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About webmaster
First started this site July 10, 2000. Officially opened on July 17, 2000. ". . . shall we dance?" is taken from the song that Due' contributed to the MATINA Prelude omnibus CD. ^^; It also is the name of a really good Japanese movie, but that's kinda irrelevant... Thanks Morrigan, Ki-chan, Mo~So~, Rie-san, Sayuri-san, Masaya-chan, Nozomi-san, Sera-sama, Missy, Cassiel, Bronny, saiya, Bronwyn, minna arigato~! ... . . . and of course to Miyabi, Sakito, Kikasa, Kazuki... ^^ . . . and to YOU, for visiting. ^_^ Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. |
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01/12/01 THIS SITE IS CLOSED, BUT INFORMATION WILL BE LEFT UP. ALL OTHER SECTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN. Please visit the links page for some great Due'le quartz sites (I recommend Kin's site!)^_^ My main site is here and Due'le quartz Mailing List is here. |
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01/10/27 Well, this is the last update, I guess. ^_^; If you want to save pictures/MP3, please do so before the end of November. Thank you all so much for visiting over the past year and 1/2, and please continue to support Due'le quartz. (^_^) |
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01/09/22 Finally, an update!! ^^;; I hope you like the new color scheme for
the site. I'm back from Japan... (well, I came back last month already
but been very busy -- last year of university and all ... ><;).
Japan was fun-- I enjoyed myself immensely! Bought a lot of clothes
@ h.Naoto, chatted with indies jrockers, fainted at the Dir en grey
live at Disneyland, battled phluffies in Nagoya, saw Due'le quartz/Kagrra/Ash
twice... went to a lot of izakaya and ramenya... it was fun! The live
of Due'le quartz in Hong Kong (6/29) was really good --- Sakito even
spoke Cantonese~! kawaii jan-- Anyway, a lot of other sites already
did reports and uploaded photos of that overseas live, so I won't bother
to do so. I got a lot of nice live photos and photos of the band at
the airport though *^_^* I'm so happy they let us take photos in the
live. If you sent me fanart before, please send it again to bitter_milk@hotmail.com
, thank you very much. ^_^;; Aaah--- I'm not too impressed with the
Rob song (it sounds like a bad remix, although I do like the Pink Panther
keitai tone at the end ^o^) or the Re:plica single.. I really was quite
disappointed with Due'le quartz and was not sure if I wanted to update
the site... but then I listened to Jisatsu Ganbou and Kikai Shikake
no Butoukai and Ame to muchi wo... again, and I realized how good the
band CAN be and why I fell in love with the band in the first
place. I'm just hoping that they'll break out of the funk they seem
to be in right now. On the commercial front, they're doing extremely
well, holding their second overseas "tour" in Hong Kong with
Kagerou and Kagrra. Also there was a Due'le quartz fair in Shinjuku
Marui One, and also in Like An Edison (you can check these out on the
official website). They are also on the cover of 9/01 Vicious. ^^ (Specials -> Chirashi) ** NEW SECTION** Scans of Due'le quartz
flyers, from the first lineup (without Miyabi) to the latest Miyabi
photobook chirashi. |
| 01/05/19 (Specials -> Fanart) A nice watercolour of Sakito by Alaina. ^^ NEWS: Due'le quartz is having a fanclub trip to Hong Kong 27 - 30 June. Miyabi is taking photos in HK for his photobook, which is due out around September. Due'le quartz will be performing at the 29th June date of the ROCK ON 2001 festival (See below for band listing). There is a new single out on August 1 called "REPLICA". For more information, join the mailing list. I'm going to be away from my computer until August, so updates will be rare, if they even happen. ^^;; Have a good summer everyone and see you at the bandshow on the 29th if you can go!! ^O^ Tanoshimi ni shitemasu yo! |
