Nomiya, meanwhile, helped crystallize the group ’s visual aspect. ” Krumper further noted that P5 “sample from every area of pop culture, reflecting their pervasive knowledge of pop music. “When I first saw them, ” Atlantic Records executive Michael Krumper added in the same article, ” it struck me that they ’ re what Andy Warhol would create if he were putting together a band for the ‘90s. “We don ’t like to limit ourselves with one type of music, ” was Konishi ’s understated admission in Billboard. What binds these widely divergent styles together into P5 has as much to do with their retro charm as their musical reach. ” He further commented that his favorites “have atmosphere or some kind of smell. “I pick up stuff mostly from records of the ’60s and ’70s -music before the digital age. “I have thousands of records, ” Konishi told BAM.
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This vision has a great deal to do with his enormous record collection, which boasts the now-hip “bachelor pad ” recordings of Les Baxter and Juan Esquivel, the orchestral pop of Burt Bacharach, along with soul jazz, hippie folk, spy movie soundtracks, electronic dance music, and virtually everything in between. P5 became increasingly popular in Japan based in the hip Tokyo neighborhood of Shibuya, they continued to hone Konishi ’s eclectic vision. Takanami eventually departed to do solo work guitarist Bravo Kmatsu brought his thrashing, metallic theatricality to the group in 1995. The personnel shifted numerous times in the ensuing years in 1988, Kamomiya and Sasaki departed and Takao Tajima joined the group, only to be replaced by Nomiya in 1990. The group released its debut single, “ Audrey Hepburn Complex, ” in 1985. After several years the group enlisted vocalist Mamiko Sasaki. Konishi, who grew up adoring his family ’s lounge and jazz records, met Keitaro Takanami while the two were at Aoyama University in 1979 the pair started a band with another friend, Ryo Kamomiya. “Then try to imagine something better than that and you might be begin to understand what happened Thursday night at the Great American Music Hall. An attempt by Barry Walters of the San Francisco Examiner to describe the P5 concert experience was typically lengthy: “Imagine every great record you ’ve ever heard stuck in a blender overlaid with the most experimental heavy metal guitar you ’ve never heard combined with the most outstanding montage of video clips you can ’t imagine plussuperadorable camp fashions, all synthesized through a demented Japanese consumerist impression of America, ” he wrote. Assisted by singer-model Maki Nomiya and a rotating crew of musicians, DJs and dancers, Konishi has brought his “smile pop ” to a growing cult audience in the United States as well. ” This celebration of surface pleasures has resonated strongly with international audiences, and has helped P5, as the group is called for short, to surmount the language barrier. ” Konishi, the musical director of the Japanese group -which makes a collage of obscure samples, dance beats, noise, movie chic and fashion absurdity -added, “Whenever I compose, I just imagine, in my mind, what to wear for the song. He is a solo singer and is also a music producer now.Pizzicato Five leader Yasuharu Konishi told the San Jose Mercury News, “I always think about pop not as pop music but just as pop art. He had already come out as Original Love's vocalist then. Takao Tajima (田島 貴男 Tajima Takao?, born Apin Ota, Tokyo) was the second vocalist of this group. Takao Tajima (1987–1990) - Lead vocal, guitar, harmonica. Ryō Kamomiya (鴨宮 諒 Kamomiya Ryō?, born Main Shinjuku, Tokyo) was one of the founding members, and is a composer and an arranger now. Mamiko Sasaki (佐々木 麻美子 Sasaki Mamiko?) was one of the founding members and was the first vocalist of this group. He changed his name to 高浪敬太郎 (Keitarō Takanami) later, and was also known as "K-taro." Keitarō Takanami (高浪 慶太郎 Takanami Keitarō?, born in Nagasaki, Nagasaki) was one of the founding members, and he is a guitarist and a music producer now. Keitarō Takanami (1984–1994) - Guitar, keyboards and vocals. She is also a solo singer, a narrator, a fashion model and a dress designer now. Maki Nomiya (野宮 真貴 Nomiya Maki?, born Main Kushiro, Hokkaido) was the third vocalist of this group. Yasuharu Konishi (小西 康陽 Konishi Yasuharu?, born Februin Sapporo, Hokkaido) was the only founding member to stay with the group until the end. Yasuharu Konishi (1984–2001) - Songwriter, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, vocals. Miyata left the group almost immediately but the four remaining members kept the name Pizzicato Five.
The group was formed in 1985 by Konishi and fellow founding bandmates Keitarō Takanami, Ryō Kamomiya, Mamiko Sasaki, and Shigeo Miyata. Pizzicato Five (1985-2001) was a Japanese pop group best known to audiences in the West in their later incarnation as a duo of Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi.
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