Biography

Art Cube

13/03/2013 2013-03-13 13:18:28 JaME Author: Andrea

Art Cube

Art Cube


© Art Cube - Real Style Creation 2012
Art Cube officially commenced their band activities on December 12, 2007 when they performed at Rockmaykan. However, after that December, the next time they performed live wasn’t until May of the following year. The band started off with four members: Z as the vocalist, Y on guitar, N on bass and M on keyboards. It wasn’t until February of 2008 that S went from their support drummer to their official drummer.

Art Cube started out 2008 with performing at various live houses across Japan from May till July, leading up to their release on July 23. Their first release, Suna no Hana, quickly sold out, which prompted the band to release a second press the next month. Their first song released on the compilation album, SUMMIT 04, which had come out on January 30th, was the first of many compilation albums the band would be featured on. the next few months following these releases, Art Cube performed at various places alongside other bands until their first one man on December 12th. Following this live a few weeks later was the release of their next single, Shitsuraku chou.

In March of 2009, the American tour organizer WOW ROCK had stated they would be bringing Art Cube to North America. While this did not happen, they did release Luxurious cube, a best-of album, on December 3, 2009 in the US. They had their second one man on June 11th, just in time for their release of ruri ame/nijika kagami. It was announced after the release of this single that Art Cube would be going on their first overseas tour in Europe. Two dates in France were announced as part of their European tour. As a European tour exclusive, Art Cube released Luxurious Cube.

In October 2010, keyboardist M left due to physical health problems, and Art Cube continued their activities despite one less member. At the end of the year, the band released a self-titled best-of album. Their label, Sequence Records, closed after the release of FINAL SUMMIT, a compilation album with various artists from the label, which included Art Cube. Because of this, the band went on to DUAL CORE SOUND ENTERPRISES.

Art Sensation, a collaboration single between Art Cube and VII-Sense came out in June 2011 to go along with their coupling tour. This tour also had a few other bands participating, but the most anticipated appearance was by the rarely-seen Kozi. After releasing a few single and a mini-album, Kagami no Namida, they switched labels to Real Style Creations once again on April 1st. On this new label they released Kikei hako~ bad ass cube~ on July 25, 2012. A few months later, it was announced that the drummer M had departed in September stating differences on the future of the band. In November 2012, Art Cube started a new label called AC Individual Direction. Gaining more freedom with their own label, fans of Art Cube look forward to future activities.
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