Miki Furukawa
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is a Japanese musician
. From 1995 to 2005 she was the bass player
and vocalist of the indie rock band Supercar
. She released her first solo record in 2006.
, Miki Furukawa placed an advertisement in a local magazine seeking fellow musicians in 1995, leading to the formation of the rock band Supercar. After a successful, ten-year career, Supercar disbanded in 2005 in order for the members to pursue different interests.
In 2006 Furukawa released her first solo album, Mirrors, featuring a mixture of guitar-based rock songs and electronic dance-pop. Bondage Heart (2008) pointed in a new direction, with heavy influences from post-punk
, psychedelic rock
and noise, whereas Very (2010) was a mostly electropop-oriented record.
In December 2009, Vocaloid
developer AH Software
used voice samples from Furukawa to create the software SF-A2 codename miki.
In 2011, Miki Furukawa and former supercar bandmate Nakamura Koji formed the band called LAMA. LAMA jump-started their formation with a single entitled Spell which has been used as an opening theme for the anime No. 6
. The single Fantasy was used as the ending theme for the anime UN-GO.
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
. From 1995 to 2005 she was the bass player
Bass Player
Bass player can refer to:*Bass Player , an album by Rhombus*Bass Player , a magazine for bassists*Bassist, or bass player, a musician who plays the bass guitar...
and vocalist of the indie rock band Supercar
Supercar (band)
was a Japanese rock band active from 1995 to 2005, and who made their debut in 1997. Consisting of songwriter and vocalist Kōji Nakamura , guitarist Junji Ishiwatari , bassist Miki Furukawa , and drummer Kōdai Tazawa , Supercar is best known for combining alternative rock with electronic...
. She released her first solo record in 2006.
Biography
Originating from Aomori PrefectureAomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
, Miki Furukawa placed an advertisement in a local magazine seeking fellow musicians in 1995, leading to the formation of the rock band Supercar. After a successful, ten-year career, Supercar disbanded in 2005 in order for the members to pursue different interests.
In 2006 Furukawa released her first solo album, Mirrors, featuring a mixture of guitar-based rock songs and electronic dance-pop. Bondage Heart (2008) pointed in a new direction, with heavy influences from post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
, psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
and noise, whereas Very (2010) was a mostly electropop-oriented record.
In December 2009, Vocaloid
Vocaloid
is a singing synthesizer application, with its signal processing part developed through a joint research project between the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and Japan's Yamaha Corporation, who backed the development financially—and later developed the software into the commercial product...
developer AH Software
AH Software
AH-Software is the software brand of AHS Co., Ltd., an importer of digital audio workstations and encoders in Tokyo, Japan. It is also known as the developer of Voiceroid and a number of Vocaloid voicebanks.-Music composition:...
used voice samples from Furukawa to create the software SF-A2 codename miki.
In 2011, Miki Furukawa and former supercar bandmate Nakamura Koji formed the band called LAMA. LAMA jump-started their formation with a single entitled Spell which has been used as an opening theme for the anime No. 6
No. 6
No. 6 is a nine-volume novel series written by Atsuko Asano and published by Kodansha between October 2003 and June 2011. A manga adaptation drawn by Hinoki Kino began serialization in the March 2011 issue of Kodansha's Aria magazine. A TV anime series adaptation by Bones began airing in Japan in...
. The single Fantasy was used as the ending theme for the anime UN-GO.
Singles
- "Coffee & SingingGirl!!!" (June 21, 2006)
- "Psycho America" (March 21, 2007)
- "Candy Girl" (February 20, 2008)
- "Saihate" (December 2, 2009)
Albums
- Mirrors (July 19, 2006)
- Bondage Heart (April 23, 2008)
- Bondage Heart Remixes (May 13, 2009)
- Very (February 17, 2010)