Sakerock

Sakerock (サケロック, Sakerokku), typeset as SAKEROCK, was an instrumental Japanese band.

Sakerock
OriginSaitama, Japan
Years active2000–2015
LabelsKakubarhythm
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Associated actsAsa-Chang & Blue Hats
Cherry's
Chopiiin
Gentle Forest Jazz Band
Good Dog Happy Men
Goodluck Heiwa
Killing Floor
Natsumen
Newday
Shugo Tokumaru & The Magic Band
Wuja Bin Bin
Zainichi Funk
WebsiteOfficial Website
Past membersGen Hoshino
Daichi Itō
Kenta Hamano
Kei Tanaka
Takuji Nomura

Led by Gen Hoshino, the group was formed in 2000 by graduates of a high school in Hannō, Saitama. The band was named after a Martin Denny song and performs uplift, melodic instrumental music influenced by jazz, folk, Latin music and exotica.[1][2][3] Over the decade, they released more than 10 albums and mini-albums, including soundtracks for Japanese movies, television dramas and stage plays.[4] They were signed to the Kakubarhythm label.[5][6]

Members
Member of Cherry's, Good Dog Happy Men and Killing Floor.
Member of Asa-Chang & Blue Hats (ASA-CHANG&ブルーハッツ), Gentle Forest Jazz Band, Killing Floor, Newday and Zainichi Funk (在日ファンク).
  • Kei Tanaka (田中馨, Tanaka Kei) — bass, hawaiian guitar
Left on 26 December 2011. Member of Chopiiin (ショピン) and Shugo Tokumaru & The Magic Band (トクマルシューゴ＆ザ・マジックバンド).
  • Takuji Nomura (野村卓史, Nomura Takuji) — keyboards
Still acts as a support-member. Member of Goodluck Heiwa (グッドラックヘイワ), Natsumen and Wuja Bin Bin.

Both Gen Hoshino and Kenta Hamano pursue acting careers; together with Kei Tanaka and Daichi Itō, they appeared in Kankurō Kudō's 2009 film The Shonen Merikensack (少年メリケンサック, Shōnen Merikensakku).[7]

Discography

Albums
  • Yuta (2003)
  • Yuta (Renewal) (2003)
  • Life Cycle (2005)
  • Penguin Pull Pale Piles Sound Tracks 「Best」 (2005)
  • Tropical Dōchū (トロピカル道中, Toropikaru Dōchū) (2006)
with Asa-Chang and Ren Takada as Sakerock All Stars (サケロックオールスターズ)
  • Songs of Instrumental (2006)
  • Ojiisan-sensei (おじいさん先生) original soundtrack (2007)
  • Penguin Pull Pale Piles #12: Yurameki (ペンギンプルペイルパイルズ#12「ゆらめき」, Pengin Puru Peiruzu #12 Yurameki) original soundtrack (2007)
  • Honyarara (ホニャララ) (2008)
  • Muda (2010)
  • Sayonara (2015)

Mini-albums / EPs
  • Sakerock (2002) (demo)
  • Ian Ryokō (慰安旅行) (2004)
  • Catchball-ya (キャッチボール屋, Kyatchibōru-ya) original soundtrack (2006)

Singles
  • "Ana o Horu / 2, 3-nin" (穴を掘る / 2、3人) (2004)
  • "Kaishain to Ima no Watashi" (会社員と今の私) (2008)

They also contributed music to Isshin Inudō's film Yellow Tears (黄色い涙, Kiiroi Namida) starring Arashi and based on a manga by Shinji Nagashima.

Videos
  • "Gūzen no Kiroku" (ぐうぜんのきろく) (2005)
  • "Gūzen no Kiroku 2" (ぐうぜんのきろく2) (2007)
  • "Radical Holiday Sono 0" (ラディカルホリデー その0, Radikaru Horidē Sono 0) (2008)
  • "Radical Holiday Sono 1" (ラディカルホリデー その1, Radikaru Horidē Sono 1) (2009)
  • "Gūzen no Kiroku 3" (ぐうぜんのきろく3) (2009)
  • "Gūzen no Kiroku Final" (ぐうぜんのきろくファイナル, Gūzen no Kiroku Fainaru) (2012)

References
  1. http://www.syncmusic.jp/wordpress/?p=6245
  2. http://www.mapup.net/store/other_distributed_titles/sake-0002.html
  3. http://www.mapup.net/store/compare_notes/cn-0002.html
  4. http://artist.cdjournal.com/a/sakerock/155186
  5. http://www.kakubarhythm.com/artists/index.html
  6. http://www.kakubarhythm.com/disco/index.html
  7. http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=330915
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