#grimoire translation

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☪︎·̩͙ The last bunny of this era. Please treat me well as of tomorrow as well ☪︎·̩͙

Mel - Grimoire

[verwelktesgedicht]

Am I able to live until the moment when I think that I don't want to die?

Amu (ex-Grimoire)

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Your wings are huge, the knots are tight. Tie them, so that they don't loosen. I want you to make good knots. So that you can flap your wings. Dreams and memories are important. The things you're aiming at might not be huge but I just want you to be there. Thank you. Let's promise tomorrow again. Because I'm not so strong.

Kie (Grimoire)

[mokkoriness]

GRIMOIRE Interview - SEVEN Vol.42

We ask them about "Uranometria" that was released last year on December 13th. First of all, what does the meaning of the title of the lead song "Uranometria" mean?

It is a Latin word derived from Greek, and has the meaning of "star atlas".

It has been about one and a half months since the release, but how have the reactions from the listeners been?

It's as we hoped it would be, or rather, it was how we expected it to be. It's like we were right on the mark thinking things like "It seems like all songs on the CD will be popular", or that we would get this kind of reaction.

This song leaves an impression, such as with the intro of the song, where we can sort of imagine what image the lyrics will paint, but were there any points you focused on, or arrangements, themes, or phrases that you were particular about during production?

RyNK: We mixed the mermaid and me together.

Kie: The feeling of Japanese music. We also placed emphasis on the arrangement to make one recall the movements of waves, flowing from right to left and left to right and becoming intertwined.

Amu: The title and release date. As we reduced distortion, we built up a variety of sounds and arranged it so people could hear the chords, also the interaction between the left and right channels of the guitars in the pre-chorus and bridge.

Lune: I kept in mind to not use the habits that I usually add to the arrangements.

Mel: What I put emphasis on was to not have noisy drums, and to have beats and phrases that were even more aware of the fact that there would be singing on top of it.

The Castor version includes the music video for "Uranometria". Please tell us the highlight of the music video, scenes that you were particular about, or any behind stories of filming or something you had trouble with.

RyNK: My clothes were fluttery.

Kie: The outfits were completed on the day of the movie filming. I was nervous.

Amu: The hand drawn sparkling effect when the song title comes up and the tearing up scene after the bridge.

Lune: Actually, we used a little bit of a gimmick to show the water.

Mel: I'm using an important drum set so I want people to look at it. Among the simple drum setting, I think another highlight is the cymbal that stands out in the back.

So the coupling song "Suisou no Umi" that is included on both the Castor version and Pollux version. Please tell us the theme or any stories from production, or things you were particular about with this song.

RyNK: I tried a little hard on the last part.

Kie: There was no place to put in a guitar solo, so I spent a whole day trying to put one in. When you look at your world, which you thought was the ocean (everything), from the side it's just an insignificant fish tank, and all it was was you being forced to swim there... I put the emotions I felt from that into the guitar solo.

Amu: I wanted to make it so that people could feel the story just from listening to the orchestral parts in the part from the intro to the twin leader guitar solo.

Lune: Since it was a song that we all made imagining playing it at a large venue, it became a song that is very nice to play live.

Mel: The difference between the quiet parts before the band comes in and the explosiveness after the band comes in.

About the coupling song "Hello & Goodbye" that is on the Pollux version. Please tell us the theme or any stories from production, or things you were particular about with this song.

RyNK: I worked hard at articulation.

Kie: The bridge after the break down. It's tension and relaxation!

Amu: The verse repeats many times, and because the guitars on the left and right channel are always the same, we changed the arrangement so that the delayed guitar phrases in the background match with the drums.

Lune: We were able to express the feeling of GRIMOIRE with the toy-like sounds in the intro and the sound of the metronome we purposely put in. We all listened to each and every tone, so they are refined.

Mel: With the phrase in the verses, I play something different the first and second time, and they are phrases that express this toy-like feeling.

A special show "Yurumoa-chan" will take place on February 9th at Shinjuku RUIDO K4. It will be a solo show with a completely different relaxed atmosphere from normal, and the setlist will be comprised of the 12 most voted for songs. What kind of show will it be? Also, are the votes what you expected? Were there any unexpected songs?

RyNK: It will be unleashed.

Kie: I can't imagine it. I hope it becomes a live that will be a comfortable time for the people who come.

Amu: I haven't seen the votes yet.

Lune: I wonder where "Mime Mime" is ranked... I'm a bit anxious about the space in between songs, but I would like to take on this challenge with a feeling of it being something new.

Mel: As it's a different feeling from usual I am a bit worried, but I think it would be nice if we could show another side of us. It would be nice if everyone could hear their favourite songs.

And about RynK's birthday solo show "Birthday Party" that will be held on April 22nd at Aoyama Tsuki Miru Kimi Omou. Although there is still quite some time until the show, but are there any things you have planned or things to look forward to?

As it's the first time to hold a birthday event, we want to make it a live with a special feeling. It would be amazing if not just RyNK himself, but also the fans got warm feelings from the show.

What is it that GRIMOIRE pays attention to at lives, or wants to show?

