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Makoto and Atsuro went down to the studio for the vocal recordings of Aucifer’s new song today. Here are their translated tweets from in-studio.

• Makoto: We’re recording vocals for Λucifer’s new song today.
• M: Preparations done. I’m heading out now!
• M: I’ll go and have something to eat before recording starts ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
• M: Tekkadonburi injection.
• M: I left a little bit ahead of time so I’m just slowly walking towards the studio through my hometown of Shibuya ＼(^-^)／
• M: I’ve arrived at the studio!
• Atsuro: The weather’s too nice☆ I’ll be at the studio before long～!
• A: The studio’s so spacious considering we’re just here to record vocals!

• M: By the way, it’s the same studio we used back in the days with Λucifer (^_−)−☆
• A: Getting excited by the spaciousness of the studio ♪
  • M: Time to sing!

• A: Two-shot! We’re so deep into our discussion, we can’t seem to get started with recording. (lol)
  • M: ＼(^o^)／
    • Yuki: Do your best～(*^_^*) Sorry I couldn’t come～(*_*)
      • M: (^_−)−☆

• A: We’ve started～☆

• A: Making good progress ☆

• A: Makoto’s Gackt-impression kind of resembles him…
• M: Doing good!
• M: Getting started on chorus vocals soon…
• A: Checking～☆

• M: The main vocals are done! Now for the chorus (^_−)−☆
• A: Started recording the chorus vocals!

• A: I’m in charge of vocal direction while we’re recording. This willingness on Makoto’s part sure makes him seem like a completely different person from before…
• M: The vocal recordings are done *･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･'(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)’･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*
• M: All parts for Λucifer’s songs are now done! Only the TD check left (^_−)−☆
  • Fan: Good work～. Your vocals are getting better, too, right! That’s great (^3^)/
    • M: Atsuro praised my vocals! I was happy with them myself, too.
• M: (To Yuki:) We’re done with the vocals!
• A: We’re done～! That was fast ＼(^o^)／ Good work～!
  • M: (^_−)−☆
• M: Just listened to Λucifer’s new song with loud volume and it’s great! Look forward to it (^_−)−☆
• A: Good job to engineer Kataoka as well! Looking forward to the TD ☆
  • Makoto: We’re done!

• A: With Λucifer, it’s gotta be ramen, so we’re celebrating by having just that with Makoto!
  • M: Was delicious!

• A: I’m home～! We recorded some good vocals today (^ ^) Definitely do look forward to the first new song from Λucifer in 9 years, please. I have to get up early tomorrow for other work, so good night everyone～☆
• M: To be honest, I came close to tears during the final check at today’s recording. (lol) I was able to resist though… I was really happy ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
• M: I want to share this memory with everyone soon… please wait just a little more, yeah? (^_−)−☆
• Fan: Datenshi BLUE or the new song, which is better?
  • M: It’s a tie.

In case you didn’t realize, it’s been exactly 12 years today since Λucifer’s debut and their first release, “Datenshi BLUE.” Here’s Makoto’s post on it from his blog:

Λucifer’s 12th anniversary.

It’s been 12 years since Λucifer’s debut. It feels like all that time went by in a flash… Last year, we had our revival shows. This year, we have our new song to look forward to. We’re going to have the vocal recordings for that soon, so look forward to more pictures of that on Twitter and so! And to all the fans who have kept supporting Λucifer for these 12 years, I say this from the heart: thank you. (v^-ﾟ) We’re hoping for your continued support!!

In celebration of this festive day for all Λucifer fans alike, here’s something I promised I’d do ages ago: my top 5 favorite Λucifer guitar solos! Without further ado, let’s get started!

5. LUCY

Though it’s admittedly quite a basic guitar solo, it does sound delicious. A solo doesn’t always have to be flashy to be awesome, as this Atsuro-penned tune demonstrates.

4. Heavy Style

I’d actually forgotten how cool this solo was until I went listening through Aucifer’s discography, searching for their most badass solos. It’s weirdness combined with coolness. A lot of coolness.

