LOVELY HYDE

Vocals

Current Personal Profile Name: hyde ( pronounced as haido) Real name: Hideto Takarai (we're not supposed to know but we just do..haha) Nickname: Doi hachirou (by tetchan), also called " hide " when they first started Laruku. Height: ~157 Birthday: Jan 29th 1968 (we're not suppose to know either, but well fans just have their ways) Place of Birth: Wakayama, Osaka ( Kansai ) Family : Mother, father ( only child ) Martial Status: married with me! (haha joking...) wife = oishi megxxx..-_-" Place he's living in right now : what i heard is ... the whole 20th Fl in some apartment in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. I guess he moves around though, or he's got a lot of investments..I dunno. He's bought a nice house in Wakayama for his parents. Hobby: Collect blue glass products, video games (Biohazard), sketching, writing poems, cooking, scary novels, Rajicon (Radio control cars), Yoyo Favorite Artist/Band: Marilyn Manson, Billy Joel, Radiohead, BAKI(gas tank), Cranberries,David Sylvian & more, but the thing is, he doesn't listen to a lot of music...weird Favorite Food: Curry rice Favorite Anime/manga: Nekojiru, Monster Work experience: Mister Donut, Drum teacher. ex Jersalem Rods. Illnesses: poor haido sama is color blind! that's why he couldn't persue his career as an artist. Favorite fashion: he likes JPG a lot, but actally he wears a lot of vintage stuff. His recent styles are quite similar to ken's due to the fact that they have the same stylist..so she probably really likes to wrap them up in vintage leather items ... and hyde just loves wearing furry jackets ^^ and he occasionally just wears a few really cute items :P Favorite girl type : Bijin.(beautiful lady)

TETSU

Bass

Current Personal Profile Name: tetsu Nickname: tet-chan ( kawaii ~~) Real name: Ogawa Tetsuya Position: Bass ( also leader of Laruku) Bday: 10/3/69 Height: ..he look pretty tall with platforms..but actually he's kinda short....like..~167? From: Osaka Family: dad, mom and 2 younger sisters Marital Status: going out with Kaori Mochida from ELT ( such a good match!! Go go go Tet-chan!) Hobby: Cars,plastic models, Anime (Gundam, Evangelion...he likes Asuka from EVA), shopping shopping and shopping! Fave color: Pink ? I always see him wear pink clothes! But he say he like most colors.... Fave food: Japanese food..melon? Fave clothes: shorts, with super cute buffalo platform shoes, brand name clothes... Dream (when he was a kid): Become F1-Racer, open a hobby store Favorite Actress: Sophie Marceau

KEN KITAMURA

Guitar

Current Personal Profile Name: Ken Nickname: Kenchan Real name: Kitamura Ken Position: guitar ( and composer ) Bday: Nov 28 1968 Height:178 ~ tallest in Laruku From: Osaka Marital Status: People said he's married with an elevator girl~ but some say they already divorced *_* Hobby: Shopping, driving... Fave color: Silver, Black Fave Animal: Dolphin and Cat~ Ken has a grey cat called Elizabeth Slick. Fave food: Japanese food ( Ramen, Sushi), hamburger Fave alcohol: Jack Daniels Fave cigarette: Marlboro Light Menthol Fave clothes: Jun, Y's for men, Domon ,Crazy Under Wear, 5351 Dream (when he was a kid): Detective or Hard Rock Guitarist ( Well so it means your dream came true ken-chan?)

YUKIHIRO

Drums
	Current Personal Profile Name: Yukihiro Nickname: Yukkie Real name: Awaji Yukihiro Position: Drums ( also remixing ) Bday: 11/24/68 Height: 165 cm From: Osaka Hobby: video games, remixing, Evangelion...(Ayanami Rei) Fave cigarette: seven stars Fave color: Black & red Fave food: Chocolate and..um..more of a drink.. Coke ( but he always has toothache...), Japanese food. Fave brand: Hysteric Glamour (he has same stylist as tetchan)

LEGEND~CIEL

L'Arc~en~Ciel History Summary - Road to Glory

1991 Febuary, Osaka, Tetsu formed L'Arc~en~Ciel with hyde on vocal, hiro on guitar,tetsu on bass, and pero on drums. The name L'Arc~en~Ciel was chosen by leader Tetsu, and this name means "an ark in the sky " in french, which literally means rainbow. This was a name of a french movie that tetsu watched, and he thought that the name sounds nice ( and yeah no other paticular reason ) he chose it for their band name. Of course he wouldn't have known how much this name actaully can reflect their band right now, and probably become one of the most significant words in the late 90s of Japanese rock history...

