Nelories

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Nelories
Origin Japan
Genres Alternative rock, Indie rock
Years active 1991-1995
Labels ¡Por supuesto!/Suite supuesto (JP)
Sugarfrost Records (GB)
Hello Recording Club (US)
Past members Jun Kurihara
Kazmi Kubo

The Nelories were an independent Japanese alternative pop duo, active in the 1990s. [1] The band consisted of Jun Kurihara on accordion and Kazmi Kubo on guitars. Their recordings were only released in Japan and England, with the exception of one EP released through John Flansburgh and Marjorie Galen's subscription-based Hello CD of the Month Club. [2]

Japan Constitutional monarchy in East Asia

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

Alternative rock is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. In this instance, the word "alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream rock music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style or simply the independent, DIY ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music. At times, "alternative" has been used as a catch-all description for music from underground rock artists that receives mainstream recognition, or for any music, whether rock or not, that is seen to be descended from punk rock. Although the genre evolved in the late 1970s and 1980s, music anticipating the sound of the genre can be found as early as the 1960s, with bands such as The Velvet Underground.

Accordion Bellows-driven free-reed aerophone musical instruments

Accordions are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type, colloquially referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist. The concertina and bandoneón are related; the harmonium and American reed organ are in the same family.

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History

The Nelories formed while Kurihara and Kubo were in high school. Around this time, Kurihara also befriended Akiko of Sugarfrost Records, which would be responsible for releasing Nelories material in England. [3] Kurihara and Kubo would sometimes refer to themselves as Jun and Kazmi "de Nelorie" ("of the Nelories"), in the spirit of the fraternal ties between the Ramones. Their first album, Mellow Yellow Fellow Nelories, was released while the duo was in college, and received praise in Japan. [4]

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Ramones American punk rock band

The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are sometimes cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success initially, the band was highly influential in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Kurihara wrote all her lyrics in English, despite the fact that it was not her first language. [2]

English language West Germanic language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and eventually became a global lingua franca. It is named after the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to the area of Great Britain that later took their name, as England. Both names derive from Anglia, a peninsula in the Baltic Sea. The language is closely related to Frisian and Low Saxon, and its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages, particularly Norse, and to a greater extent by Latin and French.

Both Kurihara and Kubo have continued their careers in music following the Nelories' disband. Kurihara was also involved with a band called The Music Lovers in the mid-2000s. [5]

The Music Lovers were a San Francisco-based pop-group.

Discography

Over the course of their career, the Nelories released three full studio albums, six extended plays, and one single.

Extended play musical recording longer than a single, but shorter than a full album

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. Contemporary EPs generally contain a minimum of three tracks and maximum of six tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well.

Single (music) Type of music release usually containing one or two tracks

In the music industry, a single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record or an album. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular. In other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album.

Albums

Label: ¡Por supuesto! (Japan)
Track listing:
  1. Waiting
  2. Banana
  3. Plastic Sky
  4. No Love Lost
  5. Go Go Merry-Go-Round
  6. Neutral Blue
  7. Bubbly
  8. Emerald
  9. Trampoline
  10. JPG
Label: Suite supuesto (Japan)
Track listing:
  1. Daydreamers
  2. Set Pure Ven
  3. Desperate
  4. A Girl in a Checkered Dress
  5. Ringhanger
  6. Indie Pop Car Baby
  7. You Saved Me
  8. Un Revolver A Six Coups
  9. Garlic
  10. Fireblade Sky
  11. Daisy
  12. Eyes & Shoes
  13. Garlic
Label: Suite supuesto (Japan)
Track listing:
  1. Too Late Or Not Too Late
  2. Popstars
  3. Starboogie
  4. So Anyway I Sing
  5. I Like Your Hair
  6. White Volkswagen
  7. Service Area
  8. Blue Flower
  9. The Shooting Pictures
  10. Don't Make Any Promise
  11. Roseland

EPs

Label: ¡Por supuesto! (Japan)
Track listing:
  • The Chestnutfield Family
  • Keith
  • Plasticky
  • Cadillac For Montevideo
Label: Sugarfrost Records [FROSTY 04] (England); ¡Por supuesto! (Japan)
Track listing:
  1. Banana
  2. Emerald
  3. Trampolene
  4. Run Free [Japanese release]
Label: Hello Recording Club [hel-34] (US)
Track listing:
  1. Waiting
  2. Banana
  3. Bubbly
  4. Plastic Sky
Label: Suite supuesto (Japan)
Track listing:
  1. Indie Pop Car Baby
  2. Your Smile
  3. Hell Toupee
  4. An Ordinary Miracle
  5. Indie Pop Car Baby (demo)
Label: Suite supuesto (Japan)
Track listing:
  1. Popstars
  2. For A Friend
  3. La Cerveza
Label: Suite supuesto (Japan)
Track listing:
  1. An Ordinary Miracle (live)
  2. An Ordinary Miracle (Pimlico mix)
  3. Run Free (The Peel Sessions)
  4. Garlic (The Peel Sessions)

Singles

Label: Sugarfrost Records (England)
B-side: Fireblade Skies

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References

  1. ↑ Nelories overview. Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  2. 1 2 Kaplan, Matthew. Nelories. Trouser Press . Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  3. ↑ Cloudberry interview with Akiko. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  4. ↑ Flansburgh, John. "Partytime in the Summertime 1993". Hello Recording Club Newsletter. Archived here. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  5. ↑ Edwards, Matthew. Interview by Todd Jones. October, 2004. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
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