[nuwera]

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[eatsleepfun]

She has a really nice voice and she's very mysterious!
She never show her face except half of it

My favorite song from her is "Lost Butterfly" and "Primary"

http://img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=8...1750fullkl1.jpg

that's how she looks like, most of the time you can't really see face picture of her

[nuwera]

^ A picture in wikipedia was posted for her and it shows most of her face.
And yeah she is very mysterious and has amazing music
Do you know that she composed and wrote the lyrics for all of her songs?

--angel

[sweetgirl_121]

rurtia is my 1# fav. female japanese singer (tie with Hikki). My favs songs are Hallelujah [ハレルヤ], Signal and Lost Butterfly

[nuwera]

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[sweetgirl_121]

Rurutia is coming with album (the cover is gorgeous, can't wait )


2009/02/27　 6th Album
『Seirios』

01.Seirios
02.サイレントプレイヤー
03.Opus
04.オーロラ飛行
05.流光
06.無憂歌
07.LAST DAY
08.氷鎖
09.夢蛍
10.VOID
11.星と羽

credit: whyorwhynot@JPM

[nuwera]

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[3ri]

That's great to hear that she's coming out with a new album soon ~ and as always the album cover looks so nice! They are always so artistic ^^

I really love Rurutia because her voice and her music is so different from other singers...I can never get sick of listening to her. And her lyrics are so beautifully poetic ~ just have a look at her lyrics here that have been translated into English.

I thought I would share with everyone Rurutia's first interview from 2005. It was posted at one of her French fansites (here), and translated from French to English by Yoruko, giving us a bit of insight into her creative processes:

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Finally, here is the first interview of Rurutia. It's after her move to [Phoenix Records] (an indies label), and she has finally decided to reveal herself. Previously, she has played the mysterious character by applying the “zero” technique, meaning zero lives, zero photos, zero communication, etc. It was a good commercial technique but it didn’t last long, but selling a maximum of albums is not Rurutia’s priority…

This interview was made for her official site, and is the first of an envisioned program of long series of communication with her fans. One discovers, along with this interview, the first three photos of Rurutia, to the delight of her fans!

Interviewer (Yamada Hiromi):
Since 2001’s “Itoshigo yo,” you’ve released 7 singles and 4 original albums and “Kazuo Umezu Kyofu Gekijo”, all of which seem to have done well, and though it’s been hardly 5 years since your debut, you’ve chosen to move to an indies label. What are your thoughts on this?

Rurutia:
During the four years after my debut, I worked in a much protected environment. The people at my record label and the management staff placed a lot of importance on my work, which I was solely devoted to. In this highly supervised environment, I was able to continue concentrating, but during these four years a surreptitious change took place and I wanted to confront myself about my own creations. This revolution made me think that it was necessary for me to make the following journey/to climb a new path.

Yamada Hiromi:
This new journey is your move to an indies label?

Rurutia:
Yes. For me, it was an important change. A protected environment provides a lot of comfort, but in that situation, I was not able to make any progress. I came to the epiphany “right now, I want to truly express myself” in order to remain faithful to my thoughts and my aspirations; for that, a good working environment is indispensable. I did not have complete freedom in my creations; I had far too many constraints in my contract. In order to follow my own style, I thought perhaps it would be best if I moved to an indies label, to an environment where I would be able to make the appropriate decisions myself.

Yamada Hiromi:
Were you anxious at all?

Rurutia:
Not really, it was a decision I made myself. Working on my music is the best thing for me; creation is my greatest source of joy. With this fact, the environment change did not make me anxious at all. The most important thing for me is not “where do I work?” but “what can I do at that place?”

Yamada Hiromi:
You’ve sang on 4 albums, and for each one, you’ve worked in a different manner on the music and arrangements, urged to create by yourself, but at any point, have you not attempted to return to the origins of your work?

Rurutia:
Since my first “baby’s cry of the artist” *, which does what one calls “producing music/songs,” I discovered, little by little, within myself, the zones where feelings I didn’t know existed. Every time it surfaced, it gave birth to a composition; the possibilities of the artist’s personality came that day. I think these four years were a period of discovery for me. Little by little, I collected new styles of songs and music, and I imprinted my feelings in the lyrics I wrote, but that was not all, I wanted also to highlight the feelings (sensations?) of the world around me. By doing this, while I explored the part of me that varies, I finished by being capable of discovering the part of me that is immutable. Thanks to my comprehension of the value of the “part that does not change,” I was then able to discover myself artistically. What I produce from now on is very much influenced by this realization. I want to be able to delve deeper into myself. This is why I thought it was not necessary to talk about returning to what I had, but about a new journey instead, a new path to climb…in fact, a “second era.”

Yamada Hiromi:
I see! Then from now on, it seems that there will be a new and profound “world of Rurutia.” Like her first single of her second era, “Spinel,” released on the 21st of November (2005), I think that we will talk about it again in the next interview!

*I think this refers to her first "spark," when she realized she wanted to be a singer/composer, that music was what she was meant to do...etc
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Credit to Yoruko for English translation.
Original interview in Japanese is at her official website.

[sweetgirl_121]

this interview made admire Rurutia even more, there is very little singers who care for music, their songs are served to them in a sliver platter.

[sweetgirl_121]

I gave the album a listen last week and it was huge disappointment (the reason why didn't bother to post my opinion soon) there is absolutely no strong song any any highlight song for the album all the song were bleh, I had high exceptions and thank god for Kalafina 's album, it saved my week.

[iron cupcake]

"Pavane" from her Water Forest album remains my favorite song of hers...very epic.

[sweetgirl_121]

^ lol it been my fav. the last two months, fist it was Hallelujah.

[DeviKitsu]

Does she sing a type of music like Akiko Shikata? I wonder, because i love Akiko very much.

[sweetgirl_121]

I'm not familiar with akiko, what type of music she does?

[DeviKitsu]

Last.fm site

Luna piena live

She made contribution to the Ar Tonelico and Shadow Hearts games series.

[sweetgirl_121]

no, the their style of music is different:
Lost butterfly
Rurutia - Hallelujah [Audio]

but if u are searching for the same try Kalafina:
fairytale
Oblivious

hope it helps.

[DeviKitsu]

Lost Butterfly sounds very nice ^^ thank you

[tango400]

I gave the album a listen last week and it was huge disappointment (the reason why didn't bother to post my opinion soon) there is absolutely no strong song any any highlight song for the album all the song were bleh, I had high exceptions and thank god for Kalafina 's album, it saved my week.

Really? I think it's her best album. I love all the songs, but especially Seirios and Aurora Hikou (and Hyousa and Yume Hotaru). To me they sound fantasy-ish and very epic.

[Rikayla]

Wow. Totally didn't realize that there was an official topic on RURUTIA on Soompi! <3
She's amazing srsly. She should release more music.

Best place for translated RURUTIA lyrics~~~
http://www.kiwi-musume.com/lyrics/rurutia/rurutia.htm

[star.ee]

I love RURUTIA. her vocals are really great and her music is unique from everything these days.
i love her mysterious style and music. her covers are always so beautiful too.