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Superfortress

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About Me


SUPERFORTRESS
S U P E R F O R T R E S S
One day I had a dumb ass idea that maybe I can make living doing this stuff. So I invested a ridiculous amount of time into it & made this album... Available now on Amazon , CD Baby & Apple iTunes
Oh, now available on HMV Digital (Windows Only) & Walmart.com too. What the hell...
V I D E O - "WHY HER, NOT ME"
More videos on YouTube (LIVE)
SUPERFORTRESS is the brainchild of Japanese musician NAO. On the streets Tokyo's Shibuya district Nao spent his teenage years searching for instruments/records and inhaling everything that the brilliant area had to offer. It was at the age of 18 that Nao moved to the equally artistic Lower East Side of New York City, where he holed himself up in a co-op on Ave C and pieced together his SUPERFORTRESS.
With a healthy obsession for vintage Formula 1 racing and computer programming Nao's music began to take the shape of a slick, and shiny machine. The music of SUPERFORTRESS can be easily traced back to 80's new wave of pop heroes like Duran Duran, David Bowie, Berlin and The Human League. It is the addition of Drum n' Bass beats and Sax lines from Sam Kawa (featured on DJ Krush) that moves the music of SUPERFORTRESS forward a few centuries, creating Nao's dream, the musical equivalent of a vintage Formula 1 racer, old yet modern.
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R E V I E W S
THE DELI MAGAZINE
THE VILLAGE VOICE
"This new album pulls off a more fleshed-out and drama-vocaled electrofunk that triangulates between Bowie's Scary Monsters, A Flock of Seagulls, and Wax Trax Records."
Chuck Eddy
Amazon.com
"Nao is a musical genius, and all ten tracks on the album demonstrate that that claim is no understatement. If you're a fan of eighties-style electronic music and you, for lack of a better term, miss the eighties, order Superfortress' debut. If you're into that sort of thing, it's very doubtful you'll be disappointed."
Der Kommissar - Amazon Top 50 Customer Reviewer
Amazon.com
"Superfortress is sticking to its own path. This is a different brand of 80s-flavoured music, with more originality, spunk, creativity and slick danceability--- Superfortress has the retro originality that it takes to stand out of the crowd of new rock bands. Lovely. "
E. A Solinas - Amazon Top 10 Customer Reviewer
MESSAGE FROM THE SPONSOR
To the LES indie rockers

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Member Since: 1/31/2005
Band Website: superfortress.net
Band Members: LIVE MEMBER
Nao - Vocal/Guitar/Sequencer
Brett Thompson - Drums/Break Beats

A L B U M & B L A H - B L A H
After releasing a self-titled album in 2005, SUPERFORTRESS made a promotional trip to Germany in February 2006 to perform at the famous White Trash Fast Food venue in Berlin. In the same year, they participated in a MTV Asia sponsored event & appeared at M.E.A.N.Y Fest & CMJ Music Marathon. The tune, "Missing People" was in heavy rotation on many collage radio stations.

Currently Nao performs with a drummer Brett Thompson and still using the same old sequencer that runs with a floppy disk.

With the new EP “Candy Apple II” set to release in April 2008, SUPERFORTRESS is charged up for more action.

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QUOTES
"Robotic drums and catchy keyboard lines sounding fresh out of the '80s."
CMJ Music Marathon 06

"Play frantic and dancy electro-punk with heavy reliance on an old sequencer that runs on floppy disc"
The Deli Magazine

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RADIO STATIONS
(for album "Superfortress")

No.5 on CMJ Alt. Chart
WGCC 90.7 FM - Rochester, NY

No.8 on the chart
WODU 1630 AM - Norfolk, VA

Heavy Rotation
WOSP - Jacksonville, FL

"We really dug Superfortress"
KULT 94.5 FM - CEDAR FALLS, IA

“the album has been getting medium spins here at the station, i like the album - it hasn't made it to the top 30 charts yet, but we'll see what happens"
KXZY/KWBY - Stillwater, OK

"I really enjoyed the CD and loved the eighties electronic style. I made some recommendations for the DJs on which tracks to start with and it is in the studio and ready to be played as I type this."
WMUR RADIO - Milwaukee, WI

“I listened to the album, and it was pretty good I must say"
WRRC 107.7 FM - Trenton, NJ

Influences: Pre '85 synth pop, Pre '85 '80's, Pre '85 metal & 1984 Rush + some drum'n'bass dj stuff.
Sounds Like: Hyper Tokyo mixed in with Lower East Side, New York.
Record Label: corporate ass
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Hello~ Chicago IL, my video is airing on JBTV!

Wow, so Jerry from JBTV just emailed me that he's airing my video right now on CABLE 25.He also added "watch Sunday night at 12 midnight till 1am it will run after the KIN live set."Did anyone in Chic...
Posted by Superfortress on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:03:00 PST

do i need facebook page? i haz it& sigh.

don't know how much it's necessary for me to have more sns sites& but yeah now i haz launched "Superfortress" page.you can haz it.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Superfortress/20700926919ac tually you ca...
Posted by Superfortress on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:33:00 PST

Open up for Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Services at KNITTING FACTORY main space!

Here it comes! It's gonna be the ultimate April fool's day party dream!Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Services, and Superfortress!KNITTING FACTORY4/1 7pm doorMORE INFO : http://www.knittingfactory.com/sh...
Posted by Superfortress on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:38:00 PST

Video "New Day" is UP!

FINALLY the video "New Day" is done! Enjoy. Produced by East River Films------------------------------------------------------- ------ NEW EP COMING SOON in March! - Including a tune "Moment ...
Posted by Superfortress on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:53:00 PST

A song mixed by producer BILL RACINE! (Rogue Wave, Mates of State, Hopewell, The Flaming Lips)

FINALLY, the song "Moment of Time" is done. Mixed by producer Bill Racine. (Rogue Wave, Mates of State, Hopewell, The GoStation & The Flaming Lips) This is a very rare occasion for Bill to work on el...
Posted by Superfortress on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:35:00 PST

BM LINX remix + New tune!

SHIT it took forever, but here they are...."Missing People - BM Linx remix"Tony Diodore of BM Linx remixed "Missing People" back in December... Originally it came out over 7 minutes long, but I edited...
Posted by Superfortress on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:30:00 PST

LIVE VIDEO from last Friday show...

To whom missed my show last Friday @ CRASH MANSION, here it is... The song is "New Day" (known as "Candy Apple II" song :-) and it's gonna be on upcoming EP in this spring! *** M...
Posted by Superfortress on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:18:00 PST

Happy New Year from SUPERFORTRESS

You know what. When I was a kid, the year 2000 is the future far away.... At that time I thought everyone will be riding electric cars with auto driver, there's nuclear powered airplanes flying over...
Posted by Superfortress on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:07:00 PST

SOME QUOTES FROM THE RADIO STATIONS!

Here's just a few of them, but they are diggin' the fortress!!Jacksonville, FL - WOSP"Superfortress is in heavy rotation"CEDAR FALLS, IA - KULT (was KGRK) 94.5 FM"We really dug Superfortress"Trenton, ...
Posted by Superfortress on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:41:00 PST

LIVE VIDEOS up on YouTube ! / Request SUPERFORTRESS !!

Here's a couple of live video footage from this summer... Thanks to everyone who came over to SUPERFORTRESS' shows! See you at CMJ in November!REQUEST SUPERFORTRESS!I put a list of collage stations o...
Posted by Superfortress on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:19:00 PST