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Antic Cafe (アンティック-珈琲店-, nicknamed An Cafe) is a band formed in 2003 in Tokyo, Japan and signed to the indie label LOOP ASH RECORDS, as well as Gan-Shin for European distribution. They are an oshare kei band but also a self-described "Harajuku Dance Rock" band. a Their music has ranged from pop rock taking landing pad in visual kei, to dance, ska, dubstep, etc. They have released five full-length albums and three EPs. They announced after their live on January 4, 2010 at the Nippon Budokan that they would suspend activities and put the band on hiatus. They stated that they however will not disband.On April 1, 2012 , after two year break, the team announced the resumption of activity.
An Cafe formed in May of 2003 when vocalist みく (Miku), newcomer guitarist 坊 (Bou), and bassist カノン (Kanon), who all hail from the Kantou area of Japan, met each other on an unnamed Internet message board while searching for other individuals with interest similar to their own, specifically people looking for musicians. Still without a drummer, the band held their first demonstration at Akasaka L@N on June 6 with their second demonstration at Urawa NARCISS on June 17. Antic Cafe distributed 50 copies of their first demo, "Ope●ng," in MiniDisc format at the second live.
