L'Arc-en-Ciel
L'Arc-en-Ciel ("The Rainbow" in French, stylized as L'Arc~en~Ciel) is a Japanese rock band, founded in Osaka in 1991. With a reported 40 million records sold, they were the first Japanese act to headline at Madison Square Garden. In 2003, they were ranked 58 on a list of the top 100 Japanese pop musicians by HMV Japan. While they first got their start as a visual kei band, they have not had any association with the movement since their major label debut in 1994.
History
1991–1996: Early career
In February 1991, bassist tetsuya (then known as TETSU) recruited vocalist hyde (then known as HIDE), guitarist hiro and drummer pero. Together, they formed a band and named themselves L'Arc-en-Ciel. A year later, after gaining popularity in their hometown of Osaka, hiro left the band on June 12, 1992. Tetsuya then convinced his friend ken to quit his university studies and join the band as guitarist. However, pero then left the group on December 30, 1992. The following year, sakura joined as L'Arc-en-Ciel's new drummer.
L'arc-en-ciel (film)
L'arc-en-ciel is a short feature film directed by David Bonneville. It is a co-production by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / David & Golias / RTP2.
The film tells us the story of Quitterie, a 40-year-old European woman, who relives the great love for her deceased 18-year-old Japanese partner by engaging young male strangers into sordid sexual adventures.
Cast
Festival Highlights
External links
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- BUTTERFLY released: 2014
- KISS released: 2014
- SMILE released: 2014
- ray released: 2014
- HEART released: 2014
- True released: 2014
- Tierra released: 2014
- ark released: 2014
- heavenly released: 2014
- AWAKE released: 2014
- DUNE released: 2014
- REAL released: 2014
- World's Best Selection released: 2012
- TWENITY 1997-1999 released: 2011
- TWENITY 1991-1996 released: 2011
- TWENITY 2000-2010 released: 2011
- QUADRINITY 〜MEMBER'S BEST SELECTIONS〜 released: 2010
- 7 released: 2003
- The Best of L'Arc~en~Ciel 1998-2000 released: 2003
- The Best of L'Arc~en~Ciel c/w released: 2003
- The Best of L'Arc~en~Ciel 1994-1998 released: 2003
- Clicked Singles Best 13 released: 2001
- ectomorphed works released: 2000
ectomorphed works
Released 2000- larva (ectomorphed long mix)
- trick (new2 wave of japanese heavy metal mix)
- Kasou (0628 mix)
- fate (everybody knows but god mix)
- Shinshoku -lose control- (ectoborn mix)
- a swell in the sun (system in chaos mix)
- l'heure (quiet afternoon mix)
- cradle (down to the moon mix)
- Shinjitsu to Gensou to (out of the reality mix #2)
- metropolis (android goes to be a deep sleep mix)
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