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is an EP
released by Malice Mizer
on February 1, 2000. It is dedicated to the band's former drummer Kami
, who died in 1999. The music for tracks two and three were based on his compositions and arranged by the band.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
released by Malice Mizer
Malice Mizer
Malice Mizer was a visual kei rock band from Japan. They were active from August 1992 to December 2001. Formed by Mana and Közi, the band's name stands for "malice and misery", extracted from "nothing but a being of malice and misery" — their reply to the question "what is human?"...
on February 1, 2000. It is dedicated to the band's former drummer Kami
Kami (musician)
, better known by his stage name Kami, was a Japanese musician best known as drummer for the rock band Malice Mizer. He died on June 21, 1999 in his sleep of a subarachnoid hemorrhage at the age of 26.- Early life :...
, who died in 1999. The music for tracks two and three were based on his compositions and arranged by the band.