DOPPEL & BORN on dwangya Live 6/4

DOPPEL and BORN will be appearing as featured guest artists on the next "dwangya Live" show on the Nico Nico Live website. The program will air on June 4 at 20:00 JST (convert time here). MC Takuya Hoshino will host the show. Time shifting is available for Nico Nico registered users who cannot watch the program as it airs live.

  DOPPEL & BORN show airs here

hide Tribute Albums Released 7/10

Two new tribute albums are in the works to commemorate the 20th anniversary of hide's solo career. The albums will be titled "hide TRIBUTE II-Visual SPIRITS-" and "hide TRIBUTE III-Visual SPIRITS-," both featuring established bands covering several of the artist's hits. Don't miss songs covered by bands like Sadie, DaizyStripper, Kiryu, BORN, and more.

hide TRIBUTE II at CD Japan here
hide TRIBUTE III at CD Japan here

New Band DOPPEL Plans 3 Months of Releases

New visual group DOPPEL, formed in February, has announced plans for three consecutive months of releases. Starting on April 4, Mitsu (ex-Dolly vocalist) and Yuina (WORLD WRAP WORD), who banded together in this experimental project, released their first single, "Eggknock," featuring guest musicians aie (the god and the death stars) on guitar and Makoto Takei (cali≠gari) on drums.

On May 5 they will release another as-yet-untitled single. Then on June 5, they plan to release their first mini album, also untitled, featuring guest musicians aie on guitar, seek (Mix Speaker's, Inc.) on bass, and Makoto Takei on drums.

DOPPEL OHP here