CICADA

-Profile- Cicada/Hiroshi OgawaBorn in Okayama, Japan 1984... : Meets Yellow Magic Orchestra, noise / experiment music,(Der Plan,Einstürzende Neubauten,Haters...) and UK hard core punk (Chaos UK,Discaharge,The Exploited...) then addicted to those extreme musics. After that, he was listening to New wave, (Dance Society,New Order...) electrobody (Renegade Soundwave,Meat Beat Manifest...) Junk Rock (Butthole Surfers,Pussy Galore,Boredoms) and started his band activity 1989... : Since the age of Second Summer Of Love which showed Jungle Brothers,Technotronic,808State,, he was affected by house music such as Nu Groove or Strictly Rythm and started DJ activity. He loves Warp label and collects their CDs from the first one. He started the band which does trip-hop such as Ninja Tune,Mo'Wax...by hands. It was the forerunner of CICADA. 1994: Strange human power sampling band which combines Grind Core, Fast Core and Mond Music, noises, tape collage was born.CICADA repeated many member change afterwards, and musicality continued tranforming, too. 1999：CICADA released the 1st album. They tried dance music and the academic mating that was hard core with a lock in band-style of three formation by recording for 30 minutes music on their first try. Afterwards CICADA released four pieces of albums (cornelius / Keigo Oyamada participates as a guitar as a guest). Dealing with remix of various kind of the Japanese artists .-Discography- 1999:Cicabow(Tortoise shell jucket LTD 500 edition) *sold out 2000:Cicabow(Chocolate ver) 2001:Urbanational(12inch single) 2002:Gig Gigger Giggest(Live edit) 2003:Simple Chaos Stereo 2005:Curious-Remix/Compilation/Sound Track- 2001:The Armchair Traveler -southbound-(session) with/UA, ChariChari, Jephte Guilaume, Calm ...etc 2001:Resonated -DMBQ remix album-(reduce) with/Buffalo Daughter, EYE, Koji Nakamura(super car) ...etc 2002:[Ping-Pong(a movie)-Original Sound Track-](from'Cicabow') with/Super Car, Takkyu Ishino, BoomBoomSatelites, Yoshinori Sunahara ...etc 2002:Isolated Audio Player 2(remix) with/Rei Harakami, Izuru Uchiumi, Dub Squad ...etc 2003:PINHOLE/VA(remix with Naohiro Ukawa) with/Bigpussys(Naoko Nozawa＆PeacePill) ...etc 2004:London Punk 1977 Tribute Album 2005:Koji Kikkawa mega mix(Sales promotion for cable broadcasting) 2005:Producing Hitomitoi [Kirameki movin' on]+Remix of the song written by Ami Ozaki 　　 Arranging Hitomitoi [Syncronized Singing/Shinjyu] 2005:A truck offer for Norisiam-X[N☆X☆R☆2/Speak Off The Record] 2006:Remixing Back Drop Bomb[gray SONG zone]-Offering musics- 2002:TOWER RECORD Commercial songs[Chew Chew Step] 2002:EDWIN Commercial songs[Urbanational] 2002:Movie[Ping-Pong]BGM[Cicabow] 2002:JUICY VISION.com BGM[Sakura] 2003:EDWIN promotion BGM 2003:EDWIN'503&505'Commercial songs 2003:Nichiro Foods(Akebono foods)promotion BGM 2003:acecook super cup-DVD BGM 2005:JUICY VISION.com BGM