About the artist
Artist / Band: Alpha999 (pronounced as “Alpha three-nine”)
Member(s): TAKA (vocals)
999’z members: masato (guitar), 有哉 (Yuya) (Escape from sorrow, guitar), seiya (ギガモウス (GIGAMOUS) / GTB, bass), Syu (drums)
Website: https://www.alpha999site.com/ (Only available in Japanese.)
About the photos
Country: Switzerland
City: Winterthur
Venue: Mehrzweckanlage Teuchelweiher
Date: October 7, 2022
Title: Alpha999 // Aki no Matsuri
Camera model: Sony Alpha A67 + Tamron 70-300mm / Canon EOS 200D
Additional notes: This performance was part of the 3-days event “Aki no Matsuri” (AutumnFest), of which Alpha999 was the opening act on the first day of the event.
Aside from photos from Alpha999 we also took photos at the live show from Zeke Deux the following day, and of course from the event itself.
(Click on the names of the artists or the event to be redirected to these pages.)
Alpha999 // Aki no Matsuri
Interview
Aside from taking photos at this show, we also did an interview with TAKA, in which we speak about this being the first time Alpha and Arlequin Magazine & Photography met face-to-face, his impressions after the very first live performance in Europe, and his plans for the future.
You can find the interview on Arlequin Magazine, here:
Alpha999 // “If I keep saying it out loud, it will eventually come true.”
Misaki is the owner of Angry Juice Official, a company that creates handmade plushies in a kawaii style. Her style has been influenced by ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei), cosplay, anime and other elements of Japanese popculture.
For Arlequin Magazine & Photography she is mainly active as a photographer during live shows, but she also does behind-the-scenes stuff for both websites.
雪 (Yuki) is the owner and driving force behind both Arlequin Magazine and Arlequin Photography.
She started in 2009 as a photographer with Arlequin Photography, but due to a growing interest in journalism, translation and behind-the-scenes work in general the project burst out of it's seams in 2021 and expanded through the addition of Arlequin Magazine.
雪 (Yuki) is a native Dutch speaker and maintains both the English and Dutch sections of both Magazine and Photography with original content, translations and photography as well as all the behind-the-scenes work for both websites.
She speaks Dutch, English, Japanese and German.