In that year's May 30th, they had their first LIVE in Nanba Rockets, they became very popular inside the indies circle and from that point on they've started a lot of activities around Osaka. They had many mor elives in Nanba Rockets.. and also other live houses for that time.

In 1992, guitarist Hiro left the band and tetsu called his childhood friend Ken right away, since they desperately needed a guitarist for a LIVE that's upcoming. At that time Ken's still in University in Nagoya studying architecture, and under Tetsu's pushing and persuading..Ken decided in 3 days that he'll stop his studies and return to Osaka to join L'Arc~en~Ciel. Of course Ken's parents are extremely pissed about this... (haha thanks to tetchan!) and i heard that ken still haven't talked to his parents SINCE THEN !(@_@)

After that they continued their activity, and in October 1st they recorded "Voice" for the Omnibus CD "Gimmick" And 1 month later, Nov 25th, they released their 1st single " Flood of Tears" (c/w Yasouka) and it was only a limit of 1000. (it's like impossible to find that single now..since there were only 1000 copies! and it's seen in Japan for 60,000 yen! ( original price 971 yen!!!!))

However, in Dec 30th, drummer Pero left the band after a LIVE performance at Osaka Music Hall. Tetsu then called up Sakura and asked him to be their drummer. However, they didn't even know Sakura, and Sakura was in Tokyo. Tetsu had just seen him in some lives before and thought of calling him up. Sakura doesn't even know L'Arc~en~Ciel either..but he still travelled from Tokyo to Osaka to see who they are. (and there goes the unmei no deai between hyde and sakura i guess? ^^;)

In 1993 Jan 16th, Sakura joined Laruku. That year April, they released their 1st album "DUNE". However some songs were written by Hiro (i'm in pain and no truth), and they couldn't use it in their album so they got in quite a lot of trouble. (I think Claustrophobia was written by hiro? but then they changed it to Shutting From the Sky in DUNE) During the recording of DUNE laruku members had to live in the weekly mansions in Tokyo ^^; ( except Sakura coz he was originally from Tokyo anyways) And the album " DUNE " got #1 in Oricon Indies Chart in May ^_^ Then following they had the tour ' Close to DUNE", " Feel of DUNE" from June to the endof that year. It had been a lot of trouble for them since they live in Osaka, they always have to drive back and forth from Tokyo to Osaka in ther "laruku car". Tetsu was the driver because hyde drives so extremely slow (like an old man) that everyone couldn't stand him. (Although he claim that he drives so slow because it's not his car) and Sakura doesn't know the road very well and he always end up going in big circles (and wasting gas) and Ken's such a reckless driver that although Tetsu always falls asleep, he can't even sleep when Ken's driving coz he'd have to pay attention for him, and ending up not sleeping which made no difference..so he decided to drive.

In Sept 93, all members of Laruku slowly moved to Tokyo to persue their career. But haido didn't really want to move to Tokyo..because he that would mean that he would not be able to meet his friends and parents very often,and Tokyo just seemed like a metropolis with not very friendly people..litte trees..dirty streets to him.

In 1994 Feb, there was a TV Special " L'Arc~en~Ciel Valentine TV Special" called " Nostalgic no Yokan" (haha i have that video but it's a total blur -_-" but it was kinda funny how they did it for valentines...why Laruku right? no idea..) and in Sept, hyde stared in an Axia tape CM. Their success continued till 1997 with release of videos, singles, and tours and with their 1st million seller album "True".

