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Gallantique Kazue recital: live report
Tonight I went to Minami-Aoyama Mandala see a "mini-recital" by Gallantique Kazue, a talented cross-dressing singer. I had been interested in her since last year when Arcorhyme organized an event together with her, however I was out of town and couldn't make it. This time, her back-band featured Sally Kubota (Les 5-4-3-2-1), Nakayama Tsutomu and Yoshié, and a friend invited me to go along, so the timing seemed just perfect.
The recital was themed was themed around songwriter Murai Kunihiko, who I wasn't familiar with. The show was just great, from soft rock to groovy kayōkyoku, including covers of Wada Akiko ("Bye Bye Adam"), Henmi Mari ("keiken"), akai tori ("tsubasa o kudasai"), Toi et Moi, Hi-Fi Set,... also "warui kuse" (covered by Nomoto Karia on "uta to Guitar. Piano. kotoba."), and a song called "tabidatsu ashita" that I had heard before.
And then came a really big surprise,.. the secret guest was Nomiya Maki!! She sang Henmi Mari's "Daniel Mon Amour", a song that I loved since I first heard it in p&art sasanoooha:s Watanabe Productions mix CD. It was probably an illusion but I was sitting right in the center at the back, and I felt that she was singing staring at me. Of course I imagined that singing about a Daniel and having a white guy to look at should help her to get into the song. Haha. Ok back to earth. :)
(Excuse the blurry photos... I obviously was too excited to stand still.)
The show consisted of 2 sets and lasted a whole 2 hours. Great music, vocals, fashion and back band. I had really a great time and I'll be looking into seeing Gallantique live again sometime.
Gallantique has a busy schedule with shows every month, but the next time with the same back band will be on November 1st again at Mandala.
Larger sizes and more photos at Flickr
Posted on August 3, 2009 at 20:29 | Tweet
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Come on, Patrick! tell us the truth! You took la Maki for a drink afterwards, did you? Hahaha ;)
Posted by Damian on August 6, 2009 at 04:25
Haha, I wish. :)
Posted by Patrick on August 7, 2009 at 20:22