藍紫色

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藍紫色 (Ranshishoku) is one of the four unreleased Dir En Grey songs from the band's indies era (1997 to 1998). The other three are 新曲2, 新曲6 and 刹那.

藍紫色 made its debut as 新曲5 (Shinkyoku 5) ("New Song 5") on August 7, 1997. It was also mentioned in FOOL'S MATE #198 (April 1998), where Kyo explains that 新曲2 and 新曲5 were not finished and had yet to receive proper titles. On May 5, 1998, when the song was performed as 藍紫色 for the first time, Kyo also announced it as such. The official website confirms that the song was played as late as November 2, 1998.[1] This was also the last performance of the song, there are ten confirmed performances in total.

In June 2023, Shinya uploaded a short video to YouTube where he played a drum phrase from this song. This marks the first known time the song was publically referenced by one of the band members since their indies days.

Based on the number of lives and the known and unknown setlists, this song was most likely performed the most often out of the four unreleased songs. You can listen to the October 28, 1997, performance of the song here.

Trivia

Title

  • A live report from Dir En Grey's indies days lists this song as ランシ色 (Ranshishoku).
  • The kanji that make up this song's title can also be read as 藍 (ai), 紫 (murasaki) and 色 (iro), respectively. Because the live recording where Kyo announces the song as "Ranshishoku" is not available to the general fanbase and the aforementioned live report is also not widely known, 藍紫色 became known as "Ai Murasaki Iro" even to Japanese fans. This misunderstanding then spread to Western fans as early as 2002.
    • This song can also be found written as 愛紫色 (Ai Murasaki Iro) on the internet, likely due to a misunderstanding of the word "Ai", which is most commonly associated with the kanji 愛, meaning "love".

Title Variants

References

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Dir En Grey – DiscographyPromotional Versions
Albums GAUZE (1999) PoemsMACABRE (2000) Poems鬼葬 (2002)VULGAR (2003)Withering to death. (2005)THE MARROW OF A BONE (2007) Liner NotesUROBOROS (2008) PoemsDUM SPIRO SPERO (2011) PoemsARCHE (2014)The Insulated World (2018)PHALARIS (2022)

UROBOROS [Remastered & Expanded] (2012)VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES (2018)

Mini-Albums MISSA (1997)six Ugly (2002)THE UNRAVELING (2013)
Singles JEALOUS (1998)-I'll- (1998)脈 (2000)【KR】cube (2000)太陽の碧 (2000)ain't afraid to die (2001)embryo (2001)かすみ (2003)朔-saku- (2004)GLASS SKIN (2008)激しさと、この胸の中で絡み付いた灼熱の闇 (2009)LOTUS (2011)DIFFERENT SENSE (2011)輪郭 (2012)SUSTAIN THE UNTRUTH (2014)人間を被る (2018)The World of Mercy (2019)落ちた事のある空 (2020)朧 (2021)19990120 (2024)The Devil In Me (2024)
Cassette Tapes 業 / 蒼い月 (1997)1997.6.14 目黒鹿鳴館 (1997)1997.6.27 COWBOY WORLD (1997)
VHS 「楓」~if trans~ (1997)「楓」~if trans~ TOUR 1998 Mechanism For Leave-the scene of the tragedy- (1998)「楓」~if trans~ Mechanism For Leave-UnknownDespaira Lost- ~裁きの血舞台~ (1998)妄想統覚劇 (1998)妄想格外劇 (1998)
Other Releases (2011)
Cover Songs 親愛なるDEATHMASKINSANITYワルシャワの幻想EASY MAKE,EASY MARKNATIONAL MEDIA BOYS
List of all covered songs on setlist.fm
Features 葬送絶彩 feat. 京Witch Huntアンプサイ
Other Songs INWARD SCREAMSE新曲2藍紫色 (新曲5) • 新曲6刹那