RyNK: I would be glad if they looked at the thing in the middle.

Kie: Entertainment.

Amu: Today only exists today. To let everything out. Whether it moves people's emotions or not.

Lune: It would be to enjoy it. If we ourselves weren't enjoying it, then the audience also wouldn't enjoy it, right? That they are at the venue means that they pushed aside other things and paid money to come and see us, so anyhow, I want to make it enjoyable.

Mel: The atmosphere, the dynamics and the story composition and development of the setlist. And to always enjoy it.

Please tell use a song you recommend and choreography for the people who will see GRIMOIRE live for the first time.

RyNK: "Seitan Devil". The "Eyeball" part.

Kie: "Gensou Syndrome". When you go from jumping, to raising your hands in the air and then small headbangs.

Amu: "Suisou no Umi". Without worrying about difficult things, I want them to feel our "stillness" and "motion".

Lune: "Boku to Tulpa". The clapping during the verses. Or what the wolf calls "The sheep dance".

Mel: "Nejire Inside". Where you cover your eyes to match with the lyrics in the verse.

Are there any fads or common hobbies shared with the members right now?

RyNK: None.

Kie: I don't think so?

Amu: Nothing in particular.

Lune: None!

Mel: Nothing in particular, but when we go on tour we go and eat hamburgers together.

February 3rd is the traditional last day of Winter. Are there any demons inside you that you would like to chase out?

RyNK: The one in my heart.

Kie: The troublesome one. I'm going to start eating breakfast now.

Amu: The extreme one. I won't think of things in extremes.

Lune: The isolating one. I will make more friends.

Mel: The forgetful one. I'll make a checklist of things to bring on tour.

It's almost Valentine's Day. Please tell us one sweet memory and one bitter memory from then.

RyNK: They came all the way to my place to give me chocolate. When I asked for chocolate and they said "No way".

Kie: Please let me keep them to myself.

Amu: None in particular.

Lune: When I got chocolate from a girl in another class who I had no contact with. That made me happy.

Mel: Being able to eat lots of delicious chocolate. Eating too much chocolate.

Please give a message to the SEVEN readers.

RyNK: It's cold so stay warm.

Kie: See you.

Amu: I hope we can see you somewhere.

Lune: This year GRIMOIRE may go to see you at places we've never been before. Wait for us.

Mel: We will be a band that will being you lots of wonderful songs and lives this year too and make you think that you're glad to be a GRIMOIRE fan. This year we're going to see you much, much more so wait for us.

[mokkoriness]

GRIMOIRE - Stuppy Vol. 16 Interview

Members Left to Right - Lune (bass/sheep), Kie (guitar/wolf), RyNK (vocalist/boy), Amu (guitar/owl), Mel (drums/rabbit)** **

The splendid place of dreams. Towards a new world GRIMOIRE will lead us to.

GRIMORE, who did their first solo live at TSUTAYA O-WEST "Solo Performance~Splendid Place of Dreams~" on April 16th . This is an interview about the feedback from the live and their first full album "Grimoire". Their one-man tour will start in August!

Part 1. After the "Solo Performance"

You did your first solo live "Solo Performance~Splendid Place of Dreams~" on April 16th. How was the show?

Amu: For us, we did our activities after setting one of our goals as doing a one-man show at O-WEST, so I think that perhaps we were able to reach a certain point in terms of mentality. And at the same time, it was also a live where we could see "from here on".

Lune: I think that to GRIMOIRE, after doing that show, we were able to make a new start.

Kie: After having done the show, there were many things that we gained. It gave us confidence, and it was also a show that flamed up our feelings of wanting to aim for even greater goals.

Mel: Thinking about it objectively, I thought that perhaps to play at O-WEST was a bit beyond us at this point in time. But looking at the show itself and the reactions of the people who came to see us, I was able to feel our future in many aspects. I felt that as a band, I want us to keep on pushing ahead.

What was it like for you, RyNK?

RyNK: It was a dream.

Amu: It seems like he's trying to say "It was a good and fun live" (laughs).

Part 2. Interview about the album "Grimoire".

Your first full album "Grimoire" will finally be release on June 29th. "Grimoire" is a French word meaning "a book of magic", but since it is easier for everyone to understand it as "GRIMOIRE", it's like a self-titled album.

Amu: Since it's our first full album, it doesn't include just new songs, but some of our old songs which are hard to get a hold of now. It's the kind of album where if the people who will get to know us from here on wonder "What kind of band is GRIMOIRE?", they will understand if they listen to this album.

Kie: It's an album that is like the business card of GRIMOIRE over the last one and a half years, so the title is also the same as the band name.

Lune: Although the lead song is "Iranai Mono", there are quite a lot of songs on the album that have a live feeling to it, so I would be even happier if the people who listened to it would feel like they are listening to it live.

Amu: By the way, there's a hidden lead track this time (laughs). That would be "Yume no Mahoroba". It's the same phrase we used as the title for the show at O-WEST and also the one-man tour we will be doing soon, so it's an important theme for GRIMOIRE right now. In terms of the melody, we were aiming for the "lame but cool" sound, so it was fun making the song.

