-MOTHER RECORDS-
The delicate beauty, the warm power, the awesome strength of the mother! This cosmic energy that men could never match is the inspiration for Mother Records, founded in 2003. In the future, we will continue to focus on female artists, releasing new, interesting and relevant music from every genre.
MOTHER RECORDS/ 3rd Stone From The Sun Corp.
2-1-1-6F, Higashiyama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0043, Japan
◆Naoryu
In 1999, from Fukui prefecture comes Naoryu, a bluesy live singer. She started performing around Shimokitazawa, and in 2000 expanded to Koenji and then Kichijyoji. In 2001and 2002 Naoryu started to tour energetically, ending up performing brilliantly as the warm-up act for THEATRE BROOK at the Hibiya Outdoor Music Hall. With the support of Obawo Nakajima, Naoryu started to gain greater attention. These days, Naoryu is performing at 440 in Shimokitazawa, Omotesando FAB and other cafes and live houses.
- ●FAVORITE
- LINDA LEWIS
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
CURTIS MAYFIELD
TONY JOE WHITE - ●Other Recordings
- 2002 “UTA” (a 7 track album) is made as an independent production, produced by Takashi Nakajo of THEATRE BROOK.
- ●Musicians featured on Birth
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VOCAL/GUITAR/FLUTE Naoryu PRODUCE/BASS Takashi Nakajo (THEATRE BROOK) GUITAR Sekiguchi Michio (FISHMANS etc.) DRUM Kojima Tetsuya (Original Love, etc.) PERCUSSION Obawo Nakajima (Toshinobu Kubota, Sadao Watanabe, etc.)
◆BO-PEEP
After hearing this unusual live band’s demo tapes, 3rd Stone recommended the grunge-based BO PEEP girls to move up to the capital from Fukuoka. This 3-piece girl band is already making waves overseas. 2 CDs have been released by 3rd Stone From The Sun.
Raging guitar distortion, wave-riding bass, new-style, blind-power druming, and heartfelt melodies! This music rams into you full steam ahead, with thoughtful lyrics and a a buzz that leaves you wanting to hear more.
Origin of band name:
Bo Peep, from the Mother Goose series of children’s books, was the shepard girl who was so bored that she fell asleep, and woke up unable to find her flock of sheep ﾑ a sentiment that the band members feel that they can understand on some level.
2003.6.20（FRI）on sale !!!
MTRCD-002
全7曲入りalbum
BO-PEEP achieves the utmost simple chaos from their instruments, solid brittle lyrics and cage-rattling vocals. At the core of that chaos is pure harmony surrounding solid, catchy melodies and in that blend comes their originality. With MO’SOME TONEBENDER’s Isamu Fujita as engineer on their latest album, BO-PEEP’s studio recordings have the aura and power of live performances. Tower Record’s BOUNCE magazine in Japan says: “It’s hard to imagine the extent of this 3-piece girl band’s dense, intense sound piercing the world as it does”.
BO-PEEP
“Respect” for genres or musical ancestry doesn’t mean to simply continue on and easily succeed through time-tested formulas. Respect is to absorb, digest, evolve and keep sublimating the band to find a higer musical ground. Superficial ‘respect’ just blocks evolution. Respect for the members of BO-PEEP (Yoshimura, Nakano, Himei) consists of achieving the extreme rock purity that is the fruit of their instinctive drive.
The BO-PEEP girls grew up in the generation of grunge (Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, etc.) and they paint from that colorful musical palette. But to the truth, as for the essence of their style, one could say that late 60s, early 70s punk and rock (say, the Stooges, or Patti Smith) is their backbone. And from this geneology, and the universality of rock itself, they’ve been carving out a new direction.
In addition to this, the music drives the poetic lyricism of Mika Yoshimura, who writes with a desperate belief in a light that will guide her out from the chaotic monotony of everday life; that can scream and be heard from the abyss of easy Japanese popular and traditional music. With this cry come the BO-PEEPs, who want not sheep, but passionate, screaming music fans!
