Biography
Frontman Narasaki formed the band in Tokyo in early 1991. They recorded demos, including most of the songs that would be on their first release, White EP, on Strange Records. The EP had Watanabe on vocals while Narasaki played guitar. The band was silent until the end of 1992, when they released their second EP, Queen's Park all you change, on Stomly Records. The band released their third EP, Sinking Slowly, a month later.
The band had little activity until the release of their first album, The Visitors From Deepspace, in 1994 on Victor Records. In 1997, the band released another EP, Cat EP, on ZK Records. In 1998, the band released Submerge, an album of remixes, rare and new songs, and a best-of album, Breastroke. A new EP, Dog EP, preceded their next full-length album in 2000, Come Over to the Deepend.
The band released Robot EP in 2001, followed by the album No Thank You. The album marked a new era of experimenting with electronic beats and noises. A new album was released in 2002, newave. After their small U.S. tour in 2003, Narasaki showed interest in a heavier sound and released the Mouse and Penguin EPs.
After the release of the 2004 EPs, Narasaki composed the musical score for the anime Paradise Kiss, and worked on his side project, Sadesper Record, which released a full-length album earlier that year. In 2006, the band worked on a new EP and album, both released in mid-2007. [2]
Outside projects
Narasaki has been an active musician in Japan. In 1998, he created Sadesper Record, which is more electronic than Coaltar of the Deepers. In 2004, the second Sadesper Record album was released. He has collaborated with the band Tokusatsu to create the soundtrack for the movie Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies .
Narasaki has contributed to shoegaze band Astrobrite. He contributed a remix of the track 'Snowflakes' to the spin-off of the video game Persona 4 , Persona 4: Dancing All Night for the PlayStation Vita. [3] Narasaki produced all the background music for the anime adaptation of Deadman Wonderland
