/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9442922
I love this guy.

Anyone here is following what's going on with the Malice Mizer's 25th anniversary event?
I was checking Mana's twitter and he was exchanging words back and forth with Kozi and Kamijo from Lareine.
I think they're going to do a full Malice Mizer concert this time.

>>9377122
Art Marju Duchain, an obscure but still oddly popular (among fans of dark VK) band, who only released 1 mini album.
They are... okay. Not really special I think, it sounds like average darkwave synth stuff with lots of vocal filters to make it sound like it was recorded inside a tomb. I guess some of their songs are catchy.
Anyway check them out, they're generally liked among Mana/Dada fans and also Mana himself participed once with Art Marju Duchain as a guitarist (there's nothing recorded though, although there are pictures of said event)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAFrBkPt0RQ

There's more I'd recommend but I think these cover the most close to Malice Mizer, either in sound or because of relations. There's nothing quite like Malice Mizer though, like there's not a substitute, they were unique.

And last but not least, Kozi, the other half behind Malice Mizer's songwriting. His solo stuff is gold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hlZlLiuVm8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2agreRP6V0
He's in a bunch of different projects and bands now, like DALLE, ZIZ, XA-VAT (I think this one is disbanded). But his solo stuff was the best. Hope he'll release a third solo album sometime.

>>9152664
>>9152742

I think, after the MM breakup/hiatus announcement, each one went into different directions and probably didn't see each other a lot, I especially get this vibe from Mana and Kozi, not because they hated each other but because they were busy working on their own projects, Mana with Moi dix Mois and Moitie, and Kozi with Eve of Destiny touring around the world and his solo career.
I think Yu-ki simply decided to step back from the beginning and do something else, away from the spotlight. He probably lives the most normal life, but then again he might be a real vampire. He was in contact with both Klaha and Kozi. Yu-ki was featured or at least mentioned in some old Klaga fanclub magazines, and I believe the song "Chocolate" from Nostal Lab was written for Yu-ki.
On the other hand, Yu-ki made a semi-comeback to music in 2004 with Kozi's Memento single, where Yu-ki wrote the lyrics, as it was a song dedicated to Kami.
Kozi also remained in contact with both Gackt and Tetsu.
Mana seems to be the one that isolated himself, but again, it might be because he was immersed in his own world, doing his stuff (Mana was a hell lot more active back in 2002/2003 than he is now), and not necessarily because they couldn't see each other.

Both Mana and Kozi are really into gothic culture, so I think their stage persona isn't too different from their real life self, at least in terms of tastes when it comes to dressing or aesthetics in general.
Tetsu, Gackt and Klaha, all drastically changed their looks when they left MM. Tetsu went 180 and went from being a curly long-haired blonde glamorous goth vocalist to being a ghetto rapper, then he kind of neutered himself when he formed Zigzo and went for a more normal "alternative rock" look.
Gackt can be argued that he remained visual for some time after MM, and I think Gackt really likes theatrics, but at his core, he wanted to be a pop star, away from dramatic goth costumes and makeup. Same with Klaha.