GARI in Europe

Last summer, the band GARI made their way to Europe to perform in France and Finland. They performed thrice: at the Japan Expo in Paris, again in Paris with the band SPLEEN VS IDEAL and at an animecon in Jyväskylä, Finland.

Recently, we met with vocalist YOW-ROW in Japan to reflect on this tour and his experiences at these three concerts in Europe.

Can you tell us your impressions of your first European tour?

YOW-ROW: That European tour was the first time that we performed live overseas, so I learned a lot in many ways and it was a very good experience for me. I got a lot of energy which I can’t really feel in Japan. I hope I can do lives overseas at about the same pace as we do in Japan. I think we can release something next year, so I want to do a bigger European tour than before.

Please give your message to the JaME readers.

YOW-ROW: We have only been to Europe once, so unfortunately many people don’t know about us, but please listen to our CDs! Now you can easily get information and listen to our music on the internet, so please search for GARI, and come to our lives when we go to Europe again!

In addition, the person in charge of managing GARI in Europe, from the French label Soundlicious, agreed to speak about the band’s visit to Europe from her point of view.

Hi everyone!

A little feedback on GARI‘s tour in July. Frankly speaking, we decided to have this band, unknown in Europe, come here in order to make them more known. I told myself “if it does not work, I’ll quit.” So much at stake! In the end, the band members are all really nice and the gig at Japan Expo was a good surprise for everyone.

Needless to say, all my thoughts about quitting disappeared when I saw everyone running toward the stage \(^o^)/

The interviews were very interesting, and the band answered sincerely without making a fuss. It really is a pleasure to work with a band like GARI!

What else? Ah, we were very surprised and pleased to see that more people came for GARI than for SPLEEN VS IDEAL (a very funny and good band though) for the Scène Bastille gig. We thought it would be the other way around. And, having seen other gigs in this livehouse, I can tell you the public was really enthusiastic. It pleased us a lot.

Finland was a discovery for everyone (including the Soundlicious team), but everything went well. One thing: the audience was really well-behaved.

We have other projects with GARI in 2008 (SCOOP)! At the end of January, their albums e.go.is.tick and Neo Radio Station will be available in legal downloading (iTunes, VirginMega, FnacMusic, etc.) so that those who do not like all of their songs can download only those they like. Then we will release Masked with bonuses, as we well know how to do (^_~). And then, another European tour. You will have more info about that shortly.

In the end, GARI coming to Japan Expo helped get their name out, which they definitely deserve to have happen, and it made us think about other plans with them. One has to know that in order to work in the music industry now, one should be more passionate than interested in money. But passion cannot buy food, so it is sometimes really hard to motivate oneself. That’s why I want to thank here everyone who supports us (journalists, fans, everyone who buy the CDs…).

Thank you all! See you soon for news about our bands.

Sae – Soundlicious

You can find GARI on JaME, their official Homepage and the Soundlicious website.

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