3. See You

Aucifer’s one and only (?) acoustic guitar solo. And what a sweet one it is! Atsuro’s fingers are lovely.

2. Midnight Crow (Be-Trip Tour 2001 version)

While the recorded version of this song has an okay solo, Aucifer gave it a whole new look when playing it live. There’s a version of this song included on all three Aucifer live DVD’s, but my favorite is by far the one found on Be-Trip Tour 2001. The one on Last Tour 2002-2003 Energy, though more technically proficient, loses to the Be-Trip Tour 2001 one in… how should I put it… let’s call it the youthful energy. As for the one on the 10th Anniversary DVD, that one is of course again technically superior but to be completely honest with you, while the actual performance itself was great, I was disappointed in both the picture quality as well as the sound mix of this DVD. Thus, I think the best version of the song — and indeed, my favorite Aucifer DVD — is the Be-Trip Tour 2001 one.

Here’s a video of it to remind you:

1. Sekai de Ichiban Kirei na Mono

I know, I know, you probably think I’m crazy ranking this higher than that version of Midnight Crow. But I can’t lie to myself: I’ve always loved this solo the most. It’s really just perfection. Short and sweet perfection. Pure f’ing ear candy. That’s all I really have to say about it.

Edit: While we’re at it, here are the top 10 guitar solo picks from my trustworthy co-blogger here on Silent Melody, the good sir GN-0015:

10. DUMMY – A bit pain for ears at first to me, but it grew well inside me, and now I find the solo is quite cool.

9. HURRY – It is Towa’s bass that gave me multiple orgasms throughout the song, but the solo is awesome too!

8. CARNATION CRIME – Typical crazy Λucifer solo, but really really a perfect fit for the song.

7. Realize – The solo keeps the song’s upbeat tune, I like it so much.

6. TSUBASA – Double solo from two guitar gods is always cool!

5. Graduation – Really cool, can’t really explain but it’s just awesome.

4. C no Binetsu – Quick yet very relaxing to me. It’s my first Λucifer song, so it’s really nostalgic.

3. Desire – This one is just crazy in the most awesome way. The best song for me on the way to work.

2. LABYRINTH – Probably their quickest song, my blood always runs faster especially during the damn awesome solo. Perfect for listening while having sex.

1. Regret – My favourite solo from Yuki throughout his entire career. Perfect fit for the song, though having the thoughts of Yuki shaking his guitar in that manner in the PV quite ruins the mood XD

So what are your favorite Λucifer guitar solos? And again, happy 12th birthday to Λucifer!

Λucifer have now begun the recording work for their new song. Also, the title of their new song revealed…?! Here’s some translated studio reports from twitter and blogs, collected here in (approximately) the order they were posted.

Makoto:

• Today’s our long-awaited day of recording!
• Λucifer are recording their new song for that project today!! About to begin recording NOW (^O^)

• The members, busy playing.

• Cool!

• Atsuro-sensei of Λucifer.

• First self-shot in a while.

• I have a feeling it’s going to be a well-liked song…

• Towa (^O^)

• Santa (^O^)

• Atsuro (^O^)

• YUKI (^O^)

• (To Mayu Shinjo:) I think it’s going to be a good one～! (^O^)
  • Mayu: Ooooohh!!! I’m looking forward to it so much～～～!!
    • Please do. (^O^)
• We’re just about to do the first take of Λucifer’s new song. Here’s to hoping it’ll be a good one (^_-)-☆ You guys wanna give it a go after a while? Datenshi～?!
• Polishing it up some more.

• Recording as Λucifer is a strange feeling… it’s like we got on a time machine or something…

• Yuki: Λucifer’s recording today! The song’s going to be included on the “Kaikan Phrase” DVD! (sic) It’s been way too long since the 5 of us recorded together. (^o^) I’m lost for words (*^_^*) It’s fun!
  • Mayu: Thanks so much for everything! Mom’s in tears here! (ノ◇≦。)

• Santa: We’re in studio with Λucifer, recording a new song that’s to be included on the first press limited edition “Kaikan Phrase” CD going on sale 10/26!

