Kra

Nominally an integral part of the visual kei scene, japan quartet Kra in fact inhabit a lighter area of the country’s musical spectrum, combining punk-tinged power pop ? la blink-182 with some light jazz and an over-all good attitude. The music group was made in 2001 with a couple of musical newcomers who included vocalist/guitarist Keiyuu, guitarist Mai, bassist Yura, and drummer Yasuno. A calendar year of playing at little clubs as well as the issuance of two demos (Hard Lolita and Brise, both 2002) got them agreed upon to well-known indie label PS Firm, which also hosted Miyavi, Kagrra, Alice Nine, and Gazette — an undeniable fact that Kra celebrated within their aspect task 36481?, which protected music by their labelmates (36481? released their lone maxi-single, Fiction, in 2004). Obtaining the agreement, the music group wasted no studio room time, debuting using the mini-album Boku To No Himitsu in 2002 and during the period of 2003 launching four EPs (Circus Shounen, Kimi Ni Shitsumon!, Brahman, and Artman). Kra also participated in the famed Beauti-Fool’s Fest in 2003 (arranged by Fool’s Partner newspaper), where they distributed the stage with D’Espairs Ray, Mucc, and Ao of Cali Gari. Another two years had been spent touring Japan, and in 2005 the music group also released two even more EPs — Acidity Märchen and Shiki Tabi No Samposha. In 2006 Kra adopted other PS Business performers — Miyavi and Kagrra — and graduated to a agreement with a significant label, putting your signature on with King Information. Their first main launch was the solitary Heart Stability (2006), accompanied by the debut studio room recording Dhar.ma (2007). The mini-album Creatures premiered in 2007, and second recording Escape adopted in 2008, both produces getting Western distribution via CLJ Information. Another LP, Existence — Today Can be a good Day time to Die was planned for launch in Feb 2009.