“KAO=S” “yu” just dropped.

2020.8.5

“KAO=S” released the new music Album “yu”

“KAO=S” just dropped the new and hot Album “yu”. It will contain the songs 'Yu', 'YU (KAO=S & MAIN MATSURI MEMBERS version)' and 'YU (Guitar & Chorus version)' total of 3songs. Enjoy the J-Pop sound from the far east Asia.

[Yu] is a main theme song for MAIN MATSURI which is a friendship festival between Germany and Japan. KAO=S composed it in 2018. This mini album includes 3 versions of [Yu]. MAIN MATSURI was canceled because of covid-19. So Japanese musicians made new collaborated version for MAIN MATSURI. .KAORI KAWABUCHI(Chorus) .SHUJI YAMAGIRI(Acoustic Guitar/Electric Guitar) .JUMPEI YAMADA(Synthesizer/Electric Guitar) .MAO KITAMURA(Tsugaru Shamisen) .MIRI KITAMURA(Tsugaru Shamisen) .SHAMIROCK KAMII(Tsugaru Shamisen) .SEIMO YAMAGUCHI(Shinobue) .KENICHI TAJIMA(Shakuhachi) .SATOSHI SAMMY SAITO(Percussions) .YOYOKA(Drums) .DAISUKE NIINUMA(Bass) .YOSHIAKI OKAWA(Koto) .TJ MAEDA(Chorus) .MITSURU KIJO(Chorus)

You can find and check the “yu” at 'Spotify', 'Apple Music', 'iTunes Store', 'LINE MUSIC', 'Amazon Music Unlimited' etc. Click here to see. yu

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  • 1： Yu

    KAO=S

  • 2： YU (KAO=S & MAIN MATSURI MEMBERS version)

    KAO=S

  • 3： YU (Guitar & Chorus version)

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Relase date：2020-08-05

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Genre： J-Pop / Rock / World

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KAO=S

KAO=S

KAO=S are
Kaori Kawabuchi (lead vocal / sword dance).
Shuji Yamagiri (guitar / vocal).

In 2010, Shuji composed "Ogre of the Cherry Tree" inspired by Kaori's Japanese sword dance.Their first gig was held in Tokyo on Dec of this year.

In 2011, They add Tsugaru-Shamisen Player and formed a band KAO=S. The band name comes from Kaori's name as, in Japanese, "chaos" is pronounced as /kəɔs/, which sounds similar to Kaori. More importantly, it embodies their mission; in the world of chaos, they will create and express their own unique music, a mix of traditional Japanese music and modern music all over the world.
They began to draw significant attention with Kaori and Shuji's twin vocals, Shuji's acoustic guitar at opened tuning, the sounds of Japanese traditional instruments , and Kaori's intensive, yet beautiful sword performances.

Their first year's career included a performance at SXSW 2012 where they gained the audience's excitement. The following, six city US tour was also very successful.

In 2013, as well as appearing on the stage of SXSW for the second time, we performed in Germany, UK and France.
In 2014, a CNN international (US) program, Art of Movement, offered them a spot and shot in Tokyo, and they were introduced worldwide.

​In 2015, they played in Dalian, China for international cultural interaction purposes. After that, they flew to Sao Paulo, Brazil and performed at Japan and Brazil's 120th anniversary in the Interlagos F1 circuit to energize 10,000 people.
In 2016, they had a successful performance in Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, in front of an audience of 15,000 people at Organizing Committee of Celebration of the 80th Anniversary of Japanese Immigration to Paraguay.

In 2017, they received a favourable reception at another large festival in Alicante, Spain.
After coming back to Japan, they started new album recording with the producer Kenji Nakai who engineered RHCP, Tom Petty, X JAPAN albums.

In 2018, they played released 3rd album AMRITA. This year's career included a performance at SPLORE FESTIVAL in New Zealand and Main Matsuri in Germany.

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https://www.kaos-japan.net