Alternative folk and rock music group.
Based on Japanese lyrics, singing about travel of life, philosophy, and love.
They take a style of folk song group on this album.
Each of members are experienced and famous artist in Japanese music industry as a music producer, song writer and performer.
Member of shiro:
Mebae Miyahara: singer, song writer, producer, guitarist.
She wrote well known song “ Virginity “ Rebecca, TV anime “Lupin III / part 3 ” as a lyricist.
Her solo albums “Okaeri”, “Doa wa aketoku”, were released from Victor Entertainment Japan and “ Portfolio ”. “Mariposa” from Polydor Japan. She is also well known as an illustration artist, she makes animation for this shiro promotion video and TV commercials and so on in the past.
Hiroyuki Tamba : guitarist, song writer, singer, producer.
He is well known as a rock guitarist for Eikichi Yazawa, Joe Yamanaka, Masatoshi Nakamura, Exile and also played for well known animation “ Neon Genesis Evangelion” “Urusei Yatsura”and music for TV commercials.
Haruo Kubota : guitarist, song writer, singer, producer.
He is a guitarist of well known rock band “Pearl Kyoudai“.
Also well know as a music producer, song writer, guitarist worked with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Taeko Onuki, Epo, Akiko Yano.
Gust Musician :
Yutaka “Yukari” Uehara : well known drummer of a 70’s rock band “Murahachibu” and performed as a session drummer for important & famous Japanese artists and bands as Eiichi Otaki, Yosui Inoue, Kenji Sawada, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Tatsuro Yamashita, Sugar Babe.
He joins shiro as a percussionist on this album.
shiro promotion video :
shiro - “人魚姫はなぜ人間になりたかったか ”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS8V6mdTOw0&spfreload=1
shiro - “ 代官山の電話Box 特典 わん子インタビュー “
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KflJIwyss3U
Video download code is available only in the physical CD inserts.
Also two video above is downloadable.
shiro Official website: http://shiro.tv
shiro at L’atelier Clair Site: http://www.latelierclair.com/latelierclair.com/shiro.html
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