User:Raica/conteng

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(loosely translated from here with some bits left out and sprinkles of my own text, especially towards the end. wikify later.)

I've has been active since 1998, although at the time they were not known as "I've". During this time they produced music for tsushin karaoke and adult game brands based in Hokkaido. They also made two tracks for the Dancemania series, If You Were Here (by JENNIFER) and Do You Remember Me (by JENNY), both featured in Dance Dance Revolution.

They first assumed the name "I've" when they were going to work on the adult game Lips ~egao no yukue~ in the autumn of 1998. Production for the game was later cancelled, but this, however, sparked their ties with VisualArt's, a computer game and software maker that most of I've's subsequent works are released under.

The first game I've officially produced music for was Hakidame -TRASH-, produced by ZERO (a brand of VisualArt's) and released in February 1999, where they were credited as I've Sound. The game featured the songs FUCK ME and Utsukushiku Ikitai.

I've's big break came when the popular adult PC game Kanon by Key was released in 1999, featuring the theme songs Last regrets and Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho, both arranged by I've. This gained them a burst of fame among the eroge gamers. They released their first compilation album regret in December 1999.

In 2002, I've was hired to produce the music for their first anime series, Please Teacher, which helped to further spread their name among the anime otaku.

In April 2004, KOTOKO, one of I've's many vocalists, made her major debut with the album Hane. This was followed by Mami Kawada's major debut (radiance single) in February 2005, and Eiko Shimamiya's (ULYSSES album) the same year in April. MELL and sound creator C.G mix made their major releases in 2006 (Red fraction single and in your life album respectively).

I've held their first concert on October 15 2005 at Nippon Budokan.

In the weeks before the concert approached they launched a web radio I've Talk Jam, hosted by SHIHO with Kazuya Takase and Tomoyuki Nakazawa as regulars, and had a different I've vocalist appear as guest for each show. It ended after nine shows, shortly before the Budokan concert took place.

notes

  • tsushin karaoke - what?? mail-order karaoke? downloadable karaoke?
  • music for "adult game brands based in Hokkaido" - what music, exactly? not that it's important but as an I've fan... *_*
  • the dancemania part - just copied what someone wrote earlier. was "Do You Remember Me" by I've? Toshiba-EMI's site[1] lists Katou Kazuhiko (加藤和彦) as composer... whereas the japanese article lists the other song as "Is This The Way You Kill A Love" by GINA. need confirmation.
  • budokan dvd.... let someone else add x_x i'm tired.... ok, i'm plain lazy...