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Access
Also known asAXS
OriginJapan
Genres
Years active
  • 1992–1995
  • 2002–present
Labels
MembersDaisuke Asakura
Hiroyuki Takami
Websitewww.access-web.jp

Access (also known as AXS) is a Japanese pop group. Its members are Daisuke Asakura and Hiroyuki Takami. Asakura is the primary composer/producer and featured keyboardist while Takami is the vocalist. Takami also writes a major portion of access' lyrics. Access is currently signed with Sony Music Associated Records. The name "access" is stylized in lowercase letters.

History

Access was formed after Hiroyuki Takami performed in some of Daisuke Asakura's solo work as a guest vocalist in 1991. The unit's career officially began in 1992. The duo went on to record three albums and attain significant popularity before announcing their breakup in 1995 for ambiguous reasons. In 2002, however, they reunited with much fanfare, and have remained active since.

"AXS" is their written nickname. While spelled "AXS", it is actually not an "X" but two inwardly-turned arrows ("A-><-S"). The nickname was coined by Takami. It first appeared on the group's debut album, Fast Access, on the last page of the lyrics book. "AXS" replaced the group's name on their third single "Naked Desire." The logo has many variations depending on its use. There is only one album that has "AXS" credited as the group's name: AXS Remix Best Tracks. In all of their albums from 1993 to 1995 song production was credited as "songs by AXS". Before their reunion in 2002, the logo and nickname have not been used, except as credits for remixed songs on the album and tour DVDs of "Crossbridge". In 2006, for the "blanc and rouge" tour, "AXS" reappeared in the tour logo interwoven in the design of a coat of arms.

In 2007, after the Virginia Tech massacre, access produced the song "Shadow over the world" in dedication to the memory of the victims. The song was released on the album "binary engine" and had its live debut during their summer tour of that same year.

Access performed the opening theme for Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Stages 24 & 25, "Hitomi no Tsubasa", and did the third opening theme for D.Gray-Man, "Doubt & Trust" (2007). In July 2008, their single "Dream Runner" was featured as the opening theme of the TV drama series, Here is Greenwood. In 2009, Access was indirectly featured in a musical rendition of Goodbye Charlie with Takami portraying one of the lead roles and Asakura having composed and directed the music. Their single "Bet～追憶のRoulette～" was featured as an ending theme for Fuji TV's series Sukimono from 30 July 2012 to 27 August 2012. Access was also featured in Fuji TV's event live, "FNSうたの夏まつり" ("FNS Summer Festival of Song" - 8 August 2012) doing a cover of TM Network's song, "Be Together", with Tetsuya Komuro.

Discography

Singles

Virgin Emotion
  1. Virgin Emotion
  2. Be Nude
Jewelry Angel
  1. Jewelry Angel
  2. Against The Rules
  3. Virgin Emotion(Instrumental Mix)
Naked Desire
  1. Naked Desire
  2. Every Time You
  3. Jewelry Angel (Instrumental Mix)
Moonshine Dance
  1. Moonshine Dance
  2. Lyin' Eyes
  3. Naked Desire (Instrumental Mix)
Try Again
  1. Try Again
  2. Jungling Party
  3. Moonshine Dance (Instrumental Mix)
夢を見たいから (Yume Wo Mitaikara)
  1. 夢を見たいから
  2. Us
  3. Try Again (Instrumental Mix)
Misty Heartbreak
  1. Misty Heartbreak
  2. Stoned Merge
  3. 夢を見たいから (Instrumental Mix)
Sweet Silence
  1. Sweet Silence
  2. Decade & XXX
Drastic Mermaid
  1. Drastic Mermaid
  2. Sequence Meditation～超電導思考回路　第一楽章　覚醒
  3. Sweet Silence (Instrumental Mix)
Drastic Mermaid Re-sync Style
Scandalous Blue
  1. Scandalous Blue
  2. Sequence Meditation～超電導思考回路　第二楽章　混乱
  3. Drastic Mermaid (Instrumental Mix)
Scandalous Blue Re-sync Style
Tear's Liberation
  1. Tear's Liberation
  2. Sequence Meditation～超電導思考回路　第三楽章　解放
  3. Scandalous Blue (Instrumental Mix)
Tear's Liberation Re-sync Style
Only the love survive
  1. Only the love survive
  2. Look-a-Head <from Live before next at Yokohama Arena 1994 December 19>
Edge
  1. Edge
  2. Especially Kiss
Real at Night ～眠れぬ夜の向こうに～ (Real at Night ~Nemurenu Yoru No Muko Ni~)
  1. Real at Night ～眠れぬ夜の向こうに～
Diamond Cycle
  1. Stay
  2. Bright Sight
  3. Inner Cycle
  4. Catch the Rainbow
瞳ノ翼 (Hitomi No Tsubasa)
  1. 瞳ノ翼
  2. 瞳ノ翼（TV size version）
  3. 瞳ノ翼（Instrumental）
Doubt & Trust　～ダウト＆トラスト～
  1. Doubt & Trust　～ダウト＆トラスト～
  2. Gonna Be
  3. Doubt & Trust ～ダウト&トラスト～　（Instrumental）
Dream Runner
  1. Dream Runner
  2. Paradise
  3. Dream Runner (TV version)
  4. Dream Runner (Instrumental)
Higher Than Dark Sky
Version A
  1. Higher Than Dark Sky
  2. アオイナミ (Aoi Nami)
  3. SOUL DYNAMITE
Version B
  1. Higher Than Dark Sky
  2. SOUL DYNAMITE (original live)
  3. アオイナミ (original live)
Share The Love
Version A
  1. Share The Love
  2. KEEP IT
  3. Ride Up for the Shiny Way
Version B
  1. Share The Love
  2. KEEP IT (2010 Version)
  3. Higher Than Dark Sky (Piano Version)
Wild Butterfly
  1. Wild Butterfly
  2. Beyond the Second-D.
  3. ChaOs GrAdatioN
Bet～追憶のRoulette～
  1. Bet～追憶のRoulette～
  2. Let Me Go
  3. Bet～追憶のRoulette～ (Instrumental)
永遠dive
JOY TRAIN
Vertical Innocence
IZASUSUME!
Winter Ring Affair
24sync
Knock beautiful smile
arc jump'n to the sky

