Everything Λucifer / Aucifer / Lucifer / リュシフェル

Rayflower, Yuki’s new band, is releasing their first mini album today, it’s called “Flower Language”. The album is released in regular and limited editions (as usual, the regular one has only a CD and the limited one has a bonus DVD). Here’s the tracklist:
1. Runaway Brain
2. Inishie
3. Shinjitsu no Mori no Naka de
4. Social Network Generation
5. Uragiri no Nai Sekai Made
6. Hanataba -From Rose With Love-

The DVD from the limited edtion contains (only…) one video, which is the PV of Uragiri no Nai Sekai Made.

And if you were questioning about what happened to their official website (yeah, it has been down for weeks), actually they are moved into a new website, which in my opinion is cooler than the old one.

Also, just as a reminder that Makoto’s new band, TRICK is also debuting today. Like it was reported before, they are participating in SEIKIMA-II tribute album, which is out today. But the strange thing is, the full line-up of the band is yet to be revealed, with SHUSE, the bassist of Acid Black Cherry is the only other member revealed other than Makoto himself. I think we really got to have the CD first to discover the full line-up.

And for all you fanboys/girls, my friend who lives in Thailand went to J-Channel Office last week to meet Makoto in person!! Yes, he was there to promote their upcoming (and sadly, the last) show. She took a video, which was very short but I think kinda good enough. Here’s a picture signed by him for her:Oh man… if I was her, I’d go and rape him XD

The Thai show is just 10 days away, maybe there are still tickets available, so try your best to be there!!

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･`)

Commented by 微熱 at 2010-08-25 22:50 x

ライヴお疲れ様でした！！
熱いライヴでしたね！！
めちゃめちゃ楽しかったです☆
またΛuciferの曲を聴く事が出来て、本当に感動しました！！
明日の名古屋もこの勢いで頑張って下さい。

Commented at 2010-08-25 22:55 x

ブログの持ち主だけに見える非公開コメントです。

Commented by dagu-hiro at 2010-08-25 23:03 x

ﾗｲﾌﾞお疲れさまでした！明日の名古屋のﾗｲﾌﾞますます楽しみです(^O^)

Commented by ＣのPARCO at 2010-08-25 23:37 x

初日大成功、おめでとうございます、そしてお疲れ様でした！

本当に楽しかったです☆ミ

明日の名古屋も楽しみにしています！

Commented at 2010-08-25 23:54 x

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Commented by ヒロミママ at 2010-08-26 00:10 x

Λucifer大阪ライブお疲れ様でした。7年のブランクを感じさせないパフォーマンス、やっぱりΛuciferの5人は最高ですよ。今回は大阪のみの参加ですが明日以降のライブが大成功になるように祈ってます。本当に楽しい時間をありがとうございました。

Commented at 2010-08-26 00:11 x

ブログの持ち主だけに見える非公開コメントです。

Commented at 2010-08-26 00:33 x

ブログの持ち主だけに見える非公開コメントです。

Commented by しぃ at 2010-08-26 00:43 x

お疲れ様です！

ライブ最高でした！
下手側にいてたんで少し遠かったんですが
久しぶりのＴＯＷＡさんはやっぱりかっこよかったです(≧▽≦)b

今度大阪でライブあったらまた行きたいですヽ(´▽`)ﾉ

Commented by つる at 2010-08-26 01:02 x

大阪ライブお疲れさまでしたこの日のために、休みなしで、１６日間、連勤して、鹿児島から、１人できました∧ｕｃｉｆｅｒのライブやっぱり最高
最後のライブから、７年たってるから不安もあったけど、身体がいろいろ覚えてますね
幸せな1日をありがとうです

明日も、頑張ってください

Commented by 静香 at 2010-08-26 01:53 x

楽しい時間をありがとうございました。本当に本当にﾘｭｼﾌｪﾙ大好きです。
次は赤坂参戦します。

TOWAさんのﾋﾟｯｸGetできました。家宝にします(≧ω≦)笑
ありがとうございました。

• 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

Mayu Shinjo’s blog 2010/08/22

Let the rehearsals begin!

