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Towa’s blog 2010/09/09

Rehearsal～

Today it was rehearsals for Λucifer’s performance in Thailand.
Today we also said farewell to the staff who were with us on this tour… really, thank you very much!
Then, I contemplated on it for a long time, but I ended up calming myself with a beer after all.
Ah man, I still love the taste of beer…
Oh, but it’s not like I’m a drunkard or anything…

Santa’s blog 2010/09/09

Heading towards Thailand

The rehearsals for the Thai performance have begun.
Although it was just a while ago, this is the first time everyone’s together again since then, so it took some time to say hello.. (^o^)
It’s been eight days since BLITZ so of course we hadn’t forgotten about each other. That’s a relief (lol)

When the rehearsal ended, we went to have horumon～
I wonder why horumon’s so good..
However, it feels like when you see how it’s made, you absolutely don’t want to eat it anymore. (sweatdrop)

Towa’s blog 2010/09/15

11th anniversary!

‘Tis Λucifer’s debut day today.
Though the Thai performance still remains for the 10th anniversary tour, it’s already the 11th anniversary!
In any case, it’s a joyous day!

Towa’s blog 2010/09/17

Ramen!

Λucifer’s last rehearsal has ended, too!
Then, after rehearsal we had ramen with Akkun and cameraman Uecchi!
Now then, only the Thai performance left!

Santa’s blog 2010/09/18

Heading towards Thailand, continued

As we’re heading towards Thailand, we’ve finished with our last rehearsal ＾＾
Now it’s just…..
Getting to Thailand safely and doing the live～!!!
Today in preparation for the live….
It’s maintenance of the mane (lol)
I cut the sides a little too close than normal!!!!
It should be just right on the day we get to Thailand (lol)

Towa’s blog 2010/09/23

Starting from tomorrow～

From tomorrow I’m going to Thailand～
The other members aside from me landed there safely today.
I had WeiWei’s erhu classroom recital’s rehearsal today, so I’ll be going one day later.
I haven’t been on an airplane alone before, so I’m feeling a little bit uneasy!

Towa’s blog 2010/09/24

So!

For now I’m heading towards Narita Airport!
Narita sure is far…

Towa’s blog 2010/09/24

On this guy

It seems I’ll be getting on this guy.
Well then, I’ll be going now!

Towa’s blog 2010/09/24

Safe!

I’ve arrived in Thailand.
I’m in the car that picked me up but there seems to be lots of traffic!
I’ll be joining up with the other members soon!

Towa’s blog 2010/09/25

Thai kitty cat

Now then, today it’s Λucifer’s reformation live’s last day!
In this picture’s a Thai kitty cat I met by chance while running!
I’ll do my best on this last day!
Best regards to all of you Thai fans!
And the fans in Japan, please cheer us on from there!

Towa’s blog 2010/09/26

It’s over…

Thai performance over!
All the Thais, everyone in Japan who cheered us on, the staff, the members, thank you!
Thanks for the good work!
It’s over…

Towa’s blog 2010/09/26

At Thailand

The fan meeting we had with all the Thai fans is now over, too, which means all our work as Λucifer is done.
Maybe I’ll take it easy for a while…
The picture is the scenery from the hotel.

Towa’s blog 2010/09/27

By airplane…

We took a one-hour flight from Bangkok to Phuket Island!
I’m having a bit of a late, short summer vacation with the company president!
But, it’s pouring down with rain!
When it’s rainy season, it really rains huh…
The evening sky was beautiful when it stopped raining for a bit…

Towa’s blog 2010/09/28

The best!

The weather today isn’t perfect, but it’s quite alright!
The hotel is only a 5-second walk away from the sea, so I’m at the beach now～ (Note: This is a pun. Towa’s radio show is called “Umi Made Toho 5fun” (“A 5-minute walk to the beach“). Here he says “Umi Made Toho 5byou” (“A 5-second walk to the beach“).)

Towa’s blog 2010/09/29

Goodbye Thailand

I’m departing from Thailand.
Goodbye, Thailand.
Thank you, Thailand!

Santa’s blog 2010/09/29

Λucifer Thailand performance

Λucifer’s 10th anniversary commemoration reunion domestic tour took place in August on the Osaka, Nagoya, Akasaka area.
At last, the Thai performance has also finished.
I’m presenting you with a picture diary of Thailand.. (lol)

1st day

Finally, we got inside the plane headed to Thailand… we were on the runway…
But…
Because of strong winds, we had to wait inside the plane for an hour and a half…. (sweatdrop)
Seriously…. I had a hard time keeping calm and was about to chicken out during that time….

