What is visual? Live performance from the point of view, Japan is defined as visual music can give a strong visual impact on things. Here of course, not only in terms of music, and visual effects do not simply make-up can be, it requires both the music content, the meaning of the lyrics have their own make-up effects from the manifested. A visual live performance band, stage equipment and lighting effects are also different from an ordinary band. Many people may think that the visual system is the 20th century, early 90's in Japan, emerging out of a music factions, in fact, similar lines and visual music as early as the 2067 generation, there's, like the gorgeous rock. From the theoretical foundation that can be called the Department for the Visually gorgeous rock predecessor, because they share common characteristics: rich enchanting the make-up, beyond the ordinary understanding of dress, a big pity, tease the supremacy of performances, and art related to the idea of factions.
Visual Rock originated in 20th century Europe and the United States 70s.Visual rock is in the progress of the times, people are no longer limited to hearing impairment, and the pursuit of satisfaction based on the visual impact generated. Scientific and technological development, television sets, video recorders, DVD players also contributed to the popularity of the advent of visual impact. Visual system is to use costumes and makeup to the performance of music, the band often dyed a different hair color, wear unusual costumes.In these bands often have 12 members to wear feminine attire. From the music point of view, VISUAL ROCK Europe and the United States ANDROGYNOUS (yin and yang, rock), GLITTER ROCK (Glam Rock), THEEATER (exaggerated rock) is to inherit and carry forward. As well as X-JAPAN exaggerated rock band KISS and the influence of SHAZNA the IZAM makeup as well as worship ANDROGYNOUS of BAY GEORYE. Europe and the United States representative of a "Boy George" and so on.
Visual Rock from the Japanese developed a rock type band. Visual Rock of the name actually has nothing to do with any music type is used to refer to those with exaggerated costumes and makeup of the orchestra. In Japan, visual music fans are almost all composed by adolescent girls. In other countries the number of fans visual relatively less, while the ratio of men to women is roughly the same.
Japan is the visual rock the survival of the most fertile soil. Japan is subject to European and American visual "odd man rock" (GlamRock) and the impact of the New Wave in the 20th century, founded at the end of the 80's. They can be said to be the visual essence of Europe and the United States have learned, and makeup not only of a more bold, charming, and its music quality is absolutely not just pick up what level, whether it is orchestrated, arranger, creative spirit and its commercial operation, Japanese do the best.
Visual Orchestra members usually have eye-catching make-up, exaggerated hair and elaborate costumes. Although the vast majority of visual Orchestra are men, but their clothing and make-up from time to time would be seen as feminine. Clothing elements on the attractiveness of fans is very large, there are a large number of girls will cosplay their favorite bands, especially in Japan, concert or show in the U.S. animation.
Since the visual system is focused on in the visual style, so it is an orchestra rather than a type of music types. Most of the visual bands are taking Japanese rock (such as(LUNA SEA) (Dir en grey), pop music or light rock (for example, GLAY, Rainbow
Western observers will sometimes visual Orchestra and the Orchestra gould confusion, because both will be very similar to the occasional dress. Goethe, however most of the Japanese fans will not be regarded as a visual part of Goethe, and Goethe and visual culture between the little overlap, except by the Goethe cultural impact Gedeloly outside.
Visual rock, said most of the rise of the wave is based on X JAPAN. However, in the X fame, when the use of visual impact to attract the masses at that time has gradually become the trend; From this perspective, X is not so much visual fashion leader, it is better to say that they show the Japanese mainstream popular culture. Orchestra of the 1990s such as Die in Cries,LUNA SEA,ZI: KILL, Shazna and Baiser Orchestra together with the previous BUCK-TICK and X-JAPAN together contributed to the outbreak of the visual department.
Visual music is not just rock, types are actually very diverse. For example: pop rock, heavy metal, gothic rock, classical / baroque music and so there is a visual line of shadow. Visual Department of the band in Europe and the United States is not within the scope of the mainstream in Japan, although the more prosperous, but there are many visual band attracted the attention of major record companies, it gradually detached from the visual systems of the ranks of the band evolved into the mainstream, visual demagogy has become their tool. Visual music authentic costumes and music should be the type of close integration, matched Cheng Hui, exaggerated shapes should not just serve the music, but should be seamless. In HIP-HOP, R & B music of the prevailing visual enjoyment only signs to explore the nature of their music in the United States is the most important.
Background
Visual music everywhere in Japan, almost no male singer is not a few bold, hermaphroditism appears disguised as a visual line.
