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Don't know if anyone cares... but I went to ZIZ gig on friday so livereport (again, not written especially for scape so other random opinions end up in it :P):

I rarely know in which order the bands play so I'm always a bit confused about if I should rush to get a good spot or if I can have a drink and wait... Usually I just rush because I don't want to end up in the back :P
Amber Gris was first out and to be honest they made me yawn XD Their 40 minutes felt like 1 hour, and they just felt so random... I googled them before I bought the ticket just to see what I had to endure for the sake of Közi, and since they acctually had PV's I didn't think they'd feel so...amateurish XD They looked so random, like the bassist was dressed in lolita fashion, the singer reminded me of Adam from ADAMS and one of the guitarists looked a bit steampunk and obviously was their fangirl magnet :P
I was kind of happy when they finally left stage and ZIZ got on.

Club Phase has this screen which is pulled down when the bands prepare the stage, but you can still see them on the sides of that screen. I kept looking to see if I could catch a glimpse of Közi but no Közi....

ZIZ played for 40 minutes, but time always flies by when you enjoy something. Közi was awesome as always, and looked great as most of the times. He had a black blouse with pink dots/spots, black velvet blazer and black tight leather pants.
All the members came in on stage one by one while Ö was playing, and Közi was last of course. he took quite the time to join the others and I couldn't help myself from thinking that he probably had a last drink.... before getting on stage to have one more... (since he had liquor on stage last time I saw him)

As the other times I've seen Közi he was really into what he was doing, and when comparing ZIZ performance with the other two bands, well there was a huge difference XD Közi just seems so comfortable on stage, like he's just doing his thing but it comes out so great and relaxed.

They played some songs I didn't recognise though. Közi announced in the MC the finished the recording of the new album so maybe it's on the coming release? I certainly hope so because I really liked the second song. It felt very Közi, like Katharsis meeting something electronic XD it's kind of hard to explain, but sometimes I feel like Közi's songs, or just part of certain songs is "dreamy" in a way. Like not straight forward like RayD5, like they're blurry, like Katharsis or parts of Memento. Does that make sense? maybe it's just in my head but I feel like Közi's songs sometimes does that, they enter some sort of trans-stage XD like they sound a bit repetative, but not in a bad way, and melancholy. Yugami did vocals with Közi on this, and it didn't sound like anything ZIZ released so far...so I'm very excited for this new album.

Except for ZIZ great performance, I acctually found myself a bit annoyed... Since bands like ZIZ are really small, the people who come to see them are usually the same, so they come on like fangirl groups and they usually know or are familiar with the other people who come to see the other bands aswell. SO, this live gig wasn't so small that they ahd one of those "lists" for the frontrow, instead it was one of those in which the fangirls wait in the back and then they just change place with someone they know :P so it's impossible to get really close, and I feel a bit frustrated especially since these people see these bands several times a year and for me it's once in a lifetime XD (sorry, this might sound a bit like I should get a privilege just because I'm a foreigner, but it's more I feel like I should get a privilege because I might not see them again XD). All though I prefer the japanese live-system, the whole ticket with number is great IMO, but inside I get kind of pissed to be honest. As a foreigner you really feel a bit left out.
Also I really don't get everyones systematic behaviour. Like I mentioned before, everyone does the same movements at the exact same time, and sometimes it's not just wave your hand, sometimes it's almost like tiny dances XD and I just want to know who the *** came up with that XD It takes so much energy and focus to do all that, you almost miss the whole livegig. Like I mentioned before I didn't care when I saw The Velvet the last time, I just wanted to enjoy the gig, and same with ZIZ...ESPECIALLY with ZIZ. Their music (IMO) isn't even suited for all that dancing and headbaning or whatever...I don't get it, the front row went all crazy with the headbanging, and I can really not hear that in their music... it's almost like the japanese fans HAS to do all that stuff, even if the music doesn't even have parts in which it's suitable. I mean not even the band hints at that (normally you can just look at the band, like with D, Tsunehito headbangs, you headbang). It's a true mystery to me... the Japanese way of concerts (should be a book about that..).
Over all I had a great evening though (still want to hear Spiegelwelt though...).

