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Nara was the first permanent capital of Japan. It's a mythical and traditional city full of history. Nara is the home of many sites of World Heritage. Nature is also abundant in Nara. Many ingenious and unique artists such as “Boredoms”and others hail from Nara.
In January 2005, Misato yamanaka (vocals, piano), Kaname Arai (guitar, synthesizer), Koji tanemura (guitar), Kazuya Hori (bass) (all residents of Nara) formed Kacica. Kacica, at first, experimented with guitar sampling and fusing Japanese concepts with the beautiful sounds of “Mogwai” and “Sigur Ros” . In March 2005, Hiroshi Atarashi (drums) joined Kacica, and since then there have been the five members. They combine “Brian Eno”'s kaleidoscopic new wave art, the progressiveness of “Pink Floyd” and “Radiohead” , and the psychedelic feel of “The Doors” and “The Velvet Underground” . Also, Misato's ingenious vocals weave strong emotion into it all.
In live performances, Kacica expresses it's uplifting feelings, and puts on a killer show. Since August 2005, Kacica has been doing performances nationwide. They continue to gain popularity, and even supported the “Minus The Bear” 's (post rock band of Seattle, USA) tour of Japan. In October 2006, they released their first album, self-titled “Kacica” through the well-known label : Pengtrade Records. Pengtrade Records has previously signed many internationally known artists. On their first tour, they performed 30 shows, gaining fans everywhere. Their first album continues to be a big hit. In response to their first album's success, Kacica released a remix album “My eye's, they're called the earth ” in March of 2007, which contains 4 remixed songs from their first album and a few unreleased songs. In the same month, Kacica supported the US band, “We are from Japan” 's tour of Japan.
奈良に住む山中美里(Vo.Piano)荒井要(Gu.Syn. )種村光史(Gu.)堀一也(Ba.)の4人で2005å¹´1 月にkacicaを結成。当初のkacicaはギターサンプ リングなどを駆使し美しいサウンドに日本( 和)の世界観を取り入れた音響サウンドであ った。同年3月にDrums新子洋史加入により現在 の編成となる。それ以降のサウンドはギター サンプリングやギターノイズなどにプログレ ッシブなリズムと、幻想的、感情的な歌が混 ざり合うサウンドになる。基本をポストロッ クとしているが、ジョンルにとらわれず様々 なサウンドを聞かせてくれる。 曲そのものが色々な映像を思い浮かべさせて くれる。時には絵のサウンドトラックを想像 させたり、時にはどこかの風景を連想させた りと、独特の世界観を放つ音集団。 同年8æœˆã‹ã‚‰å…¨å›½çš„ã«æ´»å‹•ã‚’é–‹å§‹ã€‚ã™ãã«å„æ– ¹é¢ã§å™‚が広まり、2006å¹´2月USシアトルのポス㠃ˆãƒ­ãƒƒã‚¯ãƒãƒ³ãƒ‰minus the bearのJapan Tourサポートを行う。2006年10月に世界規模㠁§æ´»èºã™ã‚‹ã‚¢ãƒ¼ãƒ†ã‚£ã‚¹ãƒˆãŒæ•°å¤šãæ‰€å±žã™ã‚‹ãƒ¬ã ƒ¼ãƒ™ãƒ«pengtrade recordsから1st album「kacicaã€ã‚’ãƒªãƒªãƒ¼ã‚¹ã€‚ãã‚Œã«ã¨ã‚‚ãªã„å…¨å ›½30ヶ所Tour(国内)を行い、大成功を納める㠀‚そして1st album「kacica」が好セールスを続ける中、2007å¹´ 3月1st albumからRemix4曲と新曲「my eyes,they're called the earth」、未発表曲を含むRemix album「my eyes,they're called the earth」をリリース。同月にはUS We are from JapanのJapan Tourサポートを行う。 ライブ活動も様々なスタイルを持つ。一般的 なライブハウスでの活動が主だが、時にはア ートの展示会を兼ねたライブイベントの参加 や、空間そのものをアートとしているイベン トにも参加している。ライブではその独特の 世界観を圧倒的なスケールで表現。そのkacica の音に触れた瞬間にどこか違う世界に連れて 行ってくれるライブは見る者の心を一度掴む と離さない。

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Member Since: 1/20/2007
Band Website: kacica.net
Band Members: vocals, piano/Misato
guitar, synthesizer/Kaname Arai
guitar/Koji tanemura
bass/Kazuya Hori
drums/Hiroshi Atarashi
Influences: 90daymen,animal collective,battles,beck,bjork,blonde redhead,brian eno,can,the clash,devo,the doors,elliott smith,enya,fugazi,hisaishi jou,ida,idaho,james chance&the contortions,led zeppelin,massive attack,metallica,mice parade,mogwai,mum,my bloody valentine,penguin cafe orchestra,pinback,pink floyd,pixies,the police,portishead,prefuse73,radiohead,rage against the machine,reich,rickie lee jones,sakamoto ryuichi,sigur ros,sly&the family stone,sonic youth,spuarepusher,stephen malkmus,talking heads,tortoise,under byen,unwound,the velvet underground,the who,himekami,the high-lows,yae.....
Sounds Like: We started digital music download on iTunes and our album sold on CD BABY.
kacica 1st album on iTunes
kacica 1st album on CD BABY
my eyes, they're called the earth on iTunes
my eyes, they're called the earth on CD BABY
Record Label: PENGTRADE RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie