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(1994 – 2006)
LAREINE was a visual rock band from Japan founded in 1994 by KAMIJO and MAYU. They were known for expressing a romantic French-inspired concept with both their music and visual style, or what they termed, “the incarnation of fluttering flowers in the modern era.”
In 1994, KAMIJO, then a roadie to the popular visual rock band MALICE MIZER, formed the band LALIENE with friend and guitarist MAYU. At the time LALIENE recorded demo tapes, the band would undergo numerous member changes, with MAYU quitting the band to eventually return as guitarist. After changing their band name to LAREINE in 1996, the members included KAMIJO (vo), MAYU (gt), AKIRA (gt), EMIRU (ba), and Machi (dr), who along with KAMIJO was a former roadie for MALICE MIZER.
LAREINE released their first live-only distributed CD in 1996 titled 再会の花 (Saikai no Hana) followed by their first album BLUE ROMANCE in 1997.At this time, AKIRA had left the band. In 1998, LAREINE embarked on their first nation-wide one-man tour titled TOUR “Fleur” 1998 ～白鳥と追想～ beginning from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. After a period of extended touring, LAREINE made their major label debut in 1999 on SME Records with the single fiançailles ～フィアンサーユ～. In 2000, LAREINE held a last live at Akasaka Blitz before the band had indefinitely paused activities.
In 1994, KAMIJO, then a roadie to the popular visual rock band MALICE MIZER, formed the band LALIENE with friend and guitarist MAYU. At the time LALIENE recorded demo tapes, the band would undergo numerous member changes, with MAYU quitting the band to eventually return as guitarist. After changing their band name to LAREINE in 1996, the members included KAMIJO (vo), MAYU (gt), AKIRA (gt), EMIRU (ba), and Machi (dr), who along with KAMIJO was a former roadie for MALICE MIZER.
LAREINE released their first live-only distributed CD in 1996 titled 再会の花 (Saikai no Hana) followed by their first album BLUE ROMANCE in 1997.At this time, AKIRA had left the band. In 1998, LAREINE embarked on their first nation-wide one-man tour titled TOUR “Fleur” 1998 ～白鳥と追想～ beginning from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. After a period of extended touring, LAREINE made their major label debut in 1999 on SME Records with the single fiançailles ～フィアンサーユ～. In 2000, LAREINE held a last live at Akasaka Blitz before the band had indefinitely paused activities.
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NEVER CAGE
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Imperial Concerto
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Axl138 wrote:
Mayu was the real mastermind behind Lareine, that's why it's so different from Versailles. [2] that's soooo true... hizaki is a great shredder but, as usual in that kind of musicians, his writing is boring and repetitive... always the "same" chord progressions, "same" scales, "same" sweep picking, "same" styles... mayu was so different and is writing was very diversified
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whiskeysouth wrote:
V yuppp
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misashito wrote:
Mayu was the real mastermind behind Lareine, that's why it's so different from Versailles.
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gaabk3 wrote:
Awesome picture :3
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Le_newtype wrote:
+ than Versailles 1 better
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lareine_x wrote:
I love them and I do find really Lareine is different from Versailles, I prefer Lareine to be honest. Always in my heart xx
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DouglasxDouglas wrote:
better than versailles +1
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setsuna_XXIII wrote:
better than versailles, of course.
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NeroRebirth wrote:
better than versailles
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JakkuFurostu wrote:
巣晴らし！：３
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EasternPrince wrote:
aitreni you are so lucky...
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kurenai10 wrote:
As soon as it starts snowing I find myself going back to Crystal Letos. Who needs "Last Christmas" when you can have that?
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aitreni wrote:
I miss Lareine. Seeing Kamijo and Emiru playing Metamorphose and fiancailles again at the session in September was the best 10 minutes of the year for me.
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darkonyxswe wrote:
Lareine was special [6] No one will ever come across the awesomeness they created... <3 T_T
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flouvonne wrote:
Lareine was special [5]
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EasternPrince wrote:
Lareine was special [4]
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RimaChan wrote:
Lareine was special [3] Miss them so much.
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Wonrei wrote:
Always heard about them, never really tried. But damn, they are now one of my favorite bijuaru kei groups. Emeraude <3333333333333333
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EasternPrince wrote:
“the incarnation of fluttering flowers in the modern era.” ♥
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bloodclox wrote:
the only good thing KAMIJO has done
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hysteriazsama tagged LAREINE with ‘visual kei’. yesterday evening
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Keiyuu88 wrote about LAREINE in CROW-SIS - Close (Lyrics + Credits). last month
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