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[[File:Toancafe6.jpg|right|450px|thumb|An Cafe promoting [[Aroma|AROMA]] (2009; Left to right: [[Kanon]], [[Miku]], [[takuya]], [[Yuuki]], [[Teruki]])]]
[[File:Antic Cafe - Antic Cafe promo.jpg|right|420px|thumb|Antic Cafe promoting ''[[Antic Cafe (album)|Antic Cafe]]'' (2009)]]


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'''Antic Cafe''' or '''An Cafe''' (アンティック-珈琲店- (カフェ); ''Antikku -Koohiiten-'' (''Café'')) is a major Japanese [[Oshare-Kei|oshare-kei]] pop rock band formed in May of 2003, and started activity with two demonstration lives the following month. Within the next year they signed to the independent label [[LOOP ASH RECORDS]]. In 2005, the band created their own label [[Red Cafe]] while staying with LOOP ASH management until 2007. After some line-up changes the band had a brief stay at [[Sony Music Entertainment]] for two releases, and in 2008 transitioned to [[SMA Entertainment]] (Sony Music Artists) under their label Red Cafe. Their music style tends to be up-beat and poppish with a mixture of pop, punk, and rock. While the lyrical content usually consists of topics pertaining to love.
'''Antic Cafe''' (アンティック-珈琲店-), or ''AN CAFE'', is a five member indies [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]]-[[J-Rock|rock]]  [[Oshare-Kei|oshare-kei]] styled band. They are under their own label "Red Cafe" which is now a part of the artist management and publishing company [[Sony Music Artists]] (starting from February 4th, 2010), having previously been affiliated with [[Sony Music Entertainment#Music Ray'n|Music Ray'n]] since mid 2007. The group describes themselves as "Harajuku Rock-kei"; having music that tends to be upbeat and poppish with a mixture of rock and punk, while their lyrical content usually consists of topics pertaining to love.
 
After their live on January 4th, 2010 at Nippon Budoukan, Antic Cafe has been on hiatus. Since the hiatus [[miku (Lc5)|Miku]] has formed a new band called [[Lc5]], [[Kanon (Antic Cafe)|Kanon]] has created the unit [[kanonxkanon]] with [[Wakeshima Kanon]], and [[Teruki]] has joined the band [[DOG inThe PWO]] as their support drummer.


==Members==
==Members==
* [[Miku]] (みく): Vocals
* [[miku (Lc5)|Miku]] (みく) - Vocals
* [[takuya]]: Guitar
* [[takuya (Antic Cafe)|takuya]] - Guitar
* [[Kanon (Antic Cafe)|Kanon]] (カノン): Bass Guitar
* [[Kanon (Antic Cafe)|Kanon]] (カノン) - Bass
* [[Yuuki]] (ゆうき): Keyboard
* [[Yuuki (Antic Cafe)|Yuuki]] (ゆうき) - Keyboards
* [[Teruki]] (輝喜): Drums
* [[Teruki]] (輝喜) - Drums


===Former Members===
===Former Members===
* [[Bou]] (坊): Guitar
* [[Bou]] (坊) - Guitar


==Biography==
==Biography==
An Cafe was formed when Miku, Bou, and Kanon (all of whom hail from the [[Wikipedia:Kantō region|Kantou region]] of Japan) met one another on an unnamed internet website while searching for other individuals with interests similar to their own. Since Miku's previous band [[Reverie]] had been disbanded since April that year, Miku found Kanon and Bou through an advertisement on an Internet message board that was looking for a [[Visual-Kei|visual-kei]] guitar player. The three friends came together to form a band, managing to perform drummer-less alongside other vague independent bands at obscure events, and even gaining some amount of popularity amongst music fans in Japan. They also managed to release two demos [[Ope-ng]] and [[Uzumaki Senshokutai / Hatsukoi]], both of which were limited and sold only at live events. Teruki (then known as "C.F.Randle") was not yet part of the An Cafe, and was playing for a band called [[feathers-blue]]. In August of 2003 he joined as the forth member of An Cafe, changed his name, and became their official drummer.
===2003-2004===
Antic Cafe formed sometime in May of 2003 when vocalist [[miku (Lc5)|Miku]] (ex-[[Reverie]]), newcommer guitarist [[Bou]], and bassist [[Kanon (Antic Cafe)|Kanon]] (ex-Unlogical), whom all hail from the [[Wikipedia:Kantō region|Kantou]] area of [[Japan]], met eachother on an unnamed internet messageboard while searching for other individuals with interests similar to their own; specifically people looking for musicians. Drummer-less, the band had their first demonstration at Akasaka L@N on June 6th with their second demonstration at Urawa NARCISS on June 17th. Antic Cafe distributed 50 copies of their first demo, "[[Ope.ng|Ope●ng]]", in [[Wikipedia:MiniDisc|MiniDisc]] format at their second demonstration.
 
