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Abingdon Boys School (A.B.S.) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2005. The members are Nishikawa Takanori (T.M.Revolution) on vocals, SUNAO on guitar, Shibasaki Hiroshi on electric guitar and Kishi Toshiyuki on keyboards. SUNAO and Shibasaki are also involved in T.M.Revolution’s backup band. Toshiyuki had arranged several songs on T.M.Revolution’s 2006 album “UNDER:COVER”.

Nishikawa is well recognized among the Japanese media as a singer and producer.

SUNAO has played live with the bands of the following artists:
- KinKi Kids
- V6
- Suzuki Ami
- BUCK-TICK
- TRF

Toshiyuki Kishi is a recognized programmer and keyboardist. He has worked with YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra), one of the most popular electronic groups in Japan, and Gospellers. He has also written themes for TV Tokyo shows.

Shibasaki Hiroshi made his major debut in 1991 as the guitarist of the popular band WANDS.

The band debuted on December 6, 2006, with their first official single “INNOCENT SORROW”, the opening theme to the anime D.Gray-man. It placed #4 on the Oricon charts.

Before the release of INNOCENT SORROW they recorded two other songs: “stay away” and “dress” (a cover of a song by BUCK-TICK), which were featured on the tribute albums “LOVE FOR NANA ~Only 1 Tribute~” (for the movie adaption of the manga “NANA”) and “PARADE ~RESPECTIVE TRACKS OF BUCK-TICK~” (an album with covers of songs by the popular J-rock band BUCK-TICK).
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  • mc08 wrote:
    Thursday evening
    Kishi's instrumentals are amazing [2] THIS THIS THIS!! is the reason why “ReBirth + ReVerse” is my favourite track from the last album, and why I prefer the a.b.s. songs he composed over that of Shibasaki’s. <3

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  • TFKann wrote:
    Thursday afternoon
    I've forgotten the release date xD 2009/10/23 at his web. I think he'll release it at iTunes too, since JUNK FUNK PUNK and Two Tribes albums were released there too.

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  • TFKann wrote:
    Thursday afternoon
    *the design! sorry, my english is so bad

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  • TFKann wrote:
    Thursday afternoon
    Yes, he says it was used as background music at abs live. If anyone is interested (I'm! xD): He says the album is technopop (12 tracks) and he has made the whole album except the mastering (he has made de design too!). It's a compilation of his work of the last 7 years. Btw, I want that eco bag! *O*

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  • kyoczek wrote:
    Thursday afternoon
    btw. Anyone know when Toshiyuki's solo album "TKO" will be released? here: http://www.ttribes.net/ttribes/tko/cgibin/notes.cgi is only info i found about this. Description says that tracks from it are used in ABS Europe Tour or am I wrong?

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  • TFKann wrote:
    Thursday morning
    Awww, no epic 7 minute instrumental… I must be the only person who feels that way. [2] You're not the only one ;) Kishi's instrumentals are amazing (JUNK FUNK PUNK, Two Tribes *O*) Anyway I'm happy with the two short tracks.

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  • kyoczek wrote:
    Thursday morning
    DVD from limited edition should be like this: 1. STRENGTH. 2. Freedom 3. HOWLING 4. LOST REASON-feat.MICRO 5. INNOCENT SORROW 6. -SOUEN- -feat.TAKUYA∞ 7. Fre@K ＄HoW 8. Valkyrie 9. JAP 10. Kimi no uta 11. From Dusk Till Dawn 12. Atena. It's a setlist from Inazuma performance. I hope that they wouldn't cut anything...

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  • mc08 wrote:
    Wednesday evening
    Ummm, actually, “Gold Eclipse” and “nocturne” *are* the instrumental tracks. Much shorter than “ReBirth + ReVerse” combined, but I’m hoping they’ll be just as great (on the other hand, the limited edition cover is especially disappointing, though regular one is okay =\). Shame on me for not being one of the 22,923 who bought From Dusk Till Dawn, but #3 is actually a very impressive Oricon weekly rank, for a single that has only one track and no CD + DVD version.

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  • Ryumoau23 wrote:
    last week
    oh, and i'm personally glad there are no instrumentals. I'm not a big fan of them. They just feel like filler, where a good vocal track could have been instead. But thats just my opinion.

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  • Ryumoau23 wrote:
    last week
    From Dusk Till Dawn album version seems like it may be alittle different than the single version. Thats good. Its such a great song that i wouldn't mind hearing more versions of it.

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  • mc08 wrote:
    last week
    And according to this shop, GEO Online, the upcoming a.b.s. DVD is a two disc set – disc 1 being the ‘Europe tour 2009 complete documentary movie’ (完全密着ドキュメントムービー) and disc 2 has *all* of their PVs from INNOCENT SORROW to From Dusk Till Dawn & making-of video clip. (CD Japan has it as 1 disc, but the description on their Japanese page really does say 2 DVDs as well: “[…] 全て収録したDVD2枚組。”)

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  • mc08 wrote:
    last week
    Rakuten has listed track lengths, in case anyone is curious: 1. STRENGTH. (4:33) 2. PINEAPPLE ARMY (4:38) 3. Stay 仮 (5:58) 4. JAP (3:55) 5. 蒼焔 -SOUEN- feat. BASI, サッコン, FUNKYMIC from 韻シスト(3:38) 6. 潮騒 (4:20) 7. From Dusk Till Dawn -INCH UP- (5:16 !!!) 8. Siren (4:44) 9. BLADE CHORD (4:32) 10. キミノウタ (4:07) 11. Sweetest Coma Again (5:30) 12. Gold Eclipse (1:53) 13. Valkyrie -Lioleia Mix- (4:38) 14. nocturne (1:55). Awww, no epic 7 minute instrumental… I must be the only person who feels that way.

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  • Ryumoau23 wrote:
    last week
    oh, so his name is Takanori...I can't believe i always forget his real name. >_<

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  • Kuu-chan wrote:
    8 days ago
    a collaboration with Takanori and Hyde... that would surely be awesome <3

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  • Ryumoau23 wrote:
    9 days ago
    I wish TM Revolution/A.B.S' lead singer would join with HYDE (lead singer of Larcenciel) to make a song. Those two are my favorite Jrock stars and i'm disappointed they haven't made a song together before. HYDE has already proved he is good with collaborations when he made that song with Gackt.

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  • teh_kimi wrote:
    10 days ago
    ↓ sometime in 2010. that's all we know. And From Dusk Till Dawn has been #3 on Oricon Daily since it came out...but the sales numbers are saddening (much like everyone else's). Oh well, they'll be somewhere in the top 10 (if not the top 5) for the week...but we all know they didn't stand a chance against the OG Masha anyway.

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  • Ryumoau23 wrote:
    11 days ago
    Anyone know when TM Revolution will release 'Naked Arms' single?

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  • Blue_Spring wrote:
    11 days ago
    I have no idea who Funkymic is but I'd rather have Takuya on the album, wasn't he involved with the song Pineapple Army too?

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  • mc08 wrote:
    11 days ago
    @kyoczek: Indeed a.b.s. did make an announcement about a tour photobook awhile back in their blog. http://blog.abs-web.jp/?ID=196

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  • mc08 wrote:
    11 days ago
    Huh, I thought Souen was going to feature TAKUYA∞… or maybe I’m just confusing it with the Inazuma live version… And 14 tracks this time?! Could have sworn they were planning to go with 12, just like with the last album. If the Valkyrie remix is definitely included for sure, I’ll be happy, because I still haven’t found any high quality rips of it.

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