Setlist:
Ö
RayD5
Unknown
MC
FREAKQUENCY
Unknown
Night Creature
MC
Unknown
Sanityman
SUPERBSAW
 

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Madmoiselle_Silk wrote:
Közi was last of course. he took quite the time to join the others and I couldn't help myself from thinking that he probably had a last drink.... before getting on stage to have one more... (since he had liquor on stage last time I saw him)
It's funny how we always laugh at his serious alcohol problem... not stopping though ::meev:: I guess he's just the W.C. Fields of visual XD

I really liked the second song. It felt very Közi
Yeah, I'm hoping this means there are more Kozi-written songs on the new album. I know he doesn't want to write any, but come on XD

and I just want to know who the *** came up with that XD
I think I read once that it's usually the "#1 fan" who does it. Whoever's the queen bee of that little social circle will work fanatically to come up with a new furi every time there's a new song, or something.
Actually, I'm kind of disappointed that ZIZ has acquired one of those stereotypical Japanese VK live-house fanbases (presumably through no fault of their own). I didn't see any of that nonsense going on when I saw Kozi back in '06.

Anyway, as usual thanks for the report :cool:
 

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I think I read once that it's usually the "#1 fan" who does it. Whoever's the queen bee of that little social circle will work fanatically to come up with a new furi every time there's a new song, or something.
Actually, I'm kind of disappointed that ZIZ has acquired one of those stereotypical Japanese VK live-house fanbases (presumably through no fault of their own). I didn't see any of that nonsense going on when I saw Kozi back in '06.

Well probably because he played bigger places in 06?
When I see The Velvet I'm familiar with one girl, so she got me to the front row, and when you stand there it's just too awkward not to do anything, but yeah I couldn't be bothered last time, I just wanted to look at them and enjoy the music.... I was thinking about asking her about all of this list-making and dances etc but I never did...

I have no idea who Közi's queen bee is because there's a different one every time XD Like at this live it obviously was a girl I saw at the MdM in October, and at the solo live there was a group of 3 girls. The funny thing though is that they don't show up for everything he does (BAD FANGIRLS!). I don't either but since I go randomly it's funny to see that the "hardcore" fans doesn't either and yet they walk around the venue like they own the place -.-'

I'm also a bit suprised Közi shows no reaction whatsoever when they call his name XD
 

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Wait...so he's probably drunk and these girls hog the front row, boss other fans around, scream at him, do synchronized dancing moves, and don't bother showing up half the time?

Well gosh I wouldn't respond either lol
 

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Yes, about it. But I don't think he's drunk, if he is I'm very impressed because he feels very clear XD I just think all that hardcore drinking for the past years has made him immune to getting drunk ::gaku::
 

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You know, there are these bars in Japan where you pay a flat fee and can drink as much as you like, whatever you like.
The idea is that most Japanese can't hold their liquor too well and will only have a couple glasses.
The owner of one actually facepalmed when my foreign friend walked in.

Kozi and foreigners...ruining small business owners all over Japan :lol:
 

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Haha, I've heard the reason they make all cocktails so weak in Japan is because the japanese can't handle that much. We went to the izakaya and even I didn't feel a thing after 2 drinks.... and I usually get sleepy after a tiny bit of Bailey's with my coffee...
(sorry for making the thread into alcohol-thread, but I doubt Közi would mind :P)
 

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Madmoiselle_Silk wrote:
Well probably because he played bigger places in 06?
Nah, it was at Shibuya BOXX which is actually smaller than the place you just saw him at. I think maybe it's because Kozi didn't do as many lives back then, so you couldn't really get a crowd of "regulars".

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You know, there are these bars in Japan where you pay a flat fee and can drink as much as you like, whatever you like.
Yeah, I'm willing to bet they've got Kozi's picture behind the bar at at least one of those places ::meev:: "BEWARE"
Unless one of his crew in fact owns a bar, which wouldn't surprise me.
 

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Yeah, I'm willing to bet they've got Kozi's picture behind the bar at at least one of those places ::meev:: "BEWARE"
Unless one of his crew in fact owns a bar, which wouldn't surprise me.

:lol:
 

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Kozi and Yugami from ZIZ did a fairly long interview here:
http://liveikoze.com/feature_detail.php ... 17ca8c12bc
Doesn't look like there's anything exceptionally interesting in it, based on a quick run-through with Google Translate, but there are some pics of them drinking Coronas anyway ::kozi::
 

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Seeing Kozi with a bottle of smth makes me feeling confident in my non-alcoholic friend circle :cool:
 

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http://ameblo.jp/xxxxasukaxxxx/entry-12034640150.html
Seems like Közi took part in some charity thing in which he donated old make up supplies and clothes.
Have to admit I felt pretty ::hora:: / ::weepy:: seeing that... I want a Közi shirt ::weepy::
(and when I realised my first thought was: I wonder what his clothes smell like (yeah don't say it, smoke,I was thinking more if he uses some perfume XD), it made me remember that somewhat disturbing scene in Scary Movie:
 

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Yeah...I wondered the same... O_o makes me wonder what kind of mess his apartment/house is in if he can find shit like that XD
 

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