[[File:Antic Cafe - Candy Holic promo.jpg|right|240px|thumb|Antic Cafe promoting "[[Candy Holic]]" (2004)]]


The rest of the year saw the touring while 2004 kick-started a serious musical career for them as they were signed to the LOOP ASH label [[LOOP ASH RECORDS]] (who hosted other artists such as [[MASK]] and [[SCISSOR]]). On March 24th the band released their first single [[Candy Holic]], which managed to rank second on Oricon's Indies Singles chart: an amazing feat for a band's début. On May 29th that year An Cafe held their second one-man show "happy birthday Tsuyu" at Takadanobaba AREA where the single [[Hatsukoi (Antic Cafe)|Hatsukoi]] was distributed for free.  
At their debut live at Ikebukuro CYBER on July 2nd, the group sold their second demo MD "[[Uzumaki Senshokutai / Hatsukoi]]". The two demos were self-published and were their last releases without label backing. A month gapped their next activity, a concert at Meguro Rockamykan on August 2nd. Their Ikebukuro CYBER live on August 10th (which was a [[Calmando Qual]] sponsored event called "Neo+Bible Dai Sanshou") was important because it's when Antic Cafe announced that [[Teruki]], [[feathers-blue]]'s drummer (who was known as "C.F.Randle"), joined the band. His first concert with the group was on September 22nd at Urawa NARCISS.


An Cafe then busied themselves the next couple of months with touring and single releases as well as appearing on six different omnibus CDs accordingly. December of 2004 ended with a small one-man tour that ended at Takadanobaba AREA and Yokohama Akarenga.
What followed was a string of 10 lives, spanning from September 25th at Ikebukuro CYBER to their last concert of 2003, December 27th at Harajuku ASTRO HALL. December of 2003 was also the time when Antic Cafe announced that they signed with independent label [[LOOP ASH RECORDS]] and are going to release their debut single "[[Candy Holic]]" on March 24th, 2004.


An Cafe kicked off 2005 by releasing their first mini album [[Amedama Rock]] on February 23rd, which was compiled mainly of previously released singles. This was shortly followed by the release of their fourth single [[Karakuri Hitei]] on March 30th. In the summer of that year, over a three month period, An Cafe released a trilogy of one-track singles: [[Tekesuta Kousen]] (July 20th), [[Escapism]] (August 24th), and [[Merrymaking]] (September 21st). The release dates of these three singles received mixed feelings from the fans. Some wanted to listen to the songs, but didn't wish to, or were unable to buy the singles separately.
Their first lives of 2004 were on January 9th and 12th, both at the Takdanobaba AREA venue. The rest of January's activities were a two-man concert with [[Sinkro]] at Ikebukuro CYBER on the 23rd, at two regular lives at different CLUB QUATTRO live houses; Nagoya CLUB QUATTRO on the 26th and Shinsaibashi CLUB QUATTRO the next day.


Luckily each of those songs were featured on [[Shikisai Moment]], An Cafe's first full-length album released on November 9th. The album revealed a new side to An Cafe. While it still consisted of their typical style it seemed that they matured as a band, and had experimented with new attire and style of their respected parts.  
Leading up the release of their debut single, Antic Cafe played two consective concerts during February 12th and 13th, both at Harajuku ASTRO HALL. Following those lives was the band's first one-man at Ikebukuro CYBER on March 13th. Their last activity of March was the release of "[[Candy Holic]]" on the 24th. The single would later reach #2 on the [[Oricon]] indies charts, and #75 on the overall charts where it charted for two weeks.


