Dué le quartz (デュールクォーツ, Dyūru Kuōtsu) was a Japanese visual kei rock band that formed in December 1998[1] and signed to PS Company, a sub-division of Free-Will.
Vocalist Sakito and bassist Kikasa later reunited to form the band Figure: (typeset as 【FIGURe:】) (with drummer Kazuki occasionally providing session work)[2] and guitarist Miyabi changed his name to "Miyavi" and started a solo career.
[3] In December 1998, Sakito and Ken formed Dué le quartz[4] and played their first live on February 14, 1999.
[1] They recruited bassist Kikasa somewhere in between, officially adding Kazuki to the mix on March 22[1] of that year.
[5] They made it big quickly, landing their first one-man live on August 21, 2000 at Shibuya on Air West.