Schwarz Stein is a Japanese electronic project founded by Kaya (vocals) and Hora (keyboard & synth). Following a 10 year split, the band have reunited. Formed as Rudolf Steiner in 2001 in Japan. Signed with former Malice Mizer's Mana label, Midi:Nette, and became Schwarz Stein (Black Stone in broken german) in 2002. On Feb 2 2004, two weeks before the release of Artificial Hallucination, they announced their split-up. Schwarz Stein reformed in 2011 to release the 'Recurrence of Hallucination' mini CD July 20th and to play a 10 year anniversary show with the same name on July 31st 2011. Another one off show was announced for 2012. They revived again in March of 2014, rather unexpectedly, and announced the release of a new single "GEBET." Additionally, Kaya announced that he was also going to be in a new band named FEMME FATALE.