Ⅰ「distant.dreams」
sense
Yearning, wistfulness, daydreaming, and anemoia. Any music produced within
the visual kei umbrella that has a low-fidelity analog or 'indie' production
quality and features strong atmospheric dreampop or pop-rock elements.
inspiration
The feeling of 'longing for something far away'
that is unique to the experience of non-native visual kei fans who listened
to vk music at a young age, consumed the imagery & concepts of visual kei
through rough translations, and engaged with the overseas vk community by
trading new discoveries with each other and discussing their finds, unable
to fully experience the visual kei scene first-hand at livehouses and record
stores in Japan where all of it was taking place. This disconnect resulted
in the development of an idealized impression of this 'mysterious' world of
foreign artistic expression and the music included on this tape intensifies
this feeling with its nostalgic & intimate atmosphere.
Sense of Shape「Distress」
lyrics: Hiro / music: Koni
PIERROT「SEPIA」
lyrics: キリト / music: アイジ
Ⅱ「distant.sorrow」
sense
Misery, sadness, hopelessness, and loneliness. Like the darkness to
distant.dreams' light. Any music produced within the visual kei
umbrella that has a low-fidelity analog or 'indie' production quality and
features strong goth, slowcore & downtempo elements.
inspiration The feeling of isolated lethargy that sets in when you're walking to
your car at night after a long day at work, or when you're up late at night
and nobody is awake to talk to and the world feels empty, like floating into
a black void that you don't think you'll ever get out of. Bleak moods
filtered through low quality analog-digital bedroom recording equipment.
A SIDE
B SIDE
emmurée「楽園」 lyrics: 想 / music: ハルカ
After effect「Lies」
lyrics: 真琴 / music: HIDE
fiction「LUCIFERという名のお人形」
lyrics: Lucifer Luscious Violenoue / music: GARDIE
Ⅲ「MIDI.メロ」
sense
Creativity, enthusiasm, peak energy, and youth. Digital optimism through the
turn of the century, browsing the web and building an identity through
cyberspace, chatting with friends from across the globe and playing retro
video games about monsters, vampires, and puzzles. Fiddling with pirated
music interfaces to make songs that sound like the ones you hear in your
jrock MP3s but with just as much inspiration coming from the Super Nintendo
as Luna Sea. Any music produced within the visual kei umbrella that has a
low-fidelity analog or 'indie' production quality and features strong chip,
electro, or hypnagogic pop elements.
inspiration
The feeling of being completely absorbed by the internet as an overseas VK
fan. Trading music, discovering new vk artists, drawing in paint shop pro,
customizing your winamp skins, and setting up the perfect away message for
when you hop on Ragnarok Online to grind levels. Sending emails to any email
address you find on Japanese BBS and Mixi so you can make penpals and learn
about what it's like to live there because you probably never will.
