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Rhythm & Drums 2023/10 interview between Shinya and Toshiya
Rearranged HD scan.
Translation notes below (hint: heartwarming words between the two members of Dir en grey's rhythm section!):
When Shinya first heard Toshiya's bass style, hethought that it was one that really moves a lot. In reverse, Toshiya felt that Shinya was a drummer with multiple hands. Shinya clarified that in his previous band, their songs were all fast-paced and repetitive.
Shinya's drumming was inspired by bands such as X Japan, AION and Gargoyle, and he watched instructional videos from Kozo Suganuma.
Toshiya's inspiration was visual kei bands as well as Guns n Roses, with a little bit more western music too.
Toshiya finds that Shinya is a drummer with a lot of freedom, what with the unusual phrases he composes.
Shinya creates the drum phrases in his head.
Toshiya has been trying to subtract and pull back on his bass composition, after listening to Shinya's new drums. He feels that it will help make the most of each of their instruments, rather than combine them too closely.
Shinya finds Toshiya's bass playing rhytmic and elegant. He said that even when he watches their live footage, he's drawn to the bass the most. For Toshiya, he sees the drums as the core of any band. If the drums are cool, the band is cool.
Toshiya feels that they are a band made up of people who know how to present their own performance and instruments the best. For him, if you play a song too "normally", then you might as well replace your presence on stage with the audio from the studio recording.
For the past 20 years, Shinya has checked his live performances to assess his arm movements. If he deems something not good enough, he will change at the next show/tour.
Apparently Toshiya was most impressed by the fact that Shinya started wearing ankle weights during one of their overseas tours, to improve his drumming. He thought: "Cool, it's like that character from Dragon Ball!"
A director told Shinya (and the rest of the band?) to play overseas with a lot of power, like they're carnivorous/eating meat.
Toshiya genuinely admires Shinya and to him, the most fun about being in Dir en grey/working is when he pairs up with Shinya. He has never seen any other drummer playing such unique phrases as Shinya's. He also really respects his curiousity, about his interests but also still about drumming.
Shinya confirms that he's very particular about what he likes, but he also came to realize that he has zero knowledge about stuff that does not interest him.
Shinya said that while there are countless bassists who play well, he feels that Toshiya's aura and presence are at the top level in Japan. As for Toshiya, he reiterated that Dir en grey wouldn't be the same without Shinya, that nobody can replace Shinya.
To answer "Which song do you think represents the relationship between drums and bass the most in Dir en grey?", Shinya selected egnirys cimredopyh +) an injection.
Live stream to celebrate Phalaris release (17/06/2022) - part 1
× Original video.
× Original subtitle by @ yukina_u (you can see their comments below this live, please check it out since there is no subtitles for the full live stream. And remember to give them a like or say thank to them!)
I only used my favorite parts in this video. And in fact, i also did some changes and added my own translations into various parts, in order to makes it more accurate.
× Since i’m not a professional translator and English is my second language, there might be mistakes but I’ve tried my best. Please feel free to let’s me know your thoughts.
I will put time points for every screen that i used in this video below.
And i also put every single direct links to the original posts that Shinya had mentioned in this video, so please check them out if you want.
- 2:22 : Kaoru and Die were on The Freedom of Expression - Nico Nico live stream.
- 5:38 : "It's enough for talking about the album" (1)
- 7:57 : "It's really enough for talking about the album" (2)
- 8:13 : the shoulder zipper.
- 10:27 : Ebinyan, Chiikawa and DIR EN GREY.
- 11:17 : Coffee maker for Kyo-san.
- 17:49 : the tweet about Yunika Vision in Shinjuku where DIR EN GREY and GLAY were on it. (link to that tweet)
- 18:21 : "... there was a commercial video of BTS which everyone was literally taking a video of and after it finished, they disappeared immediately..." (1)
- 19:36 : Shinya went again to watch DIR EN GREY but... It's BTS again. And the crowd, again, disappeared right after it finished. (2)
- 21:30 : Shinya talked about something really important on mute. (1)
・He is for real, love doing this. Check out 6:18 in his 2023 birthday live stream.
× Part 2 (there is some problems and i couldn't upload it even after tried so many many times... It already took me 5 hours just for uploading part 1, so i will be back to update part 2 later) <- I posted it!
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