| 01/05/10 (Music -> Rare Songs MP3) Ame to Muchi wo... + Monuke no kara MP3. I'm in a good mood today because...*blush*...well.. ahaha.. will not tell.. just say personal life is going very well... =^^= So I sort of re-opened the MP3 page. I won't put up the songs for Jisatsu Ganbou or Dear...from xxx because you can easily buy this CD for yourself. Only rare songs will be available to download here. Totally unrelated, but look! Dir en grey trading cards~ © Kaoru-san kakkoi~!©  |
| 01/05/04 (Links -> Overseas sites) Added 2 new sites (1 Chinese, 1 English/Chinese). ABOUT THE RUMOURS!!! For those who are in Hong Kong in June! It has been announced that this year's ROCK ON 2001 music festival will include Due' le quartz. I don't know if this is true or not. However, I have e-mailed P.S. Company but they haven't replied me yet ^^;. This has not been confirmed by the Japanese side yet!!! However, the organisers of the event have given out the following information, I don't know if it's true or not, but if Laputa and Guniw Tools can come to Hong Kong, so can Due' le quartz! ^^; I'm going to both these days if I can get tickets, so hope to see you there!!! ^_^  |
| 01/04/29 Well, I have said that I would not reupload the MP3s if somebody deleted them. So, please buy the CDs to support Due'le quartz, even though P.S. Company is a cash-hungry cow. And just let me say that I am extremely disappointed in those people who abuse their priviledges. I uploaded those MP3s so that everyone can have a chance to hear some songs, and all I asked was that the files not be deleted so that others can also download them. Was that too much to ask? ... apparently so. -_-;; |
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| 01/04/21 I redesigned!!! (^ ^ ^)<- urgh! isn't that the freakiest smiley ever?!... but now the layout looks ugly in 800x600 because I switched to 1024x768. Oh well... I hope you like the new look anyway. Umm.. no other update at the moment. There really isn't much for me to update, unless I'm going to scan all the old Shoxx pics from Jan/Feb etc, but I've already seen scans of these floating around on the web, so I guess there's not much point in me scanning them again. ^^;; |
| 01/04/16 I'm sorry to have to do this, but I added password restrictions to the galleries and to the tourgoods section. Password information here. The reason I've done this? There has been quite a bit of direct linking to files on my server, and it uses up a lot of bandwidth. *sigh* Please read the password page for more explanations. I apologize for the inconvenience. |
| 01/04/08 With a vaguely guilty feeling, I've realised I haven't updated this site for almost a month. ^^;; I've been majorly busy with spring break (ha! ^^;), physics, government, blah blah blah, the usual suspects. Also I haven't been listening to Japanese music much, so.. *shrug*. Anyway, a couple of new goodies ^^ (Information -> Band Information, Appearances -> Live History) Live and Event information. Want to go BBQ and sleep overnight with Due'le quartz? It's gonna cost you 37,800 yen O_o;; (Music -> Music Samples) I've finally uploaded the MP3 for the rare demotape "Ame to Muchi o..". I decided since most people haven't heard this song, I shouldn't be too selfish and keep the song to myself ^_^;;. Anyway, it's one of my favourite Due'le songs. I love the drums in this song. Also it's a nice catchy song. (Specials -> Gallery III) Some new photos from Vicious 5/01. Miyabi and Miyabimaru (I presume). Miyabimaru kawaiiiiiiiii!! ^^ But Miyu (Shinya's dog) is still cuter IMO ^^;. (Specials -> Fanart) A nice Sakito fanart donated kindly by Smerfette. Merci!! |
| 01/03/11 (Members -> Miyabi, Sakito, Kikasa) Updated a little. Added the years of their birth. ^^; |
| 01/03/10 (Specials -> Tourgoods) 2 new photo sets!! ^-^ I like their new look, it's very Vizell-ish~! (Lyrics -> Japanese lyrics) B.U.G. , Sel-fish. >.< Why so many hard kanji?! (Specials -> Image Gallery 3) 1 new photo from Vicious 4/01..couldn't be bothered to scan the Shoxx pictures since I know many of you buy it yourselves anyway... (Appearances -> Live history) Updated with the nationwide oneman tour information,and removed the store events page (too many to keep up with -_-; and seemed kinda pointless to have it ne..). I have exams this week, and am going to Paris after this, so gomen nasai if the next update takes a while. |
