pupa

pupa
[pupa] are a 6-piece band formed in the summer of 2007, under the vision of Yukihiro Takahashi to start a new project. The members are: Yukihiro Takahashi, Tomoyo Harada, Hiroshi Takano, Ren Takada, Hirohisa Horie, and Tomohiko Gondo. The debut album 'floating pupa' is set to be released on July 2nd. The name of the band is inspired by a kind of artificial fly for fly fishing, as Yukihiro has been an ardent fly-fisher.
2007年夏、高橋幸宏の新バンド構想の呼びかだ‘ã«ã‚ˆã‚Šã€åŽŸç”°çŸ¥ä¸–ã€é«˜é‡Žå¯›ã€é«˜ç”°æ¼£ã€å €æ±Ÿå šä¹…、権藤知彦の計６人で結成。 2008年７月２日、デビュー・アルバム『floating pupa』発売予定。 pupa(ピューパ)とは、高橋幸宏が傾倒するフラ イ・フィッシングの用語で蛹(さなぎ)の意味㠀‚
Yukihiro Takahashi
Born: 6 June 1952
Following the split of Sadistic Mika band, Yukihiro briefly continued as a member of Sadistics, before finally joining Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto to form Yellow Magic Orchestra (Y.M.O.) in 1978. Their influence was enormous not only on music but also on pop culture and art in general, which extended beyond Japan, and the trio gained international popularity, before the band went into a long "hiatus" in December 1983. Yukihiro's solo career started out in 1978 by releasing the first album 'Saravah!", and he recorded 21albums so far, including the latest, 'BLUE MOON BLUE' out in 2006. While being a solo artist, he also collaborated with Keiichi Suzuki (MOONRIDERS) as THE BEATNIKS. In 2001, he and Haruomi Hosono reunited as a duo called SKETCH SHOW. In addition, Yukihiro has a long career as a fashion designer. In May 2007, he played a children's cancer benefit concert as Human Audio Sponge (HAS), consisting of the two members of SKETCH SHOW plus Ryuich Sakamoto, which led them to play Live Earth as Y.M.O. in July. The trio released a single featuring 'Rydeen 79/07' and a brand-new song, under the name of HASYMO.
1952å¹´6月6日生まれ。サディスティック・ミカ ・バンド解散後、サディスティックスを経て 、78å¹´ã€ç´°é‡Žæ™´è‡£ã®å‘¼ã³ã‹ã‘ã«å¿œã˜ã€å‚æœ¬é¾ä ¸€ã¨ã¨ã‚‚にイエロー・マジック・オーケスト㠃© （Y.M.O.）を結成。内外の音楽はもちろん、あ らゆるアート／カルチャーとリンクして圧倒 的な影響を残したが、83å¹´12æœˆã‚’ã‚‚ã£ã¦ã€Œæ•£é– ‹ã€ã€‚ソロとしては、78年のアルバム『Saravahï¼ ã€ä»¥æ¥ã€2006年の『BLUE MOON BLUE』までに通算21枚のオリジナル・アルバム を発表。また、ソロと併行して鈴木慶一（ム ーンライダーズ）とのTHE BEATNIKSとしても活動。2001年からは細野晴臣と SKETCH SHOWを結成。音楽家としての顔を持つ一方、ム•ã‚¡ãƒƒã‚·ãƒ§ãƒ³ãƒ»ãƒ‡ã‚¶ã‚¤ãƒŠãƒ¼ã¨ã—ても長いキャムªã‚¢ã‚’持つ。07å¹´5月には、小児がんを中心とだ—たさまざまな病気と闘う子どもたちの支援゠’目的とするコンサートに、SKETCH SHOW＋坂本龍一のユニット、Human Audio Sponge（HAS）で出演。7月にはY.M.O.ã¨ã—ã¦åœ°çƒæ¸ ©æš–化防止を訴える世界規模コンサート「Live Earth」に出演。また８月には“HASYMOï¼ˆãƒã‚·ãƒ¢ï ¼‰â€åç¾©ã§ã®åˆã®æ›¸ãä¸‹ã‚ã—楽曲と、「RYDEEN 79/07」を収めたSINGLEをリリース。
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