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I'd never heard of the 2000s duo Fonogenico before but when I encountered their May 2007 3rd single "Orange no Suna" (Orange Sand) some weeks ago, I figured that I had to put it up here on KKP. For one thing, the arrangement sounds so much like very romantic Tomita Lab（富田ラボ）and readers probably have already cottoned to the fact that I'm a fan of his, especially with those silky strings. It's quite the soulful pop ballad about a young lady holding the hand of the guy she's fallen for for the first time. Awwww!
The Kansai-born Fonogenico formed in 2002 with vocalist/lyricist Naoko Takayama（高山奈帆子）and keyboardist/composer Masaru Kawaguchi（川口潤）as they did live events and their songwriting. In the following year, they debuted as the duo Fonogenico and made their major debut in 2005 with their first single coming out in 2006. In total, they released four singles and a mini-album. Kawaguchi pulled out of the duo in 2008 and Takayama continued on as a solo act before calling it a day herself in 2010.
Hi, I really like your blog. It has exposed me to lots of new amazing Japanese songs. Please continue the good work.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I hope you continue to discover some of the old and new songs via KKP!
DeleteYour write-up makes me want to listen to this so badly, but unfortunately this is another one of those videos the powers that be will not let me see or hear, be it on this blog or on YouTube. But, since I know now the name of the group and the song I can try searching else where.
ReplyDeleteOh, I found a video of it that Youtube will let me listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXAc09-beak
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