| 01/03/03 (Information -> Band Info) "Jisatsu Ganbou" Re-release in April. There's a bonus track included (6 total). (Specials -> Tourgoods) Uploaded 2 members' messages from the free CDs distributed at the December oneman lives. Enjoy! (Music -> Lyrics) Japanese and romanized lyrics for "Dear... from xxx" and "Higohou Drug". ^^; thanks to Cassiel (gomen na!) (Links -> English sites) Added Cassiel's site ^_^ (Links -> Japanese sites) Added Kin's site (Actually it's also in CHINESE ^_^) You can meet many cool Chinese-speaking fans there! *^^* Recently I've been a bit.. disillusioned by P.S. Company, especially when I heard about the re-release of Jisatsu Ganbou. They seem to make Due'le quartz into such a commercial venture, with so many goods, and bonus tracks on the rereleases.. Can't they just re-release the CDs the same as the first press and keep the bonus tracks for a completely new album or single? That way those of us who already have Jisatsu Ganbou, etc. don't have to buy the same album TWICE! -_-;; Also I was a little annoyed with "Dear...from xxx". True, the packaging is pretty, but 4000 yen for 8 songs?!?!?!I don't regret buying these singles, but the price irks me a little.. ^^;; I apologize for the long delay in updates.. I've been moving server, and my interest in jrock in general has waned considerably in the last few weeks. I'm just not as interested as I used to be, which is partly why I've taken down the other sites and haven't updated this site as much as before. I've been listening to French music more, actually ^^;. I'm wondering if it's worth it for me to scan the new photos from SHOXX because a lot of people actually are buying the magazines for themselves nowadays. If I have time I'll scan them, but otherwise... *shrug* ... I'm just having a very busy week, plus I'm not in such a good mood (you can probably tell ^^;;) On the other hand, I'm going to get Due' le quartz calendar, and the "Milk" WHITE and BLACK videos as well as BITTER CD soon ^^ (Many thanks to those wonderful people who help me obtain these items ^_^) |
| 01/02/18 (Specials -> ICQ skins) 3 new ICQ skins : Miyabi, Sakito, Kikasa. ^^ Enjoy~! (Information -> Band Info) NEWS! FIRST ONEMAN TOUR NATIONWIDE!!!! Hmm.. had a few reports of the oneman live. A lot of merchandise available.. 2 videos, 1 free CD, calendar, photos, etc. etc. etc. ^^; Kinda scary ne~ I think they're going major, or at least that's what my sources have been telling me for a while now.. I don't want them to go major!! That means I'll never see them in BRAND NEW again.. Imagine seeing Due' le quartz in BRAND NEW, it's a tiny live house.. holds only about 80 people max and there were only about 30 Due' fans there that night.. If they go major.. they won't play in those places again.. ;_; *^_^* On the other hand, I've been reading some cool Due' fanfiction in Japanese. Woah, baby!! *laugh* Japanese fanfiction is usually much more violent than English ones.. dunno why.. |
| 01/02/10 (Appearances -> Magazines) Added 2 member questionnaires (Sakito, Miyabi) from Triangle vol 3. Thanks Mo~So~ for photocopying them for me! The rest to come later.. (Information -> Band Info) More information about the lives! .. There's an official Due' le quartz calendar now! I want one.. hoshiiiiii~!!! Also, the new photos on the official website are simply gorgeous! oishisou! They have this Nagoya/Donut Records label look now though.. Reminds me of Vizell (Ta-chan!!). I've been listening to a lot of Luna Sea lately... "Until the day I die" is a really nice song.. very relaxing.. I've been writing a lot on my blog lately.. If you're really _that_ interested, it's here. ^^; |