Makoto:

• Our work continues…

• We’re steadily nearing the end… Time for lunch in a minute…
• Having katsudon with all of Λucifer.

• Look delicious?

Towa’s blog entry:

Recording!

We’re recording Λucifer’s new song today!

This time around, we’re just recording one song for Mayu Shinjo’s first press limited edition “Kaikan Phrase” CD, going on sale 10/26. Everyone’s gathered here just to do that. It’s been a long time, but we’re proceeding nicely.

For more details,
URL http://mayutan.com/kaikan/ (or if English is your thing, here)

Later～

• Makoto: Λucifer has returned to recording after lunch!

• Atsuro: The recordings for Λucifer are going great～☆ We’re going with a song written by me this time!

  

  • Mayu: Ooh! I can’t wait to hear it!! (≧∇≦)
    • Santa: You’re not coming over today?
    • Makoto: You’re not coming?
      • Mayu: I’m still at work! (つД｀)
        • Santa: Just come and work here (lol)
          • Mayu: Working while listening to Λucifer’s songs, that’s way too luxurious!!
            • Santa: (lol) Actually, stop tweeting while you work! (lol)
              • Makoto: That goes for us, too (lol)
                • Mayu: Huh? Are you waiting for your turn, or?
                  • Makoto: I’m just busy getting excited! Okay, yeah, I’m waiting. (lol)
              • Mayu: ￣ｍ￣ Fufu. Me, I’m a fast typer so it’s fine… I am doing my work properly!!
                • Santa: Well that’s good to hear (￣∀￣) (lol) Fight!

Makoto:

• Towa, keeping record.

• So it’s been 9 years since Λucifer last recorded, huh…
• YUKI’s doing his best with his guitar solo!

• The title of Λucifer’s new song: “Uni” (Sea urchin) (lol)
  • Santa: Absolutely 1000% not (;_;) (lol)
• The title of Λucifer’s new song: “Datenshi CRIME no Binetsu“
• The title of Λucifer’s new song: “Midnight Illusion no Hoka ni Nani ga Dekirun darou?“
• Next up, Atsuro’s doing his best!

• Towa, Santa and YUKI are all done with their parts. Atsuro’s recording acoustic guitar next. Me? I’m just in charge of demo vocals and twitter today. (lol)
• Good evening! This is Makoto of Λucifer (for a short while) (^_-)-☆

• Yuki: Finished recording my guitar solo without incident. (*^_^*) Ah man～ I went and played a pretty cool one again. (lol) With this, my parts are all done. (^-^)v
  • Makoto: Good work (^O^)

• Makoto: The Λucifer song is 90 percent done! Once we’ve laid down the acoustic guitar parts, it’s 99% done. Finally, once I’ve recorded my vocals, it’s 120% done!!

• Atsuro: Today’s Makocchan! Going to record the acoustic guitar parts now～☆

Makoto:

• Atsuro’s acoustic guitar recordings have started!
• It seems Towa’s gonna start up twitter as well… (lol) Oh, this is off-topic, but we were talking about suntans just now and Towa showed me his ass to demonstrate how white it is.
• We’ll be done with the instrumental parts shortly! Thanks for the tweets of encouragement (o^-‘)b

• Atsuro: I’m done. We’re now waiting for the rough mix. Here’s a precious picture of Yuki-chan playing my acoustic☆

  

  • Yuki: Thanks for letting me try it out! It has a good sound! Now I want one for myself (^-^)v

Makoto:

• Λucifer instrumental parts now done!
• And that’s it for today! On my way home now (^O^) Tomorrow it’s photography time for Λucifer!!

Now here’s something interesting I saw on 2ch just now. Before you read, please realize that this could very well be just baseless gossip — 2ch is hardly the most trustworthy news site out there. This could turn out to be just a reference to Aucifer’s new song, or this could turn out to be nothing at all. Please don’t get your hopes up. Consider this just a rumor!

>174:
Today on Makoto’s twitter, he tweeted something about “Λucifer’s comeback decision.”
The tweet was deleted afterwards. Did anyone else see it?
To me it felt like he tweeted about it before he should have and then hurriedly erased it.

