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CHERRYBLOSSOM was a Japanese 5 piece band that consisted of MEEKO (vocal), MAICO (vocal), KUPPA (guitar), 83 (bass), and Yucchi (drum). The band debuted with a mini album, Riskygirl, in 2007 then later released three singles before the debut full album, GO! in 2008. They were commonly known for their song DIVE TO WORLD, CYCLE and Sakura Rock (桜ロック) that was used as the theme for the anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
Disbanded in 2010. .
Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) is an influential Japanese electropop band, formed in 1978. They are renowned as a major influence in popular music, and for pioneering the electropop music genre. The principal members are Haruomi Hosono (bass), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards).
The band was originally conceived as a one-off studio project by Hosono, the other two members being recruited session musicians - the idea was to produce an album fusing orientalist exotica (cf their cover version of Martin Denny's Firecracker) with modern electronics. However the first album (with its cutting-edge production) was very popular, and the studio...
Electric Light Orchestra were a symphonic rock band which formed in Birmingham, England in 1970. The band was formed by Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, multiple instruments), Roy Wood (multiple instruments, vocals), Richard Tandy (keyboards, vocals) and Bev Bevan (drums). Lynne, Wood and Bevan were former members of the psychedelic rock band The Move. The band's lineup would fluctuate throughout its original incarnation, although Lynne, Tandy and Bevan would remain constant members.
They incorporated the sounds of string ensembles, vocoders and dub echos into rock songs, thereby creating a very sophisticated studio version of rock. The musical content of ELO songs...
Flosstradamus is a Chicago DJ Duo consisting of J2K (Josh Young) and DJ Autobot (Curt Cameruci). They gained popularity building mashups out of well known songs, while maintaining a consistent dance flow, making them dance hall masters and quick local favorites. But they don't start nor do they stop with the mashup. They are cunning tricksters of the booty shake, playing whatever will make people get off the seat and step to the beat.
After frothing local enthusiasm like a Starbucks barrista, they started touring and have played Pitchfork, Rothbury, SXSW, and even the hallowed recesses of Philly's B clubs....
Fragmentorchestra is the pairing of Italian jazz aficionados Luca Pernici & Giulio Vetrone. The result is a beautiful and up-tempo album of moods and grooves for some autumnal bliss. For Luca and Giulio, Jazz also means improvisation, which Luca Pernici explains. "A musician, in the moment at which improvisation occurs, is irrationally set free from any approach, creating a philosophy of composition without any given time or place". The goal is just this, to preserve an improvised approach through breaking down beats and notes but still achieving the variety of an orchestra or better yet, a Fragment Orchestra...
Luca Pernici...
Summer Nights
The Stripper
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Slow Foxtrot Medley
Sweetie
Marie
It Happened In Monterey
We Make Music (Quickstep)
Nicolasa
Desafinado
Adios Muchachos
Chicago
Chiquitita
Woman In Love (Slow Foxtrot)
In the Mood
Chicago
I Could Have Danced all Night
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Poppa Yo Quero
Mandolin serenade
Mountain greenery
Tenderly
Soul Bossa Nova
Jealousy (Beguine)
Behind the Clouds (Bioshock Infinite)
Tango
J'Attendrai
Come Dancing
YMCA (Disco)
YMCA
Dancing Queen [Samba]
La Cumpasita
Change Partners
Cow Cow Boogie
Tea For Two
The Girl From Ipanema
Dry Bones
Russian Rose (feat. Sam Browne)
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
Fascination
The Wedding Samba
Chiquitita (Samba)
Theme from The Deer Hunter (Waltz)
Around The World
My wonderful one
The Stripper
Maybe
Jeepers Creepers
Ramona
The Theme From ”A Summer Place”