![]() ![]() Pizzicato Five then recruited Takao Tajima, the lead singer of Original Love, as a new vocalist and released their second album, Bellissima! In 1988. However, it didn’t do very well and they were advised to change things up in a major way or quit altogether. They got their big break in 1986 when they signed with what is now Sony Music Entertainment Japan and released their first album in 1987. The group originally consisted of Yasuharu Konishi, Keitarou Takanami, Ryo Kamomiya, Mamiko Sasaki, and Shigeo Miyata, but the number of members eventually dwindled down until Konishi was the only remaining founding member. Pizzicato Five originally formed in 1985 after meeting at a local music Society conference at their university. From the upbeat sounds of the sixties to the cooler sounds of jazz, it’s exactly the kind of kitschy, funky, and upbeat mix you’d expect from one of the leading groups of Shibuya-kei. Pizzicato Five might not be the most well-known groups, but it’s undoubtedly an essential part of the multi-threaded fabric of J-Pop as we know it today. It included songs from each of the 3 EPs in very different forms: "Darlin' of Discothèque" is shorter and instrumental, "A Perfect World" is a lounge-style rearrangement sung by guest vocalist Mieko Hirota and the new song "20th century Girl" is based on the B-side "Room Service", originally written by Masumi Arichika of TV Jesus.Īnyway a very cool band in many ways and I'm having fun going through these albums again after a few years of ignoring them.Pizzicato Five is kind of a misnomer, since there were barely five members at the beginning and two at the end of their run, but they maintain the energy and fun of a five-man band. It would be released a year later with US and the rest of the world with a slightly different track-listing and the shortened title of "Playboy & Playgirl".ġ999 came and Pizzicato Five released the "JBL Maxisonic" series of EPs, followed by their self-titled album Pizzicato Five. In 1998, the band released The International Playboy & Playgirl Record in Japan. Another compilation, The Sound of Music was released in October 1995, again featuring various tracks from the Maki-era albums.Īfter the 1996 release of the album Romantique 96 and several singles including the hit Baby Portable Rock, in 1997 the band signed with a new label, *********(Readymade) Records, Tokyo, and released the commercially successful album Happy End of the World - the only album to be released unchanged in both Japan and the rest of the world. In February 1995 the two set off on a successful 14-stop tour of Europe and America. Shortly before the release of the next album Overdose in the same year, Keitarō Takanami quit the band, leaving Konishi and Nomiya as the only remaining members. ![]() This was quickly followed by a full-length album, Made in USA, a compilation of tracks from their last three Japanese albums which sold 200,000 copies worldwide. Five By Pizzicato Five on Matador Records. The band's American debut came in 1994 with the release of the E.P. The catchphrase "A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular" captured the group's ironic stance and eager attitude. The group, widely credited (along with Flipper's Guitar) with spearheading the shibuya-kei movement of Tokyo in the 1990s, is known for eclectic and energetic compositions that often sound like "new" releases from the late 1960s hipster scene. Pizzicato Five (often known simply by the initials P5) is a Japanese pop group best known to audiences in the West in their later incarnation as a duo of Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi. I've got thirteen of their releases, which surprised me to say the least, I knew I had a few, but not realizing this many, though a couple of them are remix albums.My faves are "Happy End Of The World" and "Antique 96".Īs stated in wiki (cause i'm too lazy to type up a synopsis of this bands history) So I did a search in the music forum and archives and I can find zero threads on this very cool Japanese band. ![]()
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