The Black Muffet

Yo.. minna wa genki?

I'm home alone today.. Friday.. a happy day, cuz its the end of the week. Get longer hours of sleep. hehehehe. As if I don't already sleep to my hearts content. Anyway, what shall I ramble on today? Well, firstly maybe you want me to explain WTH does "The Black Muffet" mean. Its my goth name baby. Got it? Muahahahahahaha, (black+one of your pets name) and I just added "the" because it sounded above epic. LOL.

My Love. One and Only. My Obsession.

That's Hot, Super Kawaii.

Ok, so not many of you might not know (if you're here by chance then you really don't), that I'm new into exploring j-rock music. No, let me rephrase that.. Visual Kei (ビジュアル系). My first experience to VK was the Trinity Blood opening bu Buck Tick. "Woah, that was dark, and cool, but too... heavy?"  was what I was thinking in my head that time. And when I said heavy I meant the vocals.. how should I put it? Ahh.. you know, like Yomi's vocals in Nightmare.. hahaha~ = =''' And so I kinda got bored listening to Nightmare (I skipped Buck Tick  XP) so I stopped for a bit and listened to bands like High and Mighty Color and UVERworld, which I love. But after a while Idecided to give VK another try and went browsing which new band I should give a listen to. It was either Alicenine, The Gazette, Miyavi, LM.C or Girugamesh~ Girugamesh and The Gazeete looked scary and Miyavi looked too mainstream, and LM.C looked too happy. So i picked alicenine cuz... I saw Hiroto's pic. XDXDXDXDXDXDXD  (honest!!)

Anyway, I loved alicenine, I love Shou and I got confused who was who (I thought Hiroto was Tora, Tora was Saga, Saga was Tora~~) and started listening to Miyavi. He rocked. He rolled. He ruled. I love him. And his guitar playing skills. 

Ore-sama Miyavi! You know he's hawt. 

3 Beautiful People. Ok, Now Let me just lay beside thee. I can die happy.

And so now, I'm beggining to love The Gazette, and other bands as well. So one day, I stumbled upon something interesting.. A blog (in spanish) explaining the different types of VK (hahahaa xD me and my ignorence only thought there were 2- Visual Kei and Oshare Kei. Don't flame me now. I'm still learning!) Ok, so these are some of the extracts from Akiry Blog

"Some bands have been handling "types" of visual oshare, kotekote, eroguro, etc ... but are beginning to fall into disuse because the bands have been combining and adopting new styles which can not be seen as one." <--disclaimer X3

My disclaimer: I translated some of the desciptions here, for general use, I dont know if its right or not, since I cant speak Spanish, and I am clueless of where they got the definitions (I'm thinking its their own.. XP) Some of my own words are thrown in there, which are in itallic or bold~ If they seem random and out of place, they're mine. :)

Kote Kote

(I shall never say this out loud, not to be caught dead, I shall define this as VK instead, eventhough it might be wrong in some ppl's eyes/ears)

The typical image that comes to people when they hear the word "visual-kei." Extravagant leather costumes, hairstyles and flashy with colors in sharp contrast with makeup  white faces. 

Oshare Kei
The word oshare in Japanese generally means elegant or someone who has too much in this fashion. The bands of this type are very extravagant and almost always wear colorful costumes and a bit exaggerated. Usually applies cheerful, fun, happy and all derivatives as well as infant and tender attitude that occurs in humans. Their sound reflects this attitude with each pose. Example: An Cafe X3

Takuya. Me love you. Miku. Cute as always.

Angura Kei

Comes from the word "underground", The bands of this kind are few and are characterized by a traditional Japanese touch but obviously a bit dark. Go google the bands la! XD hahaha 

Eroguro Kei 

Derives from the words and Erotic Grotesque. Able to recognize the bands of this type simply watching your videos, photos, costumes and monsterous, violent and disgusting makeup until the sound can be integrated. 

From Wikipedia: Erotic Grotesque Nonsense, frequently shorted to Ero guro, (エログロ ) is a wasei-eigo term that describes a literary and artistic movement from 1920s and '30s Japan. Ero guro puts its focus on eroticism, sexual corruption and decadence. This movement is often used incorrectly by western audiences to mean "gore" - depictions of horror, blood, and guts. In actuality the "grotesque" term implies malformed, unnatural or horrific. While ero guro is a specific movement, many of its components can be found throughout Japanese history and culture. Items that are pornographic and bloody are not necessarily ero guro. The band Cali Gari was heavily influenced by Erotic Grotesque Nonsense and Angura. Western Visual Kei fans mistook this theme as a description of their "genre" and linked it with other Visual Kei bands. 

Ohh.. so Grotesque Parody aniki is into this stuff? hahaha. Best ke? Mintak tunjuk ajar~ XD

White kei

The vocalist takes the feminine role.. usually in white, the sound becomes more light in their songs (but not rule). 

Shironuri kei

Gang members, they generally like to wear school uniforms or traditional Japanese clothing with a dark childhood, but their faces are completely white with contrasting black and red lips and eyes~

Nagoya kei

The bands that follow this style are in the vicinity of Nagoya, and has a bizarre image, used clothing, hat, tie, vest, shirt or dress (for the"girl"). Something more formal but not so dark and bizarre, depending on its makeup is music~

From Wikipedia: Nagoya kei is a subgenre of visual kei, with its roots in the modern music scene of Nagoya, Japan. Often considered darker and gloomier than normal kei, nagoya takes its musical influences moreso from western (specifically British) punk rock bands than visual kei initially had. The focus of nagoya bands tends to be much less on costumeand makeup in favor of more complex musical compositions and concentration on the music itself. Notable bands include Deadman, Kein, The Studs, etc. - Kinda contrasting? XD lol

Koi kei X 

Is based on the lyrics of songs and style, are romantic and ironic and a bit pop-rock. Includes Miyavi, Gackt, The Gazette,etc.

Shibuya kei

Obviously a style that place, the vocals are usually women who have a special touch to dress, the atmosphere is usually used for white backgrounds that contrast with the bright colors worn.

From Wikipedia: Shibuya-kei (渋谷系) originated in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. It is best described as a mix between jazz, pop, and electropop. The word for Shibuya (渋谷) is combined with the Japanese word kei (系) which literally means "system" or, in this context, "style", to form Shibuya-kei which roughly translates to "Shibuya style". Emm.. Puffy AmiYumi? 

Kurofuku kei

From = kuroi fuku = clothes and dark. This style is almost equal to Nagoya kei, the difference is not so "formal" or sober.Example: LUNA SEA. 

Iryou kei

The image is still here is that scientists / doctors / nurses and all that derives crazy / bloody / malignant / mysterious; clearly identified by using a coat~

Psychotic. Just the way I like it. XD

Jyaa, kinda long laa my post for today~ ahahahaha, beat that Kay!! XDD lol, my random "informative" posts are just overwhelming meh! hahahaa XD jyaa naa~