Incubus Garden & Khaos Rave Decadence

[Madmoiselle_Silk]

I opened a new topic for SS's 2 live gigs since I wasn't sure where to post it Next gig is on friday!

Tonight I went to Shibuya Rex for Schwarz Stein's oneman live Incubus Garden!
I've never been to Shibuya Rex, so I'm happy that I'm a time pessimist because I got lost...

Anyway, I thought I had a great ticket because my number was 7, BUT, then they said that the people who preordered was A1-A90 so after a 100 people was let in, it was my turn
Of course I went for the right side of the stage as usual, since I want to stand infront of Hora.
While waiting they played songs from Hora's solo, happy suprise! Then the curtain raised and for a change they didn't start with Testament, but with The Alternation of Generations -Conception-. I really like Testament and think it's a better opening...BUT since the second song was COCOON this was probably better. When the curtain was raised you could see that they had really thin, black fabric hanging across the roof and Hora was on the left side of the stage this time (so sad, I noticed he posted that on his blog just before I left home... T-T) and Kaya stood in the middle of the stage.

It really felt like they went for a darker theme tonight, Kaya didn't run out smiling, he was deadly serious most of the time, and the setlist felt a bit "heavier".
Again they had a bit of a problem with the sound, during Profane Gene it just stoped for a short while. Kaya smiled and then just continued when the sound went back on.

Kaya kept a serious face through the MC as well...until people screamed that Hora was cute and his reply was "I know", that made Kaya laugh. And when he agreed that Kaya was pretty, Kaya said there was something wrong with Hora tonight, hehe. Kaya also mentioned that Hora and Közi became friends after their coupling tour with ZIZ (Közi went over to Hora's place, Kaya mentioned that, but Hora also wrote about that on his blog).
People yelled A LOT for Hora tonight, and in the beginning he just raised his hands like he wanted more to shout, then he began to smile and finally he raised his hands as in a "I don't know"-expression XD I'm guessing Hora's not that comfortable with a lot of attention.

Tonight they played both Lilith and Sleeping Madness, and Lilith grew on me, I wasn't that impressed by the preview but live, it was good. Sleeping Madness on the other hand, OMG I love this! It's by far the best track they've released since their comeback! Like I said about Kamijo's event, it's really great live, it's a perfect livesong, so I'm really happy that I was here for this release and got to hear it 3 times! (I assume now that they'll play it on friday aswell)

Just like most lives, most people stand kind of calm at their own space....until it's time for the heavy stuff. I'm happy about that because thanks to Creeper, Syphilis and Disorder and Succubus I squeezed almost till the first row. Kaya got all crazy too, I don't even remember which song it was because I just died a bit on the inside; he got to the left edge of the stage, holding on to the pillar and bent down. All of us in the crowd held out our hands, but he didn't reach out for us, then I saw how people aimed for his face XD So I stroke the back of my hand against his cheek, and when I did that he turned his face a bit to my hand and kissed it slightly (draged his lips towards it). I was so suprised XD I felt his lipstick on the back of my hand (asdfghjkl), unfortunatley I didn't get any on my hand...
The same hand got to touch Hora's hand aswell *fangirling*... I'm almost thinking about skinning my hand to save Kaya's and Hora's DNA.... *obviously joking*

For their first encore Hora entered stage alone, when Kaya joined him he joked and asked if he was going to do Bio Genesis (since that's the only song Hora sings completly by himself). Instead they did Kuroageha, and Kaya said that was the first song they made togheter. Hora posted some time ago on his blog saying they'd do old songs so people should help them with the lyrics....but I didn't think he meant songs they've already played! (Hora come on, you've done Kuroageha at least twice...)

I don't really remember the full order of songs, but I do remember they did SIRIUS at the end and Kaya looked sad, like he was crying to be honest. He stood with his back when the song ended, Hora picked up his portabe keyboard and Kaya went over to him and whispered something and then they both went off... I got the feeling they didn't mean to have a paus there...no idea what happened to Kaya.
Everyone began to shout for another encore of course and Hora came out again with his phone, not taking pictures this time, but filming, and then he joked about putting it on youtube

Then they ended the evening with Last Hallucination.

On the merchtable, the only new items were Sleeping Madness (yes, they began a presale today) and a photoset! Kaya tweeted just now though, that there will be new items for the gig on friday (something about a poster). I was suprised there were no chekis for sale this evening...

And just as Hora said on his blog, we all recieved a demo cd. I haven't heard it yet, hopefully I'll have it ripped tomorrow.