As 2006 came and went, it saw the release of five new singles from An Cafe as well as a second full-length album [[Magnya Carta]], that was released in November 29th. The popularity of the four Kantou natives continued to grow, even touching ears overseas in non-Japanese speaking countries.  
Over the couse of April and May they had a string of nine concerts, ultimately culminating in their second one-man titled ''happy birthday Tsuyu'' at Takadanobaba AREA on May 29th. Those lives stretched from April 6th at Shibuya O-EAST to May 21st at Sapporo KRAPS HALL. During their second one-man, Antic Cafe distributed their first other single, "[[Hatsukoi (Antic Cafe)|Hatsukoi]]", for free. The song is a studio version of the same song from their second demo.


In April of 2007, guitarist Bou made the decision to no longer continue with An Cafe as their guitarist. His last live was performed and filmed on April 30th at the one-man HIBIYA ON★ザ★御NEW世界 (the DVD was released on July 2nd the same year). Bou stated in a press release that the decision was not a pessimistic one but an optimistic one, and that he hopes he hasn't betrayed the band, their staff, or the Cafekkos (the fans).  
Starting off June was the release of their second single "[[Root 69|√69]]" on the 9th. This managed to reach #88 on the overall [[Oricon]] weekly charts, where it charted for a week. Twelve concerts and three events spanned June and July. The lives started on June 11th at Nagoya Shinei MUJICA and concluded on July 31st at Yokohama Arena Sound Hall (which was organised by SCUBER DIVE). The first of the events was [[Kanon (Antic Cafe)|Kanon]]'s birthday party at Ikebukuro CYBER on July 5th, the second of the three was the "SHOCK JAM 2004 #003" event at Harajuku ASTRO HALL on July 28th (which was the ''[[Shock Jam CD Edition.4|SHOCK JAM CD Edition.4]]'' compilation album release event - Antic Cafe had contributed their song "[[Hisoukyou]]" to the album), and the last was a free to attend [[Cure (magazine)|Cure]] "Japanesque Rock Collectionz" event at Shibuya Koukaidou on July 30th.


After Bou's departure, the band recruited guitarist takuya, and keyboardist Yuuki.  
For the month of August Antic Cafe's activities were evenly split, having three of each; concerts and events. The lives preceded those events, beginning on the 3rd at Takadanobaba AREA and ending on the 9th at Shibuya O-WEST. On the 16th and 18th, the group participated in two Like an Edison produced events collectibtly titled "EDISIDE" at Shibuya O-EAST and Nagoya BOTTOM LINE respectively. The last of August's events was CLUB CITTA's organised "CITTA! CITTA! CLUB CITTA!!" at Kawasaki CLUB CITTA' on the 23rd.


Their next single, [[Kakusei Heroism ~The Hero Without a "Name"~|Kakusei Heroism~THE HERO WITHOUT A "NAME"~]] was the second opening for the [[Anime|anime]] [[Wikipedia:Darker than Black|DARKER THAN BLACK -Kuro no Keiyakusha-]], replacing [[abingdon boys school|abingdon boys school's]] [[Howling|HOWLING]].
The only activity during September was the dual one-man (their third) and [[Bou]]'s birthday concert called ''Furuhata Ninzabu-Bou ~Veteran Driver no Jinsei Navigator. Saigo no Conveni e~'' at Harajuku ASTRO HALL on the 16th. At the live, the band sold their second other single "[[Touhi Kairo]]". Coming before the release of their third single was four concerts, stretching from October 17th at club 1ne 2wo to November 1st at Nagoya Shinei MUJICA. "[[Cosmos (Antic Cafe)|Cosmos]]", Antic Cafe's third single, was released on November 24th. It reached #5 on the [[Oricon]] indies charts, and #91 on the overall charts where it charted for two weeks. This is also their only single to later have a second press.


