Dress Up Town and Deshima Sounds aren’t “new” names for the Japanese (anime) music lovers here in The Netherlands. Both have been part of the lineup for TomoCon (and TomoFair) and Abunai! before, but this time it’s not a convention that requires some entertainment…
雪 (Yuki)
She originally started the project in 2009 as a photographer under the name of Arlequin Photography, but developed an interest in journalism and translation ever since. Because of these interests interviews and reviews were added to the project, until it eventually hit the limits as a "photographer" in 2021, and Arlequin Magazine was added to the mix.
雪 (Yuki) is a native Dutch speaker with a graphic design degree, which means she is also the main person behind Arlequin Creations.
After all these years, she's still the one responsible for the interviews and most of the live photography you see here at Arlequin, but the majority of reviews and behind-the-scenes work is also done by her.
The reviews she writes are from the viewing point of an overseas fan, and thus written in English before being translated to Dutch, Spanish and Japanese. In the English versions she also tries to explain the meaning behind certain kanji or song titles to the readers, but what you don't see here is that these explanations are omitted in the Japanese versions in order to appeal to these readers more.
She speaks Dutch and English on a native level, but also understands Japanese and German.
JILUKA will make their US debut at Anime Week Atlanta
JILUKA already hinted a little bit towards a possible overseas performance in our recent interview with them, but at that time they couldn’t reveal us anything more than a suggestive hint.
That hint turned out to be their US debut, in the form of a performance at Anime Weekend Atlanta (AWA), Georgia
Rides In ReVellion announce new single “夜明け最前線” (Yoake Sanzaizen)
Rides In ReVellion have only just finished their 8th anniversary oneman live show “∞-infinity-“ at GORILLA HALL OSAKA, and they’ve already announced both a new single titled “夜明け最前線” (Yoake Saizensen / Yoake Frontline) and a oneman tour titled “DAYBREAK FRONTLINE”.
The new single
FATE GEAR // “European Tour 2023” at Baroeg
These photos are hosted on our photography portfolio, Arlequin Photography.
You can find the link to their page there in this post!
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DEVILOOF announces “Latin America Tour 2024”
DEVILOOF already dropped some hints a while ago through their official Twitter account, but it’s now official! The band will be visiting Mexico, Chile and Brazil between late May and early June of 2024.
At the moment only three dates have been announced, namely:
May 25: Mexico, CDMX
May 31: Chile,
NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST announces new single “Despise”
Back in May we already speculated that NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST might release something new after their announcement of a live show titled “RELEASE PARTY” in clubasia. A name like that doesn’t leave much to the imagination, does it?
And it turns out that we were right! It’s right
DEVILOOF // DAMNED: Is there any hope for the DAMNED?
DEVILOOF announced the release of their new EP “DAMNED” last year already, but this time it wasn’t “just” a new release, “DAMNED” would also mark the major debut for the group through Tokuma Japan Communications.
The original release date was planned for March 1, but ended up being postponed to April
NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST announces “RELEASE PARTY at clubasia”
NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST have announced a new live show titled “RELEASE PARTY” at Shibuya clubasia on July 9 2023.
Not much information has been released so far, but it looks like the band is planning to release a new single* (don’t quote us on this, there is not enough information to fully
JILUKA // “Too much fakers, I show you who is G.O.A.T”
If you’re familiar with the modern ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) scene it’s quite likely that you have seen the name “JILUKA” at least once, or possibly have seen a photo or video from Sena’s YouTube channel. What we’re trying to say is that it’s quite hard to not recognize at least something from this group, be
Versailles announce new single “VOGUE”
Versailles have announced that their new single “VOGUE” will be released on June 21, 2023!
“VOGUE” will be the first release for the group in 11 years, and will be released in three different types:
Limited edition A will contain a CD featuring two songs and their two instrumental
SUI announces “First&Last” mini-album “REMINISCENCE”
Recently we’ve mostly seen SUI work on 縁 (Enishi) while David’s activities were paused, but after the announcement of David’s 6th anniversary live show on June 8 SUI now surprises us all with the announcement of a first and last mini-album named “REMINISCENCE”.
The mini-album will be released on July
ばんどごっこ (Bandgocco) present performance dates for “涙色の雨” (Namidashoku no Ame)
Okay, okay, we already hear you thinking: “this has nothing to do with ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) or J-Rock!”, and yes, that is absolutely correct. But we are interested enough in the project to bring it to your attention despite it not being our usual area of expertise.
ばんどごっこ (Bandogocco) is