| 01/02/05 (Specials -> Fanart) : Three new fanarts. Thank you Neko and E.M.T. (^^) (Specials -> Tour Goods) : Added scans of the Due' le quartz/KAGGRA 2001 calendar. Thanks Cassiel. (Die phlufie die!) I received [Dear...from xxx] today. The packaging is so pretty.... ^^ Disc-1 has a transparent purple/black CD sleeve, and Disc-2 has a clear transparent partly blue sleeve. The two DEAR...FROM XXX songs in each maxi-single have the same lyrics, but they're different melodies.. the one I had been hearing at the lives was from Disc-2. I'll scan photos from SHOXX and start translating some articles later.. ^^; Have to do some reading for Government class now.. URL is now : http://www.yurameki.com/dlq |
| 01/01/28 (Information -> Band News) : Oneman news and official website news. (Links -> Japanese links) : Official website and 1 Japanese site added. (Interact -> Mailing List) : New Mailing List! Self-explanatory. ^^ (Specials -> Tour Goods) : New section! Includes scans of enquete, stickers, photo sets! (Specials -> Fan Art) : 4 new fanarts by Natsuko! Arigato ^o^ (Appearances -> Live History) : Updated some live information from 1999 and the new live 2001. (Appearances -> In-store event) : Added some dates from 1999. Tadaima!~ ^^ I got back from Japan last week! Well, what can I say? It was a really great trip - Mo~So~ and I even met and took a photo with Miyabi, Kikasa and Sakito in Takeshita-dori (Harajuku) on January 18th!! If you're interested in photos from the trip, please go here. As for the recent rumor about Kazuki, it's false, because he is alive and well. We bumped into him at an indies live at Takadanobaba AREA on January 19th, so.. ^_^ Shimpai shinaide! I went to 3 Due' le quartz lives: 12/14 ON AIR WEST, 12/25 Nishikujou BRAND NEW, and 12/31 Takadanobaba AREA (New Year's countdown). All the lives were great, but I guess the 12/31 was most memorable - because all the bands gathered onstage to sing "Shingomama" at midnight! (Imagine Sakito and the vocalist from the PIASS singing "Ohha! Ohha!".. Kaggra were there too as well as Orivia. The vocalist from Orivia couldn't keep his hands off Kikasa and Miyabi *laugh*. I like Orivia.) On 12/25 - BRAND NEW is the smallest live house I've been in! There couldn't have been more than 70 people there, and only about 30 Due' le quartz fans. It was a really intimate atmosphere and it was just really great. At the end they switched positions and Kikasa sang "HUMAN GATE" (Pierrot's song). Sakito can't play guitar (enough said ^^;). Miyabi was on drums, and Kazuki was on bass. Sakito mentioned that it was the most embarrassing Christmas he'd ever had (most likely due to all the groping he'd "enjoyed" by the gaijin fans. *embarassed smile*.. Cassiel and Mo~So~ groped "little Sakito" Oo; and I .. umm.. watashi ne.. I pulled down his shorts and broke his garters.. *dies and melts into little puddle of embarassment*.. chou-FUCK! as Ao (Cali-gari) says.. ^^; Poor Sakito-san!) |
| 00/12/06 I romanized Requiem and [...] (Byou). They should be correct but if you find any mistakes, please let me know. This is the last update of the year. I'm going to Japan in 4 days, so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everybody! (^_^) See you in January. I'll be back with live reports and hopefully goodies from the lives! |
| 00/12/03 I've reuploaded all the songs, this time in 128kbps to Myplay.com. Please see the music page for details (Music -> Music Samples). Enjoy~ |
| 00/11/29 NEW RELEASES DELAYED AGAIN. The maxi-singles [Dear...from xxx] disc-1 and disc-2 will be released January 24, 2001 now. I don't know the reason for this further delay. Je mourra d'impatience!!! >_< I also know that there is a problem with the MP3s (they ARE still there, except it takes forever for you to _begin_ the download, but once it starts, it's usually pretty fast). I don't have anywhere else to put the songs right now and I'm really busy with final exams PLUS I'm going to Japan next Sunday for a whole month, so I can't really do anything. I'll try to sort something out when I get back in January or earlier, if possible. Gomen nasai! Shoushou omachikudasai... |
