't help it.

INORAN: When i want to hug them.

J: There's lots of different cases so...i guess when i want to hug them (laughs)

SHINYA: After a performance. i can't explain it well but after I've used everything up/got everything out of my system i start to feel like i need to hug someone. (TN: proof -> 1:40 https://youtu.be/VAQ20Qoqgm0?si=QWOcF5rK2Md42-CF&t=101)

What do you think is a sin?

RYUICHI: I don't think anything outweighs the sin of lying to yourself.

SUGIZO: Betrayal, and also suicide.

INORAN: Betrayal.

J: Lying.

SHINYA: It's not something you can count, because living as a human at the core is a sin, if we can all live while being conscious of our actions i think the world would be a better place.

What have you lost recently?

RYUICHI: I think when you stop lying to yourself you have to make sacrifices....so there would also be a time where you have to lose friends or partners.

SUGIZO: Time (laughs)

INORAN: There are probably a lot of things I've lost, in order to gain something you need to lose something.

J: Nothing.

SHINYA: Even if i had lost something i don't really care, if I've gained something I've probably lost something in the process (laughs)

[dailydoseofsugizo]

[kr-cube]

Sugizo, Inoran, J - BPass #125 (June 1996) (c)

[madamcrimson]

LUNA SEA (1993)

[moderntokyo]

Vera Von MonikaさんがINORANさんの大阪公演に来場 - 音楽とスタイルが融合したショー

ファッションアイコンであるVera Von Monika さんが、大阪で行われたINORANさんの『BIRTHDAY CIRCUIT ‘24』ツアーファイナルにスペシャルゲストとして出席しました。

その独特なスタイルで知られるVeraさんは、大胆でロック調の装いを身にまとい、ショーのエネルギーとINORANさんの雰囲気に見事にマッチし、観客を魅了しました。

Veraさんがそのシグネチャースタイルを披露する一方で、INORANさんも自身のアパレルブランド「Four Hydrangea」のレザーライダースジャケットを着用し、Veraさんの装いに美しく調和するスタイルを際立たせました。

VeraさんとINORANさんのタイムレスなスタイルは、VeraさんのInstagramにも掲載されており、ロックとエレガンスが融合したその魅力を鮮やかに捉えています。

このイベントは、音楽、創造性、ファッション、そしてスタイルが完璧に融合した一夜となりました。

[lvnasea]

LUNA SEA - 2022.08.27 復活祭 -A NEW VOICE- Day2 “Naked Voice”

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[okenki]

INORAN, LUNA SEA, "EDEN" (1993)

[danzameccanica]

Image dei Luna Sea forse rientra nella mia top-50 di sempre. È tanto rientrare in una classifica del genere: pensate a Bowie, ai Velvet Underground, ai Black Sabbath, ai Radiohead, ai Clash… poi a quegli album formativi che possono rientrare nei gusti strettamente personali ma indispensabili per la nostra vita e crescita: Bergtatt degli Ulver, In the Nightside Eclipse degli Emperor, qualcosa dei Misfits, qualcosa degli Smiths e dei Cure. I Luna Sea, band sconosciuta al 90% degli occidentali, anche se cultori di musica, per me sono stati una band che ha inquadrato una parte importante della mia vita almeno dal 2006 al 2016; sono andato perfino a vederli in Germania intorno al 2010-12. Image è il primo album sotto la Sony BMG, una major che già nel biennio successivo li porterà a riempire stadi enormi come quello di Yokohama.

"Déjàvu" è forse il mio brano preferito dei Luna Sea (dovrebbe essere ancora in cima alla lista degli ascolti di Last.fm) ed è la summa della band: dietro alla batteri tipicamente hard-rock ci sono le chitarre di Sugizo e di Inoran che sono incredibili come incredibile è la produzione limpida, cristallina ma non patinata. Ryuichi è nel miglior periodo della sua carriera, un momento in cui melodia ed aggressività sono ancora legati dal filo dell’incertezza, dalle cinghie della giovinezza che si stavano slacciando verso la presa di coscienza dello status della band. Tutti i membri dei Luna Sea stavano prendendo coscienza col palcoscenico, con i loro look pazzeschi e con il loro modo di essere visual-kei. Certo per quanto Ryuichi si ispirasse a Morrie dei Dead End e per quanto l’impronta stilistica degli X-Japan fosse fondamentale, il look dei Luna Sea è stato qualcosa di nuovo, che ha influenzato nomi grossi come i kuroyume o i Glay (prima band in assoluto visual-kei a diventare pop in termini di numero di fan e vendite). La cosa più inebriante di questi Luna Sea è come suonano e quello che suonano: il loro mix di rock e post-punk prende tanto dai Bauhaus quanto dai Sonic Youth o dai Daisy Chainsaw (band amata dal bassista J). "Mechanical Dance" è un brano che crea una trance data dagli intrecci delle chitarre sulla base tipicamente post-punk di J. L’andamento sempre teatrale di Ryuichi, coadiuvato dal resto degli strumenti, riesce a costruire un perfetto concetto gothic-rock in pieno stile March Violets o Siouxsie & the Banshees. I flanger di Inoran sono irripetibili (e irripetuti) e basta ascoltare "Wall" o "Vampire's Talk" per capire che questo tipo di sonorità era davvero unica in tutto il mondo… e l’incursione di violino giapponese crea un sapore folk-tradizionale che eleva all’ennesima potenza questa straordinarietà. Straordinaria anche la ragnatela di songwriting per il brano omonimo: l’andamento del brano muta a seconda di quale strumento l’ascoltatore presta attenzione. E questo incantevole modo di suonare – anche modestamente complesso considerando sempre la matrice pop-rock della band – sarà fondamentale per tutte le band visual-kei/J-rock a seguire negli anni ’90, dai Lareine agli Shazna ai Penicillin; perfino nei primissimi Malice Mizer (che a mio avviso rivoluzioneranno ancora il visual-kei nella seconda metà degli anni ’90). Psychedelia, follia, horror-vacui, e schizofrenia sono le emozioni di "In Search for Reason"; "Imitation" è un brano che potrebbe uscire dai Cult o dai Mission con una spinta in più sull’acceleratore mentre Moon è uno dei picchi più alti composti in tutta la carriera dei Luna Sea: atmosfere gotiche, romantiche e vampiresche al suono di violini, chitarre in delay e cori femminili. Le tentazioni alla luce della luna piena sorgono in tutta la loro potenza dando vita ad un brano romantico e cinematografico.

Anche se il disco si chiude con "Wish", uno dei brani più felici di tutta la discografia dei Luna Sea, non si può non rimanere affascinati dal lato oscuro di questo album, perennemente illuminato dal chiar di luna, capace di mostrare tutte le ambiguità sonore degli anni ’80: il gothic rock, il glam, la produzione precisa e senza sbavature. Image è ancora un diamante allo stato grezzo prima di essere ulteriormente lavorato per conferirne maggiore brillantezza (col successivo Eden); l’album è un prodotto dei primi anni ’90 unico nel suo genere e unico in rapporto alla discografia che il resto del mondo stava producendo.

[mikayoko]

Inoran! ｡･*:･★