 

[Madmoiselle_Silk]

This is a bad picture of the photoset. Please don't share my photos, what I upload here is for scape only.

http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z42 ... 582d4e.jpg

 

[faith]

If you want Hora DNA then all you probably need to do is go wipe a paper towel against the concrete in Shibuya. Pick up some blood or bone or whatnot.
That seems to be his skating haunt.

And, of course, THANK YOU!! As always, you're an angel

 

[flowersofnight]

Anyway, I thought I had a great ticket because my number was 7, BUT, then they said that the people who preordered was A1-A90 so after a 100 people was let in, it was my turn

Pretty much this exact same thing happened to me when I saw Kozi live

people screamed that Hora was cute and his reply was "I know", that made Kaya laugh.

Hora looks so... hapless in those photos XD I guess that's his habitual look. "Kawaii" probably isn't the right word XD

You know what I want them to play sometime? "GREED", since it was apparently a Rudolf Steiner song and therefore fair game.

 

[Madmoiselle_Silk]

You're welcome ^^ I enjoy writing my somewhat bad live reports XD Still haven't ripped my demo cd, but hopefully it will be done by tonight.

Here's a full setlist:

The Alternation of Generations -Conception-
COCOON -Fallen-
Fester Love
Queen of Decadence
MC
Profane gene
Emergence of Silence
Lilith
Transient
MC
Current
Perfect Garden
Rise to Heaven -2014-
Sleeping Madness
Creeper
Syphilis and Disorder
Succubus -2014-
New Vogue Children
The Alternation of Generations -Increase-

Encore
Kuroageha
SIRIUS-Hallucination-

Encore
Last Hallucination

 

[Madmoiselle_Silk]

Okey so tonight was the twoman live, Khaos Rave Decadence, they did with the band Aki (Aki is acctually a soloartist, the vocalist from the old band Laputa but he now has 2 members with him). I've never heard of Aki before, but their music was something like a mix of Schwarz Stein and Blam Honey in a way, so they stood for the rave tonight XD

Schwarz Stein was the opening act, and in general they had the same setlist as at their oneman, just shorter, and also, of course the same outfits. The only song they didn't play then was Release Me, but on the other hand they played that at Kamijo's event. I had a better ticket tonight, so I acctually was right behind the person who was at the front, so I had a very good view of Hora :3 Therefor I also got the chance to touch his somewhat sweaty hand 3 times (died on the inside from fangirl overdose). Hora's got quite the fanclub recently XD When I saw them in 2012 I remember that the center and left part of the floor was filled with people because that's where Kaya stands, while the right side was a bit less crowded. Now it's equal and there's so many people calling for Hora, which is fun because he always start out all serious and then when everyone's calling his name he smiles and looks so shy. A new thing I've noticed with Hora compared to 2012 is that he looks at people and gestures that they should put their hands up XD Not in a bad way, but he gives some people looks and sometimes points at them when they wave at him etc (I'm also guessing it's some fans which comes to every live), I think I got one of those points at the end... don't know if it was because I'm a foreigner or because of my Hora t-shirt XD He looks so pleased, eventhough he's obviously a bit uncomfortable on stage, it's very amusing to see and it makes me happy that he's happy to be back on stage. He looks so pretty when he smiles at people.

Hora wasn't as talkactive tonight as he was on Monday. People kept shouting for him and saying he's cute, but he kept smiling and looking down, hehe.


During the second MC Kaya began with making moaning sounds, he sounded a bit erotic, and then all of a sudden Hora did it too which made Kaya laugh saying he didn't see that one coming. Kaya also told us there would be a Schwarz Stein drink at the bar, called Madness Hora. I didn't really catch everything they were saying but I heard it would include milk, which made me slightly interested...

As you can see the ending was quite intense, all the Hora-songs at once. I really like Creeper live, it feels so weird when Kaya makes everyone do the armgesture (I do not mean to offend anyone, but surely everyone must agree on that it looks like a zieg heil?). People really got crazy during these when Hora got close to the edge of the stage. But he smiled and touched as many people as he could when he didn't sing. He looked so suprised that so many of us put out our hands for him XD

I've noticed Hora's no good with wires XD On Monday he got the wire from the mic above his head so it ruined his hair a bit, and today he spent some time pulling the wires from his keyboard over the floor, and watch his step so he wouldn't fall on them. He almost tripped during one of the ending songs (can't remember which), he came to the front by one of the speakers when he suddenly tottered and then smiled slightly suprised and embarrassed ^^

After Succubus they left stage, kind of sudden for Hora, Kaya on the other hand stayed, and began singing a song I did not recognise and in the middle Aki joined him on stage, and then they played their setlist.
Like I said Aki had a harder sound than Schwarz Stein and I quite enjoyed their music.