| 00/11/27 I updated the discography pages with information about the upcoming releases (Discography -> Singles). Also I scanned Ono-san's column from Shoxx and the new photos from Shoxx as well as the photos from the first press Mikansei no Jekyll to Hyde mini-album. I'm working on putting up the fanfiction page soon, please send in any donations.. any kind of stories welcome~ |
| 00/11/18 5 new wallpapers.. ^^;; Black and white ones from the jisatsu ganbou video ^_~... including the "almost-kiss".. since the screenshots weren't that good to begin with, I decided to go for a blurry look.. it came out quite nicely and won't detract from your icons.. The rumour of breakup appears to be just that, a RUMOUR, and nothing more. Yokatta... ^_^;; |
| 00/11/11 There is a RUMOUR that Due' le quartz might be breaking up at the end of the year or sometime next year - still unsubstantiated, so don't panic (yet). Also some lives have been cancelled O_o;; (Specials -> Fan Art): NEW!~ ^_^ 2 fanarts donated by Jacquez. Gracias!~~ (Information -> Band information) : news about the rumours of breakup and the cancelled events. (Special -> Image Gallery II) : scanned pictures from December's Shoxx (Special -> Wallpaper) : 6 new wallpapers of the group in their new winter costumes (Appearances -> Magazines) : scanned Miyabi and Kikasa's columns, and ID-Japan costume ad. (Music -> Japanese lyrics) : [...] (Byou) and Requiem lyrics added (Music -> Romanized lyrics) : Muddy blood, Monochrome, Manji garame, Shigatsu tsuitachi kabatake ni te..., Jisatsu ganbou. **I'm having problem with one particular character in Manji garame. It's an obscure CHINESE word, does anybody know what it is in Japanese?? Please see that page for more details ** ^^ On a more personal note.. I'm not going to the fanclub event anymore - it's just not feasible. Instead, I'm going to 12/14 (Tokyo), 12/25 (Osaka), 12/31 (Tokyo)... Also I've learnt from the BBS that Kazuki (Raphael) used to be Miyabi's history tutor in high school - quite an interesting tidbit, ne?.. ^^;; (wah!~ Kazuki T_T)... |
| 00/10/28 NEWS! Due le quartz's new releases have been delayed from December 1 to December 21. I don't have any information as to why.. |
| 00/10/27 Opened the romanized song lyrics page (Music -> Romanized lyrics) ^^; Only 2 at the moment, gomen! Also added Japanese lyrics for Meikyou Shisui and Kikai Shikake Butokai. Also updated the lives page (Appearances -> Live History) and omnibus albums page (Discography -> Omnibus Albums) . I'm still gathering stuff for the fanpage, so send in donations please!! Fanfics, fanart, fan wallpaper, anything is welcome!~ On another note, I will probably be seeing Due' le quartz on Dec 14th @ Shibuya On Air West as well as the fanclub event in Osaka on Dec 25th and the New Year's Eve bash on December 31 in Takadanobaba AREA, so I'm very excited. ^^; I think it's really pathetic how I'm spending my Christmas and New Year's - in live houses! ~_~;; Oh well.. *shrug* .. it beats a turkey dinner any day. |
| 00/10/22 Live review for Shockwave~natsu no jin~ (Appearances -> Live Reports). ^_^ I'm translating (yet another) Q&A thing - I'm not confident enough to translate a proper interview yet. ^_^;; Also added song lyrics. |
| 00/10/09 Updated the news page (Information -> Band Information). The new releases are maxi-singles on December 1, 2000. Also I opened the Japanese links page (Links->Japanese sites). I will scan the SHOXX November pictures eventually, I guess. They're live photos of the Aug 21 live in Shibuya OAW. I decided not to see Due' on December 20th. I'm going to see Dir en grey in ZEPP Osaka instead. However, I will go to see their fanclub event on December 24th. Ki-chan went to Dué's live on 10/07, she actually got to touch Miyabi's hand and Sakito's thigh (hentai!) and Kikasa too.. lucky her, eh? ^_~ I added a new link to Mo~So~'s very insane site Eternal Blood Relative (a.k.a. a-dead-angle.com .. ) She has a Due' le quartz page with pictures and translated questionnaire. ^_^ s‚Á‚Ă݂ĉº‚³‚¢ ~~ |