Unfortunately, in 1997, Sakura was arrested for some drug related problem, and he officially left L'Arc~en~Ciel on 1997 Nov 4th. The release of the single "the Fourth Avenue Cafe" was also cancelled. Laruku then stopped their activities for a few months, and they came back in their Reincarnation 97 Live in Tokyo Dome with new drummer Yukihiro (ex DIE IN CRIES), breaking the ticket sales record of Tokyo Dome with a sold out in 4 min. They then released the album " Heart" and continued to release big hit singles like Winterfall, Dive to Blue, and they made it to the Kohaku of 1998 for their first time with their million seller single HONEY. In July 1st 99 they released 2 albums at once "Ark" and "Ray" and sold a 5 hundred million. They then had their national Grand Cross Tour 99 with over 650,000 fans. They then continue to spread their music to other parts of the world, and had a promotion trip to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand in Sept 99. They crossed the year 2000 with 55,000 fans in Tokyo Big Sight in Reset Live and also making their 2nd apperance in Kohaku, also releasing their 1st single in the new millenium NEO UNIVERSE/finale on Jan 19th 00. In the summer of 00, they released their album REAL, which again proved their talents as muscians. After REAL and REALIVE, they released their first best album Best Clicked Singles 13 with 13 songs all voted by fans across asia online. Their promotion even went over asia into the US and started a whole L'Arc America campaign. On top of that, their new single "spirit dreams inside" was used as an ending theme song for the movie Final Fantasy (spirits within) all across the world. Since then, each member began to indulge in their own solo work, and had not been releasing anything as a band for more than a year. But ... after so many years, of ups and downs, L'Arc~en~Ciel is now one of the top bands in the Jrock scene, and their legend is to be continued with their colors shining above us...always. People always ask me, are they gonna disband? Well, even if they do, I think they will always shine above me. What I like them for is their music and everything that has made up L'Arc~en~Ciel, and these things will not go away even if they disband. I can still always listen to their music and remember them, therefore, I'm not even concerned of their disband at all, VIVA LARUKU!

NEW ALBUM "KISS"

Review Album L'arc en Ciel - KISS
L’arc en ciel atau disebut juga dengan Raruku an shieru dalam lafal Jepangnya, adalah sebuah band yg didirikan Tetsu (bas) pada bulan Februari 1991. Nama ini berasal dari sebuah kata dalam bahasa Perancis yang berarti “lengkungan dilangit” atau lebih kita kenal dengan “pelangi”. Nama ini diambil dalam sebuah film Perancis yang pernah ditonton oleh Tetsu. Grup music yang beraliran J-Rock (rock ala jepang) ini saat ini terdiri dari Tetsuya Ogawa (bas), Hideto Takarai atau Hyde (vokal), Ken Kitamura (gitar), dan Yukihiro Awaji (drum).

11 album sudah dikemas oleh grup music ini, dari album DUNE, TIERRA, HEAVENLY, sampai dengan TRUE. Sayang sekali, pada tahun 1997 Sakura sang drummer harus digantikan karena masalah overdosis, setelah sebelumnya ia menggantikan posisi Pero, drummer sebelumnya. Tapi musibah ini tidak membuat L’arc En Ciel mundur, digantikannya Pero dengan Yukihiro Awaji menandai perjalanan mereka selanjutnya. Dengan mengeluarkan album HEART, ARK, RAY, REAL, SMILE, AWAKE, hingga album teranyar mereka, KISS.

