Biography
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Years Active
1996 – present (28 years)
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Founded In
Kyōtango, Kyoto, Japan
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Members
- 谷川正憲
UNCHAIN was formed in Kyoto, Japan in 1996 by Tanigawa (vo>), Tani (ba), and Yoshida (dr), who were classmates in junior high school. Later, Sato (gt) who was their junior, joined the band. As high school students, they did cover songs of various bands like: The Blue Hearts, LUNA SEA, L'Arc~en~Ciel, They even did covers of all Hi-Standard's songs before they began to compose their original songs. A few years later they moved into Osaka and began playing live gigs there.
Taking influence from jazz, blues, fusion, soul, funk, rock, pop to groove, with a high pitched back up singer and a milder one for a frontman it really helps the band with vocals, as does the great work they do on the songs instrumentals. They released their first mini album "the space of the sense" in 2005 and the second one "THE MUSIC HUMANIZED IS HERE" in 2006. They released their First full major album "Rapture" on march 19 of 2008 and have continued to produce and cover a steady flow of albums and songs since then.
In 2007 they went major (under AVEX) and released some singles and full albums. In 2011 they decided to quit from AVEX and started their own label "STYLE_MISSILE". In the end of 2014 they went back to major (under Nippon Crown).
MEMBERS
Tanigawa Masanori (vo>)
Tani Hiroaki (ba&cho)
Yoshida Shogo (dr)
FORMER MEMBERS
Masafumi Sato {gt&cho)
DISCOGRAPHY
2005/6/8 – The Space Of The Sense
2006/7/5 – THE MUSIC HUMANIZED IS HERE
2007/1/31 – Departure
2007/8/8 – Rejoice
2008/3/19 – Rapture
2008/11/5 – Across The Sky
2008/12/10 – Stillness In The Wind
2009/1/7 – Brighter Days
2009/1/28 – Music is the key
2009/10/14 – Gravity
2010/1/20 - The World Is yours
2010/1/20 – The Early Years
2010/7/7 – Hello, Young Souls!!
2011/4/13 – CONCEPT BEST & LIVE DVD -Rock Flavour-
2011/4/13 – CONCEPT BEST & LIVE DVD -Soul Flavour-
2011/6/29 – SUNDOGS
2012/4/25 – Eat The Moon
2013/2/6 – Love & Groove Delivery
2013/6/5 – Orange
2013/11/23 – Orange Road FILMS 2013/7/12 (live only release)
2014/2/26 – Love & Groove Delivery Vol.2
2014/2/26 – the SUN and the MOON
2014/7/30 – N.E.W.S.
2014/11/16 – Spin My Head (c/w Easy Come, Easy Go)
2015/2/1 – Love & Groove Vinyls
2015/2/27 – Love & Groove Delivery Vol.3
2015/6/17 – 10fold
2016/3/2 - With Time
2016/10/19 - 20th Sessions
2017/6/07 - From Zero to "F"
2017/11/1 - Get Acoustic Soul
2018/9/26 - Libyan Glass
2021/3/31 - Animal Effect
2022/1/19 - Timeless Communications
2023/5/9 - Dan Dan Dance!!!
2023/5/9 - Back In The Black
Official Homepage: virusoul.net/unchain/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNCHAINofficial
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNCHAIN.OFFICIAL
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/unchain-official
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