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Please introduce yourselves to the readers of Summon the Roses Hello! I'm Captain Mina, guitarist of FATE GEAR. also I do songwriting, and playing bass guitar on recordings. You're an all-female steampunk metal band. What inspired you to choose this theme and style for the band?   I discovered steampunk when I performed at convention in U.S. with my previous all-female band in 2013. I've always love fantasy, so I like steampunk too and decided to incorporate it into FATE GEAR. Can you describe in a few words the sound of your music? Female fronted steampunk melodic metal. Umm difficult to say in a few words! XD Your latest release "The Vanguard Of Hades" album will be released nationwide this Summer, What can you tell us about this album? This is a concept album based on a fantasy novel featuring angels and demons that I wrote as a child. It contains 4 new songs and 9 live recordings. The new songs have a gothic and symphonic feel. the song  "Devil's Pact...

  ©TAKUTAKAHASHI Please introduce yourself to the readers of Summon the Roses My name is Taku Takahashi and I'm a member of a group called M-Flo. We started our group 24 years ago and next year it will be our 25th anniversary.  I make tracks and beats and I also produce artists such as Crystal, aill, b-first, and recently did a remix for Utada Hikaru. I'm also the owner of radio station called block.fm. In August, you released Gold ~Mata Au Hi Made ~ Taku’s Twice Upon A Time Remix for Utada Hikaru's latest single. What was it like working with singer song-writer Utada Hikaru? Usually when I'm asked to do remix they send me the stems of the track and vocals and I just make the remix. For this case, I asked Utada Hikaru for a favor I wanted her to rap on top of it, I wanted her to say "Bring the beat back". She was very kind that she recorded that in her own studio and did more than that. That is how she came up with introductions voicemail, it was her idea. She...