Sunday, June 26, 2005

Noir Fleurir

Sorry about the font color...
Alright. Band of the Week time. This week's feature: Noir Fleurir
I hope I do this band justice.
Oh and this post isn't that "long" it just has pics.

Logistics:
Noir Fleurir began in 1998 under the name DeFlower (1998 - 1999) with the line-up: Sei (vo), Tomo (gu), Karen (gu), Kengo (ba, vo), and Soushi (dr). Sei left after the recording of their second demo tape. He was replaced by Yasu. In 1999 Yasu and Tomo left. Teru joined DeFlower; DeFlower changed names to Noir Fleurir. They recorded under the label Key Party, home to groups such and Aliene Ma'riage, Speed-id, and Noi'x (as well as others). After Aliene Ma'riage disbanded in 2001, Mast became an official member of Noir Fleirir. In 2001 the group disbanded..
Style:
Noir Fleurir's music and fashion is gothic with a Spanish flair. However, towards the end of their career the visual kei and gothic element of the group was dropped for a more main stream and techno/dance style. One thing to Anote it the bassist Kengo. He is the more... well, 'well-known' member of Noir Fleurir. He's rather cute and his voice is catchy and high pitched. And I really don't want to re-word this, so from J-Rock Saga:
"terribly goth and managing to look so cute at the same time, particularly kengo, cuteness incarnated. i like soshi's style a lot, he looked like a phantasmagoric ghost ship captain turned pierrot. karen had a cool-looking gipsy thing going on. oh and teru's whip is kinda kinky"

Small Bios:

Teru:
Position: Vocal
Birthdate: 4/22
Bloodtype: A
Height: 170cm
Weight: 48kg
and he's featured in the background

Karen:
Position: Guitar
Birthdate: 3/01
Bloodtype: B
Height: 166cm
Weight: 53kg


Kengo:
Position: Bass and Vocal
Birthdate: 3/06
Bloodtype: 0
Height: 167cm
Weight: 48kg


Soshi:
Position: Drums
Birthdate: 12/29
Bloodtype: 0
Height: 170cm
Weight: 45kg


Mast (why not?):
Position: guitar
Birthdate: 11/8
Bloodtype: A
Height: ? small?
Weight: ? small?


DeFlower:



Downloads (these are samples! support the artist if you like them.. don't just d/l all their albums!)
Clockwork Fairy
Omocha no Miisha
Above two courtesy of Saku.
Respectful Obsession *poor quality*
New Romantic *poor quality*

Information/Further Reading: J-Rock Saga, Madness Sensation, Mauonaka no Gensou, Invasion Dream

Images: Maddness Sensation, Mayonaka no Gensou, Kaorusakito's Webshots

Music: Saku*woot! thanks so much!*, and SoulSeek, a p2p network

So last week Yume sama said/promised you'd get to choose the next band of the week, and I forgot about that promise. I'm sorry. So you do get to choose the next BotW that we feature. Please leave a comment about what band you would like us to find information on. Do please choose a 'not so main stream' group though. And from there we can all decide what to do..? I think..
I hope this all was useful, somehow. Thanks for reading it and have a great day.

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