Bagdad Cafe the Trench Town
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Bagdad Cafe the Trench Town is Japan
ese reggae band founded in 2001. Their début album Love Sunset was released in 2003. The front-woman, Mai, sings mostly in Japanese but adds in many English words too. In 2008 the band took part in the Fuji Rock Festival
for the first time.
The group took their name from a combination of the 1987 West German
movie "Bagdad Café
", and the Trenchtown
neighbourhood in Kingston
, Jamaica
.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese reggae band founded in 2001. Their début album Love Sunset was released in 2003. The front-woman, Mai, sings mostly in Japanese but adds in many English words too. In 2008 the band took part in the Fuji Rock Festival
Fuji Rock Festival
Fuji Rock Festival is an annual rock festival held in Naeba Ski Resort, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The 3 day event, organized by Smash Japan, features more than 200 Japanese and international musicians, making it the largest outdoor music event in Japan...
for the first time.
The group took their name from a combination of the 1987 West German
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
movie "Bagdad Café
Bagdad Café
Bagdad Café is a 1987 German film directed by Percy Adlon.The film is a comedy set in a remote truck-stop café and motel in the Mojave Desert. The plot is centered around two women who have recently separated from their husbands, and the blossoming friendship which ensues. It ran 95 minutes in...
", and the Trenchtown
Trenchtown
Trench Town is a neighborhood located in the parish of St. Andrew which shares municipality with Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica. In the 1960s Trench Town was known as the Hollywood of Jamaica. Today Trench Town boasts the Trench Town Culture Yard Museum, a visitor friendly...
neighbourhood in Kingston
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...
, Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
.
Members
- Mai - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Raita - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Muramoto - guitar
- Big mom - chorus
- Ran - chorus - pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Umeken - tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with... - Ogi - tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
- Yama - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- drums
Studio albums
Title | Release date | Label | Japan Oricon Chart Peak Positions |
---|---|---|---|
Love Sunset Love Sunset (album) -Personnel:The following details are taken from the inlay card of the album. The names of some members are written differently than on subsequent albums.* May - vocals* What's Up Raita - guitar* Mura - guitar* Mountain - bass* Tico Arai - drums... |
August 6, 2003 | Independent | - |
Up Right and Smiley | June 23, 2004 | Independent | 233 |
Movin' On | September 22, 2005 | Victor Victor Entertainment is a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It was formerly known as... |
226 |
Good Times Good Times (Bagdad Cafe the Trench Town album) -Personnel:* Mai - vocals* Raita - EG* Mura - EG/AG Junichi Martin* Yama - bass - drums - Ep/clavinova/piano* Big Mom - chorus* Ran - chorus - organ/moog the SOURCE/minimoog* Ogi - tenor saxophone* Umeken - trombone... |
August 9, 2006 | Victor | 75 |
Satisfaction | July 25, 2007 | Victor | 102 |
We're Living | July 22, 2009 | Victor | 221 |
Singles
Title | Release date | Label | Album |
---|---|---|---|
Everything | August 31, 2005 | Victor | Movin' On |
Sunshine | July 19, 2006 | Victor | Good Times |
Nice Time | July 25, 2007 | Victor | Satisfaction |
Compilations
Title | Release date | Label | Japan Oricon Chart Peak Positions |
---|---|---|---|
Meets the Reggae: Passing Point | September 21, 2007 | Victor | 204 |
External links
- Bagdad Cafe the Trench Town Official Website (Japanese)
- BAGDAD's SISTERS Official blog (Japanese)
- Victor Entertainment (Japanese)
- Oricon Style (Japanese ranking)