Music Guest Of Honor

FLOW

J-Pop Band

One of the bands attracting the most attention in todays music scene is FLOW, a five-piece rock act made up of two MCs, a drummer, a bassist and a guitarist. The group can trace their activities back to 1993 when brothers KOHSHI (elder, vocals.) and TAKE (younger, guitar.) began playing together. They formed FLOW in 1998, and were eventually joined by KEIGO (vocals), GOT'S (bass) and IWASAKI (drums).

A big moment for the band came when they opened at Tug Of Rockn Roll, an outdoor festival held in Okinawa in August 2002. FLOWs creative instrumentation, and the dynamic of the two vocalists singing alternately and then together made them an instant audience favorite. Their limited-edition single quickly sold out, and the success continued as they released two mini-albums within the same year, both of which took nationwide indie charts by storm.

Okuru Kotoba, their first cover single, sold over 270,000 copies when released in January 2003. It reigned atop the Oricon indie chart for seven consecutive weeks and also hit an impressive #6 on the overall singles chart. In the spring of that year, their first full-scale album SPLASH!!! that compiled re-recorded songs from their indie era and new songs, was released by Ki/oon Records, debuting at #2. A string of smash singles and more albums followed. Several of the bands songs have been used in conjunction with anime series, including the tracks GO!!! and Re:member which were chosen as theme songs for Naruto, and also the single DAYS which was featured in Eureka Seven.

"This will be the first ever performance outside of Japan for FLOW. We are looking forward to seeing everyone in Dallas. We thank the involvement with anime which enabled us to bring together such tracks as "GO!!!" and "DAYS", and now bringing us an opportunity to perform abroad. Anime and music both cross boundaries.
Let's have fun!"

-- Keigo, FLOW

FLOW official site
Ki/oon Records offical site
FLOW in Wikipedia

Text © Tofu Records. Images © Ki/oon Records Inc.

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