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Osaka Monaurail

Osaka Monaurail

Japanese funk band

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

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Band members

Current
  • Ryo Nakata, vocal & keyboards
  • Kentaro Yamagata, trumpet
  • Taihei Awaji, trumpet
  • Shimon Mukai, tenor saxophone
  • Dan Hayami, guitar
  • Yuichi Ikeda, guitar
  • Tsuyoshi Ouchi, bass guitar
  • Soki Kimura, drums
Former
  • Yohchi Masago, trumpet
  • Katsutoshi Hiraishi, trombone
  • Dai Nakamura, bass guitar

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 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 Martha Whitney with Osaka Monaurail (RD Records, Jun., 2006)
  • "Soulsisters (of the World Unite)" b/w "It's Her Thing" by Martha 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. [1]
    (3 April 2012). "Osaka Monaurail", El País, p. 8. Convenience link Archived 2013-03-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. [2]
    (15 November 2008). "Osaka Monaurail", die Tageszeitung, p. 31. Convenience link.
  3. [3]
    Leggert, Steve. "Osaka Monaurail: biography", Allmusic. Retrieved 15 March 2013.


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