Photographs by Takehiro Suganuma / Interview by Ayano Nishimura
Part 2: From the desire to want to pursue his sound, a view to the future solo career?!
-- To start this second part, please tell us about a challenge you faced during the production of this album.
Aoi: It's a…… continuation, so there wasn't much change.
-- That ended up quickly (lol). Well then, what did Aoi-san want to express (in this album)?
Aoi: I thought a lot about wanting to change the sound. Up until now we haven't released anything like that. For [DIVISION] and [TOXIC], there was a similar coordination and shape regarding the source of sound, but as for myself, looking back, it didn't seem like a stimulating thing. There was conflict against what I wanted to express.
-- Conflict, you say……
Aoi: Yes. There's also the idea of wanting to work to deepen the GazettE's music even more. I'm thankful (for this), but along with the production of the album, we were constantly on tour, participating in events, being very busy. Speaking of the GazettE, I wonder if we're not blessed with such thing as leisure in pursuing our music. Back then I always thought that each of our sounds stood out, our individual figures, young as we were, there hadn't been any coordination. But starting from [STACKED RUBBISH] (album, on sale since July 2007) until [DIM] (album, on sale since July 2009), we began to form our "union" and create music with great care. To be perfectly united is important, but I think I would like to still be able to let out each individual's essences.
-- When it comes to the GazettE, is it hard to let that out?
Aoi: When I was a kid, while I was playing guitar or listening to music, the face of the artist (I was copying) floated into my mind. That kind of thing is hard when it comes to the GazettE. More than individually, maybe something like the outlook of world of an artist is more important.
-- Then, isn't it possible to do a solo career side-by-side with the activity of the band, to be able to express what you wanted?
Aoi: Hmー. Maybe when the time comes.
-- The parts that you feel difficult (being done) in a band, you can do them in a solo (project), right. About this solo (project), what kind of image do you have in mind?
Aoi: I've been thinking what it would be like to have a female vocal. I've been listening to RUKI's voice all along, it makes me want to try (doing a song) for a woman's voice tone. Well this is just one thing (among others).
-- Last summer, in the event that your company held, you formed a (session) band called [bon:cra-z] with Alice Nine's Hiroto and other guys, and you sang hide-san's songs. It was surprising to see you take the role of the vocals and also guitar.
Aoi: Ah. Yes I did. I didn't really want to sing myself. Because of the form of what we had to do, I sing because it's necessary to... that sort of stance. When it's just for fun I can do whatever I want, but when thinking about solo (career) in commercial term, there are so many regulations.
-- I see. Do you talk about this kind of feelings with fellow members in the GazettE? I feel that perhaps the five of you, respectively, have the idea of doing solo (projects) in your minds.
Aoi: We did have that sort of talk for a bit. In the GazettE, (sometimes) the music that I'm thinking cannot be understood (by the others), but I think it's not time yet for me to be by myself.
credit to:: theGazettE_INA
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