- Yanokami
"yanokami" is a
Japan eseband consisting ofAkiko Yano andRei Harakami .In 2003, Akiko found Rei via
Quruli 's song "Bara no Hana" (remixed by Rei Harakami) on the album "World's End Supernova". She fell in love with his style from the very first musical note. As it turns out, Rei had always been a huge fan of her music.Early in the winter of 2003, their first collaboration started with Rei working on some of the songs for Akiko and Akiko performing with Rei's compilation at her annual Winter concert titled "Satogaeru" Concert.
Rei's magical touch to Akiko's music proved so successful that it led to their first ever performance on stage together in the Summer of 2004.
To further show their appreciation for each other's musical talents, they both appeared as guest performers at each their respective concerts held at Japan's Summer Festival in 2006. Needless to say, they were a hit together.
Since then, Akiko and Rei have worked quietly in the background together on their "yanokami" project by exchanging
email s back and forth fromNew York City toKyoto .Like a seed growing into a beautiful flower, Akiko and Rei's union of two unique musical styles since they first worked together has flourished into a remarkable musical marvel.
In 2007, "yanokami's" cover song "Love is Peach Color" was included on the album "Tribute to
Haruomi Hosono ". This was yanokami's long awaited debut.yanokami's debut album "yanokami" (produced by Rei Harakami) was released by
Yamaha Music Communications/avex onAugust 8 2007 .An English-language version of the album "Yanokamick" was released by Yamaha Music on
March 12 ,2008 .Discography
* yanokami (2007)
* yanokamick (2008)External links
* [http://www.yanokami.com/ yanokami official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/yanokami yanokami on myspace.com]
* [http://www.akikoyano.com Akiko Yano official site]
* [http://www.sublimerecords.net Rei Harakami official site]
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