Arrival to Thailand～ As we were in the car, I got excited for a bit (lol)

The next day’s newspaper↓ Nestor… is leading!! (lol) (Note: absolutely no idea who this guy is…)
It’s the same kind of thing when Hollywood stars or something come to Japan but～
When standing side by side with Nestor… he definitely stands out more (lol)

2nd day

An event at the side of a shopping center!!!!!
It looked like there were maybe a little less than 1000 people there～…. A lot of people came to see us.

TOWA joined up with us just before this.

After an event there was a press conference～

Lots of cameras, too＾＾

After that, we had a rehearsal at the the venue at around 12 o’clock (2 o’clock Japan time)

3rd day
Finally, the live!!!!!!!!
First… a rehearsal↓

The venue was… kind of like a little martial arts hall.

The sound engineer Takama who’s been with Λucifer since we were active gave us a nice sound today, too.
I’m really glad he wasn’t busy with GLAY this time～～..

3rd day

Fan meeting～～～～～～～

And then an interview for the photobook!!!

Wrap-up partyー～～～～～～～～～～!!!
We received delicious beer from SHINGHA.

With all the bodyguards who protected me during this trip!!!!!!!!! (lol)

Translation of text in the photo: Photo by Uecchi!! As expected of a pro! Although it’s a cheap camera, I got this kind of a result (lol)

And then we returned to Japan～～～～～～～～～～～～～

Arrival in Japan～～!!
Got together immediately with the Miliyah team ＾＾
Didn’t even have time to change clothes… sorry for wearing the same attire (lol)

In case you hadn’t noticed, you can find some fan-taken video of Λucifer from their Bangkok performance on YouTube. Just do a search for Λucifer, sort by upload date and you’re all set. Or, just click here. Here’s a couple of cool ones to get you started:

Here’s one from earlier this month when Makoto went to Thailand early for a little promoing.

Santa’s blog 2010/08/26

Thanks everyone

The first day of Λucifer’s 10th anniversary tour at Osaka!
Thanks to the kindness of the fans and the staff, we were able to wrap up the live～Thank you!

However, it was the first time I was using a bit of foundation live..
The foundation as well as my hairspray that were dissolved by sweat really hurt when it entered my eyes! (lol)

We’re now busy moving towards Nagoya but,
I’d love it if I could check out the area some more～.

Everyone, let’s get excited at our convention of old songs today, too (lol)

Towa’s blog 2010/08/26

Nagoya!

Λucifer reunion tour at Nagoya has come to its end!
Thanks to everyone who came!
All that’s left is Tokyo!
This is me again in the dressing room with a cold one!

Santa’s blog 2010/08/27

Nagoya done

As Λucifer was able to safely finish up at Nagoya, we’re now heading towards BLITZ～
Or rather, we’re returning home, but anyways! (lol)

It was good watching a movie yesterday while commuting so the boredom never set in～.
Wasn’t the MC by Makoto & Akkun at Nagoya and Osaka basically about this movie?
…Let’s have high expectations for Akasaka as well! (lol)

Towa’s blog 2010/08/30

Tomorrow!

Tomorrow it’s Λucifer reunion tour at Akasaka!
It really came in the blink of an eye!
Let’s have fun tomorrow!
The picture for some reason is today’s sky!

Towa’s blog 2010/08/31

Akasaka!

First day of Λucifer at Akasaka over!
Thank you very much to everyone who came!
Best regards for the final day, too!

Santa’s blog 2010/09/01

BLITZ

Another day over～!
Thanks everyone!
It was a fun live～

Tomorrow’s the  last one in Japan!
Let’s enjoy ourselves to the fullest eh～ Also, the filming crew for the DVD is coming tomorrow so please give it your all! (lol)

Today I’m just having a non-alcoholic beer by myself～

Towa’s blog 2010/09/01

Akasaka last day!

Λucifer’s domestic reunion tour is over!
Thank you very much to everyone who came!
Also a huge thank you to the staff!
It’d be nice if we were able to do this again sometime! Well, there’s still Thai left though!
We’ll be freezing (activities) after that!
Really, thank you very much!
It was fun!

Towa’s blog 2010/09/02

Freeze

The word “freeze” which suddenly came about in yesterday’s blog probably left some people who didn’t come to the last Tokyo show wondering what it was all about, so I’ll explain just in case now.

In the last MC, I said,
“As the reunion comes to its end, that also means re-dissolution… It was by the leader’s as well as everyone’s own decision that Λucifer are freezing activites again.“

Well, that’s the explanation for now…

Well then, today’s picture is the evening sky from when I was running.
I’ll keep on running～

Santa’s blog 2010/09/06

After the festival…

To those of you who came to Λucifer’s 10th anniversary commemoration live in Osaka, Nagoya, Akasaka.