How do you feel after making your first full album "Grimoire"?

Amu: It required a lot more energy than I thought. The pace of it is completely different to that of making a single, and we made the album pouring quite a lot of both time and concentration into it. For us, there are a lot of things that the members do ourselves apart from the sounds. I myself am entrusted with things related to design and artwork, I was quite uneasy, or rather, I was I always hounded by the uneasy feeling that I was forgetting something (laughs).

Lune: Usually, I have the role of bringing together all of our "recorded sounds", but this time, depending on the song, some of them would have 50 tracks. With all the songs I had close to 400 tracks in total, so I had a really tough time doing it. It was as if I was always pressed for time. I was doing my best, wondering if I was just slow or if there just wasn't enough time (laughs). But it wasn't painful. It's something I like and something I want to do, so it was fun doing it. I also felt a sense of achievement after finishing it all.

Kie: As you expect, since there are so many songs, I did the recording thinking of how to not use the same phrases or tones. Although they are only subtle differences that perhaps only guitarists would pick up on, I was picky about it in my own way, and changed the sound of the guitar or the way I played it according to the song. However, contrary to that, I wanted the feeling of wholeness in the album and wanted people to feel GRIMOIRE's colour, so I made it so that each song would have it's own colour while also having the GRIMOIRE feel to it. I think that those two things have the exact opposite meaning (laugh), but I did trial and error to see the extent of it.

Mel: Of the new songs such as "Nejire Inside", "Archaic Smile" or "Iranai Mono" that we haven't played live yet, I recorded them also imagining and thinking about what it would be like if we were to play them live. No matter if albums and singles are different, I think that in the end, we were able to make a release that is of greater quality than the previous release and the one before that. There were many things that we tried for the first time, so personally I learned from this and it was a good experience.

How do you feel after making the album, RyNK?

RyNK: I want to make another one.

And after "Grimoire" gets released, you will start your nationwide 4-stop one-man tour called "Splendid Place of Dreams~Continuation~". The tour final will be on August 20th at Takadanobaba AREA, but what kind of space will GRIMOIRE create for us?

RyNK: I want to make it a continuation.

Kie: I think he's trying to say that this "Splendid Place of Dreams" won't end with just this tour. That, and also this is the important and long-running theme that GRIMOIRE would like to express through lives in this coming year.

I see.

Amu: A "splendid place" is still a place after all. I think that together with everyone on this tour and at future shows, we will explore little by little what kind of place and what kind of thing our places of dreams is.

Lune: Since it's a one-man tour, this will be a first for GRIMOIRE. Just as with the making of the album, I think that we will able to experience many new things that we haven't before, so I want to absorb many things on this tour.

Part 3. "Grimoire" Pick-Up!!

Please tell us which song you recommend!

Lune: I would recommend "Yume no Mahoroba". I really like it as a song, and before I knew it, lately I've been humming it in the bath (laughs). That's how much I like the melody of this song. I think it's easy to remember and I would be glad if the people who listened to the song would also fall in love with it in the same way. I'm looking forward to playing it live too.

Amu: The first song on the album is called "Amashizuku to McGuffin", but I think that this song has real meaning for the band. With the band GRIMOIRE, we have this fairy tale-like, cute light part of us and also a dark and ingrained shadow to us, so I would like to make the fact that we have both those things and at a high level as our own unique thing, or rather, that we do our band activities being aware of that. I think that if the darker our dark parts gets the light parts will stand out, and of course I think the opposite is true. So in that way, it was so dark that even I felt down while recording it (laughs), and I really felt that we were able to express GRIMOIRE's darkness well. We were able to do something that I always wanted to do. It's not a song that comforts you, but one that sinks together with you.

RyNK: I like it too.

Lune: When you are watching a sad movie, you obviously do get sad, but don't you also somewhat feel kind of comfortable and feel kind of healed? I kind of get the feeling that listening to the darkness that is "Amashizuku to McGuffin" gives a similar feeling.

Kie: The shuffle song...... What was it called again? (Awkward Smile)

All: (laughs)

Kie: Oh, "Nejire Inside". It's because when we were recording it it still had a temporary title, so I forgot the actual title for a moment (Awkward Smile). For GRIMOIRE, it's our first shuffle song, and despite it being our own song, I think that the interplay between the bass line and the guitar chords are quite nice (laughs).

Mel: On this album, I like the song "Gensou Syndrome", which is one of our oldest songs. It has this feeling that it's our starting point, so I have an emotional attachment to it. It's an album where you will feel GRIMOIRE if you listen to it from start to finish!

[verwelktesgedicht]

Happy, fun, painful, sad. There are many different feelings, a treasure. A treasure I received from everyone. I put all my gratitude into this picture. I wonder if it will reach you. Thank you. You’re not alone.

Kie

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All things must pass. That's why we must be able to cherish the present. The way that is lying ahead probably isn't a direct unforked road. But let's keep on walking! It still goes on. The splendid land of dreams. Thank you... Zzz

Lune (grimoire)