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20 May 2012 @ 03:57 pm
The SATD Info twitter account retweeted the following:

【決定!!】6/9(土)"Saori@destinyバースデイ前夜で集う会" @LOUNGE_NEO_DAY デス!4/1以来でサオリちゃんの楽曲を大音量で聴き踊り語ります!Glad飛び出してNEOで開催!!


It seems as if that they're holding a birthday party celebration in honour of Saori's birthday (her birthday is on the 10th, this is a "day before saori's birthday celebration"). There are rumours that she might turn up but (or people hoping she will turn up) but even if her fanbase wasn't the biggest, it seems as if she left a big impact on them.
 
 
19 April 2012 @ 12:26 pm
『Aira Mitsuki ワンマンLiVE in Glad

『ゴールデンウィーク最後の日曜日、一緒に楽しめる日にできるよう頑張るので、是非遊びに来てください』

日程:5/6(日)
会場:渋谷Glad
時間:開場/開演 16:30/17:00
料金:前売り3,500円(ドリンク別)
出演:Aira Mitsuki

【チケット販売】
e+ http://eplus.jp 4/19(木)10:00~販売開始

Same place Saori did her 'final' live, coincidence or something more...?
 
 
02 April 2012 @ 12:16 pm
Yes, yesterday was that saddest of days. :(

SETLIST (BACK-UP PARTY)
1. BEATBOP
2. WOWTOWN
3. OFF THE WALL
4. DAMAGE
- MC -
5. Destiny's War
6. Our Telepathy

x

Full proper setlist under the cut. )

Saori's blog entry after the live. )

You'll notice that Saori's post tiptoes around the words "graduation" or "retirement," and I've heard from multiple sources that the event itself was just as unclear about her future. With no one giving a real announcement, whether Saori herself, her management or other news outlets, it's uncertain whether or not she'll ever do music again. That said, NERD@AKIHABARA has a long post about it written in English here that's really worth reading for a better perspective on the whole issue.

In any case, let us look back on the good times. Share all your favorite Saori memories in the comments below. ;_;
 
 
02 April 2012 @ 01:22 pm
Series of picture tweets from Saori:

Pics of Saori with Tommy and the other bandmate )


Saori's twitter

IDK what should I feel.
 
 
It's been pretty quiet around here lately. I haven't quite been keeping up with D-topia, but some recent things:

1) Saori's final live is rumored to be her one-man performance on April 1st. The speculation I've heard is that she has no plans to give a real announcement about it, so fans are pretty much saying their goodbyes already. Nonetheless, there's still a month until then, so I guess all we can do is wait.

2) We're going on a year and a half since Aira's last proper album, so I decided to have a look at her blog to see what she's been up to. She's apparently quite sick right now with some kind of bronchitis? She also seemed very depressed in mid-February, so let's hope she feels better soon all around.

Anyway, spring is coming up and I'm totally smitten with this song all over again, so I translated the lyrics to Aira's "Spring Sky"! These were done by ear as I don't think official lyrics ever came out, which means they might not be 100% accurate. two years in a row now I've meant to post "Valentine STEP" in February lol

春の風に ああ 君の匂い )

Does anyone still have a copy of this song? The old upload that was here in 2009 is dead now and all I've managed to find is a pretty disappointing 128kbps rip. :( It's always been in my top five Aira tracks.
 
 
15 February 2012 @ 06:37 am

I didn't make it but just found it. nice work.
 
 
03 January 2012 @ 02:47 am

It's not official announcement and I don't have original text, but a saori fan uploaded her interview at UNGA, and she answered when asked about "Last Song."
"Well... I don't know I may say this...  But I think It'll be a last release for me as Saroi@destiny. So I wanted to make a point of 'last' on my solo song. But I thought If I say it directly, it'll confuse my listener. so I expressed it as Good-bye to lover."
Edit: 
I've found some optimism prediction at overseas forum so I translate continuation of the interview.
 Interviewer  :"Oh, what a shocking announcement. Will you finish artist activity?"
 Saori           :"Yes. For example, there is a rylic 'I'll remember our last song' but 'our' is a infrequently-used word in this situation of love affair. I put my feeling to fans into the word 'our'".
 And some of them don't believe because there's no official announcement, but in fact so many D-topia artists were forced to fade away without it. To my knowledge, there was only one artist who performed farewell concert. And rumor has it that she'll also forced to retire without official announcement on April 1st.
 
 
Current Mood: pessimisticpessimistic
 
 
21 December 2011 @ 05:38 pm
I haven't made one of these in a while, so I thought I'd make one for the new album.


 
 
21 December 2011 @ 10:33 am


It just so happen that the Aira-Saori collaboration album, "X ~ Park of the Safari", debuted at #210 in the Oricon Weekly Charts. No known sales numbers are known at this time.

source

Sorry, can't screencap the site properly, laptop I'm using doesn't have PrtSc option.
 
 
Current Mood: sadsad
Current Music: MEG - MODEL
 
 
13 December 2011 @ 12:39 am
Finally finished these! Aira and Saori's combined lyrical thought processes are pretty interesting to witness... and I love the lyrics themselves, so many references to past D-topia releases.

Also, I color-coded the romanized lyrics because I've noticed some people had trouble differentiating their voices. Same as the interview post (only with better colors now!): Saori in blue and Aira in red, shared lines left in black.

Welcome to paradise! Let me be with you! )

今Discovery まだDiscobaby このDiscomusic )

Never say you can't survive. )

Aira is a French boy. Saori is a Japanese girl. They've come to Hollywood in search of fame and romance. )

The musical representation of Aira and Saori's combined horrible love lives. )

This song is pretty much just a lot of happy words thrown together. Which is actually kind of an incredible feat where Aira is concerned. )

Meanwhile, Saori's solo is a bunch of Beatles song titles. )

Singing Singing We Are ZA WARUDO, AKA the song Aira and Saori wrote after watching one too many nature documentaries. )

Our secret Mr.? )