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Tavito Nanao Birth name Tabito Nanao Also known as 770, Singing DJ Toshiko (SINGING dj 寿子)[1] Born 20 August 1979 Genres Alternative rock, electronic, experimental, punk Occupations Singer-songwriter, disc jockey Instruments Acoustic guitar, electric guitar Years active 1998–present Labels Sony (1998-2001)
Wonderground Music (2002-2007)
Heartfast (2007)
BII - Felicity (2009-present)Associated acts Eiko Ishibashi, Takkyu Ishino, Ginji Itō, Hiroya Komeiji, Salyu, Zentarō Watanabe, Yakenohara Website tavito.net Tavito Nanao (七尾旅人 Nanao Tabito, born August 20, 1979)[2] is a Japanese singer-songwriter who debuted in 1998. He has worked with a great number of musicians, including Takkyu Ishino, Salyu and Yakenohara. Nanao has reached a wider audience since 2007, after his album 911 Fantasia, a 3CD musical about the September 11 attacks, his collaboration single with Yakenohara, "Rollin' Rollin'," and the success of his 5th album, Billion Voices.
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Biography
Nanao was born prematurely on August 20, 1979, and grew up in a rural area of Japan.[2][3] Until 13, most of the music Nanao had listened to was jazz, due to the influence of his father. From the beginning of middle school, however, Nanao began to listen to musicians such as a rock band B'z.[3]
In the summer of 1994, he discovered grunge music and would often be absent from school. On New Year's Eve of 1994, Nanao decided to write music, by humming tunes and writing down lyrics, and throughout the next year began writing songs daily.[2][3] After copying the styles of several bands he enjoyed, Nanao found songwriting a spontaneous activity.[3] In 1996, after a year of high school, Nanao decided to drop out of high school, and in September took a friend's acoustic guitar and multitrack recorder and moved to Tokyo.[2] In a year's time in 1997, Nanao sent in a demo tape for the Sony Soytzer Music Audition, which led to Nanao being signed to Sony.[2]
Nanao's initial recordings were in Los Angeles in March and July 1998, where he bought acoustic and electric guitars. In September, Nanao debuted with the single "Omoide Over Drive."[4] After several other singles, Nanao recorded his debut album throughout early to mid 1999, and released it in August, titled Ame ni Utaeba...! Disc 2.[2] In March 2000, Nanao performed his first live at the Shinjuku Liquid Room.[2]
Nanao slowly worked on his second studio album, Heavenly Punk: Agadio, throughout 2000 and 2001, releasing two singles in 2000. Most of the work was completed between December 2001 and March 2002, with the final product released in April.[2] The album was the first album to be released through Wonderground Music, an independent record label.[5] In May and June 2002, Nanao performed his first tour alongside Hiroya Komeiji, performing at four cities across Japan.[2] Nanao continued to work with Wonderground, releasing a self-accompanied album in 2003 and a single+DVD set in 2004.[6] The single was the first of Nanao's works through both Sony and Wonderground to chart on Oricon's albums and single charts.[7]
In 2007, Nanao released a three CD musical album called 911 Fantasia, themed around the events of the September 11 attacks. Nanao considers this the peak work of his teens and 20s.[8] The release of this album lead to Nanao's introduction to rapper Yakenohara, and the pair collaborated with the single "Rollin' Rollin" in 2009.[9] This, along with Nanao, 2010 album, were both releases that charted in the top 50.[7]
Discography
Albums
Year Album information Chart positions
[7]Total sales
[10]1999 Ame ni Utaeba...! Disc 2 (雨に撃たえば…！ ｄｉｓｃ２, "When the Rain Hits Me")
- Released: August 4, 1999
- Label: Sony (AICT-1102)
— — 2002 Heavenly Punk: Agadio (ヘヴンリィ・パンク：アダージョ Hevunri Panku: Adājo)
- Double album
- Released: April 24, 2002
- Label: Wonderground Music (WRCD-1/2)
— — 2003 Hikigatari Monogatari Vol. 1: Humming Bird (ひきがたり・ものがたり vol.1～蜂雀(ハミングバード), "Self-Accompanioed Stories Vol 1: Humming Bird")
- Released: March 21, 2003
- Label: Wonderground Music (WRCD-11)
— — 2007 911 Fantasia
- 3CD musical about the September 11 attacks
- Released: September 11, 2007
- Label: Heartfast, Wonderground Music (WRCD-39~41)
85 1,800 2010 Billion Voices
- Released: July 7, 2010
- Label: Heartfast, Wonderground Music (WRCD-39~41)
41 7,600 Singles
Release Title Notes Oricon
singles
charts
[7]Oricon
sales