The tour ended yesterday at Akasaka.
To all of those who came to the venue, and those of you who cheered us on from home. Seriously, thank you very much.

How Λucifer came into being is like you already know,
At first it was born from Shinjo Mayu’s manga,
The manga was turned into an anime,
From the anime, the real thing’s “design” was realized.

Thinking back now, because it’s a band that was put together,

It’s not just the five of us members — the office staff, recording staff, tour staff all contributed with various ideas. Though we sometimes quarreled, we started working as one trying to figure out the ideal way to work with the band, and I think we were finally able to bring Λucifer to life. And then, thanks to the fans who started supporting that creation called “Λucifer” (Note: what Santa literally says here is ‘that flower vase called “Λucifer” was filled with flowers by you fans…‘ I swear, I’m not making this up!), we were able to become very successful and have lots of activities…

Λucifer isn’t just the five of us.

Λucifer is all the staff, all the fans and everyone else who participated in making Λucifer happen.

This time with Λucifer’s reunion live, we had high expectations as well as anxiety about it. It’s been seven years since then. The pace at which our fans were living — going to university, finding employment — I knew that had changed, so honestly I had anxiety about if anyone would come see us.

As I was worrying about things like that, I later came to know that the chief behind this production had said that if by any chance the worst happens and not even one person comes to see us, he’d be taking responsibility for it all.
Even under such dangerous circumstances, Japan’s specialists in music production cheerfully came to help us out.

And then, when we jokingly said in the rehearsals
“Shall we give our all～?!” “Nope!”
As we were having that conversation,
“Stop saying things like that.”
we got told that by the person responsible for PA…

Seriously, even though it was said in jest, I said something I shouldn’t have. It’s inexcusable.
Embarrassing…

Somehow I’m really filled with emotion right now. As I’m writing this, tears are coming out. Really, thank you so much everyone.

Visual kei? Idols?… is what you often hear Λucifer being referred to as, but
So far, to me it doesn’t feel like we’re visual kei. Idols? Not quite there, either… I don’t quite know where I stand on this, but I again felt this same feeling.
Λucifer aren’t visual kei nor  idols.

Λucifer are quite simply Λucifer, nothing more, nothing less.

We worked as one with specialists in Japan’s music industry, and together with all the fans created what we are today, a band that jumped into existence from an anime! Is there something wrong with that??… that’s how I feel about it.

It’s seven years since the break-up, and something that I back then never imagined would happen again, happened… we saw a new light.

Thank you.

It’d be nice to get together again sometime.

Everyone in the Λucifer family, all together now!!

(Note: in English:) Thank you Λucifer’s family

And there you have it. Sigh…

Next up from me, translations of the Thai rehearsals. Probably Atsuro/Yuki twitter translations after that. It’ll be only after the actual show at Bangkok has already happened, though… sorry!

Thank you to 柚葉＠水鏡専属メイド on mixi for setlist and picture!

SE:　LEGEND

1. Datenshi BLUE
2. CARNATION CRIME
3. Furueru Maguma
－MC－
4. PLASMAGIC
5. Jealousy
6. DUMMY
－MC－
7. TSUBASA
8. TOKYO Illusion
9. LOVE&PAIN
10. Kono Te no Naka ni
―MC―
11. Orange
12. JUNK CITY
13. C no Binetsu
―MC―
14. LUCY
15. Egovision
16. Poker Face
17. LABYRINTH
―MC―
18. Midnight Crow

Encore 1
19. Dakishimeru Hoka ni Nani ga Dekirun darou?
20. Hypersonic Soul
21. CASTAWAYS

Encore 2
22. See You

Encore 3
23. Datenshi BLUE

Almost the same as the previous night with a couple of differences:

• They played JUNK CITY like in Osaka (and Nagoya?)
• Addition of Dakishimeru Hoka ni Nani ga Dekirun darou? (YES!)
• Datenshi BLUE twice. (…why?)
• Frustratingly, no Silent Melody. For fucks sake, just what do I need to do to see this song on DVD?

(Thank you to Yuji on mixi for writing this awesome report and letting me translate!)

Λucifer 10th Anniversary LIVE Tour Rinne 8/31 in Akasaka BLITZ

Lights out.

The stage hidden by curtains.

“We’ll be back!”
Those parting words MAKOTO left us with at the Kokusai Forum, coupled with the SE “LEGEND.”

The members’ pictures are projected onto the curtain as they enter the stage.
And so they start playing the first song of the evening, “Silent Melody.”
The moment they enter the chorus, the curtains drop — and before one’s eyes is Λucifer.