>175:
You sure it’s not just about the new song?

>176:
I saw it, too.
His tweet said Aucifer are making a comeback!!
He deleted it afterwards?

Again, please don’t get your hopes up until there’s real confirmation.

Announcing the best news on the site yet. Without further ado…

＜Information＞

Mayu Shinjo 「Kaikan♥Phrase Reincarnation」

The shoujo manga “Kaikan Phrase”, having sold over 10 million copies worldwide, is back with an all-new production for Koeman (who do mobile phone comics with added voice contents)!

There’s also going to be a drama CD!
For the super special limited first edition, the drama CD also comes with a new song by Λucifer and a gorgeous memorial book containing the entire comic distributed on the mobile site.

＜Summary＞

【Main story】
Ever since that night, Aine has been saddened about not being embraced by Sakuya.
Now as that sadness is gradually turning into anxiety, the hearts of the two are slowly drifting apart.
Aine and Sakuya — just what course is their love going to take from here!?

【Bonus story】
It’s Aine’s birthday soon.
Thinking about what to give Aine for her birthday, Sakuya consults the members of Λucifer…!?

The comic will start publication on the mobile comic site Comic Cmoa in September 2011.

■ Drama CD 「Kaikan♥Phrase ～Reincarnation～」 (super special limited pressing)

☆ Super special contents:

• Unreleased, brand new song by Λucifer
• Special memorial book (72 pages in total), including:
  • The whole comic released released on the mobile phone site (42 pages)
  • Λucifer photographs, taken at the request of the publisher
  • Shinjo Mayu & Λucifer round-table discussion
  • Interviews with the voice actors

Release date: 2011/10/26 (EDIT: new release date) 2011/11/23
Stock number: FCCC-0199
Price: 7,350 yen (includes tax)

■ Drama CD 「Kaikan♥Phrase ～Reincarnation～」 (regular edition)

Featuring only the drama CD.

Release date: 2011/10/26
Stock number: FCCC-0198
Price: 2,625 yen (includes tax)

＜Cast＞

Aine Yukimura: Atsuko Enomoto
Sakuya Ookochi: Masaya Matsukaze
Atsuro Kiryuu: Ken’ichi Suzumura
Yukifumi Todo (Yuki): Shin’ichiro Miki
Kazuto Sakuma (TOWA): Susumu Chiba
Yoshihiko Nagai (Santa): Takahiro Sakurai
(same cast as the anime!)

◯ Kaikan♥Phrase Official Site: http://mayutan.com/kaikan/
◯ Koeman Official Site: http://koeman.jp
◯ Comic Cmoa Official Site: http://www.cmoa.jp/

I’ll be honest with you guys. I didn’t think this day was ever going to come.
Thankfully I can now say I was mistaken.

ABC’s second single “Black Cherry” has won a poll for the song with “lyrics that are too sexy.”

From tokyohive (see link for the full top 10):

Mobile site JOYSOUND recently conducted a poll asking its users what song they thought contained lyrics that are too sexy.

Coming in first place is Acid Black Cherry’s “Black Cherry“, thanks to its  provocative lyrics expressing a woman’s desires. Voters commented, “When I heard sexy, this was the only song I could think of. Or rather… it’s completely erotic!” and “From a woman’s point of view, I can really sympathize with the lyrics. It’s a very painful song.”

If you take a look at the lyrics, it’s not all that difficult to see just why it won first place. Here’s a selection of an English translation, courtesy of JpopAsia:

Don’t stop, kiss me! I can’t be apart from you…
Don’t stop, kiss me! But, I can’t forgive you…
Ah~ Come inside me!
Black Cherry… make love to me, give yourself to me
Leave your seed inside of me!
It’s all right if you don’t love me… since I don’t love you
Make me wretched like this!
Black Cherry, give it to me…
Black Cherry, give me more…

Yasu sure didn’t bother much with metaphors in that one!

Hey, this is Henkka. Long time no see (almost 4 months to be exact!). First up, I ask that you read some important news related to the site.