I was thinking about going to be honest but stayed just incase, and lucky me because Schwarz Stein came back on stage. Kaya seemed to really like Aki's guitarist, he began to pet his cheek, and later following him on stage XD Hora seemed a bit uncomfortable again, hehe. He kept having a really shy and uncomfortable expression in his face when Aki talked to him. Aki mentioned Hora's symbol on his forehead, I didn't really understand what it was, but Hora looked so uncomfortable XD I almost felt sorry for him, standing there in the middle with all the attention aimed at him.

Then both bands played 3 songs togheter, I have no idea what it was but I get the feeling it was covers of some sort, I hope Kaya shares the titles on his blog.


Before leaing stage everyone went crazy over Hora again, shouting for him so he came over again. I wonder when he got this popular XD

They all got in again for a second encore, and they played one of the first songs yet again. Then it was really over.

I saved my drinkticket like always, thinking I could try Madness Hora, but no, of course that drink was cash only (500yen), so I had a coke...then I ordered the mysterious Madness Hora XD
I was a bit nervous about getting it because it includes vodka, and after Közi's talkingsession in which I had alcohol and ended up feeling drunk XD, I wasn't sure this would be a good idea, BUT....Hora doesn't make drinks everytime and I certainly can't have them, so I decided to try it anyway. To be honest I couldn't even feel the vodka, that's how weak it was. It tasted like sweet milk, so it was tasty. I just wonder why Hora made a drink with alcohol when he said himself that he doesn't drink, or is that the reason it didn't even taste like vodka XD (??)



Madness Hora included vodka, milk and gomme syrap, and ice of course (in case someone wants to try it at home ).

As always Schwarz Stein was amazing live, and it made me really sad that this probably will be my last live with them. Still have the signing event next Saturday, but I want to see them play again =(


Setlist
Testament
Current
Release Me
MC
Lilith
Transient
Perfect Garden
Rise to Heaven -2014-
New Vogue Children
MC
Creeper
Sleeping Madness
Syphilis and Disorder
Succubus
The Alternation of Generations -Increase-

 

[flowersofnight]

there would be a Schwarz Stein drink at the bar, called Madness Hora. I didn't really catch everything they were saying but I heard it would include milk

Pfffahahahaha
"Well I asked my kitties what a good cocktail ingredient would be, and it was that or catnip"

it feels so weird when Kaya makes everyone do the armgesture (I do not mean to offend anyone, but surely everyone must agree on that it looks like a zieg heil?)

Yeah, it's a thiiiing in Japan I guess XD When I saw Hirasawa live, they did a similar kind of arm gesture (but not over and over again) in "yume miru kikai" too.

 

[Wandering_Fox]

Pretty much this exact same thing happened to me when I saw Kozi live

Yeah... Same when I went to see Yukiya... You have to be at the Lopi Kiosk the moment tickets go on sale (or be a member of the fan club) or else you have to wait for an eternity. Or you can be a rude foreigner and shove yourself to the front, which I've admittedly done before ^^; Unfortunately, you sometimes find yourself on a DVD and can't stop looking at yourself and being self-conscious

You know what I want them to play sometime? "GREED", since it was apparently a Rudolf Steiner song and therefore fair game.

How many unreleased tracks do Rudolf Steiner actually have? I'd like to hear them; I really enjoyed the demo tapes.

 

[faith]

People really got crazy during these when Hora got close to the edge of the stage. But he smiled and touched as many people as he could when he didn't sing. He looked so suprised that so many of us put out our hands for him XD

I don't suppose you saw any angry looking Japanese ladies in Marylin Monroe tshirts and neon sneakers spraying girls who got too touchy feely with a spray bottle...

 

[voixdinferno]

[...]they did with the band Aki (Aki is acctually a soloartist, the vocalist from the old band Laputa but he now has 2 members with him).

I love Laputa! BTW "La Puta" in spanish means "The Bitch"

 

[faith]

Yeah, that's one of the Spanish words that made it into American mainstream language
In French Putain means 'whore'.
I assume Putin is spelled Putine because otherwise it would sound too similar.
I still call him 'pu-tan-' though. That bastard.


Anyway, I forget to say thank you for the live report, so really really thank you!

 

[Madmoiselle_Silk]

People really got crazy during these when Hora got close to the edge of the stage. But he smiled and touched as many people as he could when he didn't sing. He looked so suprised that so many of us put out our hands for him XD

I don't suppose you saw any angry looking Japanese ladies in Marylin Monroe tshirts and neon sneakers spraying girls who got too touchy feely with a spray bottle...

No...that sounds scary XD Has that happened in the past? XD

 

[faith]

haha nah. This is part of the saga Hanachan and I imagine about Hora being married to Satoko. 清水洞の巻, if you will. Just ignore us