==Band Name==
Preceding their first tour were three lives: number one on December 2nd at Sendai HOOK, number two on the December 4th at Niigata Z-1, and number three the next day also at Niigata Z-1. ''Koi no Cafe Sawagi'', the title of their first tour, was a series of three TouNaKa based (東名阪; ''Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka'') one-man concerts. First they visited Nagoya on the 8th at ELL.FITS ALL, with the second city being Osaka the next day at CLUB MERCURY, with the last area (Tokyo) on the 13th at Shibuya O-WEST. During the whole tour "[[Kirikiri Kirikiri...]]" was distributed while "[[Ame no Hankagai]]" was only distributed during the finale. Antic Cafe's final lives of the year were at Ikebukuro CYBER on the 28th, Takadanobaba AREA on the 31st, and lastly Yokohama Akarenga on the 31st.  
There is often confusion over how one should correctly display An Cafe's name. While アンティック-珈琲店- transliterates as ''Antikku Koohiiten'' and has appeared on releases and on their official site, their name has also been written as Antic Cafe (with アンティック-珈琲店- written under it). More recently though, the band itself has seemed to have taken to crediting themselves as An Cafe (with アンティック-珈琲店- still written under it) on releases/official website/etc.
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==Discography==
==Discography==
===Albums===
===Studio Albums===
* [2005.11.09] [[Shikisai Moment]] (色彩モーメント; ''A Coloured Moment'')
* [2005.11.09] [[Shikisai Moment]] (色彩モーメント; ''A Colorful Moment'')
* [2006.11.29] [[Magnya Carta]]
* [2006.11.29] [[Magnya Carta]] (マグニャカルタ)
* [2008.04.09] [[Gokutama Rock Cafe|Gokutama ROCK CAFE]] (極魂ROCK CAFE; ''Extreme Soul'')
* [2008.04.09] [[Gokutama Rock Cafe|Gokutama ROCK CAFE]] (極魂; ''Extreme Souled ROCK CAFE'')
* [2009.09.09] [[BB Parallel World]] (BBパラレルワールド)
* [2009.09.09] [[BB Parallel World]] (BBパラレルワールド)


===Mini Albums===
===Other Albums===
* [2005.02.23] [[Amedama Rock]] (飴玉ロック; ''Candy Rock'')
* [2005.02.23] [[Amedama Rock]] (飴玉ロック; ''Rock Candy'') (Mini-Album)
* [2009.03.13] [[Harajuku Dance Rock]]
* [2009.03.13] [[Harajuku Dance Rock]] (Overseas Mini-Album)
* [2009.12.09] [[Antic Cafe (album)|Antic Cafe]] (アンティック-珈琲店-) (Best Album)


===Singles===
===Singles===
* [2004.03.24] [[Candy Holic]] (キャンデーホリック)
* [2004.03.24] [[Candy Holic]] (キャンデーホリック)
* [2004.06.09] [[69|√69]]
* [2004.06.09] [[Root 69|√69]]
* [2004.11.24] [[Cosmos (Antic Cafe)|Cosmos]] (孤妄 -コスモス-)
* [2004.11.24] [[Cosmos (Antic Cafe)|Cosmos]] (孤妄 ~コスモス~)
* [2005.03.30] [[Karakuri Hitei]] (カラクリ否定; ''Contrivance Denial'')
* [2005.03.30] [[Karakuri Hitei]] (カラクリ否定; ''Denial Trick'')
* [2005.07.20] [[Tekesuta Kousen]] (テケスタ光線; ''Help Me Beam'')
* [2005.07.20] [[Tekesuta Beam ~Kurayami wo Terasu Hikari wa Houseki no You ni~]] (テケスタ光線 ~暗闇を照らす光は宝石のように~; ''Help Me Beam'')
* [2005.08.24] [[Escapism]] (エスカピズム)
* [2005.08.24] [[Escapism ~Amai Milk wo Sutta Kohitsuji-chan~]] (エスカピズム ~甘いミルクを吸った子羊ちゃん~)
* [2005.09.21] [[Merrymaking]] (メリメイキング)
* [2005.09.21] [[Merrymaking ~Dekoboko na Mainichi to, Aikawarazu na Bokura~]] (メリメイキング ~凸凹な毎日と、あいかわらずな僕ら~)
* [2006.03.01] [[10's Collection March]] (10's コレクション マァチ)
* [2006.03.01] [[10's Collection March]] (10's コレクション マァチ)
* [2006.05.17] [[Bonds ~Kizuna~|BondS ~Kizuna~]] (BondS~絆~; ''Bonds'')
* [2006.05.17] [[Bonds ~Kizuna~|BondS ~Kizuna~]] (BondS ~絆~)
* [2006.09.20] [[Smile Ichiban Ii Onna]] (スマイル一番 イイ♀; ''Girl With the Best Smile'')
* [2006.09.20] [[Smile Ichiban Ii Onna|Smile Ichiban Ii ♀]] (スマイル一番 イイ♀; ''The Girl with the Best Smile'')
* [2006.10.18] [[Snow Scene]] (スノーシーン)
* [2006.10.18] [[Snow Scene]] (スノーシーン)
* [2006.11.29] [[Cosmos (Antic Cafe)|Cosmos (2nd PRESS)]] (孤妄 -コスモス- (2nd PRESS))
* [2007.08.22] [[Kakusei Heroism ~The Hero Without a "Name"~|Kakusei Heroism ~THE HERO WITHOUT A "NAME"~]] (覚醒ヒロイズム; ''Awakening Heroism'')
* [2007.08.22] [[Kakusei Heroism ~The Hero Without a "Name"~|Kakusei Heroism~THE HERO WITHOUT A "NAME"~]] (覚醒ヒロイズム; ''Awakening Heroism'')
* [2007.11.07] [[Ryuusei Rocket]] (流星ロケット; ''Falling Star Rocket'')
* [2007.11.07] [[Ryuusei Rocket]] (流星ロケット; ''Shooting Star rocket'')
* [2008.02.27] [[Cherry Saku Yuuki!!]] (Cherry咲く勇気!!; ''Cherry Blooming Courage!!'')
* [2008.02.27] [[Cherry Saku Yuuki!!]] (Cherry咲く勇気!!; ''Cherry Blooming Courage!!'')
* [2008.10.29] [[Ko Akuma Usagi no Koibumi to Machine Gun e.p.|Ko Akuma USAGI no Koibumi to Machine Gun e.p.]] (小悪魔USAGIの恋文とマシンガンe.p.; ''The Little Demon Rabbit's Love Letter and Machine Gun e.p.'')
* [2008.19.29] [[Koakuma Usagi no Koibumi to Machine Gun E.P.|Koakuma Usagi no Koibumi to Machine Gun e.p.]] (小悪魔USAGIの恋文とマシンガン; ''The Little Demon Rabbit's Love Letter and Machine Gun e.p.'')
* [2009.03.11] [[Aroma|AROMA]]
* [2009.03.11] [[Aroma (Antic Cafe)|AROMA]]
* [2009.08.12] [[Natsu Koi Natsu Game|Natsu Koi★Natsu GAME]] (夏恋★夏GAME; ''Summer Love Summer Game'')
* [2009.08.12] [[Natsu Koi Natsu Game|Natsu Koi★Natsu GAME]] (夏恋★夏GAME; ''Summer Love★Summer GAME'')
 
