Akeboshi

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Akeboshi ( Japanese ア ケ ボ シ ; * July 1, 1978 in Yokohama as Yoshio Akeboshi ( 明星 嘉 男 , Akeboshi Yoshio )) is a Japanese pop and folk musician . His most famous single, Wind , was used in the first credits of the anime Naruto .

Life

He learned to play the piano at the age of three and later also the guitar. Between the ages of eight and nine he lived in New Zealand , where he came into contact with Western music, especially U2 . At 13 he had his first band. During his high school days he was in a band for classical piano and hardcore punk at the same time . He then studied music at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts . There he was in the club music band Sofaking. His first own work, the mini-album Stoned Town , was released in 2002 and sold more than 100,000 times.

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Akeboshi's songs consist mainly of English lyrics, some well-known are Night and Day , Money and Wind . Most of his texts used to be in Japanese. His pieces, e.g. B. With Wind and Kamisama no Shitauchi , he uses the 5/4 rather than the common 4/4 time signature .

Discography

Studio albums

  • Akeboshi : Akeboshi's debut album of the same name was released on June 22, 2005 by Epic Records Japan.
    Most of these tracks are taken from the mini-albums, but were recorded with slightly different arrangements. At the end of the last song (after about a minute of silence), this album contains a varied recording of the flute theme from A nine days' wonder as a hidden title .
  • Meet along the way : His second album, Meet along the way , was released on November 7, 2007 on Epic Records Japan.
  • After the rain clouds go : On August 8th, 2014 his third album After the rain clouds was released on RoofTopOwl.
  • Lying to Mom Original Soundtrack (鈴木 家 の 嘘 Original Soundtrack): The soundtrack to the Japanese film of the same name was released on November 16, 2018 on RoofTopOwl .

Mini albums

  • STONED TOWN (August 8, 2002)
  • White reply (June 18, 2003)
  • Faerie Punks (March 10, 2004)
  • Yellow Moon (April 19, 2006)
  • Colorful drops (August 22, 2007)
  • Start forming the words (June 15, 2012)
  • Koibitotachi (恋人 た ち) (November 3, 2015)

Best of albums

  • Roundabout (June 11, 2008)

Singles

  • Rusty lance (October 19, 2005)

Work with Takako Matsu

Takako Matsu's single, Toki no Fune (released September 2004) contains two tracks composed by Akeboshi. The title song is a version of A nine days' wonder , although the lyrics of the song have been changed and the melody has some minor modifications. The song was used in the drama RUNAWAY , a remake of the 1993 film The Fugitive . The single also includes a cover version of White Reply .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MMMatsumoto (Marquee Editor-in-Chief): Akeboshi | Yellow Moon 期間 限定 ス ペ シ ャ ル サ イ ト . Sony Music, accessed January 31, 2010 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ Akeboshi. In: J-Music Ignited. Archived from the original on November 30, 2006 ; accessed on January 31, 2010 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Akeboshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ア ケ ボ シ (Japanese); Akeboshi, Yoshio (maiden name); 明星 嘉 男 (maiden name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese pop and folk musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Yokohama