Osaka Monaurail

Osaka Monaurail
Osaka Monaurail at Sala El Sol, Madrid, Spain, in April 2012
Background information
Origin	Osaka, Japan
Genres	Funk
Years active	1992–present
Website	www.osakamonaurail.com
Members	Ryo Nakata Kentaro Yamagata Yohchi Masago Katsutoshi Hiraishi Shimon Mukai Dan Hayami Yuichi Ikeda Dai Nakamura Soki Kimura

Osaka Monaurail (オーサカ-モノレール Ōsaka Monorēru) is a funk band, formed in Osaka, Japan.^[1][2] It has been active since 1992.^[3] The group is now based in Tokyo, Japan.

Band members

The band members as of 2012 are:

• Ryo Nakata, vocal & keys
• Kentaro Yamagata, trumpet
• Yohchi Masago, trumpet
• Katsutoshi Hiraishi, trombone
• Shimon Mukai, tenor saxophone
• Dan Hayami, guitar
• Yuichi Ikeda, guitar
• Dai Nakamura, bass
• Soki Kimura, drums

Discography

Albums

• What It Is – What It Was (RD Records, 2000)
• Rumble'n Struggle (RD Records, 2001)
• Thankful (RD Records, 2004)
• Eyewitness to the Live in Heavy Funk System (RD Records, 2005)
• I Am What I Am by Marva Whitney Produced by Osaka Monaurail (Shout!/P-Vine, 2006)
• Reality for the People (P-Vine, 2006)
• Amen, Brother (and other Funk instrumentals) (Unique Records, 2007) aka Introducing Undercover Express (Japanese title on P-Vine)
• Live in Spain (Shout!/P-Vine, 2009)
• State of the World (King Records, 2011)
• Riptide (Unique Records/Shout!, 2014)

Singles

• NEW NEW TYPE THING (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Jan., 2001)
• DOWN AND OUT (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Jan., 2001)
• JUST BEIN' FREE (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Jun., 2001)
• MIND POWER (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Nov., 2004)
• DOUBLE-UP, NOW b/w GROOVY,GROOVY,GROOVY(Pt.2) (RD Records, Nov., 2004)
• HOT PANTS ROAD (pt.1) b/w PICK UP THE PIECES ONE BY ONE (pt.2) (RD Records, Apr., 2005)
• PICK UP THE PIECES ONE BY ONE (pt.1) b/w HOT PANTS ROAD (pt.2) (RD Records, Apr., 2005)
• I AM WHAT I AM (pts.1&2) by MARVA WHITNEY WITH OSAKA MONAURAIL (RD Records, Jun., 2006)
• SOULSISTERS (OF THE WORLD UNITE) b/w IT'S HER THING by MARVA WHITNEY WITH OSAKA MONAURAIL (SHOUT!, Mar., 2007)
• QUICKSAND b/w CEORA (SHOUT!, Apr., 2007)
• WE GOT ONE (A SHOW) (Our Label, 2007)* SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED - I'M YOURS b/w SUPERSHINE #9 (Our Label, 2009)
• TIGHTEN UP b/w SOULFUL STRUT (Unique Records, 2009)
• HUNG UP (Unique Records, 2009)
• NO TROUBLE ON THE MOUNTAIN (featuring Shirley Davis) b/w THE ARCHIPELAGO (Unique Records, 2011)

References

1. (3 April 2012). "Osaka Monaurail", El País, p. 8. Convenience link.
2. (15 November 2008). "Osaka Monaurail", die Tageszeitung, p. 31. Convenience link.
3. Leggert, Steve. "Osaka Monaurail: biography", Allmusic. Retrieved 15 March 2013.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Facebook page (English)