Album KISS yang dirilis pada tgl 21 November 2007 ini mempunyai design cover yang cukup simple dibandingkan album-album sebelumnya, dengan warna hitam putih yang membuat album ini terlihat lebih menarik. Dengan hits single My Heart Draws A Dream, dengan tempo medium tidak membuat lagu ini mudah secara musikalitas. Dengarkan lengkingan suara falsetto Hyde yang indah pada reffrein. Lalu ada Seventh Heaven yang didaulat sebagai single kedua dari album ini. Lagu ini mempunyai tempo yang sangat cepat dan banyak bunyi-bunyian dari instrument elektronik yang kita bisa dengar dalam lagu ini. Sedikit aneh, dimana Seventh Heaven menjadi satu-satunya lagu berirama disko yang terdapat di album ini. Untuk lagu lainnya seperti Pretty Girl dan Alone En La Vida terdengar cukup setipe walau tak sama dengan lagu lainnya. Tapi jangan sampai terlewatkan sebuah lagu berirama jazz di akhir track. Hurry Xmas, sebuah lagu yang dibuat special untuk menikmati masa suasana Natal yang ceria dengar iriangan musik jazzy penuh keceriaan serta lead gitar penuh harmonisasi khas L’arc en Ciel.

Band yang belakangan ini namanya sempat memudar dan kalah pamor dengan Gazzete, kini nampaknya mulai bangkit lagi. Pencinta musik J-Rock Indonesia dan dunia pasti sudah tidak sabar dengan album ini. So, sebaiknya kalian secepatnya menuju toko kaset terdekat, lalu dengarkan lengkingan Hyde, cabikan bas Tetsu, raungan gitar Ken serta gebukan drum Yukihiro.



Track List
1. Seventh Heaven
2. Pretty Girl
3. My Heart Draws A Dream
4. Sunadokei
5. Spiral
6. Alone En La Vida
7. Daybreak’s Bell
8. Umibe
9. The Black Rose
10. Link – Kiss Mix
11. Yuki no Ashiato
12. Hurry Xmas

L'Arc~en~Ciel

L'Arc~en~Ciel

Laruku, band yg terdiri dari Hyde (vocal),Tetsu (bass), Ken (guitar) dan Yukihiro (drum) ini adalah salah satu band terngetop dijepang, bahkan bukan cuma di jepang, tapi di seluruh dunia,kalo gw liat dari situs2 larc yg nyediain guestbook tuh gw liat ada yg dari mexico,argentina,amerika,brazil,itali dan negara2 besar lainnya,..dan sekarang negri kita tercinta Indonesia udah mulai merebak virus L'Arc kemana2..gak cuma dari kalangan remaja aja, anak2 en org dewasa, ...
Pertanyaanya,..apa sih yg bikin nih band hebat banget?...,kalo alasan gw sih, karna musik mereka mencakup lagu2 yg upbeat,hardrock,sampe yg slow en dibawain dgn vokal yg longreaching en penuh emosi,selalu ada kreasi baru en ,selalu ada nafas2 baru dalam tiap albumnya,lirik2 yg dalam tanpa sentuhan picisan gombal(walaupun gue ndak ngerti bahasanya),..en skill personilnya juga berpengaruh sekitar 50% untuk kemajuan L'Arc,...dan gw mau ngomongin satu per satu personil L'Arc...
Asal nama L'Arc~en~Ciel yang artinya "the arc in the sky" (bahasa perancis) atau rainbow (dalam lafal jepang yaitu laruku)

Hyde
(Hideto Takarai)
Cowok keren kelahiran osaka ini adalah Vocalis dari L'Arc, ..dan gak bisa dipungkiri kalo dia itu handsome dan dia juga Lyric maker buat L'Arc, hampir semua (apa semua yah?..)lagu2 L'Arc yg bikin liriknya ya si Hyde ini,...lirik2-nya emang kadang sulit buat dipahami,..dan terdengar seperti modern poet, tapi kalo dah ngerti maknanya,..wwuuiihh...bisa kena bgt tuh dihati^^.

