Kisaki
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Kisaki (妃) is a Japanese musician who has worked with several bands within the visual kei movement, including La:Sadie’s, Syndrome, Kisaki Project and Phantasmagoria. Besides playing bass and composing music, he also worked as a producer for the Matina record label and currently is producer of Undercode Productions. In 2007, he was charged with tax evasion of over 45,000,000 yen worth of taxes. Kisaki has since announced that he will retire as a musician. The last performance by his current band, Phantasmagoria, is scheduled for 2007.
Background
Kisaki played the flute in primary school. He chose to focus on playing instruments and learned bass as well as guitar to help with composition. Beginning during his later education, Kisaki's participation in bands became his focus rather than his studies.
La:Sadie’s, which consisted of most of the members of Dir en grey with Kisaki on bass, was formed in January of 1996. In January of the next year, Kisaki became bassist of MIRAGE. His next band, Syndrome, which included members currently in D, was formed in 2000. Phantasmagoria, also called “Kisaki’s final band,” was formed in December of 2004. Kisaki became producer of Matina in 1997, and he became producer of Undercode Productions when it was established in March 2003.
List of former bands
A list of bands Kisaki has worked with in some capacity.
- Levia
- Laybial
- Shey≠De
- Garden
- De=prive
- Stella Maria
- Ruby (support member)
- Haijin Kurobara Zoku (廃人黒薔薇族)
- La:Sadie's
- Mirage
- Syndrome
- Anti Feminism
- Kisaki Project
- Kisaki & Kansai Kizoku (妃＆関西貴族)
- Phantasmagoria