Spanova
Spanova is a Japanese music duo formed by Ken and Shin Tasaki. The brothers started composing and playing instruments together from the very early age, absorbing every kinds of music they were exposed; from 1970s an 1980s Pop and Rock as they always enjoyed on the radio; to Jazz, Soul, Bossa Nova, Hip-Hop, and Modern Music as they get fascinated by the sounds from the unknown world. Starting their career as composers in late 1990s, the duo issued their debut album under their own unit name Spanova on WEA Japan in 1997. Since then, the duo has been enthusiastically exploring their music in deep at their private recording studio "Daily Planet Studio", working on all process by themselves from making demos to the final mixes.[1][2][3][4] While playing an active role in Japanese pop scene as composers and producers, they started with more experimental works in early 2000s, building materials into a unique and sensitive sonic texture instead of having a straightforward vocals or an acoustic instrument, and arranging them into an organic piece.[5][6]
In 2006, they contributed their song "Absentminded" to the 10th anniversary compilation album "History Is Bunk" for the Chicago-based electronica label Hefty Records, along with Savath & Savalas(Scott Herren), and other Japanese musicians such as Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono.[7]
Achieving the exquisite synthesis of the performance-oriented songwriting and the electronic experiments in the post productions, the duo is expanding their music experiment to the collaborative projects with various artists from different field and drawing more attention from the Crossover (music)/Electronica scene worldwide.[8][9]
Members
Discography
Albums
| Title | Year | Label |
| Daily Planet | 1997 | WEA Japan |
| Dead Music Flamingo | 1998 | Warner Music Japan |
| Super Ball | 1999 | Warner Music Japan |
| Speak Loud | 2000 | Warner Music Japan |
| Diary of the Headphonist | 2000 | Warner Music Japan |
| Beautiful Lifelines | 2002 | Felicity |
| Fictional World Lullaby | 2003 | Felicity |
| SetsunaLized SetzunaRider | 2010/5/19 | Columbia - iTunes Japan Electronic Chart #1 |
Singles
| Title | Year | Label |
| Tamashii-wa Konoha-no You-ni (Souls like Falling Leaves) | 1997 | WEA Japan |
| Apollo | 1998 | Warner Music Japan |
| Harumaki | 2002 | Felicity |
| As Far As Ends Go | 2003 | Felicity |
Soundtrack
| Song Title | Movie Title | Collaborated Artist | Year |
| Itoshii Hito (My loved one) (Main Theme) | 69 sixty nine | CHEMISTRY | 2004 |
| What Is A Life | Memories of Matsuko | AI | 2006 |
| Yasumi-no Hi-no Shizuka-na Jikan (A quiet moment on a weekend) | Yasumi-no Hi-no Shizuka-na Jikan (A quiet moment on a weekend) | Yuki Hayashi | 2007 |
| garden | garden | Yuki Hayashi | 2008 |
As composer, producer on other artists' albums
| Artist | Song Title | Album/Single Title | Year |
| YOSHIKA | Stand up | Stand up | 2008 |
| YOSHIKA | happiness | timeless | 2006 |
| Halcali | Shibafu (lawn) feat. Shuntarō Tanikawa | Ongaku-no Susume | 2004 |
| Gaku-MC | Guys on the Moon | a day in the life | 2002 |
| | Tokyo Super Stars | | |
| | flash back | | |
| | I wish | | |
| | Happy Vibes | | |
| Chocolat (singer) | Butterfly | Hamster | 1999 |
| Chikuzen Sato (Sing Like Talking) | BLUE | Okura | 2005 |
| CHEMISTRY | Dance With Me (Korea/Japan Ver.) | Kimi-ga Iru | 2005 |
| | Long Long Way | Long Long Way | 2004 |
| | Itoshii Hito (My loved one) | Mirage in blue/Itoshii Hito | 2004 |
| | Itoshii Hito (My loved one) | One × One | 2004 |
| | Bound for Identity - dear friend | | |
| | OUR NAME NEVER GONE | | |
| Chocolat | Maigo-no Tori(Lost Bird) | Chocolat Notes | 2003 |
| | Heaven 11 | | |
| | ballerina | | |
| V6 20th Century | Working Man | ! -attention- | 1998 |
| Chikuzen Sato (Sing Like Talking) | Believe In Life - featuring Tomohiko Nishimura & Yamagen | CORNERSTONES 2 | 2002 |
| AI | What Is A Life | Soundtrack for "Memories of Matsuko" | 2006 |
Remixes
| Artist | Song Title | Album/Single Title | Year |
| Apogee | Let It Snow ~SNOW IN APRIL | Just a Seeker's Song | 2007 |
| Slicker | Knock Me Down Girl | Knock Me Down Girl | 2004 |
| A Felicity SAMPLE | Beat of the moment | BEAT OF THE MOMENT 03 | 2004 |
| Ryōko Hirosue | Otona-ni Naranai You-ni (Wish I won't be an adult) | RH Remix | 2001 |
Compilations
| Album Title | Song Title | Year |
| Hefty Records 10th anniversary History Is Bunk Part 1&2 | Absentminded (as Spanova) | 2006 |
| | Snowbreaker (as SOME WATER AND SUN) | |
| | Cold Ease (as SOME WATER AND SUN) | |
| ▲SP-tsunagari (SP-connection) L.A.M.N.S. | BEAT AT OF THE MOMENT(as Spangle call lilli line And Spanova) | 2003 |
Other collaborations
| Artists | Projects | Year |
| Some Water and Sun of Shin Tasaki and John Hughes aka Slicker | "All My Friends Have To Go" | 2005 |
| Scott Helen(Production) × Spanova (Composition) | Chocolat "Ballerina" | |
| Bo Kondren (Mastering)[10][11]× Spanova[12] | "Fictional World Lullaby", "SetsunaLized SetsunaRider" | |
| Roger Seibel (Mastering)[13][14]× Spanova[15] | "Beautiful Lifelines" | |
| Rei Harakami (Production) × Spanova(Composition) | Chocolat "Maigo-no Tori (Lost Bird)", "Heaven 11" | |
| Kouichiro Tsujikawa (Filmmaking) x Spanova (Composition) | "As Far As Ends Go" PV | 2003 |
| Yuki Hayashi (Filmmaking) × Spanova (Composition) | "Hiroshima" | 2003 |
TV/Web commercials
References
External links