Wagakki band
| Wagakki Band ( 和 楽 器 バ ン ド ) |
|
|---|---|
 The Wagakki Band at the Japan Expo 2014 in Paris |
|
| General information | |
| origin | Japan |
| Genre (s) | J-pop , folk-rock |
| founding | 2013 |
| Website | www.wagakkiband.jp |
| Current occupation | |
| Yuuko Suzuhana ( 鈴 華 ゆ う 子 ) | |
| Machiya ( 町 屋 ) | |
| Beni Ninagawa ( 蜷 川 べ に ) | |
| Kiyoshi Ibukuro ( い ぶ く ろ 聖 志 ) | |
| Asa ( 亜 沙 ) | |
| Daisuke Kaminaga ( 神 永 大 輔 ) | |
| Wasabi ( 山葵 ) | |
| Kurona ( 黒 流 ) | |
Wagakki Band ( Jap. 和楽器バンド , Wagakki Bando ) is a Japanese shigin - rock band , the traditional Japanese instruments shakuhachi , koto , shamisen and taiko used.
Band name
In Japan, the general term for a musical instrument gakki is added to indicate whether the musical instrument is uchi (“inside”) or soto (“outside”). So-called uchi instruments are called wagakki ( 和 楽 器 , "(traditional) Japanese musical instruments").
history
The music video Tengaku ( 天 樂 ) has been viewed more than 21 million times and the YouTube video for Senbonzakura ( 千 本 桜 ) has been viewed more than 120 million times. The song Senbonsakura (German: one thousand cherry blossoms ) is an example of a successful cover version of a computer-generated vocaloid song, here of the character Hatsune Miku (初 音 ミ ク). Her first album Vocal Zanmai debuted at number 5 on the Japanese Oricon charts. In 2014 they were invited to the 15th Japan Expo in France . In May 2015 they played their first independent concert in Taipei . In July 2015, they performed at the Anime Expo in Los Angeles . Her Japan tour began in September 2015.
Discography
- Albums
- 2014: Vocalo Zanmai ( ボ カ ロ 三昧 ); Avex Trax ; also as Blu-ray Disc , # 5
- 2015: Yaso Emaki ( 八 奏 絵 巻 )
- 2017: Shikisai ( 四季 彩 )
- 2018: Otonoe (オ ト ノ エ)
- Singles
- 2014: Hanabi ( 華 火 ); DVD: # 8, Blu-ray: # 25
- 2015: Ikusa / Nadeshiko Sakura ( 戦 -Ikusa- / な で し こ 桜 ); DVD: # 14, Blu-ray: # 20, opening and closing titles for the anime Sengoku Musō
Web links
- Official website
- Wagakki Band - Sound of Japan # 1 , webmagazin.nipponnation.at
- Wagakki Band at Allmusic (English)
- 和 楽 器 バ ン ド at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rocking out with the Wagakki Band: Giving vocaloids a human voice
- ^ Henry M. Johnson: A "Koto" by Any Other Name: Exploring Japanese Systems of Musical Instrument Classification. In: Asian Music, Vol. 28, No. 1, autumn 1996 - winter 1997, pp. 43–59, here p. 45
- ↑ 【和 楽 器 バ ン ド】 天 樂 Tengaku 【VOCALOID】 , YouTube
- ↑ 和 楽 器 バ ン ド / 千 本 桜 on YouTube
- ↑ 千 本 桜 Senbonzakura "One Thousand Cherry Trees" - Hatsune Miku 初 音 ミ ク on YouTube, with subtitles
- ↑ a b c d e f 和 楽 器 バ ン ド の 売 上 ラ ン キ ン グ . In: Oricon Style. Oricon , accessed June 25, 2015 (Japanese).
- ↑ Wagakki Band - A New Sensation and Power to Wow the World
- ↑ Wagakki Band: Tour Dates 2015 ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