===Demos===
* [2003.06.17] [[Ope-ng]] (オープ●ング)
* [2003.07.02] [[Uzumaki Senshokutai / Hatsukoi]] (ウズマキ染色体/ハツコイ; ''Chromosome Whirlpool / First Love'')


===Distributed / Other Singles===
===Other Singles===
* [2004.05.29] [[Hatsukoi (Antic Cafe)|Hatsukoi]] (ハツコイ; ''First Love'')
* [2004.05.29] [[Hatsukoi (Antic Cafe)|Hatsukoi]] (ハツコイ; ''First Love'')
* [2004.09.16] [[Touhi Kairo]] (逃避回路; ''Escape Circuit'')
* [2004.09.16] [[Touhi Kairo]] (逃避回路; ''Escape Circuit'')
* [2004.12.08] [[Kirikiri]] (キリキリ)
* [2004.12.08] [[Kirikiri Kirikiri...]] (キリキリ キリキリ・・・; ''Quickly Quickly...'')
* [2004.12.13] [[Ame no Hankagai]] (雨の繁華街; ''Downtown in the Rain'')
* [2004.12.13] [[Ame no Hankagai]] (雨の繁華街; ''Downtown in the Rain'')
* [2004.12.25] [[Lea Lea Cafe|LEA LEA CAFE]] (盗塁 -珈琲店-; ''Stolen Base'')
* [2004.12.25] [[Lea Lea Cafe|LEA LEA CAFE]] (盗塁-珈琲店-)
* [2005.04.06] [[Aurora (Antic Cafe)|AURORA]]
* [2005.06.22] [[Hana zo Mukashi no Kaoru ni Nioi Keru]] (華ゾ昔ノ薫ニ匂イケル)
* [2005.06.22] [[Hana zo Mukashi no Kaoru ni Nioi Keru]] (華ゾ昔ノ薫ニ匂イケル)
* [2005.06.22] [[life is...|life is...]]
* [2005.06.22] [[Life is... (Antic Cafe)|life is...]]
* [2008.08.30] [[Summer Dive ~Kan Toro Peach Beach~|SUMMER DIVE ~Kan Toro PEACH☆BEACH~]] (SUMMER DIVE~甘トロ PEACH☆BEACH~)
* [2007.04.06] [[Aurora (Antic Cafe)|AURORA]]
 
