Awoi

Visual kei band Awoi’s songs are notable for their powerful bass lines and melancholic mood. Heavy sound and incredibly emotional vocals create the unique atmosphere that marks out Awoi from the others bands. They play concerts mainly in Osaka.

The band was made by the vocalist Otogi during the fall of 2004. He invited guitarist Ryoga, bassist Mio and drummer Hiro to join him and form the band. With this line-up, they played a few performances and on the band released their first single, Kokoro, on May 1st. In October, another single, Koi Karasu, was released, but at the end of the year, Ryoga and Mio suddenly left the band, with one of them joining Gemini and another going to Pablo Honey. However, Otogi managed to quickly replace them with guitarist Shou and bassist Saki.

With a new line-up, Awoi released two discs in 2006: the single Ame no Itaitami in July and maxi-single Makkura, Makkuro, Makkaka na Asa in September. In 2007 they played several concerts in Osaka and Nagoya, then on the 9th of April the musicians released the second maxi-single Yuuyake Karasu, which was followed by a tour.

On the 21st of October Awoi played at the Osaka Muse for the band’s third anniversary. A few weeks later, the third maxi-single, Nakunaranai uta, was released. Then, in July 2008, they released another one called DEADMAN and shot their first PV. For the rest of the year, the band performed in Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. On the 8th of November they played at Osaka Muse with Lycaon, R-Shitei(R-15), A&D and others. It was Awoi‘s fourth anniversary.

On the 18th of March 2009, the band released their fifth maxi-single, Insomnia. Not long ago, Awoi performed at the visual kei event SCUBER DIVE with many other indie bands on the 31st of July in Osaka and on the 3rd of August in Tokyo.

Hopefully we can look forward to many more releases and performances from Awoi in the future.