- Raj Ramayya
Raj Ramayya is a
singer andmusician , currently based inJapan .Biography
His family is from Central
India , but he was born and raised inSaskatchewan ,Canada . His father wanted him to be a doctor, but he wanted to be a musician and it might have been that pressure from his family which caused him to move toJapan . He is still trying to master the language after 9 years. There he obtained the chance of singing on acompilation CD byFuji Pacific , and other offers followed.Ramayya was featured on the
Captain Funk album "Songs of the Siren" (2000), and this brought the singer to the attention ofYoko Kanno , who subsequently used Ramayya on the soundtrack for the anime seriesWolf's Rain , in the song Strangers."Her label actually tracked me down after they heard that CD," Ramayya told website [http://www.radish-spirit.com/rakuen/rajinterview.html Rakuen's Requiem] in 2004. ["Raj Interview". [http://www.radish-spirit.com/rakuen/rajinterview.html Rakuen's Requiem] , 2004 ]
He currently is in a band called
The Beautiful Losers , leaving his former monikerShiva Blue on hiatus.He also has a side project as a DJ under the name
Bhang Lassi (which he started doing the soundtrack for his brother's documentary film) and released their first album "Real Refresher" on October 26, 2006.Ramayya also does
voice over and singing work foranime series andvideo game s.Some of his most notable works include
Shenmue 2 ,Resident Evil Dead Aim ,Steel Battalion ,Gungrave ,Cowboy Bebop ,Wolf's Rain ,Bloody Roar 4 , and also appeared inBeatmania IIDX , in collaboration with producerTatsuya Furukawa (known by most fans asgood-cool ), as well as appearing onGuitarFreaks andDrummania with the song "Bobby Sue and Skinny Jim"Some of his more notable works include the vocals for "Strangers" for Wolf's Rain, and the vocals of
Ask DNA for , as well as the lyrics forCosmic Dare (Pretty With a Pistol) , also of the same movie. He's also done music for TV and Radio commercials in Japan, his most popular song is for Volvic water is a cover of theThompson Twins song "Hold Me Now".He also had a hand in finding the female musician who sang in the Tokyo Game Show trailer for Hideo Kojima's .
References
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