Monday, July 23, 2012

Shiro "White" Emittance

"white" by hakubaikou

White Kei is a sub-division of Oshare Kei, where there is a focus on the color white with refined fashion, but little other color, little make-up, and no extravagance.  The music of White Kei is a pop-electro-metal.  




"White_Lit_Dream" by ArtNotHearts

White Kei is commonly associated with 
Soft Kei, because of the light nature of the styles.  Emerging in the 1990's and continuing into the early 2000's, Soft Kei is a widely debated topic, as to its place in the Visual System.  Often thought of as a mainstream phenomenon, Soft Kei music has a strong melody focus in its sound and an airiness overall.  Characterized by simple clothes and simple or no make-up, Soft Kei is in strong contrast to more elaborate and darker appearances.  Of course, Soft Kei is not entirely white, but is always simple in style and true to sound.

Bands that are considered to be part of this genre include L'Arc ~ en ~ Ciel, Glay, Luna Sea, SIAM SHADE, SOPHIA Janne Da Arc, and Sid.

Listening Recommendations:









Glay - Rain







Janne Da Arc - Heaven's Place


Siam Shade




Siam Shade - sumergido en el rio del tiempo [1993]


SHOXX 1993






L'Arc ~ en ~ Ciel - Dune [1993]





"feeling_blue" by Caraya


Rain
By: Glay

I wander, dirty in the downpour
Hugging my dreams to my heart
Ah, let my memories break cleanly...

I realise I’ve been carrying these tears inside me
I drop off to sleep and look up at the sky in my memories 
Scattering a love that's now out of my reach

All I need's your light
Smile after the violent rain
Before my wet heart is torn apart

Can't you tell me now
Stop crying and tell me now 
Can't you tell me about the lonely sadness that constantly adorns you?

Laying down out side
With a painfilled heart
Daybreak, gazing at the sky
The star shining, holds my memory
Apart, yet under the same sky 
I can see your light
But, why can't my heart reach you
Why can't my love be with you
You just shine my solitary heart
Without saying anything
I embrace your light and memory

I try to immerse myself
In the eternity that was cut off in irritation
But just it just causes a constant loneliness 
To stab at my body

All I need's your love
Sing in the violent rain
Of a love that was torn apart in the flow of time

Can't you stop the rain
Let your tears land on roses and make them grow
And forget the sorrow of the night that would not end...

I carry the tears I cried until yesterday inside me
And ask my midnight scars why I was born 
Lost in a dream of a love that's now out of my reach

All I need's your light
Smile after the violent rain
Before my wet heart is torn apart

Can't you tell me now
Stop crying and tell me now 
Can't you tell me about the lonely sadness that constantly adorns you?

All I need's your light wow...
Even if I entrust my body to the pouring rain
I still need your light wow...
Even though we hurt each other so much on those sleepless nights 

Can't you tell me now
Stop crying and tell me now 
Can't you tell me about the lonely sadness that constantly adorns you
All I need's your light wow...


(Translation by Mikotokun, with revisions)

Yume dake wo kokoro ni dakishimete 
Doshaburi no ame no naka yogoreta mama de samayou 
Ah omoide nara kirei ni kowarete

Ki ga tsukeba namida wo dakishimete 
Madoromi ni kiete yuku kioku no sora wo miageru 
Mou todokanai omoi wo chiribamenagara

All I need's your light 
Hageshii ame no ato de waratte yo 
Nureta kokoro ga hikisakareru mae ni

Can't you tell me now 
Namida wo tomete ima katatte yo 
Kazaritsuzuketa kodoku no kanashimi wo can't you tell me

Laying down outside
With a painfilled heart
Daybreak, gazing at the sky
The star shining, holds my memory
Apart, yet under the same sky 
I can see your light
But, why can't my heart reach you
Why can't my love be with you
You just shine my solitary heart
Without saying anything
I embrace your light and memory

Iradachi ni togireta 
Eien ni oborete mitemo 
Tae kirenai kodoku dake ga 
Karada wo tsukisashite

All I need's your love 
Hageshii ame no naka de utatte yo 
Toki no nagare ni hikisakareta ai wo

Can't you stop the rain 
Namida ni nureta bara wo sakasete yo 
Owaranai yoru ni kanjita kanashimi wo wasurete...

Kinou made no namida wo dakishimete 
Mayonaka no kizuato ni umareta imi toikakeru 
Mou todokanai omoi wo yume ni nurashite

All I need's your light 
Hageshii ame no ato de waratte yo 
Nureta kokoro ga hikisakareru mae ni

Can't you tell me now 
Namida wo tomete ima katatte yo 
Kazaritsuzuketa kodoku no kanashimi wo

All I need's your light wow... 
Furisosogu ame ni kono mi wo makasetemo 
I still need your light wow... 
Nemurenai yoru ni kizu tsuke atta kedo

Can't you tell me now 
Namida wo tomete ima katatte yo 
Kazaritsuzuketa kodoku no kanashimi wo can't you tell me 
All I need's your light wow...

(Romaji by Megchan)


LUNA SEA - WISH / extasy summit 1992