^An Cafe^

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An Cafe (or Antic Cafe) (アンティック－珈琲店－（カフェ）, Antique Cafe?) is a Japanese dance/rock band formed in 2003 and signed to the independent label Loop Ash. They have been described as an oshare kei band, a subset of visual kei; however, they refer themselves to Visual Kei. As of their formation, the group has released four full-length albums and two EPs.

An Cafe
Also known as Antic Cafe
アンティック－珈琲店－
Origin Tokyo, Japan
Genres Dance/rock
Years active 2003–present
Labels Loop Ash, MusicRay'n, Red Cafe (Japan)
Gan-Shin (EU)
Sony BMG (Korea)
Maru Music (US)
Website ancafe-web.com
Members
Miku (みく)
Takuya (たくや)
Kanon (カノン)
Teruki (輝喜)
Yu-ki (ゆうき)
Former members
Bou (坊)

History

An Cafe was formed in May 2003 with Miku, Kanon and Bou who would later be joined by Teruki after leaving his former band, Feathers-Blue. The band played live shows for their first year, without any releases.

In 2004, An Cafe released their first demos and signed a record deal with Loop Ash. Their first release, "Candyholic" was released in March and reached the second spot on the Oricon indies single chart.[1] The band continued touring and releasing, including their first album, Shikisai Moment in 2005. The band released even more singles in 2006 until their second studio album, Magnya Carta (a play on "Magna Carta").

In 2007, the band announced their first overseas appearance at Project A-Kon. The announcement of this was followed shortly by the departure of guitarist, Bou. The last performance with Bou was on April 30, 2007, and was featured in a DVD titled Hibiya On ☆The☆ 0 New Sekai. After Bou left the band, two new members were announced: Takuya was to replace Bou as the guitarist and Yuuki was to join An Cafe as a keyboardist. The first single with their new lineup was announced as "Kakusei Heroism" followed by "Ryuusei Rocket". In the end of 2007, An Cafe announced their first overseas tour, taking place in Europe in 2008.

In the opening weeks of 2008, An Cafe announced their upcoming single, "Cherry Saku Yuuki!!" in February, as well as their next studio album, Gokutama Rock Cafe, which was released on April 9, 2008.[2]

An Cafe's latest EP, Harajuku Dance Rock, was released on March 13, 2009.

They have also announced an upcoming 4th album, entitled ""BB Parallel World", which is set to be released in Japan on September 9, 2009, and in Europe on October 2, 2009. It will contain the title tracks of singles "Aroma", "Summer Dive" and "Natsu Koi ★ Natsu GAME", as well as eight other songs.

In 2010, it has been confirmed that An Cafe will be taking a break from activities. It is yet unknown as to how long they will be on hiatus for, but they have not stated they will be disbanding. The message, issued on their official homepage, claims that "after the Budokan show, each member will concentrate on their own activity to be prepared for the band to restart in the future." The aformentioned Nippon Budokan show takes place on January 4th, 2010.

Discography

Albums

* Shikisai Moment (色彩モーメント, November 9, 2005)
* Magnya Carta (マグニャカルタ, November 29, 2006)
* Gokutama Rock Cafe (極魂ROCK CAFE, April 9, 2008)
* BB Parallel World (September 9, 2009)

EPs

* Amedama Rock (飴玉ロック, February 23, 2005)
* Ko Akuma Usagi no Koibumi to Machine Gun EP (小悪魔USAGIの恋文とマシンガンe.p., October 29, 2008)
* Harajuku Dance Rock (March 13, 2009)

Singles

* "Candyholic" (キャンデーホリック, March 24, 2004)
* "√69" (June 6, 2004)
* "Komou Cosmos" (孤妄, November 24, 2004)
* "Karakuri Hitei" (カラクリ否定, March 30, 2005)
* "Tekesuta Kousen" (テケスタ光線, July 20, 2005)
* "Escapism" (エスカピズム, August 24, 2005)
* "Merrymaking" (メリメイキング, September 21, 2005)
* "10’s Collection March" (10's コレクションマァチ, March 1, 2006)
* "Bonds ~Kizuna~" (BondS ～絆～, May 17, 2006)
* "Smile Ichiban Ii Onna" (スマイル一番イイ♀, September 20, 2006)
* "Snow Scene" (スノーシ一ン, October 18, 2006)
* "Kakusei Heroism ~The Hero Without a "Name"~" (覚醒ヒロイズム～THE HERO WITHOUT A "NAME"～, August 22, 2007)
* "Ryuusei Rocket" (流星ロケット, November 7, 2007)
* "Cherry Saku Yuuki!!" (Cherry咲く勇気!!, February 27, 2008)
* "Summer Dive" (August 30, 2008, live distribution only)
* "Aroma" (March 11, 2009)
* "Natsu Koi ★ Natsu GAME" (夏恋★夏GAME, August 12, 2009)

DVDs

* "Like an cafe" (ライカ・カフェ, October 10, 2004)
* "20051203 Shikisai A On" (20051203色彩亜音, December 3, 2005)
* "Yagai de nyappy" (野外でニャッピー, December 17, 2006)
* "Hibiya on ★the★ o New World" (HIBIYA ON★ザ★御NEW世界, July 2, 2007)
* "Nyappy Go Around Fever" (April 25, 2008)
* "AnCafesta '08 Summer Dive" (December 24, 2008)
* "Live Cafe - Tour '08 Nyappy Go Around the World" (March 11, 2009)

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