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CAPSULE (group)

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capsule is an electronic duo from Tokyo, Japan. They're on their own label contemode, a sub-label of YAMAHA MUSIC COMMUNICATIONS, which was started up by Nakata Yasutaka in 2003 before the release of their second studio album CUTIE CINEMA REPLAY. capsule made their debut with the single "Sakura" through YAMAHA on March 28th, 2001. The duo's sound has included elements from all sorts of styles of music, including: French pop, bossa nova, lounge, house, and recently synthpop and electronica.

Members

Biography

capsule formed in November of 1997 after Nakata Yasutaka and Koshijima Toshiko met at the TEENS' MUSIC FESTIVAL Hokuriku area convention when they were both 17 years old. The festival was sponsored by YAMAHA MUSIC FOUNDATION. Their first single was "Sakura", released in March of 2001 on YAMAHA MUSIC COMMUNICATIONS. Their first album, High Collar Girl, is significantly different from any of their later works in that it doesn't involve near as much synth or contain a futuristic or electronic sound.

In 2003, Nakata created his own YAMAHA sub-label contemode and has produced other artists on the label, including COLTEMONIKHA, COPTER4016882, and NAGISA COSMETIC. He also has produced all girl electopop trio Perfume since 2003. In 2004 he worked with Momose Yoshiyuki of Studio Kajino (a subsidiary of Studio Ghibli) to create the short animated film Portable Kuukou. It became a trilogy of "short short films" (music videos) including three of capsule's songs: "Portable Kuukou", "space station No.9" and "Sora Tobu Toshi Keikaku" (in that order). The first one was shown in theaters before the live-action movie Cutie Honey.

The group went on a temporary hiatus in the summer of 2007 as Koshijima had left Tokyo, while Nakata took a break to "recharge his inspiration for better songs in the future". In September, the duo began been performing at clubs again and their first remix album capsule rmx was released the following month. capsule's ninth album, FLASH BACK released in December of 2007, displayed a relatively new sound for the duo consisting of their familiar electronic sound with adding 1980's music. The following album, a 2008 release, MORE! MORE! MORE! reached #6 during its first week on the Oricon weekly album charts; it also peaked at #3 on the daily chart, marking their first time in the top 10.

Discography

capsule promoting FLASH BACK (2007)
capsule promoting MORE! MORE! MORE! (2008)
capsule promoting FLASH BEST (2009)
capsule promoting PLAYER (2010)
capsule promoting WORLD OF FANTASY (2011)

Studio Albums

Best Albums

Remix Albums

Digital Mini Albums

Singles

Digital Singles

Analog Singles

Compilations

Books

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  • [2008.11.21] capsule Archive

External Links

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