The title track from their 5th album "The Last Rose in Summer" (1992), I'm still trying to figure out where the band's name originated. Nav Katze first formed in 1984 with Miwako Yamaguchi（山口美和子）on vocals and bass, Naoko Iimura（飯村直子）on guitar and Shino Furutachi（古舘詩乃）on drums. After having released their first two albums on the SWITCH label, the band made their switch (sorry) to the major label of Victor in 1991 with Furutachi leaving Nav Katse the same year.
Nav Katze released a total of eight original albums and two singles. Neither Wikipedia nor J-Wiki provides an end date for the band so perhaps they may still be performing to a certain extent out there, although their final original album, "Gentle & Elegance" was released in 1996.
Hi J-Canuck!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, a big thanks for using my video in your article. "Featured on Kayo Kyoku Plus" achievement completed :)
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OK, going back to Nav Katze now.
Looking at their first record advertisment, Nav Katze means "nervous cat" (神経質な猫).
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWm3dK0VoAAfI2W.jpg
The band's name is said to be from German language "nervende Katze". It might also be a direct combination of English words "nervous" as written in Japanese katakana (ナーバス) and German word "Katze".
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nav_Katze
http://www.sazan.net/navkatze/
Worth noticing that their 1st MV "Yunagi" (夕なぎ) features a cat and there is a unique band logo in the booklet of their first major album "Kanki" (歓喜) with a drawing of a cat...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiaH7mJ2R1Q
Cheers!
Hello, Nemea! Thank YOU for putting up videos such as this one for Nav Katze. It's never easy finding the more obscure Japanese acts so it's great when I come across these interesting singers and bands.
DeleteAlso, thanks for solving the riddle of the band's name.
Also, no problems if you want to put up that link!
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