| 00/09/22 I've finally translated the questionnaire from CLICK 3 (go to Appearances->Magazines)as well as adding a LOT of information to the band history (go to Information->Band Information). Please go check.. It took me a lot of time to translate, as well as begging my flatmate for help on the tricky parts (arigato na~). Well.. translating has exhausted me, so that's it for now. Also, check out the news! There's going to be 2 Dué le quartz releases in November! I can't wait! *dokidoki* I've also struck up an e-mail correspondance with Sayuri, who runs a Japanese Due' site, and she told me there is actually a dance to "Meikyou Shisui".. Maybe she can show me in December at Dué's live.. ^^; |
| 00/09/10 Ohha--- (^^); I've been infected by the Shingo virus *glares at ki-chan* (Aa!! not.. SMAP?!) ... Added some new pictures, wallpaper, ICQ skin, scans of the first press of Mikansei... , and also MP3s. Quite a large update ne? Also added screen captures from the Jisatsu Ganbou video. |
| 00/09/02 Updated information about their lives for the rest of the year! Please check it out! I'm planning to go to their live on December 20, in Shibuya On Air West. I'd love to go to the one on Dec. 14 , too (same place), but my final exam ends on the 16th. -_-;; |
| 00/08/27 Another update! I added a new page for wallpapers - I've made 4 wallpapers so far. If you've made any Dué le quartz wallpapers or any other fanwork, please email them to me! *^^* All submissions welcome! I also typed up the lyrics for Muddy blood. I'm in the midst of typing up the review for the August 3 Dué live that I went to, as well as translating a review of their oneman live. Also trying to translate their question and answer articles in ClickFile 3. |
| 00/08/22 ^_^ Hi~~ Yesterday was Dé le quartz's first oneman live! It was a big success - I read a report from somebody who went to the live. I really wish I could have gone. Anyway, I'll try to translate her live report and post it up here. Hopefully I'll also have a report soon of the live event on August 10. Updates - I uploaded 2 mp3s, some new images, and also added some discography and magazine information. You can know read Sakito's magazine column from SHOXX vol 91 (see "magazines"). Live reports and more to come! If you want to download Mikansei to Jekyll to Hyde, please visit VISUAL ROCK ART (beware of the Flash plug-in though!). ^^ If anybody has any DLQ related fanstuff, please send it in! ^^ I'm planning on making a fanpage soon... I also added a banner so if you'd like to link this site, feel free to do so *^^* |
| 00/08/19 Hisashiburi da ne! Exactly one month between updates! But I managed to go to the Aug 3 live in Shibuya On Air West, and I saw Due' again, and bought their demo tape and their first mini-album. Scanned a lot of pictures, will put them up later. I just realized Kazuki used to be in Je Reviens.. (duh.. silly me..)... ^^;; Lots of stuff to come, like live reports, video reviews, album reviews, mp3, magazine articles, etc! ^_^ machikudasai! So far, I've added scans of the demotapes, mini-albums, etc. I added a magazines page (under "Appearances") and I also edited the Band Information section. If anybody can help me with the band history, please please contact me at kaoru@seductive.com !! Thank you! |
| 00/07/19 Photogallery up. ^^;; It's hard to find Dué pics, gomen! Also added the lyrics for ™Â Ž ‚ß. Romanized lyrics really coming soon ^^;; I've already romanized "jisatsu ganbou" (the secret track ^^), just need to HTML everything now... |
| 00/07/18 Added guestbook, MP3s, and some lyrics in Japanese (Romanized lyrics to come!) ^^ Pictures all scanned, I just need to HTML the photogallery pages ^^;; It will take a few more days. . . Does anybody plan to go see Due' on Aug. 3? I can't get tickets but will try to get tickets outside the door. |
| 00/07/17 Opened this site... music section, links and live report not up yet -- coming soon ne! Please feel free to leave a message on the BBS ^^; |
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