===Demo MDs===
* [2003.06.17] [[Ope.ng|Ope●ng]] (オープ●ング)
* [2003.07.02] [[Uzumaki Senshokutai / Hatsukoi]] (ウズマキ染色体 / ハツコイ; ''Coiled Chromosome'')


===VHS / DVDs===
===VHS / DVDs===
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* [2004.09.16] [[Shock Cafe|SHOCK CAFE]]
* [2004.09.16] [[Shock Cafe|SHOCK CAFE]]
* [2004.10.10] [[Like An Cafe|Like an CAFE]] (ライカ・カフェ)
* [2004.10.10] [[Like An Cafe|Like an CAFE]] (ライカ・カフェ)
* [2006.03.10] [[Live Cafe 20051203 Shikisai A On at Shibuya O-East|LIVE CAFE 20051203 Shikisai A On at SHIBUYA O-EAST]] (LIVE CAFE 20051203 色彩亜音 at SHIBUYA O-EAST)
* [2006.03.10] [[20051203 Shikisai Aon at Shibuya O-East|20051203 Shikisai Aon at SHIBUYA O-EAST]] (20051203 色彩亜音 at SHIBUYA O-EAST)
* [2006.12.17] [[Live Cafe 2006 Natsu Yagai de Nyappy|LIVE CAFE 2006・Natsu Yagai de Nyappy]] (LIVE CAFE 2006・夏 野外でニャッピー)
* [2006.12.17] [[Natsu Yagai de Nyappy 20060802 at Yoyogi Kouen B Chiku Yagai Stage|Natsu Yagai de Nyappy 20060802 at Yoyogi Kouen B Chiku Yagai Stage]] (野外でニャッピー 20060802 at 代々木公園B地区野外ステージ)
* [2007.07.02] [[Hibiya On The O New Sekai|HIBIYA ON★THE★O NEW SEKAI]] (HIBIYA ON★ザ★御NEW世界)
* [2007.07.02] [[Hibiya on the O New Sekai|HIBIYA ON★THE★O NEW SEKAI]]
* [2008.04.25] [[Live Cafe '07-'08 Nyappy Go Around Fever 08.01.09 at Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall|LIVE CAFE ’07-’08 NYAPPY GO AROUND FEVER 08.01.09 at Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall]]
* [2008.04.25] [[Nyappy Go Around Fever 08.01.09 at Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall|NYAPPY GO AROUND FEVER 08.01.09 at Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall]]
* [2008.12.24] [[Ancafesta'08 "SUMMER DIVE" 080830 at Yokohama Akarenga-Soko Special Stage Live DVD|ANCAFESTA’08「SUMMER DIVE」080830 at YOKOHAMA AKARENGA-SOKO SPECIAL STAGE LIVE DVD]]
* [2008.08.30] [[Summer Dive ~Kan Toro Peach Beach~|SUMMER DIVE ~Kan Toro PEACH☆BEACH~]] (SUMER DIVE ~甘トロ PEACH☆BEACH~)
* [2009.03.11] [[Live Cafe Tour'08 Nyappy Go Around The World|LIVE CAFE・TOUR'08 NYAPPY GO AROUND THE WORLD]]
* [2008.12.24] [[Ancafesta '08 "Summer Dive" 080830 at Yokohama Akarenga-Soko Special Stage Live DVD|ANCAFESTA '08「SUMMER DIVE」080830 at YOKOHAMA AKARENGA-SOKO SPECIAL STAGE LIVE DVD]]
* [2009.03.11] [[Nyappy Go Around The World|NYAPPY GO AROUND THE WORLD]]
* [2009.11.04] [[Finale of Nyappy ~Kawayu's Rock de Go Gogo!!~|Finale of NYAPPY ~Kawayu's Rock de Go Gogo!!~]] (Finale of NYAPPY ~可愛湯's ЯocК でゴーゴゴー!!0(≧∀≦)0~)
 
