SiM (Silence iz Mine) 1st Demo (lost demo CDr; 2005)
Photo of the cover art.
Status: Lost
SILENCE iz MINE is a reggae-punk band formed in Fujisawa, Shonan, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan by Manabu (MAH) Taniguchi, Kazuki (KAH), and Kazuki (way) Hayashi on November 3rd, 2004. In February / March 2005 the band changed their name to SiM, an abbreviation of their full name.
NOTE: hi-lite is MAH, and 7sta is KAH, these are old stage names.
In early 2005 the band produced a self-titled demo CDr with three tracks, She, Trip, and Heaven. The track She was also included on the Show-numb omnibus CD, released in the same year (Show-numb was a group created by three bands, SiM, unionline, and GERARA in early 2005). In a conversation I had with Kazuki (way) he confirmed that this is SiM's very first demo. The website link on the front cover doesn't lead anywhere now, but there's an archive available here. The CD page wasn't archived, but given the timeframe it definitely contained information about this CDr. MAH, the only remaining original member, has not mentioned this CDr publicly. According to an archive of unionline's website; SiM still went by SILENCE iz MINE as of January 29th, 2005, so this CDr couldn't have been released any earlier than February given its usage of the band's new name. According to @nihaodesuka (Discord), they attained the CD through a friend of one of the ex-members, while not allowed to share the material they did note that 30 copies were produced in early 2004. The date they provided is incorrect (as the band hadn't formed until November that year) so I'm unsure of the validity of only 30 copies being made, although it could just have been a mistake, not really sure.
References
Another image of the demo, taken by @nihaodesuka
Screenshot of Kimmy's messages (@nihaodesuka)
Screenshot of Kimmy's messages (@nihaodesuka)