The countdown for Λucifer’s revival has started!!
All the tickets even to the additional show are already sold out.
Their schedule looks like this.

8/25 (Wednesday) Osaka Shinsaibashi CLUB QUATTRO
8/26 (Thursday) Nagoya ELL
8/31 (Tuesday) Akasaka BLITZ
9/1 (Wednesday) Akasaka BLITZ (additional performance)

I’m gonna go see them, too!
Everyone who was lucky enough to get a ticket, let’s meet at the venue!

Λucifer’s members are now in the midst of rehearsals.
The staff from the old days are back, too.
They must be having a good time working together.
The concert staff, who in those days often helped me out a lot when I was running around at Λucifer’s shows, mailed me about the state of the rehearsals.
Little by little the feeling of “Ah, so they really will reunite～” started to come about.

Some of the members are on twitter, so definitely follow them and read about their thoughts and latest happenings at the rehearsals!

YUKI http://twitter.com/YUKI_Snowman_XX
ATSURO http://twitter.com/Daisuke_Atsuro

Towa’s blog 2010/08/22

The finale

Pretty soon it’s the big finale…
The big finale…

Commented by dagu-hiro at 2010-08-22 23:57
Do your best～ Looking forward to the live p(^^)q
Commented by さに～ at 2010-08-23 00:07
The finale eh☆
There’s also a birthday party tomorrow right? (lol)
Commented by 微熱 at 2010-08-23 00:49
It’s really the finale!!
Starting to get excited now (lol)
Please do your best☆ to make it a hot live!!
Commented by みなみ at 2010-08-23 17:50
Oh!!
A b-b-black bass… （＞＜）
Ah man… I already know I’m gonna cry for sure…

Santa’s blog 2010/08/23

The end

The Λucifer rehearsals are over～

As we’re finally nearing the Osaka show that’s the day after tomorrow, the truck loaded with our equipment has begun its journey～! (^w^)
Have a safe trip～!

And so,
The 10th anniversary festival is finally upon us!
Yeah,
I wonder what kind of drama awaits us!
I wonder if I have enough physical strength to whip out those songs at the tension appropriate for a live audience! (lol)

Looking forward to the day after tomorrow (^O^)

Commented by さっちん at 2010-08-24 08:45
Finally eh (^.^)
Looking forward to the opening show at Osaka～
Λucifer’s songs… as well as meeting the members
Commented by hitomi at 2010-08-24 22:34
Santa, good evening☆ Good work.
At long last eh～♪ I’ll be traveling a long way to chase you to Osaka and Nagoya (*’ ‘*)

Towa’s blog 2010/08/23

Now then

Λucifer’s rehearsals for the reunion are over!
The real deal is up next!
First up is Osaka the day after tomorrow!

Commented by のぶｬﾝ at 2010-08-23 22:52
Good work at the rehearsals☆★
I read earlier on Santa’s blog that the equipment is already on its way to Osaka★
I’m going to the Nagoya show so I’ll be cheering you on from home during the Osaka show(^0^)/
I’m really looking forward to finding out what songs you’ll play☆
Do your best tomorrow at Osaka while also preserving your energy o(^-^)o
Commented by ゆみ at 2010-08-23 22:53
It’s my first comment☆
Good work at the rehearsals～(U∀U)
They really went by in a flash eh!
Looking forward to seeing your stage again after 10 years♪
Please do your best (^-^)v
Commented by Yu-ki★ at 2010-08-23 22:53
Good work at the last rehearsal m(__)m
When you get back, please give your body at least a bit of rest.
Commented by ヒロミママ at 2010-08-23 23:31
Good work at the rehearsals. At long last, I’m excitedly looking forward to the first Λucifer show since 7 years. Me, my daughter and my son are all three going to the Osaka show.
Commented by あつこ at 2010-08-23 23:48
Good work at the rehearsals!
At last the tour is starting (≧▼≦)
First up, Osaka! Looking forward to it!
Commented by 梅里和泉 at 2010-08-24 19:27
Good work at the rehearsals.
Really looking forward to tomorrow’s live at Osaka.
It seems I won’t be able to get any sleep today since I’m so excited (lol)
Commented by モッチ at 2010-08-24 23:10
I’m going to see the live. Looking forward to meeting you all tomorrow

Atsuro’s blog 2010/08/24

Λucifer 10th Anniversary Live Tour

The tour limited to just a couple of shows is finally starting tomorrow!!!!!