The reason, first of all, the Japanese since ancient times there, "Chong-demon" psychological and "Geisha" the existence of an ancient Noh art to the Japanese visual rock gorgeous seductive inspiration, in the acceptance has its historical roots; second Japan's young people to stimulate the pursuit of fresh, especially young women, they flourish in hot pursuit of the merchandise, and more expensive things to buy, 10 pocket money left to spend dare. Department of seductive visual artists on the attractiveness of their self-evident. Visual artist can imitate them to become the Harajuku, Shibuya most-hyun, the focus of the coolest; again, the Japanese pressure is ranking first in the world, and the younger generation of pressure from school, family, social, etc., the rock is is that they escape, the ideal tool for venting.
Visual Department of the initial stage of development in Japan is divided into "demons to send" and "aesthetic school" two categories, the current Japanese visual rock band became pluralistic orientation.
The birth of the development
Now, the rock band in Japan, especially visual rock band, very popular. Their exaggerated make-up style table and rave intense stage performances, to express their views on the music. Concert rock band, those who were visually interpret their music the world the best occasions.
The end of the 70s, in Europe and the United States appeared to DAVIDBOWIE represented the "Glam Rock." Glam Rock will be the introduction of visual elements of rock, with gorgeous costumes and live music is characterized. The early 80s, Chiba in Japan, there is a name of the band X-JAPAN. They inherited the European and American 80's style heavy metal, but also drawing on European and American rock and roll heavy makeup and were accompanied by Japan's national character will carry forward its evolution into a unique design aesthetic - from the "visual" came into being. After the visual department has grown in Japan, and Styles are increasingly diverse, unique kind of visual aesthetics and unconventional visual effects have become a major Japanese music, brightly colored, to the Japanese rock with great shock win countless fans of all ages.
LunaSea, MaliceMizer, DirEnGrey ... ... constantly emerging visual department, not only in music of the band to achieve a high standard, they will be integrated into their personality style and dress in the show beyond the scope of the underlying concepts of music. This makes visual music industry in Japan to occupy a position of unshakeable. Also in the early 80s, Europe and the United States will also be "Glam Rock" in the visual appearance of another aspect oriented to absurd and even terrorist nausea strange shapes appear. Have been developed to KISS, ALICECOOPER, MARILYNMANSON, SLIPKNOT, such as represented by the visual rock, and later also be known as shock rock.
Japanese visual rock band music orientation: X-JAPAN and LUNA SEA representatives of heavy metals, GLAY's style more POP, and L'ARC ~ EN ~ CIEL is England and magic both. They can be said to be the essence of Europe and the United States older brother who learned, and makeup not only painting a more bold, brilliant, charming, flirtatious, and its music quality is absolutely not just pick up what level. Domestic compared to some of ROCK, whether it is orchestrated, arranger, creative spirit and its commercial operation, the Japanese are better.
Features
In general visual rock underground indies period, the band's daring dress, music, pay more attention to the concept; and enter the mainstream, their clothing and music in general will become popular.
Rock does not like the visual "R & B", "Punk" music such as the term refers specifically to a music form, their music in various forms. Thus according to a band's main musical form is as follows:
Wave sugar music: Shazna
Pop-rock: L'Arc en Ciel, Glay
Zlich，MACHINE Industrial rock: Zlich, MACHINE
Heavy metal: X / X Japan, sex MACHINEGUNS
Gothic Rock: Madeth Gray''ll, Dir en grey,
Classical / Baroque Rock: Malice Mizer, LAREINE
wind band, for example: Raphael
At the same time, a band will also be compatible with several music forms, and even rock and classical co-exist (typically such as X Japan).
Many of the characteristics of the band and not only in music but covers dress, behavior, lyrics, playing all sorts of ways; therefore local to Japan line to distinguish between them: such as the basement of the Department, the Department of Dark (Dark Visual Department), soft line (Soft Visual Series). To the basement of the Department as an example, this kind of visual rock band in disguise thick, multi-black-and-white; songs have a nursery rhyme style, the lyrics mainly feelings, death, loneliness; music skills vary depending on the band. Also in accordance with the geographical classification, for example, to send Osaka, Sendai faction faction Nagoya, Kyushu faction; but the accident, although the Tokyo set up the band a lot, but seldom have the whole band for the Tokyo local origin.
Visual Kei refers to a movement among Japanese musicians,that is characterized by the use of eccentric, sometimes flamboyant looks. This usually involves striking make-up, unusual hair styles and elaborate costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics.Some sources state that Visual Kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of J-rock (a term referring to Japanese rock in general), with its own particular sound, related to glam-rock, punk and metal.However most insider sources state that Visual Kei's unique clothing and make-up fashions, and participation in the related sub-culture, is equally as important as the sound of the music itself in the use of the term as while similarities can be drawn between some bands; most are from widely different genres including but not limited to Pop, heavy metal, power metal, classical, rap and electronic.
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