{"id":12,"date":"2006-09-01T19:52:14","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T16:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/?p=12"},"modified":"2006-09-01T19:59:25","modified_gmt":"2006-09-01T16:59:25","slug":"life-after-dai-sparkling-tomiko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"Life after DAI – Sparkling Tomiko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost an year ago one of the greatest J-rock bands ended it’s impressive 6 year career. I’m talking about Do As Infinity<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The core of the band were: Dai Nagao<\/strong>, master of guitar and note (although he stayed all the time at background he was the heart of DAI), Tomiko Van<\/strong>, fantastic singer and\u00a0Ryo Owatari<\/strong>, another axe master and lyricist of the band. DAI released 6 studio albums and bunch of singles & compilations and a couple of DVDs.<\/p>\n

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I still listen my DAI CDs frequently and they sound as fresh now as they did when I got ’em. To me DAI was in a first place a Rock band but they did also some fine ballads. If you don’t know Do As Infinity yet, I recommend you to get yourself Do The A-side compilation<\/strong><\/a> with 2 CDs + DVD (with 21 PVs). Because DAI did also very cool promo videos.<\/p>\n

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When Do As Infinity were disbanded Tomiko<\/a> started her solo career. Her debut album Farewell<\/strong> was released on March 2006. Her 2nd single Senkou<\/strong> is coming out September 27th. I love the PV of this new song! Dark, blue and rainy. And song, it’s a hit… at least for me. Simple but effective strong guitar wall with piano and Tomiko’s always cool singing.<\/p>\n

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Ryo has his own band now called Missile Innovation<\/strong><\/a>. MI’s debut album Be A Man<\/strong> was released this July. I havn’t heard it yet, but meybe I get it when ordering some stuff from YesAsia next time.<\/p>\n

And then one alarming remark concerning my favorite bands:<\/strong>
\n<\/em>They seem to have a tendency to breaking up far too soon. DAI did it. Whiteberry<\/strong> did it. Judy And Mary<\/strong> did it. Zone<\/strong> did it. Oh well, fortunately Puffy<\/strong>, L’arc~en~Ciel<\/strong>, Pink Panda<\/strong> & Maria<\/strong> are still going strong. I hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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