Band // そろばん (Soroban)

Band // そろばん (Soroban)
Years // 2002 - 2006
Type // Oshare Kei
Also // Primrose


Members -
Vocals // 龍寺 (Ryuuji)
Guitar // 夢人 (Yumehito)
Bass // たつひ (Tatsuhi)
Drums // ゆうや (Yuuya)

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In the beginning of 2002 Yumehito, the guitarist and the leader, decided to form a band called Primrose together with vocalist Ryuuji, bassist Tatsuhi and drummer Yuuya. Despite their young ages, when they started they were between 14 - 16, they managed to gain quite a bit of success. The bands first live was on June 6th at NAGOYA MUSIC FARM. While being Primrose they also had a second guitarist named UZ. Their first and only single "Shingetsu Yami" was released on November 15th but was available only through mail-order and lives. Yumehito wrote all the lyrics and music for Primrose and throughout their career they had seven songs. The band was live-orientated (they performed a lot); in the beginning they performed at teenaged talent shows and such, but later on they performed in bigger events.

Two years later since the formation of Primrose, they changed their name to そろばん (Soroban) in April of 2004 with their first live on June 17th at Ikebukuro CYBER, during which they distributed 100 copies of their first single "白黒ラジオ" (Shirokuro Radio). In late 2005 they joined the record label DANGER CRUE RECORDS, where they created their own sub-label SKY CRUE RECORDS.

In July of 2006 the band announced on their official website that they would disband in August, and cited 'musical differences' as the reason. After a little more than two years as Soroban, they had their last concert on August 2nd at Shibuya ga Taihen.

For more detailed information please refer here - http://www.jpopasia.com/group/soroban/
And here - http://www.last.fm/music/%E3%81%9D%E3%82%8D%E3%81%B0%E3%82%93/+wiki

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// The first two pictures are of そろばん (Soroban)
// The third picture is of Primrose

They are a really good band~ I instantly liked their songs a lot~ Though they may not sound Oshare Kei on the first go but if you listen carefully you'll know so, they are old Oshare Kei type. Instruments are heavy plus the drums are definitely the Oshare drums~ Please listen to them if you haven't!! Enjoy!! OuO/

#Soroban  #Primrose  #VisualKei  #OldOshareKei