SHANADOO
SHANADOO is a Japanese Eurodance cover group based out of Germany. The majority of their recorded works have been Japanese covers of German dance act, E-ROTIC.
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Members
- Fukuda Junko (福田淳子)
- Shibuya Chika (渋谷千賀)
- Fuku Manami (福愛美)
- Genda Marina (源田マリナ)
Information
SHANADOO is an all female member group made up four young Japanese women from the PLATINUM PRODUCTION agency. Chika, Junko, and Manami have worked together in the past as part of avex trax's promotional group, vivace. vivace's works include promotional work as race queens, bikini pinup modeling, and even a few eurobeat style recordings for various avex music compilations such as Girl's BOX. Marina was later added to the group as lead vocalist once the project went into production with noted German music producer, David Brandes, at the helm. Brandes' production works include numerous international hits with acts such as E-ROTIC, Bad Boys Blue, and Vanilla Ninja.
Released on June 16, 2006 through one of Brandes' record labels, ICEZONE MUSIC, SHANADOO's first single, King Kong, a cover of E-ROTIC's 2000 work of the same name, later popularized in 2005 by HINOI team in Japan, was met with great success. SHANADOO's works were exclusive to Germany and other European markets, such as Austria, until December of 2006, when avex trax announced that a then untitled debut album would be released on February 28, 2007 in Japan. In January of 2007, it was announced by ICEZONE MUSIC that SHANADOO's fourth single, to be released on March 09, 2007 in Germany, would be original content instead of a Japanese cover of E-ROTIC. In September - October, Shanadoo's take on aneka's "JAPANESE BOY" was postponed twice due to troubles getting advertising on Television in Germany. It also took SHANADOO on a new turn, on covering 80's music instead of E-rotic. SHANADOOS's next single "THINK ABOUT THE OMEN" will be released on the same day as their newest and second album "THE OMEN".
On the 21st of November 2007, images of the singles and album covers for THINK ABOUT and THE SYMBOL were released. However, also came a surprising new logo. this alternate version of the SHANADOO logo may possibly be only temporary for the release. It is still unknown weather this new logo is permanent or not.
Discography
Singles
- [2006.06.16] King Kong
- [2006.09.15] MY SAMURAI
- [2006.11.17] GUILTY OF LOVE
- [2007.03.09] HYPNOTIZED
- [2007.10.05] JAPANESE BOY
- [2007.12.07] THINK ABOUT
Albums
- [2006.12.01] WELCOME TO TOKYO
- [2007.02.28] WELCOME TO TOKYO (Japan Release)
- [2007.04.27] WELCOME TO TOKYO ~ Limited Edition
- [2007.12.07] THE SYMBOL
Compilations
- [2007.07.27] Ballerman Hits 2007 (Disc 02/Track 14: Fly Me To Shanghai)
