Kaya

  Composer: Kaya

  Started: 2006
  Status: Active

Profile

Asthetic-kei/synthpop/pop artist Kaya started his musical career in the band Meties. They released one demo tape, "Recur to Mind", in 1999 but disbanded shortly after. He then joined as the vocalist for ISOLA. The band released one CD single on CD-R, which was called "Egoiste Butterfly", but they too soon disbanded.

In 2001 Kaya formed electro band Rudolf Steiner with Hora, who had previously been in Velvet Eden. After two demo tapes, "Queen of Decadence" and "Perfect Garden", Rudolf Steiner were signed to label Midi:Nette, Mana (Moi dix Mois / ex-Malice Mizer) became their producer and their name was changed to Schwarz Stein. After two singles and two albums and numerous live date including dates at Takadanobaba Area with D’espairsRay, Osaka Muse with Fatima and were the support act for Moi dix Mois’ 2002 tour in addition to playing one man lives. Schwarz Stein disbanded in 2004, but Kaya and Hora came back together to record a one off, self-titled mini-album under the name of Another Cell in 2006.

After that, Kaya launched his solo career in June of that year with a one man live at Takadanobaba Area and the release of his first solo single "Kaleidoscope", the music to which was written by Kalm (ex-Velvet Eden). Kaya released his second single "Masquerade" in September 2006 and followed this up with 6 live dates including Shibuya O-East, Nagoya ElectricLadyLand and Laforet Museum.

On December 27th Kaya released "Glitter", his first solo album for which Hora wrote the music to 3 songs, and played a live at Sangen Chaya HEAVEN’S Door the day after.

Kaya continues to tour and will play his next one man at Shibuya O-West in February.

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Thoughts

Kaya’s progress as both a vocalist and lyricist is clear when comparing his first work with Meties and ISOLA to his solo project. His vocals have improved even in the short time between Schwarz Stein, in which his vocals were excellent and his solo project. The atmosphere he creates within his songs is sometimes dark and melancholic and sometimes lively. It’s quite different from his work with Schwarz Stein in places, but his experimenting with different styles of music, ranging from upbeat electro to piano ballads to more swingy tunes, only adds to the unique feel of his solo project. Although I do prefer the music that Hora and Kalm wrote for him to his other styles, all of Kaya’s work is definitely worth listening to.
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Music Samples:

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Pictures

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Solo Discography

Albums
Hyakki Yagyo
Glitter

Singles
Carmilla
Oka Ryoran
Kaleidoscope
Masquerade

Discography with Schwarz Stein

Albums
New Vogue Children
Artificial Hallucination

Singles
Perfect Garden
Current

Discography with Rudolf Steiner

Demo Tapes
Queen of Decadence
Perfect Garden

Discography with Isola

Single
Egoiste Butterfly

Discography with Meties

Demo Tapes
Recur to Mind

Discography with Another Cell

Mini Album
Another Cell

Links

Official Site

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