===Compilations / Collaborations===
* [2004.04.xx] [[Loop of Life IV|LOOP OF LIVE IV]] (#10 ''Uzumaki Senshokutai'')
* [2004.07.xx] [[Shock Jam CD Edition.4|SHOCK JAM CD Edition.4]] (#1 ''Hisoukyou'')
* [2004.09.xx] [[Cross Gate 2004 ~Neo Locus~|CROSS GATE 2004 ~Neo Locus~]] (#10 ''3P'')
* [2004.10.21] [[Shock Edge 2004]] (#5 ''Candy Holic'')
* [2005.01.11] [[Shelly Tic Cafe|Shelly Tic CAFE]] (Shelly Tic -珈琲店-) <small>([[Shelly Trip Realize]] x '''Antic Cafe''')</small>
* [2005.06.22] [[Cannonball Vol.2|CANNONBALL vol.2]] (#7 ''Hana zo Mukashi no Kaoru ni Nioi Keru'', #8 ''life is...'')
* [2005.10.26] [[Shock Wave CD the Select|SHOCK WAVE CD the SELECT]] (#5 ''Hisoukyou'')
* [2006.01.31] [[Shock Wave CD ~Cross Gate 2006~|SHOCK WAVE CD ~CROSS GATE 2006~]] (#4 ''NYAPPY in the world'')


==External Links==
==External Links==
* [http://www.ancafe-web.com/main.htm Official Website]
* [http://www.ancafe-web.com/RENEWancafe_web/ Official Website]
* [http://blog.livedoor.jp/antic_cafe/ Official Blog]
* [http://blog.livedoor.jp/antic_cafe/ Official Blog]
* [http://www.sma-e.com/ SMA Entertainment Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ancafe Official MySpace]
* [http://www.sma.co.jp/artist/index.html Sony Music Artists Inc. Artist Index]
* Japanese Wikipedia: [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/アンティック-珈琲店- アンティック-珈琲店-]
* [http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/MR/ancafe/index.html An Cafe's page at Sony Music Entertainment Japan]
* [http://www.sma.co.jp/ Sony Music Artists Official Website]
 
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Antic Cafe promoting Antic Cafe (2009)

Antic Cafe (アンティック-珈琲店-), or AN CAFE, is a five member indies Japanese pop-rock oshare-kei styled band. They are under their own label "Red Cafe" which is now a part of the artist management and publishing company Sony Music Artists (starting from February 4th, 2010), having previously been affiliated with Music Ray'n since mid 2007. The group describes themselves as "Harajuku Rock-kei"; having music that tends to be upbeat and poppish with a mixture of rock and punk, while their lyrical content usually consists of topics pertaining to love.

After their live on January 4th, 2010 at Nippon Budoukan, Antic Cafe has been on hiatus. Since the hiatus Miku has formed a new band called Lc5, Kanon has created the unit kanonxkanon with Wakeshima Kanon, and Teruki has joined the band DOG inThe PWO as their support drummer.

Members

Former Members

  • Bou (坊) - Guitar

Biography

2003-2004

Antic Cafe formed sometime in May of 2003 when vocalist Miku (ex-Reverie), newcommer guitarist Bou, and bassist Kanon (ex-Unlogical), whom all hail from the Kantou area of Japan, met eachother on an unnamed internet messageboard while searching for other individuals with interests similar to their own; specifically people looking for musicians. Drummer-less, the band had their first demonstration at Akasaka L@N on June 6th with their second demonstration at Urawa NARCISS on June 17th. Antic Cafe distributed 50 copies of their first demo, "Ope●ng", in MiniDisc format at their second demonstration.

Antic Cafe promoting "Candy Holic" (2004)

At their debut live at Ikebukuro CYBER on July 2nd, the group sold their second demo MD "Uzumaki Senshokutai / Hatsukoi". The two demos were self-published and were their last releases without label backing. A month gapped their next activity, a concert at Meguro Rockamykan on August 2nd. Their Ikebukuro CYBER live on August 10th (which was a Calmando Qual sponsored event called "Neo+Bible Dai Sanshou") was important because it's when Antic Cafe announced that Teruki, feathers-blue's drummer (who was known as "C.F.Randle"), joined the band. His first concert with the group was on September 22nd at Urawa NARCISS.

What followed was a string of 10 lives, spanning from September 25th at Ikebukuro CYBER to their last concert of 2003, December 27th at Harajuku ASTRO HALL. December of 2003 was also the time when Antic Cafe announced that they signed with independent label LOOP ASH RECORDS and are going to release their debut single "Candy Holic" on March 24th, 2004.

