is a single released by Dir En Grey

Dir en grey

Dir En Grey is a Japanese metal band formed in 1997 and currently signed to Firewall Div., a sub-division of Free-Will. As of 2011, they have recorded eight full-length records...

 on January 20, 1999, simultaneously along with "Akuro no Oka

AKURO NO OKA

is a single released by Dir En Grey on January 20, 1999. It is among the first to feature remixes and was released simultaneously along with "Yurameki" and "-Zan-"...

" and "-Zan-

-ZAN-

is a single released by Dir En Grey on January 20, 1999, simultaneously along with "Akuro no Oka" and "Yurameki". The single peaked at number 6 on the Oricon music charts in Japan....

". The single peaked at number 5 on the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 music charts in Japan

Japan

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The song will be covered by R-Shitei on the compilation Crush! 2 -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, which will be released on November 23, 2011 and features current visual kei

Visual Kei

is a movement among Japanese musicians, that is characterized by the use of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that visual kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of Japanese rock, with its...

 bands covering songs from bands that were important to the '90s visual kei movement.

Track listing

Personnel

• Dir En Grey
  • Kyo
    Kyo (musician)
    is the vocalist of Japanese band Dir En Grey. He has been with the band since its inception in 1997 and was formerly in La:Sadie's. Kyo was inspired to become a rock star when he saw a picture of Buck-Tick vocalist Atsushi Sakurai on the desk of a junior high school classmate.While he has only...
    
     – vocals
    Singing
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    , lyricist
    Lyricist
    A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...
    
    
  • Kaoru – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
    
    
  • Die
    Die (musician)
    Die is a Japanese musician and one of the guitarists of Dir en grey. He has been with the band since its inception in 1997 and was previously a member of La:Sadie's and before that he was in Ka･za･ri...
    
     – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
    
    
  • Toshiya – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
    
    
  • Shinya – drums
    Drum kit
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• Yoshiki Hayashi – producer
• Joe Chicarelli - audio mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
  In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
  
  
• Steven Marcussen (Precision Mastering) – mastering
  Audio mastering
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• Gary Adante, Rob Arbittier and Eddie DeLena (Noisy Neighbors Productions) – remixing