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In 1983,
Hisashi Furue
had some doubts about his own originality. Because he liked not only rock music
but old Japanese melody and "Ma" (Japanese intervals between notes). He formed
Zettaimu for mixing Japanese-like sound with rock music.
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In 1989, their first album
My Grandma Says...
(LP) was released by Garando Records.
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In 1991, the live cassette
Zettaimu Live!
was released by Garando Records.
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In 1997, once Hisashi Furue put his new song clips on his website, some labels,
music critics, musicians in various countries, such as Europe and America appreciated
his stuff. Some labels asked for him to give some of his tracks.
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 In 1998, Zettaimu
joined the compilation cd
COWBOYS IN TOKYO
by US label TWIN BHUDDA RECORDS with some indie bands from
Texas.
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 In 1998, Zettaimu
joined the compilation cd
Pop Goes The World
by US label RPM (USA) with some famous indie bands from Europe,
US and Oceania.
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In 1998, their second album
In The Decadent Times
was released abroad earlier than in Japan by Garando Records. It was highly
regarded abroad, especially in Europe and US as an alternative rock music. Zettaimu
expressed their originality in the various and different styles of music, alternative,
psychedelic, progressive rock, pops….
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In 2000, they restarted their live after ten years ago. |
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In 2001, Eugene La Branch (US producer) visited their live. He
liked Zettaimu sound and offered US tour, recording in Miami, Europe
tour to them.
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In 2002, Zettaimu signed a three-year contract with Eugene's company for the recording
etc. Their first US tour mainly on the West Coast, thanks to Eugene's kind help
and his financial support. But the contract was canceled because of some troubles
on the tour. Now the band is unsigned.
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In 2003, the 3rd album
What Can I Do
was released on October 8th in Japan after an interval of five years. In 2004,
the song CLASS V(five) of the album was selected
on Japanese compilation cd
J-Indies Archive/Secret famous tune from JAPAN
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In 2005, the 4th album
Oiran
was released on Jun 3 in Japan. In 2006, the title track of the album was selected
on the compilation cd
ROCK IN ASIA
by a foreign label.
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In 2007, the 5th album
MIROQUE
was released from
MUSEA
(the biggest progressive rock label globally, from France) and
POSEIDON
(Japanese label for progressive rock) in March 5th.
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In 2008, Zettaimu joined the compilation cd
by Japanese label YggrDrasill Records (JAPAN) with some famous
progressive rock bands from JAPAN. They featured the unpublished song
On Sowaka.
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In 2009, a world-famous producerSTUART
EPPS contacted Zettaimu. He has been producing many of the world-famous
artists including ELTON JOHN,
LED ZEPPELIN...) in the
UK..
He is so interested to work with Zettaimu!
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