Their first lives of 2004 were on January 9th and 12th, both at the Takdanobaba AREA venue. The rest of January's activities were a two-man concert with Sinkro at Ikebukuro CYBER on the 23rd, at two regular lives at different CLUB QUATTRO live houses; Nagoya CLUB QUATTRO on the 26th and Shinsaibashi CLUB QUATTRO the next day.

Leading up the release of their debut single, Antic Cafe played two consective concerts during February 12th and 13th, both at Harajuku ASTRO HALL. Following those lives was the band's first one-man at Ikebukuro CYBER on March 13th. Their last activity of March was the release of "Candy Holic" on the 24th. The single would later reach #2 on the Oricon indies charts, and #75 on the overall charts where it charted for two weeks.

Over the couse of April and May they had a string of nine concerts, ultimately culminating in their second one-man titled happy birthday Tsuyu at Takadanobaba AREA on May 29th. Those lives stretched from April 6th at Shibuya O-EAST to May 21st at Sapporo KRAPS HALL. During their second one-man, Antic Cafe distributed their first other single, "Hatsukoi", for free. The song is a studio version of the same song from their second demo.

Starting off June was the release of their second single "√69" on the 9th. This managed to reach #88 on the overall Oricon weekly charts, where it charted for a week. Twelve concerts and three events spanned June and July. The lives started on June 11th at Nagoya Shinei MUJICA and concluded on July 31st at Yokohama Arena Sound Hall (which was organised by SCUBER DIVE). The first of the events was Kanon's birthday party at Ikebukuro CYBER on July 5th, the second of the three was the "SHOCK JAM 2004 #003" event at Harajuku ASTRO HALL on July 28th (which was the SHOCK JAM CD Edition.4 compilation album release event - Antic Cafe had contributed their song "Hisoukyou" to the album), and the last was a free to attend Cure "Japanesque Rock Collectionz" event at Shibuya Koukaidou on July 30th.

For the month of August Antic Cafe's activities were evenly split, having three of each; concerts and events. The lives preceded those events, beginning on the 3rd at Takadanobaba AREA and ending on the 9th at Shibuya O-WEST. On the 16th and 18th, the group participated in two Like an Edison produced events collectibtly titled "EDISIDE" at Shibuya O-EAST and Nagoya BOTTOM LINE respectively. The last of August's events was CLUB CITTA's organised "CITTA! CITTA! CLUB CITTA!!" at Kawasaki CLUB CITTA' on the 23rd.

The only activity during September was the dual one-man (their third) and Bou's birthday concert called Furuhata Ninzabu-Bou ~Veteran Driver no Jinsei Navigator. Saigo no Conveni e~ at Harajuku ASTRO HALL on the 16th. At the live, the band sold their second other single "Touhi Kairo". Coming before the release of their third single was four concerts, stretching from October 17th at club 1ne 2wo to November 1st at Nagoya Shinei MUJICA. "Cosmos", Antic Cafe's third single, was released on November 24th. It reached #5 on the Oricon indies charts, and #91 on the overall charts where it charted for two weeks. This is also their only single to later have a second press.

Preceding their first tour were three lives: number one on December 2nd at Sendai HOOK, number two on the December 4th at Niigata Z-1, and number three the next day also at Niigata Z-1. Koi no Cafe Sawagi, the title of their first tour, was a series of three TouNaKa based (東名阪; Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka) one-man concerts. First they visited Nagoya on the 8th at ELL.FITS ALL, with the second city being Osaka the next day at CLUB MERCURY, with the last area (Tokyo) on the 13th at Shibuya O-WEST. During the whole tour "Kirikiri Kirikiri..." was distributed while "Ame no Hankagai" was only distributed during the finale. Antic Cafe's final lives of the year were at Ikebukuro CYBER on the 28th, Takadanobaba AREA on the 31st, and lastly Yokohama Akarenga on the 31st.

Discography

Studio Albums

Other Albums

Singles

Other Singles

Demo MDs

VHS / DVDs

Compilations / Collaborations

External Links

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Antic Cafe
Miku · takuya · Kanon · Yuuki · Teruki
Topics
Songs · Images · Lc5 · kanonxkanon · DOG inThe PWO · Former Members: Bou
Studio Albums
Best Albums
Mini-Albums
Singles
01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 · 09 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23
Other Singles
01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 · 09 · 10 · 11
Demo MDs
01 · 02
VHS / DVDs
01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 · 09 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13
Official Website
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