■Constituent Element : Rieu

■Cause of Admission : Meaningless Voices , Unification Programming,
Samples , Electronics , Machines , and Total Concept Direction.

■Influenced Cases : Background of build up Despair
TOKIO Grand Guignol , M.M.M. , TECHNOCRAT , Norimizu Ameya , Seiko Mikami ,　
Slawomir Rumiak , Gottfried Helnwein , Trevor Brown , Etsuko Miura , Katan Amano ,　
Hans Bellmer , Daido Moriyama , Kiyotaka Tsurisaki , RUBBER'S LOVER (Shozin Fukui Film) , PINOCCHIO√964 (Shozin Fukui Film) , ORGAN (Kei Fujiwara Film) ,
NEKO-MIMI (Jun Kurosawa Film) , SKIN #3 246 MIX (Film Directed by M.M.M.) ,
AKIRA (Katsuhiro Otomo Film) , FREEDOM (Mechanical Disigned by Katsuhiro Otomo) ,
and all highly individual junk performance.

■BIOGRAPHY
2001年始動。暴虐帝都"TOKYO"を中心に活動を展開。自身の存在を"SYSTEM(装置)"と位置付け、
"TECHNOKLUTZ VIOLENCE HARDCORE UNITY"をスローガンに、腐臭と自慰が交錯するアンダーグラウンドムーヴメントからの
脱却を提唱。過剰なまでに織り重ねられるサンプリングコラージュと高密度なプログラミングを操り、稚拙かつフォーマット化された
エレクトロインダストリアルミュージックとの差異を明確に提示し続ける。

又、"NO MESSAGE , NO COMMUNICATION , NO HUMANITY" , NO EMPATHY"というアンチヒューマニズムなアプローチを筆頭に、
紡ぎ出されるリリックに於いてもウィリアム・バロウズを想起させる"カットアップメソッド"をツールとし、強制的・共同幻想的な
メッセージ性を完全否定したアウトプットのみを行っている。近年では「PINOCCHIO√964」や「RUBBER'S LOVER」などで知られる
カルトムービーの奇才・"福居ショウジン"が放つソリッドサイコバイオハザードムービー「S-94」のサウンドトラック制作を担うなど、
表現のトータルヴィジュアライズを視野に入れた多角的な活動を展開。又、アートギャラリーに於いて"三浦悦子"、"恋月姫"、
"天野可淡"などのカリスマティックな球体関節人形作家の作品を交えたコンセプチュアルな共同制作公演を行なうなど、
その活動領域は未知数の可能性を広げ続けている。


■FOR OUTSIDE JAPAN
DESPAIR produce the most extreme form of industrial music in existence in Japan today.
First vomited forth by a stagnant Japanese music scene in 2001.
DESPAIR quickly rose to prominence thanks to an uncompromisingly aggressive sound and dynamic stage presence.
In 2005,DESPAIR made their european debut with dates in the U.K. and at "Wave Gotik Treffen 2005",
sharing the stage with such luminaries as "Psyclon Nine" and "Haujobb".
Guitar,Bass and Drums -The traditional tools of a rock band- have been abandoned in favour of a totally technological approach.
All original and found sounds are mangled and re-processed into a brutal industrial sound-collage which recalls the structural approach of classic "Skinny Puppy",punctuated by periods of ambient tranquility reminiscent of a melancholy film score.
This musical style is mirrored in the lyrics,where the intentionally-scrambled english forms new rhythmic patterns of meaning
akin to the cut-up texts of "William Burroughs".
DESPAIR - The greatest hope of Japan's emerging industrial scene.
DESPAIR - The cyber punk sound track of 21st-century tokyo's disaffected underground.


■ALLERGEN ROOM (TOKYO : Japan) HIGH TECHNOLOGY FOR LOW BLOW DEBRIS DESCRIPTION

■DAW SYSTEM
Computer : Apple Macbook (Leopard ver.10.5.8)
Software : Apple Logic Pro 8 , Propellerhead Reason (ver.4) , Native Instrument Battery 3
Audio I/O : Presonus Firebox , Cakewark UA-1G
■RECORDING & MONITORING
Monitor Speaker : Fostex NF-4A
Mixer : Soundfcraft COMPACT 10
Microphone : Shure SM58
■OUTBOARD & EFFECTS
Mic Preamp : ART TUBE MP STUDIO V3
Malti Effector : Roland GP-16
Compact Efeector : BOSS Digital Delay DD-6 , BOSS Equalizer GE-7 , Ibanez Lo-Fi LF-7
Openreel Tape Deck : TEAC 33-8
Digital Audio Tape Deck : SONY TCD-D100 DAT
Audio CD-R Writer : TASCAM CD-RW900
Linear PCM Recorder : TASCAM DR-8
■OTHERS
Synthesizer : Roland XP-16
Sampler : AKAI MPC3000 , BOSS SP-404
MIDI Controller : M-AUDIO KeyRig 49
Physical Controller : AKAI MPD24
Electric Fretless Bass : Fender Precision Bass 1978
■CAPTION
Deformed Sound Materials : "I DON'T USE EXPENSIVE FREE COPYRIGHT SAMPLING CD" on the averrage market.
I collect and search for deformed sound materials myself from enormous history of representation.