Thursday, February 28, 2019

Disqualia

The majority of Disqualia came from Destrose in 2015, and the group has a lot of similarities of approach. It is/was a tight, 5-piece band.
At one point in Destrose, with guitarist Narumi as Destrose’ longest-running member, vocalist Lisa left Destrose and support vocalist Ibuki got them through their last live concert. Narumi and Risa Risa liked her and soon after, formed Disqualia with her.
Disqualia follows the frequent metal custom of a dark or “negative” element in the naming, albeit somewhat awkwardly in this case. It is active as a support group still, but hasn’t been functioning as a complete and independent group since the loss of lead vocalist Ibuki and bassist Mai in 2017. I am uncertain where and when bassist Waka Oka (Or similar?) comes in, but Metal Archives lists her with Disqualia as:
大場 和香    [ Translates as Ōba Waka per Google Translate]       Bass (2017-present)

And that is a question because the principal activity of the remaining members of Disqualia - Risa Risa on drums, Narumi and Hazuki on guitars - appears to be supporting the solo projects of Rami, the original vocalist of Aldious, and she’s using the male bassist Fin at those times?
So they began with:
Risa Risa on drums
Narumi on guitar
Ibuki on vocals (left 2017)
Mai on bass (also left in 2017)


I see two full-length videos on YouTube. “Over the Destruction” has a lot of both video artsy-play and a shorter sequence of vocals processed to sound electronic. Otherwise the vocals are straightforward, if a bit heavy on vibrato amplitude at times. It has quite a range of sounds, from speed metal to a short mellow classic-rock sounding section. And Ibuki gets some swordplay in there, including licking it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=M5zBKrTJRg

The “Right Now” video is set in a snowy scene, although I suspect it was done in studio and green-screened into the snow scene because they are not dressed for cold. This one shows Ibuki’s remarkable versatility with superb control, I think.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qGvi4gelZd0

There is supposed to be a sample of “Blazing World” in there too, but I’m not sure the vid in question in exclusively that. Video vs. Audio are also painfully out of synch.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qmm4gyf3nLM

Concert appears to be a cellphone recording and sound is not exactly HiFi. But it does give a glimpse of them playing live.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CU6NWbTfbwo

Metal Archives helps pull together what is known of them.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Disqualia/35404131

                                                                                                                                     
Releases
Singles:
Over the Destruction    -2015
Blazing World        -2016

And an EP:

Right Now -2016 with 7 cuts, two of which were instrumental versions of Lady Boy and Right Now.
1.  Lady Boy    04:16

2.  Shout It Out    03:32

3.  Right Now    04:39

4.  Mad Desire    04:12

5.  The Destiny of Love    05:21

6.  Lady Boy    04:16       instrumental

7.  Right Now    04:37     instrumental
30:53






Online -
https://www.disqualia.net/

https://www.facebook.com/disqualia.jp

https://twitter.com/Disqualia


Remaining Today
Narumi on guitar
Hazuki on guitar
Risa Risa on drums




Individual Connections:
Hazuki
    https://twitter.com/mochimochimuuch





Ibuki
Ibuki’s site, news page
https://www.vocal-ibuki.com/about

Ibuki’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/vocal_IBUKI







Mai’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/mai_tsukahara





Narumi
Narumi released a mini-album of seven songs via her personal website in February 2018, "The Seed." Unfortunately, like many artist websites in Japan, the "English" button gives you a few words in English and the rest is all Japanese Kanji. Which doesn't give a westerner much confidence to buy from the site when we have no idea what we're doing there.
https://narumiguitar.wixsite.comnarumiofficial/merch

Her link to https://ramimusic.net seems to be shy right now. "Server not found"
She has a couple of sample pieces from the album posted. They're instrumental, jazzy in flavor (especially "Red Rabbit") and unsurprisingly, have lotsa guitar acrobatics.
Alternative source: CDJapan
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEODAI-36562?s_ssid=e336fb5c7877b1bfeb

 Narumi’s Twitter
    https://twitter.com/NARUMI_gt




Risa Risa
https://twitter.com/risa_drums


Waka Oka / Waka Ohba / Ōba Waka
https://twitter.com/wakowass

Bassist Waka appears to be playing with the group “CQ” now. Their Soundcloud page is the most readable on my machine. Mostly smooth ethereal shoegazing stuff. A couple of almost metal sounding pieces though.
https://soundcloud.com/cq_jp

https://twitter.com/CQ_band_jp




And since the remaining Disqualia has been playing support for Rami...
https://twitter.com/RAMI_Vocal



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