This group of five, standing on stage again after seven and a half years.

Starting from the second song of “CARNATION CRIME”, it’s an explosion of up-tempo numbers.

The vocalist displaying his style that is both rough while also of good taste.
The guitarists making their presence known, striking their instruments but paying mind to detail.
The rhythm section playing together extraordinarily tight, yet aggressively.

MAKOTO
YUKI
ATSURO
TOWA
SANTA

The live was a showcase of these five people truly enjoying themselves.

 

The performance they did in the middle of the set, “C no Binetsu”
The song I was looking forward to the most.
The me who was watching KAIKAN Phrase around 11 years earlier was resurrected.
I was shivering from nostalgia.

It was a normal standing live without too much pushing, but as we got to the second half and “Poker Face”, the moment YUKI jumped off the stage into the arena was when it turned into a real, intense live within the crowd, too.

During “Midnight Crow”, the last song of the main set, was when I thought the most sense of unity was felt.

The last encore was “Datenshi BLUE.”
Finishing off with the song that started it all felt appropriate.

The MC’s were really “talk as much as you’d like.”
They were like at a class reunion.

 

「Λucifer will keep on living in everyones’ memories」

Thanks to being blessed with such a good number as 90 when lining up, I got to see the show from a really nice spot!
This day, being able to take part in Λucifer’s live, will make for one fantastic memory!
If they come back, I’ll definitely want to see them again!
Λucifer’s the best!!

Setlist

1 Silent Melody
2 CARNATION CRIME
3 Furueru Maguma

4 PLASMAGIC
5 Jealousy
6 DUMMY

MC

Guitar battle

7 TSUBASA
8 TOKYO Illusion
9 LOVE&PAIN
10 Kono Te no Naka ni

MC

11 Orange
12 C no Binetsu

MC

13 LUCY
14 Egovision
15 Poker Face
16 LABYRINTH

MC

17 Midnight Crow

ENCORE1

18 Hypersonic Soul
19 CASTAWAYS

ENCORE2

20 See You
21 Datenshi BLUE

Lastly some off-shots.

Yuki’s tweet: Λucifer’s live ended. Somehow I played guitar more freely than in the old days (lol) Since there’s no weird pressure (lol) Everyone who came to see us, thank you very much. Everyone who’s followed me [on twitter], too, thank you for the support. — 10:49 PM Aug 25th
Atsuro’s tweet: I was able to properly convey my feelings so it was a good live m(._.)m To those of you who waited afterwards for us to come out, this picture I took from the taxi is of course blurry, but thank you (^_-) (picture) — 1:23 AM Aug 26th

Towa’s blog 2010/08/25

Osaka!

The reunited Λucifer’s first show in Osaka is over!
Thanks to all of you who came!
Best regards to tomorrow’s Nagoya, too!
The picture is me having a cold one in the dressing room after the show!

Commented by 微熱 at 2010-08-25 22:50
Good work at the live!!
It was a hot show!!
I had a seriously great time☆
I was honestly touched to be able to hear Λucifer’s songs again!!
Please do your best with this kind of energy tomorrow in Nagoya, too.
Commented by ＣのPARCO at 2010-08-25 23:37
Congratulations on the opening day being a huge success. Good work!
It was honestly fun☆ミ
I’m also looking forward to Nagoya tomorrow!
Commented by ヒロミママ at 2010-08-26 00:10
Good work at Λucifer’s Osaka live. You couldn’t see from the performance at all that it had been 7 years since the last time. The five of Λucifer really are the best. This time I’m only able to go to the Osaka live but I’m hoping for tomorrow’s live to be a huge success. Thank you very much for the seriously good time.
Commented by しぃ at 2010-08-26 00:43
Good work!
The live was the best!
Although I couldn’t really get the best spot, seeing Towa again, you were cool like I thought (≧▽≦)b
The next time you have a live in Osaka I want to again ヽ(´▽`)ﾉ
Commented by つる at 2010-08-26 01:02
Good work at the Osaka live.
For today’s sake I worked 16 days straight without a day off, and with that payroll travelled alone from Kagoshima.
As I thought, Λucifer is the best.
Since it was 7 years since the last live, I’m sure you must’ve had some uneasiness about it, but the body sure does catch up to old things quickly, right?
Thank you for a day filled with happiness.
Please do your best tomorrow, too.
Commented by 静香 at 2010-08-26 01:53
Thank you very much for the fun time. I really really love Λucifer.
Next, I’m going to attend the Akasaka show.
I managed to get Towa’s pick. I’m going to take care of it as a heirloom (≧ω≦) (lol)
Thank you very much.
Commented by 黄鶴楼 at 2010-08-26 02:05
Good work! It was a fun live!

