Psydoll
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Psydoll are a Cyberpunk band. They formed in Tokyo in 1997 and incorporate Industrial and Electropop with cyberpunk imagery, musical and lyrical content. In 2003 they were brought over to the UK to play at the Beyond the Veil gothic music festival in Leeds and gained some recognition amongst the UK industrial and gothic underground. Later that year they returned for a mini-tour of Scotland and Northern England. Leeds based Planet Ghost Music, home to Little Match Girl recognised the talent and signed them for their first release outside of Japan. I, Psydoll is a collection of their previous two Japanese albums plus a bonus track. They then returned to the UK in 2005 for another mini-tour supporting amongst others Amen
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Amen
The word amen is a declaration of affirmation found in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament. Its use in Judaism dates back to its earliest texts. It has been generally adopted in Christian worship as a concluding word for prayers and hymns. In Islam, it is the standard ending to Dua and the...
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Personnel
- Nekoi PSYDOLL (aka Nekoi Rutoto) (Vocals, Keyboards, Songs and lyrics)
- Ucchi PSYDOLL (Guitars, Arrangements and Programming)
- Loveless PSYDOLL (Digital Percussion and Drums)
Albums
- Illumidia (Japan only) (1997)
- Psyberdoll (Japan only) (Tyrell Morgue, 1998)
- Lake/Rose, Rose, Rose (Japan only) (Tyrell Morgue, 1999)
- The Daughter Of Dr.Neumann (Japan only) (Tyrell Morgue, 2000)
- A War In The Box (Japan only) (Tyrell Morgue, 2002)
- I Psydoll (Planet Ghost Music, 2004)
- 10spyglasses (Psydoll Products, 2009)
- P.S...BTW (Psydoll Products, 2011)
Singles and EPs
- Fragments (Japan only) (2003)
- Sign (Japan only) (2004)
- Stories (Japan only EP) (2005)
- Dance with PSYDOLL (2008)
Nekoi PSYDOLL's Book
- Moshi Moshi Call もしもしコール By Nekoi Rutoto 猫井るとと (ISBN4-7659-0222-6) (Published by Kubo Shoten 久保書店 on 1985 October 1.) This 116 page book of Nekoi's comic strips, from the early to mid 1980's, is a collection of her work from Lemon People, Melon Comic, and other monthly manga magazines that she contributed to. A photo of her appears on the inside back flap of the dust jacket.