Miki Furukawa (古川 美季, Furukawa Miki, professionally written as フルカワミキ) (born February 19, 1979) is a Japanese musician. From 1995 to 2005 she was the bass player and vocalist of the indie rock band Supercar.[1] She released her first solo record in 2006.
Miki Furukawa フルカワミキ | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 February 1979 |
| Origin | Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan |
| Genres | Rock, pop, electropop |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | BMG Japan (2006–2008) Ki/oon Records (2009–2014) Heartfast (2009, 2014–present) |
Biography
editOriginating from Aomori Prefecture, Miki Furukawa placed an advertisement in a local magazine seeking fellow musicians in 1995, leading to the formation of the rock band Supercar.[2] Supercar, which released its influential debut album Three Out Change in 1998,[3] has been characterized as having "almost foundational importance to 21st century Japanese indie rock".[4] After a successful, ten-year career, Supercar disbanded in 2005 in order for the members to pursue different interests.
In 2006 Furukawa released her first solo album, Mirrors, featuring a mixture of guitar-based rock songs and electronic dance-pop. Bondage Heart (2008) pointed in a new direction, with heavy influences from post-punk, psychedelic rock and noise, whereas Very (2010) was a mostly electropop-oriented record. In December 2009, software developer AH Software used voice samples from Furukawa to create the Vocaloid voice library SF-A2 Miki. In 2011, Miki Furukawa and former Supercar bandmate Koji Nakamura formed the band called Lama. Lama jump-started their formation with a single entitled "Spell", which has been used as an opening theme for the anime No. 6. The single "Fantasy" was used as the ending theme for the anime Un-Go.
Discography
editSingles
edit- "Coffee & SingingGirl!!!" (June 21, 2006)
- "Psycho America" (March 21, 2007)
- "Candy Girl" (February 20, 2008)
- "Saihate" (December 2, 2009)
Albums
edit- Mirrors (July 19, 2006)
- Bondage Heart (April 23, 2008)
- Bondage Heart Remixes (May 13, 2009)
- Very (February 17, 2010)
- Moshi Moshi, Kikoemasuka? (April 2, 2014)
References
edit- ^ Vocalist and bassist for the Japanese rock band “Supercar”
- ^ "Sony Music: Supercar profile". Retrieved July 13, 2019.
- ^ Martin, Ian (October 4, 2017), "Supercar's 'Three Out Change!!' may be the most stunning debut in Japanese rock history", The Japan Times
- ^ Martin, Ian (May 17, 2019), "Supercar's Futurama", Metropolis