Speaking of Japanese music won't complete without speaking of L'Arc`en`Ciel (or Laruku, shorter name taken from their Japanese pronunciation, Laruku an Cieru), one of the most influential Japanese Band in the world to date. L'Arc`en`Ciel will always have a special place in my heart because they're the first Japanese Band that I listen. I know and subsequently falling in love with Japanese Rock scene, it's all thanks to them!
Their look for their latest single Good Luck My Way
Laruku consist of 4 great musicians. Hyde on vocal, Tetsu on bass, Ken on guitar, and Yukihiro on drum. They have 3 former members, Hiro and Pero (back in their indies day) and Sakura (their former drummer, fired because drug abuse). I won't write their discography or biography here, you can find it on wikipedia (it's quite complete). I just want to write my opinion about them.
I accidentally knew about Laruku in 2005. Well, I ever heard their name before but the first time I listen to their music was when I found "Clicked Single Best 13" album in my university's internet cafe. I copied the album by impulse, i didn't sure why. Maybe just curiosity? And I love it.
At first, I found that Japanese music is quite hard to understand. It's different from any kind of music that I've ever heard before. Fortunately, I'm used to hear a lot of different kind of music (even the weird ones). That's why I was quickly love L'Arc~en~Ciel's music.
What's caught my attention is Tetsu's melodic bass playing. Maybe that's also the reason I fall in love with Japanese rock music, because bass plays a very important role. I really love Tetsu that I put him equal with Flea, bassist of Red Hot Chilli Pepper which also my favorite bassist of all time. He collect a lot of Bass (around 120).
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He's not only talented, but also handsome *o* |
Other reason why I love this band is Hyde's voice. I Really love his voice and he sounds great in live concert too. He write most of Laruku's lyrics and in my personal opinion, his lyrics are touching and beautiful.
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Both his voice and his face is undeniably beautiful |
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Ken-chan! |
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Came to replace Sakura as drummer, at first Sakura's fans didn't like him. But despite this, yukihiro quickly got accepted to L'Arc |
If you new to this band, I recommended you to listen to their popular songs, such as:
- Dive to Blue
- Hitomi no Jyuunin
- New World
- My Heart Draws a Dream
- Lies and Truth
- Daybreak's Bell
- Shine
- Pieces
- Heaven's Drive
- Flower
- Honey
- Heaven's Drive
- Driver's High
- Forbidden lover
- Kasou
- Stay Away
and many more...(they've been around for 20 years so of course they had a lot of songs!).
But for me, they have a lot of unpopular songs that deserve more fame and attention such as:
2. Sell my Soul
3. As if in a Dream
4. Loreley
5. Fate
6. All Dead
And many more.
So, what's your favorite song from them??
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