I’m nervous as this time it’s different from the usual when I’m just a supporting guitarist.
This time it’ll be from the standpoint of an artist.

“Let’s give it our all～!” (as Makoto used to always say)

We’ve rehearsed a lot and done a lot in preparation for the live, so everyone please enjoy yourselves! I’m gonna have a lot of fun, too.
The concept is that of a huge class reunion.

10 years since the debut, 7 years since the break-up, we get to do this even though it’s a band with only around 3 and a half years of activity. It makes you realize music really is a wonderful thing. I really think it’s great.

It was my birthday yesterday.
Thank you all for the messages!!!!!
I was going through them on twitter☆ (that I’m strangely enough still using～)

10 years ago yesterday was Λucifer’s first time at Budokan.
10 years ago I would’ve never thought I’d be rehearsing with the same members today…
Music really is a wonderful thing eh. (My second time saying that…)
And about the possibility of there being more than just these couple of lives…
though I don’t like needlessly dwelling on future plans…
Will the next one be 5 years from now… or 10 years from now… or will there be no more after this…
First let’s just concentrate on this live!

The edition of Happy Music I recorded a while ago airs this week on 8/27 (Friday) at around 1:43 AM.
Definitely check it out.

Selection of Atsuro’s tweets 2010/08/22-24

• Thanks for the happy birthday messages!! From now on, too, I’ll be earnestly aiming to deliver good music as a musician. Fifth day of Big Macs ＼(^o^)／ — 12:51 PM Aug 23rd
• A cake surprise at the studio!! I’m thankful (>_<) ’twas delicious～☆ (picture) — 5:03 PM Aug 23rd
• Ah that’s right… 10 years ago today was Λucifer’s first time at Budokan. Time flies… — 5:17 PM Aug 23rd
• The last rehearsal ended now. Looks like it’ll be a good live♪ First up, everyone at Osaka and Nagoya, wait for us～☆ — 9:34 PM Aug 23rd
• 6th day of Big Macs!! I guess I won’t have enough free time tomorrow to eat one… (Note: playing shows never stopped Λucifer from having burgers in the anime! 😉 ) — 12:32 PM Aug 24th
• I have some work that really needs to get done but to escape from reality a little, I’m playing squash now. That aside, it’s hot today too (>_<) On a day like this, delicious curry would be… — 3:59 PM Aug 24th
• Having curry now!!!! Half & half ♪( ´▽｀) (picture) — 7:20 PM Aug 24th
• On break from work now and — in a rare turn of events — updating my homepage. — 10:49 PM Aug 24th

Selection of Yuki’s tweets 2010/08/22-24

• Last day of rehearsals. If I don’t get everything sorted in my head… — 1:21 PM Aug 23rd
• We played through everything twice at the Λucifer rehearsal. Since it’s been 7 years, I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of an ensemble it’ll turn out to be. If possible, I’d like to play with this kind of feeling at the live. Having experienced a lot and met a lot of people during these 7 years, I want to express those feelings of gratitude! — 1:10 AM Aug 24th

Kaikan Phrase creator Mayu Shinjo and Atsuro/Yuki exchanged greetings on twitter.

