Sensation (Japanese band)
Sensation (センセーション) | |
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| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | Rock |
| Instruments | |
| Years active | 2012 – present |
| Labels | D-GO |
| Associated acts | |
| Website | sensation-music |
| Members |
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Sensation (センセーション, Sensēshon) is a Japanese band formed by the guitarist Yoshinobu Ohga in 2012, who plays the role of frontman. The band belongs to the Being labels group, in particular they are under the label D-GO affiliated with GIZA. The band is formed by four musicians that played and play for important Japanese artists like Mai Kuraki, ZARD, B'z etc. Originally it was only an instrumental band, but lately in 2019 the singer-songwriter Corry Nakamura joined the band as vocalist.[1]
History[edit]
All the band members were active in the previous bands - Asai was bassist of the pop band The★tambourines in years 2001-2011[2], Kurumatani was drummer in the pop-rock band U-ka Saegusa in dB in years 2003-2010[3], Ohga as guitarist and Ohkusu as keyboardist were active in the rock band OOM in years 2004-2009.
The band made its first debut on 25 July 2012 with the debut album "Sensation I". On 13 March 2012, they published their second album "Sensation II".[4] Both of the albums has failed chart in the Oricon Rankings.
On 14 May 2014, they published the third album "Sensation III".[1] It became their only album so far which debuted at number 164 on Oricon Album Weekly Charts and charted for one week. The fifth track of this album "Fantasista" was chosen as opening theme of the TV program "SUPER SOCCER" broadcast on TBS.[5][6]
In 2015 they published three consecutive digital singles "Acceleration", "Tsukikage (雪華)" and "Sekka (雪華)", each one with a distance of one month from the previous one.[7]
On 10 July 2016 five songs "Evoke", "Chaotic world", "Space-time navigation", "balance" and "Geometric" were used on the TV program "Minna no senkyo 2016" broadcast on Fuji TV. [8][6] Finally, on 16 November 2016 they published their actual last album "Sensation IV".[7] The eleventh track of the album was chosen as a opening theme to the Sun Television television program Onto in 2019.[9] In 2019, the singer-songwriter Corry Nakamura joined the band as vocalist.[1]
On 6 May 2020, during the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Japanese government declaration of a state of emergency, Sensation performed an online music session, in which they played a "Stay Home ver." of the track "Fantasista", to encourage people to stay home. Each of them played their own part at their respectively home. The video was uploaded on their official Youtube channel and Facebook page.[10][11]
Members[edit]
Current members[edit]
- Yoshinobu Ohga (大賀好修) (2012 – present) – guitarist, backing vocals, composer, arranger
- U-zo Ohkusu (大楠雄蔵) (2012 – present) – keyboardist, backing vocals, composer, arranger
- Hiroshi Asai (麻井寛史) (2012 – present) – bassist, backing vocals, composer, arranger
- Keisuke Kurumatani (車谷啓介) (2012 – present) – drummer, composer, arranger
- Corry Nakamura (中村コリー) (2019 – present) – vocalist
Discography[edit]
| No. | Name | Release date | Charts[12] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sensation I | 25 July 2012 | 265 |
| 2 | Sensation II | 13 March 2013 | 231 |
| 3 | Sensation III | 14 May 2014 | 164 |
| 4 | Sensation IV | 16 November 2016 | 230 |
| No. | Name | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acceleration[13] | 02 September 2015 |
| 2 | Tsukikage (月影)[14] | 07 October 2015 |
| 3 | Sekka (雪華)[15] | 11 November 2015 |
Magazine appearances[edit]
From Music freak magazine ES:[16]
- Vol.31 (2012/July): Interview Sensation I
- Vol.39 (2013/March): Interview Sensation II
- Vol 41 (2013/May): Live Report First Tokyo Live
- Vol.50 (2014/February): Live Report Sensation LIVE Image: NEW SESSION
- Vol.53 (2014/May): Interview Sensation III
- Vol.61 (2015/January): Live Report Sensation LIVE Image: Soooo High!!!!
From Music Freak Press:[17]
- DFT presents「Onto: NEO ROCK from KANSAI」 Live Report (Sensation)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sensation | センセーション | Biography". sensation-music.jp (in 日本語). Retrieved 2020-01-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "the★tambourinesから重要なお知らせ". ameblo (in 日本語).
- ↑ "三枝夕夏 IN dbが解散を発表". Natalie.mu (in Japanese).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "話題沸騰！インストロックバンド Sensation、アルバムインタビューを生中継！". mfound.jp.
- ↑ "Sensation、TBS系TV番組『SUPER SOCCER』オープニングテーマに起用". BARKS (in 日本語). Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Sensation | センセーション | Media". sensation-music.jp (in 日本語). Retrieved 2020-01-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Sensation | センセーション | Discography". sensation-music.jp (in 日本語). Retrieved 2020-01-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "B'zサポートギター大賀率いるSensation、フジTV系『みんなの選挙2016』に新曲4曲書き下ろし". BARKS (in 日本語). Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ↑ Credits from "音都-ONTO-". Onto (in Japanese). 9 January 2019. Sun Television.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Sensation "Fantasista" (Stay Home ver.") on Youtube
- ↑ Sensation "Fantasista" (Stay Home ver.) on Facebook
- ↑ "Sensation Ranking (Album)". Oricon News.
- ↑ "Acceleration - Single". Itunes.
- ↑ "月影 - Single". Itunes.
- ↑ "雪華 - Single". Itunes.
- ↑ "Music Freak Magazine All Archive". music freak magazine es.
- ↑ "話題沸騰！インストロックバンド Sensation、アルバムインタビューを生中継！". mfmagazine press.
External links[edit]
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- Sensation on Oricon Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
- Sensation on YouTube Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
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