Gauze (album)

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Gauze
Gauze cover
Studio album by Dir en grey
Released July 28, 1999
Recorded 1998–1999
Warner Music Recording Studio, Greenbird Studio, One Voice Komazawa Recording Studios, Epicurus Studio, Tokyo Bay Studio, Victor Studio (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13)
One on One Recording North L.A. (3, 6, 9, 11, 12)
Genre Rock/metal
Length 64:47
Label Free-Will
Producer(s) Dir en grey
(1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13)
Yoshiki
(3, 6, 9, 11, 12)
Dir en grey chronology
Missa
(1997)
Gauze
(1999)
Macabre
(2000)


For the Japanese hardcore punk band, see Gauze.

Gauze is an album released by Dir en grey on July 28, 1999. It is the band's first full-length record. Five tracks were produced by Yoshiki Hayashi (formerly in X Japan), all of which had been previously released as singles.

[edit] Track listing

# Title Length Music *
1 "Gauze -Mode of Adam-" 2:07 Dir en grey
2 "Schwein no Isu" (Schweinの椅子?) 3:31 Die
3 "Yurameki" (ゆらめき) 5:05 Shinya
4 "Raison Detre" 4:48 Toshiya & Shinya
5 "304 Goushitsu, Hakushi no Sakura" (304号室、白死の桜) 5:18 Die
6 "Cage" 5:35 Kaoru
7 "Tsumi to Batsu" (蜜と唾) 5:08 Kaoru
8 "Mazohyst of Decadence" 9:22 Kaoru
9 "Yokan" (予感) 4:39 Die
10 Mask 4:25 Kaoru
11 "-Zan-" (残 -Zan-) 5:03 Kaoru
12 "Akuro no Oka" (アクロの丘) 9:42 Kaoru
13 "Gauze -Mode of Eve-" 0:04 Dir en grey

* All lyrics by Kyo.

[edit] Notes

  • The kanji of the seventh track are printed in reverse on the packaging, transliterating as "Mitsu to Tsuba" (honey and saliva). "Tsumi to Batsu" (crime and punishment) is considered the official title though and this peculiarity can be considered an example for lyricist Kyo's penchant for wordplay.
  • "Raison Detre" is French for "reason to be", the correct spelling being "raison d'être". "Mazohyst" is likely to be a misspelling of "masochist".
  • The bigger part of "Gauze -Mode of Eve-" is actually contained at the end of the previous track (see hidden track) and it lasts about one minute and nine seconds.
  • The album's tracklist numbers, as well as parts of the title and lyrics of "Schwein no Isu" are in German.
Dir en grey
Members: Kyo | Kaoru | Die | Toshiya | Shinya
Discography
Albums: Gauze | Macabre | Kisou | Vulgar | Withering to Death. | The Marrow of a Bone
EPs: Missa | Six Ugly     Remixes: Kai
Singles: Jealous | -I'll- | Akuro no Oka | Yurameki | -Zan- | Cage | Yokan | Myaku | [KR] Cube | Taiyou no Ao | Ain't Afraid to Die | Filth | Jessica | Embryo | Child Prey | Drain Away | Kasumi | The Final | Saku | Clever Sleazoid | Ryoujoku no Ame | Agitated Screams of Maggots
Videography
Clips: Kaede ~If Trans...~ | Mousou Toukakugeki | Gauze -62045- | Kimon | Average Fury | Average Psycho
Live: Mousou Kakugaigeki | 1999.12.18 Osakajo Hall | Tour 00 >> 01 Macabre | Rettou Gekishin Angya | Blitz 5 Days | The Code of Vulgar[ism] | It Withers and Withers | Despair in the Womb
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