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Dilettante
Rock · 2005 · 10 tracks

Dilettante

ALI PROJECT

Ornate orchestral arrangements collide with industrial beats and operatic vocals. A lush, aristocratic fusion of Gothic Lolita aesthetics and Showa-era nostalgia.

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It's like a gothic opera set in a 1930s Tokyo ballroom with a drum machine.

A regal and defiant melancholy that finds grandeur in the act of remembering.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
愛と誠
4:40
02
人生美味礼讃
4:56
03
肉体の悪魔
4:32
04
緋紅的牡丹
4:45
05
ディレッタントの秘かな愉しみ
5:06
06
昭和恋々幻燈館
5:19
07
密猟区
4:36
08
北京LOVERS
4:17
09
鎮魂頌
5:32
10
柔らかな肌(Instrumental)
4:26
Moments Worth Waiting For
the transition into the soaring, patriotic chorus of track 1 where the strings swell to a cinematic peak
the sudden shift into mandarin lyrics during track 8 over a driving, rhythmic industrial pulse
the mournful, stripped-back piano opening of track 9 that evolves into a grand choral elegy
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