L'Arc En Ciel / L'Arc~en~Ciel / Laruko / Raruku an Shieru
Formed in 1991, L'Arc~en~Ciel is one of the most popular rock bands from Japan.
The band consists of vocalist hyde, leader / bassist tetsu, guitarist ken, and drummer yukihiro, who replaced drummer Sakura in 1997. All four members are established composers which adds to the variety in their songs. Their music ranges from ballads to hard rock to light pop-rock tunes.
Their first single 'Blurry Eyes' was used as the theme for the anime DNA�. In late 1996, L'Arc~en~Ciel gained worldwide attention for the first time after the release of their fourth album, True. This album includes the single 'the Fourth Avenue Cafe', which was used as an ending theme for the anime Rurouni Kenshin. Sakura (the drummer at the time) was arrested for drug possession and all L'Arc~en~Ciel merchandise was removed from shelves; the '4th avenue cafe' single was not released and the song was removed from the anime.
Sakura left the band, and yukihiro replaced him for the REINCARNATION concerts and served as a support drummer on their first single after the incident, niji. With that, yukihiro officially joined the band and in 1998 they released the album HEART.
After the release of their ninth album, REAL, L'Arc~en~Ciel went on a hiatus, only releasing compilation CDs, aside from their single 'Spirit dreams inside -another dream-.' They each engaged in their own projects - yukihiro with the band acid android, ken (and former L'Arc drummer Sakura) with SONS OF ALL PUSSYS, HYDE with his solo project, and tetsu as TETSU69. On March 31th, 2004, L'Arc~en~Ciel released SMILE, their first new album since 2000.
On July 31st, 2004, L'Arc~en~Ciel performed their first concert in the United States at 'Otakon,' a Japanese and East Asian cultural convention that focuses on anime. They performed for an audience of more than 12,000 in Baltimore, Maryland.
They are best known outside Japan as the band of the Fullmetal Alchemist song, 'READY STEADY GO', which was the anime's second opening theme, and 'LINK', which was the theme song for the Fullmetal Alchemist movie, 'Conqueror of Shamballa'. These songs gained them new fans and attention to their album, SMILE, which was released in the US by US label Tofu Records and single LINK.
Their most recent album is AWAKE, which was released on 6/22/05 and accompanied by ASIALIVE, L'Arc~en~Ciel's first tour to take them to Korea and China, and the Japan-only tour AWAKE.
The year 2006 was the band's 15th anniversary, marked by a boxset of books called 'L'Arc~en~Ciel BOX', re-releases of their first 15 singles and the albums ark and ray, and L'Anniversary concerts held on November 25th and 26th.
L'Arc~en~Ciel's next release will be the singleSeventh Heaven, to be released in 30th May 2007. Their next tour begins June 11, 2007, to end August 30, 2007.
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Ark
01 - Forbidden Lover
02 - Heaven's Drive
03 - Driver's High
04 - Cradle
05 - Dive To Blue
06 - Larva
07 - Butterfly's Sleep
08 - Perfect Blue
09 - Shinjitsu To Gensou To
10 - What Is Love
11 - Pieces [Ark Mix]
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Clicked Singles Best 13
01 - Blurry Eyes
02 - Flower
03 - Lies And Truth
04 - Niji
05 - Winter Fall
06 - Dive To Blue
07 - Honey
08 - Heaven's Drive
09 - Pieces
10 - Driver's High
11 - Neo Universe
12 - Stay Away
13 - Anemone
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Dune
01 - Shutting From The Sky
02 - Voice
03 - Taste Of Love
04 - Entichers
05 - Floods Of Tears
06 - Dune
07 - Be Destined
08 - Tsuioku No Jookei
09 - As If In A Dream
10 - Ushinawareta Nagame
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Ectomorphed Works
01 - Larva (Ectomorphed Long Mix)
02 - Vtrick (New2 Wave Of Japanese Heavy Metal
03 - Kasou (0628 Mix)
04 - Fate (Everybody Knows But God Mix)
05 - Shinshouku Lose Control (Ectoborn Mix)
06 - A Swell In The Sun (System In Chaos Mix)
07 - L'heure (Quiet Afternoon Mix)
08 - Cradle (Down To The Moon Mix)
09 - Shinjitsu To Gensou To (Out Of The Realit
10 - Metropolis (Android Goes To Be A Deep Sleep)
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Heart
01 - Loreley
02 - Winter Fall
03 - Singin'in The Rain
04 - Shout At The Devil
05 - Niji
06 - Birth
07 - Promised Land
08 - Fate
09 - Milky Way
10 - Anata
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Heavenly
01 - Still I'm With You
02 - Vivid Colors
03 - And She Said
04 - Garasu Tama
05 - Secret Signs
06 - C'est La Vie
07 - Natsu No Yuutsu
08 - Cureless
09 - Shizuka No Umi De
10 - The Rain Leaves A Scar
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Ray
01 - Shi No Hai
02 - It's The End
03 - Honey
04 - Sell My Soul
05 - Snow Drop
06 - L'Heure
07 - Kasou
08 - Lose Control
09 - Trick
10 - Ibara No Namida
11 - The Silver Shining
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Real
01 - Get Out from The Shell
02 - The Nepenthes
03 - Neo Universe
04 - Bravery
05 - Love Files
06 - Finale
07 - Stay Away
08 - Route 666
09 - Time Slip
10 - A Silent Letter
11 - All Year Around Falling In Love
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Tierra
01 - In The Air
02 - All Dead
03 - Blame
04 - Wind Of Gold
05 - Blurry Eyes
06 - Inner Core
07 - Nemuri Ni Yosete
08 - Kaze No Yukue
09 - Hitomi Ni Utsuru Mono
10 - White Feathers
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True
01 - Fare Well
02 - Caress of Venus
03 - Round And Round
04 - Flower
05 - Good Morning Hide
06 - The Fourth Avenue Cafe
07 - Lies And Truth (True Mix)
08 - Kazenikienai (True Mix)
09 - I Wish
10 - Dearest Love
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