Albums

Fast Access
  1. Sensual Glide
  2. Virgin Emotion
  3. Pale Blue Rain
  4. Jewelry Angel (Deep AXS Mix)
  5. Distance~Motomeauniwa Tosugite~
  6. Hot Cruising Night (Original AXS)
  7. Against the Rules
  8. Can-Dee Graffiti
  9. Be Nude
  10. Perfect Timing
  11. Look-A-Head
ACCESS II
  1. NIGHT WAVE (ORIGINAL AXS VERSION)
  2. NAKED DESIRE (THE ENTERPRISE MIX)
  3. MOONSHINE DANCE (THE ENTERPRISE MIX)
  4. I SING EVERY SHINE FOR YOU
  5. JUNGLING PARTY
  6. LYIN' EYES (THE ENTERPRISE MIX)
  7. REALTIME LOVER
  8. ENDLESS SUMMER 〜君が滲んだ夏 (Kimi ga Nijinda Natsu)〜
  9. MARMALADE DAYS
  10. JULIET
  11. S-MILE GENERATION
DELICATE PLANET
  1. Silver Heart
  2. Misty Heartbreak -West Side Mix-
  3. Yume wo mitai kara -West Side Mix-
  4. Stay My Love
  5. Stoned Merge -West Side Mix-
  6. Pink Junktion
  7. Regret
  8. Decade & XXX
  9. Sweet Silence -West Side Mix-
  10. Try Again -West Side Mix-
  11. Find New Way
  12. Beat Planet
Live Ones Sync - Across Japan Tour '93-'94
Live Zeros Sync - Across Japan Tour '93-'94
AXS Single Tracks
AXS REMIX BEST TRACKS (Remix Album)
Sync - Beat Box -893 Days-
CROSSBRIDGE
  1. "born a cross"(instruments)
  2. Shake the Sunrise
  3. Only the love survive ～PK mix～
  4. Jewelry Angel 2002 ～Platonic Eye～
  5. Moonshine Dance 2002 ～Return to Star～
  6. 夢を見たいから (Yume o Mitai kara) 2002 ～Soul The Future Love～
  7. 777 trois seven
  8. Against the Rules 2002 ～AA trance～
  9. Grand Muse
  10. EDGE ～PK mix～
  11. "cross a bridge"(instruments)
Rippin' Ghost
  1. -a-bstract Ghost
  2. Kiss My -a- Soul
  3. Break Through The Big Town
  4. White Lights
  5. Real at Night ～眠れぬ夜の向こうに (Nemurenu Yoru no Muko ni)～
  6. Fly High, Fly Away ～In-Comer Android～
  7. balearic Ghost
  8. View
  9. Ozone, In the Native
  10. Another Day
  11. Hung Me for the Distance　～絆された愛の果てに (Hodasareta Ai no Hate ni)～
Re-sync Ghost (Remix Album)
  1. Real at Night (truancy mix)
  2. Real at Night (knockin'barrier mix)
  3. White Lights (lovely'snowy'mix)
  4. White Lights (deep valentine mix)
  5. Hung Me for the Distance (pascal talk mix)
  6. Hung Me for the Distance (preservative mix)
  7. Fly High, Fly Away In-Comer Android (extended dub mix)
  8. Ozone, In the Native (extended dub mix)
diamond cycle
  1. Stay
  2. Bright Sight
  3. Inner Cycle
  4. Catch the Rainbow
binary engine
  1. Awake
  2. closet
  3. Life goes on
  4. Wild in the desert
  5. Summer Night Breezer
  6. biologic engine（Instrumental）
  7. Gone too Soon
  8. Shadow over the world
  9. High and Scream
  10. 瞳ノ翼 (Hitomi no Tsubasa) ～binary version
access best selection
Disc 1
  1. Virgin Emotion
  2. Jewelry Angel
  3. Naked Desire
  4. Moonshine Dance
  5. Try Again
  6. 夢を見たいから
  7. Misty Heartbreak
  8. Sweet Silence
  9. Drastic Mermaid
  10. Scandalous Blue
  11. Tear's Liberation
  12. Only the love survive
  13. Edge
  14. Real at Night ～眠れぬ夜の向こうに～
  15. 瞳ノ翼
  16. Doubt & Trust ～ダウト&トラスト～
Disc 2
  1. Sequence Meditation ～超電導思考回路　第一楽章　覚醒～
  2. Find New Way
  3. Be Nude
  4. Lyin' Eyes （Crossbridge ver. 2002）
  5. Stoned Merge （blanc and rouge ver.2006）
  6. Decade & ×××（Summer Style ver.2002）
  7. Beat Planet （binary engine ver.2007）
  8. Shake the Sunrise
  9. Against the Rules 2002 ～AA trance～
  10. Hung Me for the Distance　～絆された愛の果てに～
  11. balearic Ghost
  12. Stay
  13. Life goes on
  14. Stay My Love
Disc 3
  1. Summer Night Breezer
  2. closet
  3. Especially Kiss
  4. White Lights
  5. Pale Blue Rain
  6. Jungling party
  7. Night Wave
  8. Against the Rules
  9. Silver Heart （binary engine version 2007）
  10. Catch the Rainbow
  11. View
  12. Ozone in the Native
  13. Grand Muse
  14. Look-A-Head

