Re:Born
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| Studio album by Gackt | ||||
| Released | December 2, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008-2009 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, neo-prog, trance, symphonic rock, pop rock | |||
| Length | 66:55 (Music CD) 68:48 (Original Drama CD) |
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| Label | Dears | |||
| Producer | Gackt | |||
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Re:Born is the seventh full-length studio album released by Japanese recording artist Gackt on December 2, 2009 in Japan. It is conceptually linked to its predecessor Rebirth from 2001, and besides the music disc, contains an original audio drama.
The December 2008, with the release of his first single "Jesus" in over a year, marked Gackt's return to his solo music projects after three years, and the sequel to the concept created and incorporated in the second studio album Rebirth and tour Requiem et Reminiscence I in 2001.
In 2009, on January 28 was released his twenty-ninth single "Ghost", and in commemoration to his 10th anniversary as a solo artist, were released four singles, "Koakuma Heaven", "Faraway", "Lost Angels", and "Flower", a week after one another starting from June 17, and ending on July 1.
The album contains two CDs. The "Music CD" contains songs from six of the eight singles released by Gackt from December 2008 to July 2009, and the "Original Drama CD" contains the original audio story Requiem et Reminiscence II, which is an audio drama featuring Gackt and many well known voice actors such as Hidekatsu Shibata, Unshō Ishizuka, Jun Fukuyama, and Keiji Fujiwara.
The concept's "Requiem et Reminiscence II" story was first revealed through "Asakura Report" before the tour, and like the "Requiem et Reminiscence I" story, is set during the World War II in Third Reich. It follows two soldiers Rei Hartmann and Ryuichi Asakura who were recruited in the SS German army. Asakura was studying in robotics engineering corporation's laboratory when the eventual friendship triangle between them and Maria was interrupted by Ryuchi's jealousy; the similarity of Rei with disappeared cyborg Proto was enough to unwillingly be transformed into a cyborg. Like Proto, Rei now known as Zero, became Humanoid Assault Weapon Type 2, "Zwei", and the commander of regrouped 4th Independent Tactical Guerrilla Force (part of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich), shortened name "Ghost". Seemingly with erased memories, Zero began to remember his most precious memories when was human, and when finally recalled and understood his existence, led other awakened cyborgs in a failed revolt against the engineering headquarters.
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