[10]Album 1998 "Omoide Over Drive" (オモヒデ オーヴァ ドライヴ, "Memory Over Drive") Lead track "Omoide! Omoide!!" — — Ame ni Utaeba "'Ohayō, Bondage Cyborg'" (「おはよう．．．! ボンデェジ・サイボーグ」, "Good Morning, Bondage Cyborg") Lead track "Kokoro wa Kōshite Uru no" — — 1999 "Tetsuyōbi no Yoru, Ranyōbi no Asa" (鉄曜日の夜→蘭曜日の朝, "Ironday Night, Orchidday Morning") Lead track "Moe no Ha" — — 2000 "Night of the Heading Head" (ナイト・オブ・ザ・ヘディング・ヘッド Naito obu za Hedingu Heddo) Lead track "Angel Call" — — Heavenly Punk "Yoru, Hikaru." (夜、光る。, "Night, Shining.") — — 2001 "Lastscene" (ラストシーン Rasuroshīn) (Takkyu Ishino feat. Tabito Nanao) 73 3,400 Soul Scramble 2004 "Oyoso Kono Uchū ni Sonzai Suru Banbutsu ga "Uta" de Aru Koto no, Saisho no Shōmei" (およそこの宇宙に存在する万物全てが【うた】であることの、最初の証明, "The First Proof that Almost Every Living Thing in this Universe Has "Song"") Lead track "My First Chant" 91 1,600 — 2009 "Rollin' Rollin'" (Tavito Nanao x Yakenohara) 46 2,500 Billion Voices 2010 "Kensaku Shōnen" (検索少年, "Search Boy") Digital download — — Collaborations and produced works
Release Artist Title Role Album 2001 Atami "Doppler" Vocals Doppler Hitomi "Open Mind" Background vocals Huma-rhythm Makoto Kawamoto "Blossom" Lyrics, music "Blossom" (single) 2002 Joseph Nothing "Ballad for the Unloved" Vocals, lyrics, music Dummy Variations World's End Girlfriend "All Imperfect Love Song" Dream's End Come True 2003 Kūki Kodan "Onkai Sayokyoku" (音階小夜曲, "Music Scale Serenade") Vocals Kodomo "Tabi o Shimasen ka" (旅をしませんか, "Shall We Travel?") Hyōe Yasuhara "TekeTeke" Vocals Seishun no Outline "More" Lyrics, music, vocals Tatsuya Kokufu "Ōgon Taiken" (黄金体験, "Gold Experience") Vocals Rock Tensei 2004 Takkyu Ishino "Starlights in Sunshine" feat. Tavito Nanao Vocals, writing, production Title #2+#3 2005 Denki Groove x Scha Dara Parr "Saint Ojisan" (聖☆おじさん, "Saint Uncle") Background vocals Denki Groove toka Scha Dara Parr "Eisū/Kana" (英数／かな, "ASCII, I Think") 2006 Miki Furukawa "Sekai no Sasayaki" (世界のささやき, "Whispers of the World") Lyrics, background vocals Mirrors Disco Twins "Awase Kagami no Senjitsu" (∞あわせKAGAMIの現実∞, "The Reality in Facing the Mirror") Lyrics Twins Disco 2008 Denki Groove "Superstar" (スーパースター Sūpāsutā) Background vocals J-Pop Eiko Ishibashi "Fearless [Stop]" Background vocals Drifting Devil "Drifting Devil" Tavito Nanao "Last Date" Perfect!: Tokyo Independent Music 2010 Roy Tamaki "Break Boy in the Dream" feat. Tavito Nanao Lyrics, music, vocals Break Boy Ua "Watashi no Akachan" (私の赤ちゃん, "My Baby") Cover; lyrics, music Kaba Dorian "Shooting Star" feat. Tavito Nanao & Yakenohara Lyrics, music, vocals Melodies Memories 2011 Salyu x Salyu "Sailing Days" Lyrics S(o)un(d)beams "Rainboots de Odorimashō" (レインブーツで踊りましょう , "Let's Dance in Rainboots") References
- ^ "岸野雄一主催"投げ銭"ライブに相対性、ウリチ参加 [You-ichi Kishino-sponsored "Throw-cent" live features Sōtaisei Riron, Urichipangoon.]" (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. December 12, 2010. http://natalie.mu/music/news/11755. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of Tabito Nanao" (in Japanese). Sony Music Artists Inc.. Archived from the original on February 12, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040212022549/http://www.sma.co.jp/artist/tabito/bio.html. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "七尾旅人インタビュー 「何億もの声」から見えてくるもの [Tavito Nanao interview: Things shown from how many hundred millions of voices.]" (in Japanese). Cinra.net. August 13, 2010. http://www.cinra.net/interview/2010/08/13/000000.php. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ^ "Discography" (in Japanese). Tavito.net. http://www.tavito.net/discography/index.html. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ "about us / know your enemy first..." (in Japanese). Wonderground Music. http://www.wonderground.jp/contact.html. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ^ "七尾旅人" (in Japanese). Wonderground Music. http://www.wonderground.jp/artist/tavito.html. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "アーティスト： 七尾旅人". Oricon. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/search.asp?artcd=215355&artist=%8E%B5%94%F6%97%B7%90l&ordt=sle&bs=all&bs2=1. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ "TAVITO NANAO" (in Japanese). Public-image.org. July 15, 2010. http://public-image.org/interview/2010/07/15/tabito-nanao.html. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ "「七尾旅人」インタビュー [Tavito Nanao interview]" (in Japanese). EO. October 9, 2009. http://eonet.jp/music/interview/index_091009.html. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
- ^ a b "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved January 25, 2011. (subscription only)
External links
- Official site (Japanese)
- Official blog (Japanese)
- Tavito Nanao on Myspace (Japanese)
- Tavito Nanao on Twitter (Japanese)
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- Japanese-language singers
- Japanese male singers
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