It’s been a little quiet on Silent Melody lately. Me and GN-0015 are both busy with our lives and/or other things and as such, the focus of the site has switched from us announcing every little Aucifer-related detail (dates of NicoNico live chats and such) to just informing you of the bigger news (new releases, live show announcements, etc). Hope you understand. It’s for our own sanity!

I realize that a lot of the people reading this blog are especially big fans of Makoto, and so I should remind you: if you want to know all about the latest goings-on with Makoto, remember to regularly check out the Makoto Facebook group for news on him — including lots of stuff that never gets posted here! And for all you Tricksters, the best places to stay updated on them are the official †яi￠к Facebook page as well as the WE Love †яi￠к group.

In other site-related news, we now have a twitter account. Please do follow us on twitter to stay updated on new posts on the site as well as quick bits of Aucifer news: @silentmelody915.

Now then, on to †яi￠к news. They’ve announced both a mini-concert in Thailand as well as a brief tour of Japan. Details are as follows.

2011 Mini Concert We Are TRICK Live in Bangkok

Sep 24th (Sat) @ TBA
Doors 15:00 / Showtime 16:00

Advance ticket reservations from the WE Love Makoto group from Aug 1st to Aug 7th. After that, advance tickets from K-Project from Aug 8th to Aug 10th. Finally, ordinary tickets go on sale Aug 11th. Tickets: 2500 baht (all standing).

Lots of goodies for the Thai fans this time around, too:

• a handshake session
• chance to receive signatures from the band (50 fans)
• chance to take a picture with the band (for 100 fans who buy tickets in advance)

On the Japan side of things, there’s a three-stop tour in October along with the band BIG BITES.

Autumn Tour of Tokyo and Nagoya, “BIG TRICK BITES”

Oct 2nd (Sun) @ HOLIDAY NAGOYA
Doors 16:30 / Showtime 17:00

Oct 3rd (Mon) @ Nanba ROCKETS
Doors 18:00 / Showtime 18:30

Oct 7th (Fri) @ Harajuku ASTRO HALL
Doors 18:00 / Showtime 18:30

Advance ticket reservations from Jul 25th 19:00 to Aug 8th 23:00.
Ordinary tickets go on sale Sep 3rd.
Tickets: ￥4000 (advance), ￥4500 (at the door) (tax included, does not include drinks)

For more information on the Thai show, see here. As for the Japan tour, see here.

Trick have just announced some live shows on their homepage which are all part of a charity tour, the cause for which being of course the recent Tohoku Earthquake. The live dates are as follows:

June 6th 2011 (Monday)
Takadanobaba CLUB PHASE
Doors 17:30 / Showtime 18:30
Tickets ¥4,000 (¥3,500 in advance)
Line-up: everset / †яi￠к / back”cast”away

June 8th 2011 (Wednesday)
Nagoya ell.FITS ALL
Doors 17:30 / Showtime 18:30
Tickets ¥4,000 (¥3,500 in advance)
Line-up: everset / †яi￠к / defspiral

June 9th 2011 (Thursday)
Osaka MUSE
Doors 17:30 / Showtime 18:30
Tickets ¥4,000 (¥3,500 in advance)
Line-up: everset / †яi￠к / defspiral

June 11th 2011 (Saturday)
Ogura WOW
Doors 17:00 / Showtime 17:30
Tickets ¥4,000 (¥3,500 in advance)
Line-up: everset / †яi￠к / etc…

June 12th 2011 (Sunday)
Fukuoka Drum LOGOS
Doors 16:30 / Showtime 17:00
Tickets ¥4,000 (¥3,500 in advance)
Line-up: everset / †яi￠к / defspiral / etc…

Tickets can be reserved starting from April 30th 21 o’clock Japan time on Massive Rock Records’ site: http://www.massiverockrecords.com/ticket/

On the tour, they’ll be selling silicone wristbands of which the production costs will be paid by the performing bands. They’ll be priced at 1000 yen and 100% of the funds generated from the sale of the wristbands, along with a percentage of the revenue generated from the tour, will be donated to STAND UP! JAPAN.