Désolée, c'est en anglais, si j'ai le temps je le traduirais ce week-end.
Though a man of few words, Takamasa Ishihara, AKA Miyavi, is one of the hottest Japanese visual kei rockers on planet earth. His shows cover pop, rock, hip hop and metal as well as showing off some absolutely fabulous costumes that display fierce androgyny that the visual kei genre is known for. Catch him at the Hard Rock with Funky Gong.
Q : Hi Mr. Miyavi, how are you doing today?
A : Cool as always, just got done with mixing my new album Samurai Sessions Vol.1 tonight!
Q : Can you please describe your music in a way that resembles a recipe from a cookbook?
A : No appetizers, salads, carbs or desserts, only meat. And it’s well done.
Q : People can be categorized and generalized into specific subcultures (emo, hipster, goth, etc), if you had categorize yourself, what subculture would you fall into?
A : Samurai (just slapping the six strings).
Q : If you could kill one musician and wipe out said musicians’ very existence from the face of the planet and all living memory, who would it be?
A : I kill no one.
Q : Other than performing at the Hard Rock, any big plans for Bali?
A : Nice massage
Q : On a scale from 1-11, how hard will your show be?
A : 1.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Q : Craziest thing you’ve seen on stage?
A : A drummer who wears swim shorts.
Q : You were once credited under the Miyabi moniker when you joined Due le Quartz, have you ever met the other Miyabi?
A : Sorry, I don’t know who you are talking about.
Q : You’re looking at these questions on a screen of some sort, what is directly on the left of the screen?
A : My kids’ faces on the desktop.
Q : How do you feel about the escalating territorial dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku islands?
A : All bulls**t. I dont get why we have to fight each other as Asians over an island that nobody lives in… No more hate.
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