S.E.N.S.

S.E.N.S. is an instrumentalist unit formed in 1988 by originally two persons;the unit name "S.E.N.S." stands for "Sound, Earth, Nature, and Spirit" based on their spirit policy.

Over the years they've done many musical scores for a number of TV dramas & movies, also making it into the anime scene with the score for xxxHolic.

Their musics are new age instrumental and the score are popular and famous for especially a number of TV dramas and movies.

Their albums are released also in European and Asian countries, and the music of S.E.N.S. without the language wall is calling the big echo in every country in the world.

In Japan, they are one of the top artists in instrumental music. Especially the album "Tomei na Ongaku (en: Transparent Music)" was awarded the 2nd prize in "Instrumental Album of the Year" of "A Japan Gold Disk Grand-Prix" in 1994.

Members

* Akihiko Fukaura : Keyboards and Programming
* Yukari Katsuki : Piano
* (additionally) Tetsuya Ochiai : Violin

Recent Albums

*Sound. Earth. Nature. Spirit.～vol.SOUND (2007) - The 20th-years anniversary Best Album
*Sound. Earth. Nature. Spirit.～vol.EARTH (2007) - The 20th-years anniversary Best Album

Since 1988, they have released many albums. For the details, see S.E.N.S. at Japanese Wikipedia.

Award

*1989, Venezia International Festival of Film Grand Prix
*1994, The 8th Japan Gold Disk Grand-Prix Album Award (Instrumental)
*2001, The 15th Japan Gold Disk Grand-Prix Award of the year (Instrumental)

External links

* [http://www.sens-company.com/ S.E.N.S. Official Website]