Hyde punya suara khas yg udah jadi trademark L'Arc yaitu falsetto-nya,...lembut,indah..coba aja denger lagu macem the silver shinning,hitomi no jyuunin,niji,what is love dll...wow..sugoii!!!(maksudnya keren)
Dan jangan lupa, nih cowok tuh stylish bgt,dari gaya gypsi,bishounen,funky,gothic,casual,punk dan berantakan pun cocok2 aja,...why?..because he is Hyde...nothing more to say..and menurut gw, dia adalah ayah terkeren,..yup,..he already married to Megumi Oishii and got a child^^


Hyde dalam berbagai macam gaya

Tapi lucunya meskipun dia sediri yg nulis lirik lagu ,but hyde punya bad habit yaitu suka lupa ama lirik klo diatas panggung,...^^;

Hyde pernah membintangi film berjudul Moon Child bersama dengan Gackt, ..Hyde di situ berperan sebagai si vampire Kei, yah..overall sih tuh film gak bagus2 amat, tapi..style Hyde di tuh film keren abis!!..hehehehe, tapi aktingnya itu looh kaku men..yah, semoga aja di film dia yg terbaru Last Quarter Hyde~sama bisa main lebih baik lagi.
Selama Laruku vakum beberapa waktu lalu,Hyde sempat menelurkan solo albumnya yg berjudul Roentgen dan 666.

Tau ndak sblm jadi vokalis di laruku,..hyde adalh seorang gitaris dari Jersarem's Rod..Pd awalnya dia ndak mo jd vokalis karna dianggepnya kurang kakkoii,tapi lama2 ia betah juga nyanyi..selain jago maen gitar doi juga pandai mainin harmonika & saksofon...











Tetsu
(Tetsuya Ogawa)
Tetsu adalah leader dari laruku, dan dia adalah salah satu bassist terbaik di jepang (at least menurut gw^^),..permainan bass Tetsu udah gak perlu diragukan lagi deh, pokonya kelas berat (kadang berat banget^^). tetsu ini satu2nya personil L'Arc yg anti sama yg namanya rokok^^, tiap temen2 satu bandnya ngerokok, pasti dia menjauh^^.

Petikan bass tetsu merupakan unsur penting juga dalam tiap lagu2 L'Arc karna petikan bass-nya bukan cuma buat ngiringin drum doank, tapi buat nge-fill space kosong dalam tiap lagu laruku dengan melodic2 bassnya yg beautiful itu...

Sebagai leader, tetsu berhasil mempertahankan nama L'Arc di kancah musik jepang selama lebih dari 10 tahun .
penampilan sporty,funky bin trendy udah jadi trademark Tetchan,..mulai kostume super ngejreng di GCT sampe nyantai kaya di Realive, semua tetap keren melekat di tubuh Tetchan^^..

Selama Laruku vakum, tidak mau ketinggalan dari Hyde, dia juga menelurkan album single berjudul Suite november, dan sebagai solo artist dia menggunakan nama Tetsu69. Banyak lagu bagus dari album ini semacam Shinkirou,Tightrope,White out dll.

Tetsu biasanya pake bass keluaran ESP, yah ada juga sih koleksi dia selain ESP, tapi, mainly dia sering bgt pake ESP mulai dari jaman jebot sampe sekarang^^, bahkan ada bass custom made yg disebut Born to rock, Tetsu SE.
Gw paling suka denger permainan bass Tetchan di lagu blurry eyes,kasou,drivers high,honey,...dan...Niji.dan..huaaaa keren semua!!^^
Tetchan is the best deh kalo soal main bass^^






Ken
(Ken Kitamura)
Ken memegang posisi sebagai guitarist di laruku, ...permainan gitarnya gw salutin deh, beda ma gitaris2 laen,..suara gitar ken itu terkesan glamour en kadang juga kedengeran dingin pas dibagian melodi-melodi lagu tertentu atau kalo udah mainin lagu yg enerjik bisa terkesan HOT!!!
Ken ini pemuja style yg disebut "gay style", yah walopun dia itu gak gei sih sebenernya (iyalah, dia kan personil paling hentai di L'Arc^^)..tapi gaya berpakaiannya itu aja yg "gy style", contohnya yah dia itu suka ma warna2 yg rada gemerlap, bukan ngejreng, tapi gemer;ap,..suka ma something silver...en yg paling menjijikan itu kalo gw liat dia pake celana pendek+Boots tinggi+topi koboi en ditambah lagi corak baju yg kinclong...waadduuuhhh...geli gw liatnya^^


Nah ni dia pic mas Ken yg gw comot dari web Reincarnation,..========>

Ken itu juga salah satu laruku member yg doyan ngerokok (selain Hyde^^), selera rokok ken yaitu DJI SAM SUE(ndak ding^^;),yang bener..Marlboro lights menthol

Buat permainan gitarnya,selama lebih dari 10 tahun, Ken udah berhasil membangun lagu2 laruku jadi semakin berfariatif en makin asik didenger.