• Mayu: @Daisuke_Atsuro Akkun!! So you started up twitter! When the fans told me about it, I thought “I’ll have to follow him!!” (>_<) Looking forward to the comeback live～ Let’s meet up some time! — 7:58 PM Aug 15th
• Atsuro: @shinjomayu Long time no see!! I started up 4 days ago～☆ Right now we’re all doing our best every day at the Λucifer rehearsals. Fun times♪ Looking forward to meeting you again～　(^-^) — 8:47 PM Aug 15th
• Mayu: @YUKI_Snowman_XX Long time no see, prince! The rehearsals have started haven’t they～～ Seriously looking forward to it!! At last it’ll be the 25th and the start of the tour soon～ I, too, am going to the Tokyo show! Say hi to the others for me～ — 12:24 AM Aug 23nd
• Yuki: @shinjomayu Well if it isn’t Shinjo～ (*^_^*) Long time no see. Λucifer are rehearsing with plans of doing all kinds of songs. We’ll meet at Akasaka! — 1:14 AM Aug 23nd

Selection of Atsuro‘s tweets.

• Today too at Sukiya before rehearsals. Not in the mood for something hard to eat so it’s my usual of soup and egg. As typical of me, I’ve gotten addicted to Sukiya. I’m often addicted to Yoshinoya, too, but not Matsuya at all. I wonder why… — 12:57 PM Aug 16th
• At Λucifer rehearsal now. First we ran through some troublesome passages with just us instrumentalists (^-^) (picture) — 7:12 PM Aug 16th
• At today’s rehearsal, I finally felt like I’ve got the songs down to a T♪ — 11:03 PM Aug 16th
• We played through the whole setlist twice in a row at full force so I’m completely exhausted… gonna sleep now. — 10:41 PM Aug 17th
• Good morning!! I was super tired so I slept for 11 hours… but I didn’t sleep very well as it was so hot that I woke up several times (>_<) — 11:08 AM Aug 18th
• Riding on the train after a while. The couple of minutes of wait when switching trains is making me sweat like a pig (>_<) It’s piping hot♪～ (Note: he says “atsuatsu anettai♪～” which are lyrics from the Shokotan song “Sekidou Komachi DOKI”) — 12:51 PM Aug 18th
• At a meeting now. I love soba (>_<) (picture) — 3:25 PM Aug 18th
• At another meeting now. Drank too much water… (picture) — 7:32 PM Aug 18th
• After that, having yakiniku now. First time in a while to be having meat this delicious ＼(^o^)／ (picture) — 8:23 PM Aug 18th
• And after that, had sushi at a different place and am taking the last train home now. Since the last tweet I also got clothes from the Shibuya Lumine!! Forgot about the raffle though… — 12:10 AM Aug 19th
• The Big Mac, my absolute favorite food, became ￥200! Awesome! It’s delicious☆ I’m gonna eat it every day for the duration of the discount campaign ♪( ´▽｀) — 1:18 PM Aug 19th
• Squash now. (picture) — 4:20 PM Aug 19th
• Had a Big Mac today, too♪ I’ll have to go to the gym in my free time today as well!! — 11:08 AM Aug 20th
• Daily consecutive Big Mac documentation update!! Today was the 3rd day～☆ — 12:12 PM Aug 21st
• Felt like having sushi after work. Also having Premium Malt’s now. Easily made it to my second glass (^^;; (picture) — 5:38 PM Aug 21st
• Met Minori just now. The anime goddess who is occasionally in the neighboring studio!! — 3:26 PM Aug 22nd
• Fourth day of Big Macs!! — 6:49 PM Aug 22nd
• Had a great rehearsal. I’ll probably have a Big Mac, too♪ Hope they prolong the campaign period～☆ — 11:11 PM Aug 22nd
• I’m the only one using ear monitors and thus I’m able to hear clearly what the other members are playing. Everyone’s sounding really good!! They’re all respectively continuing to do their best… At the rehearsal I came to think — even if I say so myself —  “this really is a great band” ☆ — 11:41 PM Aug 22nd
• (Mayu Shinjo re-tweeted the preceding tweet and added:) Λucifer’s comeback is very soon!! — 11:43 PM Aug 22nd

Yuki also got himself a twitter. A selection of his first tweets.

