

5th Anniversary Mix Expo Opening Ceremony Cosplay Party at Ginza BENOA, 2012/02/19
To
an event of the different kind had Mix Speaker's,Inc. invited their
fans in the middle of February. As the group is currently celebrating
its 5th Anniversary year since their formation in 2007, they had
gathered a small selected audience in high class shopping district Ginza
in Tokyo. And while the usual pedestrian might have seen things he
might not have seen before, with all the colorful cosplay-ers around,
the guest of this event themselves were able to experience something
extra ordinary.
As
the name of the event stated, everyone participating had to appear in
the costume of one of the Mix Speaker's,Inc. members and so the elegant
place, set up with tables, big screens to all sides and a stage at its
end, was filled with colorful costumes from all MSI eras.
As
the lights in the hall turned dark and the spot lights illuminated the
stage only, one by one the band members appeared on stage in the outfits
of their latest single "Shiny tale" (Release date: 2012/02/24). They
all took their seat with a little difficulties due to their spacious
costumes, and shortly introduced themselves.

All
guests and the band raised their glasses to celebrate the opening
ceremony to their 5th Anniversary, before reviewing the history in three
parts: "FORMATION", "TURNING POINT" and "FUTURE". One by one the group
pictures of all previous outfits were shown on the screens with the
members talking about each period and different little episodes on each.
seek: "AYA and MIKI have started it all, haven't you?"
AYA:
"We did, because we thought that we wanted to be in a band again. YUKI
came all the way from Kyoto at that time after we had met first."
YUKI: "Usually you would feel that with two vocalists it would feel strange, however, it didn't at all."
seek: "Before we started, we had a sort of secret schedule, where we would play in front of only about 10 people."
S: "There were literally no people in front and in the back they were sitting down."

seek:
"At that time, we released a CD and no matter how to put it, it would
turn out in red numbers, however, we wanted to create something as a
memory, which was the 'Mix Speaker's BOX'. At this time, we had also
already planned that we would play at C.C. Lemon Hall, even though
everything at that time started from scratch."
2008
Eventually marked a turning point for Mix Speaker's,Inc. when they
changed from the original "MONSTERS" story to the "Wonder Traveling"
story.
seek:
"At that point we wanted to make a new story and we thought on how to
best do it, taking in all the ideas from the fans as well. AYA and keiji
eventually came up with the idea. Howe did you do it?"
AYA: "I just like the universe."
keiji: "Me, too. And actually I really think that that guy in blue is very cool."
seek: "By the way, the little gimmicks in the background (of the artist photos) were made by MIKI."
S:
"Also for the artist photo, the helmet my character is wearing, was
actually held by a staff person (you can't see in the picture)."

At
the stage, when "Romeo no Melody" was released, the band underwent
another great change, which had been thought of by seek and S at that
time.
seek:
"It is always difficult to figure out, where to set the standard for
the new concepts and we always wonder how well the concept is coming
across each time."
In
2010, Mix Speaker's,Inc. changed once again to their Animal Zombies
story, situated at "Mix Land". With these outfits the band played the
Hibiya Open Air concert Hall. Eventually, the most recent costumes were
shown, before Mix Speaker's,Inc. announced their new mini album (Release
Date: 2012/05/23) and eventually presenting a very special acoustic
live performance.
"Hearing
our song 'Shiny tale' in an acoustic version is certainly something
very rare." YUKI said, introducing the song, before they started
playing.
Another
highlight was most certainly the performance of S with Mix
Speaker's,Inc. for which S took over the vocals, seek and MIKI the
guitars, AYA the bass and keiji the acoustic wooden drum to sing "Happy
Birthday" - of course to MSI and the little exclusive crowd powerfully
went along clapping and cheering.
The last song of the short set was "If".

"We
are very happy that you came and dressed up as us. Thanks a lot for
this event" YUKI said. "The next song is the last, but even though it is
not a happy song, it is one of great memories."
With
powerful voices, the charm of subdued drums and acoustic guitars, led
by strong bass lines, the song created another highlight of the day. The
mirror ball on the ceiling reflected a hundred little lights,
highlighting the special atmosphere.
"It
is a new start from here and we will work hard on not disappointing you
but rather exceed your expectations." S concluded as a final greeting.
"I was moved to see you all in out costumes. You did well." keiji praised the audience.
"I
think we have become a good company, seeing you all here." AYA said
eventually. "We want to look ahead further to bigger places."
"We are a band that can basically do anything and we would like to aim for a larger audience as well." seek added proudly.

"We
have come this far in 5 years and I would like to do something like
today again in the near future." MIKI said, before YUKI concluded: "We
do what we can to go further. At our lives we want to show our most
interesting sides and we'll give our best from here on!"
After
this finish, the attending audience had the chance to get an exclusive
picture with the Mix Speaker's,Inc. members individually, completing a
very special party and a great memory for sure.
Mix Speaker's,Inc.
Spring Tour 3rd Attraction
"Good Luck On Your Shiny Voyage!!"
2012/03/18 (日/Sun)SUNPHONIX HALL in YOKOHAMA ARENA
2012/03/20 (火/Tue)仙台HOOK / Sendai HOOK
2012/03/24 (土/Sat) HEAVEN'S ROCKSaitama Shintoshin
2012/03/31 (土/Sat) 福岡DRUM SON / Fukuoka DRUM SON
2012/04/01 (日/Sun) OSAKA MUSE
2012/04/07 (土/Sat) 名古屋ell FITS ALL / Nagoya ell.FITS ALL * THANK YOU SOLD OUT!!
Tickets:2012/02/12 (日 / Sun): 3,800 Yen (tax in)
* FINAL
2012.04.30 (月/Mon) 赤坂BLITZ / Akasaka BLITZ
Tickets:2012/03/25(日 / Sun): 4,000 Yen (tax in)
OHP: http://www.mixspeakersinc.com/pc/