Selama laruku vakum, Ken juga melakukan project lain, yaitu membentuk sebuah band bernama S.O.A.P (sons of all pussy), di band ini dia berperan sebagai Vocalist+guitarist yang juga didampingi oleh Ein sebagai bassist dan juga Sakura (ex drummer L'Arc).

<===tuh kan liat aja bajunya,...gw paling sebel liat ken pake baju gini ^^, tapi, yah mau diapain, emang udah stylenya sih^^...

Selain pintar maen gitar,doi jg berpran penting dlm menulis sebagian besar lagu laruku tapi cenderung bernuansa dark with experimental sound....





Yukihiro
(Yukihiro Awaji)

Nah, sampe ke Yuki~sensei nih^^. Yuki berperan sebagai Drummer di L'Arc. Kalo gw bilang, permainan drum Yuki itu adalah yg terbaik dari yg pernah gw liat di drummer2 lain, why?..karna evry style dia punya,..mulai dari ngerock, ngebeat, slow, urban, techno...wah pokonya banyak!!!
Yuki itu bisa dibilang anggota paling pinter di laruku, karna itu dia dapet julukan Yuki-sensei(sensei=ahli dlm suatu bidang)^^. Yuki doyan bgt nih sama yg namanya coklat,..gw juga heran,doyan coklat tapi kok bisa begeng yah?...huhuhuhu..

Susunan drum Yuki itu biasanya keliatan kaya istana,..double bass drum, tom-tom berjejer cdymbals2 dan ada 2 cymbal yang menjulang tinggi (gak tinggi2 amat sih,..tar gak nyampe dipukul donk^^)..


Yukihiro ini juga punya drum "Yukihiro SE"nya sendiri lho dari pearl,...
Pertama kali gw dengerin permainan Yuki itu adalah di lagu Honey,..langsu aja "WOW",..decak kagum bergumam diotak gw,.."anjrit!!!drumnya..."..gw langsung nyengir dan kayanya tuh semangat bgt buat ngulang2 lagu Honey. Tapi, begitu gw denger kasou en shinshoku juga,..tambah lagi kekaguman gw ma Yuki-sensei..Apalagi gebukan drum nya di lagu Ready Steady Go....keren abis men...



Yuki itu gak doyan ama yg namanya minuman beralkohol,...dia doyannya coklat ma susu coklat hehehe...tapi ngerokoknya juga gak kalah ma Ken n Hyde,..kuat juga men!!gak tanggung2, walo abis main drum n keringetan juga ngerokok jalan terus...(wah kasian paru2nya tuh..^^)

Yuki juga tak mau kalah oleh teman2 seband-nya, dia juga mengeluarkan solo album miliknya dan diberi judul ring the noise dan Acid android dimana muski2nya terdengar techno dan banyak mengangkat unsur elektronik.Hal itu sangat mungkin mengingat Yuki adalah mantan seorang DJ!!
Dan saat L'Arc kembali merilis album, Yuki sempat lupa bagaimana cara memainkan drum^^, tetapi dengan latihan keras, maka posisi drummer di L'Arc pun kembali terisi dengan style2 Yuki yang AMAZING!!!!!!!!

ffiiuuhhh......akhirnya kelar juga ngomongin laruku, Hubert most favorite band^^...

sampe sekarang koleksi L'Arc gw udah lumayan banyak,^^,...thanx to sumber gw dari animonster and buat kamu yg baca review tentang L'Arc ...arigackto...^^

Sekarang ini gw lagi cari2 album demo laruku jaman purba nih,..yg pasti gak mungkin dijual di pasaran,..hehehehe,

Pokonya .... FOREVER LARUKU!!!!!!!!!!!

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