• (first tweet) @shuse0317 YUKI here. I started up twitter. Please treat me well. The last chord of Nemuri Hime (awesome Acid Black Cherry song) is B-major 7 9 13. I have a live with DUSTAR-3 today. I’ll do my best. — 12:53 PM Aug 20th
• I started a twitter account. I still don’t know at all how to use it or what to write. It’s my first tweet. Right now, me and HIMAWARI (DUSTAR-3 drummer) are going to Meguro～. — 1:53 PM Aug 20th
• DUSTAR-3’s live ended. This morning I felt like starting a twitter account on a whim and called SHUSE (Acid Black Cherry bassist) who carefully instructed me on how to get started. As I returned home from the live I noticed I’d gotten a lot of followers. Thank you. I still don’t really know how to use it so I’ll try to slowly get used to it. — 12:12 AM Aug 21st
• Morning～ (*^_^*) I woke up. But I’m thinking about going back to sleep (-_-)zzz — 8:30 AM Aug 21st
• Refreshed after taking a shower!!! — 8:01 PM Aug 21st
• Today’s Λucifer’s rehearsal. There’ll be lots of staff from the old days (*^_^*) — 12:44 PM Aug 22nd
• Having an evening drink with atarime. Slightly drunk, baby! — 1:58 AM Aug 23rd

OK, the tour is just 4 days away, and here are some pictures of the rehearsal:

A new section about tour goods is also added, so you can do some fanboy/girling with even higher spirit with the official tour t-shirts, key chains, caps and lots of other stuffs. You can get those things here. Would you mind to buy me some of em? 8)

The Minori Chihara SUMMER CAMP 2 rehearsals are nearing their end!

This week at last, the 7th and 8th are drawing near～.
It’s the first time I’m visiting the Kawaguchiko Stellar Theater～.
Seems like you can see Mt. Fuji from there☆
I’m worried about the weather. Especially since it’s so close to the mountain…
We can play through all the songs perfectly now!
That’s a bit of a relief…

I think I’ll thoroughly enjoy this two-day festival♪

A story from a while back when we went to Okinawa to film a PV.
As we were searching for a Seven Bank which is where I always withdraw money, we found that there are no 7-Elevens in Okinawa!
Did you know that?
There were just loads of Lawsons and Famimas.
Be careful about that, everyone!

You can view Minori Chihara’s PV for “Freedom Dreamer” on YouTube, so definitely check it out.
I’m the second guy. (Note: that’s real helpful, Atsuro!)
It placed 9th on the Oricon chart. Congratulations～!
That’s pretty awesome as it it didn’t even have a tie-in with anything☆
I was let to take part in the guitar recordings, too, so be sure to listen to the CD as well!

With that, I’m off to rehearsal today, too♪

Here’s said PV featuring Atsuro. He’s the second guy. *chuckle* I assume he’ll also play in any and all TV performances of the song. For now, you can see him in the Music Japan 2010/08/01 episode.

While we’re on the subject of second guys, Yuki can be seen in the PV for Acid Black Cherry‘s upcoming single Re:birth. Here’s the CM:

By the way, there’s reason to believe that Yuki’s other band Rayflower is coming out with their yet-unnamed debut album on September 15th. All their stuff I’ve heard sounds pretty rockin’ so I personally can’t wait! Rayflower just came out with their second single two days ago and while there’s no PV to be found on YouTube yet, there are audio samples of both tracks on the single. The ever-present delicious boys’ love imagery they’re stuck on top of ought to come as a welcome bonus.

PS. Less than 20 days until the first reunion concert!

Arena SPECIAL on sale

So the Arena SPECIAL is now in stores～
I procured myself a copy. (lol)
We’re on the back cover, but there’s a lot of us on the inside, too.

As we’re moving closer to the limited time revival and getting pumped up for the reunion, I’m feeling really thankful. I’m seriously very grateful to the people in the editorial department.

Though I’m anxious to hear the fans’ thoughts on it, I’m very satisfied with how it turned out.
To Tanaka who took such great pictures of us～ much thanks! (lol)

On an unrelated note, a while ago Yuki opened a blog, too. You can find it here.

And with that, this blog is going on a little bit of a summer holiday — unless GN-0015 feels like posting something. *eyes GN-0015* I’ll be back in late July with the newest news, translations and, with any luck, reviews. Until then, take care!