As a bonus, here’s a live report by 濱中＠刺身以下 on mixi

The MC’s we’re generally relaxed and topics included Makoto jokingly asking “Should I let you see that lowered eyebrows look I used to always do in the old days?” and showing off that cold glare again, doing a Koriki impression, and exposing Yuki for using a facial massager in the dressing room (lol)

From beginning to end, the members were really laid-back or should I say kind of touchy-feely, and seemed to be enjoying theirselves.

However, during the MC when Makoto got on the topic of how it’d been many years since Aucifer’s break-up, and yet the fans were still waiting for them, he suddenly stopped mid-sentence and looked like he was holding back the tears.

According to him, apparently his “tear glands had become loose lately” (lol)

Makoto got Atsuro and Yuki to do something of a speed-picking guitar battle on a whim (lol)

Makoto accidentally called out to Atsuro by the name “Kato” (lol)

Atsuro forgot to join in at the beginning of a song (lol)
→ Makoto covered for him by making the crowd make some noise

Towa and San-chan seemed like good buddies as always, talking while reading each others’ lips during songs.

This is getting long so I’ll stop here (sweatdrop)
Towa is my favorite member and from my location I mostly just paid attention to him so I don’t have much else to report about other happenings. Sorry about that. (sweatdrop)

Personally, if you asked me to compare them to the Λucifer of olden days, I think everyone has really matured a lot in the good sense ´･ω･`)

Aucifer’s first reunion live at CLUB QUATTRO in Osaka happily came to its conclusion some moments ago.

According to mixi, the setlist at Osaka (and probably the other shows, too) looks like the following. This might not be 100% definite as the songs could be a bit out of order.

LEGEND (SE)
Silent Melody
Jealousy
CARNATION CRIME
TSUBASA
JUNK CITY
LUCY
TOKYO Illusion
Kono Te no Naka ni
PLASMAGIC
Orange
LABYRINTH
Poker Face
C no Binetsu
DUMMY
LOVE&PAIN
Egovision
Midnight Crow

1st encore:
Hypersonic Soul
CASTAWAYS

2nd encore:
See You
Datenshi BLUE

(thanks to 濱中＠刺身以下 and 裟夜 on mixi!)

What do you think? Pretty damned awesome, is it not?! Even starting off with perhaps my number one favorite, Silent Melody… geez!

In addition as something that is sure to be excellent news for those who can’t attend, Aucifer will be releasing a live DVD of their September 1st live at Akasaka BLITZ in Tokyo. As the description for it eloquently puts it:

“We’ll be back!” — the promise Makoto made at the Kokusai Forum is finally being fulfilled.”

The DVD is tentatively titled “Λucifer 10th Anniversary LIVE” and is supposed to be around 120 minutes in length. No release date has been set yet.

If that’s not enough to quench your Aucifer thirst, they’re also releasing a photobook! It’s planned to have 56 pages containing interviews with members as well as various pictures of Aucifer before the tour, during rehearsals and in concert, as well as full coverage of their upcoming live in Bangkok, Thailand. Like the DVD, the photobook’s release date is to be announced later.

They’ve set up an online shop where the DVD is priced at ￥6,800, the photobook at ￥3,800 or a set of both at ￥10,000. The DVD has a limited edition jacket that will only be available to those who reserve their copy by 9/30 — reservations from 10/1 onwards will get the regular edition. Unfortunately, as is often the case, those outside of Japan won’t be able to purchase from the store.

Time to message those Japanese friends of yours, or in the worst case scenario use some service in Japan to mail you the goods!

• Y: After this, I’ll be going to Osaka. It’s Λucifer for the first time in 7 years. — 07:39 AM Aug 25th
• Y: Going to get aboard the shinkansen after this. It’s a nostalgic feeling. (*^_^*) (picture at the top of the page) — 09:31
• A: Now departing to the location of our first live, Osaka!!!! I brought my own breakfast to eat inside the shinkansen～☆ (picture) — 09:38 AM
• Y: @Daisuke_Atsuro I’m sitting two seats from you so I could just say this to you in person but… let’s do our best today～ (*^_^*) — 11:52 AM
• A: @YUKI_Snowman_XX We’re communicating like this even though we’re aboard the same train but nevertheless likewise, let’s do our best～☆ — 12:15 PM
• A: The roadie is doing line check on my guitar♪ We’re getting close… (picture) — 1:17 PM
• Y: The performance is any minute now (*^_^*) I’m gonna go and enjoy myself! Fuu～ (o^_^o) — 18:43 PM