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Interview – exist†trace 2011

[Photo originally courtesy of JapanFiles.com for JrockRevolution.com] May 2011. At Sakura Con this year, JrockRevolution.com had a chance to sit down with exist†trace. Among the many subjects we touched on were the past, the present, their future in going major and the international music scene. Enjoy! The band introduced themselves as: Miko, guitar Jyou, vocals Omi, guitar Naoto, bass – nice to meet you! Mally, drums Last night was your first concert in the United States. How did you feel about the performance? Jyou: The crowd was so energetic for us. That gave us a lot of power and we want to do it again. You brought a Japanese flag and an American flag with ‘kizuna’ written on it. Can you give us the story behind this? Jyou: Kizuna means ‘heart to heart’. There was a big earthquake in Japan and we received a tremendous amount of support from America. ‘Kizuna’ is about the connection between people, that travels even over the ocean, between Japan and America. We decided to write it on the flag …