Secret Cluster

All Versions (Disc 1)
  1. vibe cluster (Instrumental）
  2. Bet ~追憶のRoulette (Tsuioku no Roulette)~ Album ver.
  3. Beyond the Second-D.
  4. Star Tribal
  5. Let me go
  6. Stand By
  7. ChaOs GrAdatioN
  8. f☆R☆E☆e
  9. Wild Butterfly Album ver.
  10. Secret Dimension (Instrumental）
  11. 20th Sincerely
Version A, Disc 2: 2007–2011 Singles Collection
  1. Doubt & Trust ～ダウト＆トラスト～
  2. GONNA BE
  3. Dream Runner
  4. PARADISE
  5. Higher Than Dark Sky
  6. アオイナミ (Aoi Nami)
  7. SOUL DYNAMITE
  8. Share The Love
  9. Keep It
  10. Ride Up for the Shiny Way
Version B, Disc 2: DVD - access COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 LIVE DIGEST

Re-Sync Cluster (Remix Album)

  1. Wild Butterfly Digital Ageha Re-Sync Style (remixed by Daisuke Asakura)
  2. Beyond the Second-D. S'capade Remix (remixed by Shinnosuke - SOUL'd OUT)
  3. Stand By Deep Air Re-Sync Style (remixed by Daisuke Asakura)
  4. Wild Butterfly Digital Spider Remix (Remixed by YOW-ROW/GARI)
  5. ChaOs GrAdatioN External Re-Sync (Remixed by Kensuke Ushio/agraph)
  6. Bet ~追憶のRoulette~ Demon Angel Re-Sync Style (Remixed by Daisuke Asakura)

Heart Mining

  1. Cassini (Instrumental)
  2. Crack Boy
  3. Vertical Innocence (Heart Mining Ver.)
  4. Inside me, Inside you
  5. Tragedy
  6. Discover Borderless
  7. Knock beautiful smile (Heart Mining Ver.)
  8. Friend Mining
  9. Heart Mining
  10. Voyager (Instrumental)
  11. 永遠dive (Eien dive) (Heart Mining Ver.)

DVD

  • Fast Access Looking 4 Reflexions
  • SECOND Access Looking 4 ReflexionsII
  • Live Reflexions Access To Second
  • Looking 4 Reflexions III Delicate Planet
  • Looking 4 Reflexions IV Sequence Meditation
  • Live Reflexions II Sync-Across Japan Tour '94 Delicate Planet Arena Style
  • Access Tour 2002 "Crossbridge" Live at Tokyo International Forum
  • Access Live Sync - Across 2002 "Summer Style" Live at Nippon Budokan
  • access 15TH Anniversary DVD Box

Live performances

  • 1993 Fast access Tour '93
  • 1993 Sync-Across Japan Tour '93 Access to Second
  • 1994 Sync-Across Japan Tour '94 Delicate Planet
  • 1994 Sync-Across Japan Tour '94 Delicate Planet Arena Style
  • access Tour 2002 Crossbridge
  • access Tour 2002 "Summer Style"
  • access Tour 2003 -Livin' Ghost
  • access Tour 2005 Catch The Summer
  • access Joint 2005 -Film, Talk and Live Event-
  • access Tour 2006 "blanc" and "rouge"
  • access Tour 2007 diamond cycle
  • access Tour 2007 -binary engine- ~Zepp Version~
  • access Tour 2007 -binary engine- ~Hall version~
  • access Tour 2008 -We are access-
  • access Tour 2009 SUMMER STYLE
  • access Tour 2010 STREAM
  • access Tour 2011 OPERATION CONNECT
  • access 20th Anniversary CLUB TOUR 2012 minimum CLUSTER
  • access 20th Anniversary TOUR 2012 MEGA cluster

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