globe

globe

globe is Japanase pop group under the avex trax record label. The band was formed back in 1995 by Komuro Tetsuya. They are known for their wide diversity in musical styles; experimenting with new genres every album.

Members

• Yamada Keiko (Vocals)
• Komuro Tetsuya (Music, Vocals)
• Marc Panther (Rap, Vocals)

Former members

• YOSHIKI (Piano, Keyboard, Guitar)

Information

GLOBE was formed in 1995 by music producer giant, Komuro Tetsuya. Komuro discovered Yamada Keiko in a singing contests while Marc Panther was a MTV Japan VJ at that time. They released their first single later that year, entitled "Feel like dance". But it wasn't til their fourth single, "DEPARTURES", where the group experienced a major spike in popularity when "DEPARTURES" sold over two million copies and helped launched the group into stardom.

In 1998, to help boost up their fan support, globe released four different singles project, entitled "BRAND NEW globe 4 SINGLES". If a fan bought "wanna BE A Dreammaker", "Sa Yo Na Ra", "sweet heart", "Perfume of love", they would mail in the UPC codes of the singles and got the promo single "winter comes around again", which appears on their fourth album Relation. During this time, they also released their first remix album, FIRST REPRODUCTS, and their first best hits album, CRUISE RECORD 1995-2000.

In 2000, the group released three solo singles, one for each member of the group. Vocalist KEIKO would also embark her first concert tour around Japan. The group also changed sounds from pop to more of a trance sound. After the release their eighth original album, LEVEL 4, the group took a small hiatus due to the marriage of Tetsuya Komuro and KEIKO. But, the hiatus was only two years and the group got back together in 2005 to celebrate their ten year anniversary. For this, they released a new best hits album, new singles, and a new album globe2 Pop/Rock. They also kicked off their anniversary tour, globe decade tour, and appeared at a-nation during that year.

The group was supposed to release a new single at the end of 2008 that was a cover of a TM NETWORK song. But, due to Tetsuya Komuro being arrested for fraud, avex canceled the single and pull the group's CD collection off the production shelves for a short while. The group is under another hiatus as of May 2009 due to Komuro serving time for his guilty plee of fraud.

Komuro got the idea for their kind of music from what he have learned in his vacation in Europe prior to the group's formation. He applied the concept of music he learned through various artist he produced and to his own group unit itself. At one time, YOSHIKI, Komuro's good friend, was part of the group for a while, renaming the group "globe extreme", until he himself quit.

Discography

globe extreme (2002)

globe (2001)

Albums

• [1996.03.31] globe
• [1997.03.12] FACES PLACES
• [1998.03.31] Love again
• [1998.12.09] Relation
• [2001.03.28] outernet
• [2002.02.06] Lights
• [2002.04.17] Lights2
• [2003.03.26] LEVEL 4
• [2005.08.10] globe2 pop/rock
• [2006.03.23] maniac

Mini-Albums

• [2006.08.09] new deal

Best Albums

• [1999.09.22] Cruise Record 1995-2000
• [2002.11.27] 8 Years ~Many Classic Moments~
• [2002.12.26] Ballads & Memories
• [2003.03.19] PIANO globe ~globe piano collection~ (Piano Collection)
• [2003.09.03] global trance best (Remix Collection)
• [2005.02.16] globe Decade -Single History 1995-2004-
• [2005.08.04] iTunes Originals: globe (Digital)
• [2005.12.21] globe Winter Tracks (Digital)
• [2007.04.13] (avex ARCHIVES) COMPLETE BEST globe vol.1
• [2007.04.13] (avex ARCHIVES) COMPLETE BEST globe vol.2
• [2010.09.29] 15 YEARS -BEST HIT SELECTION-
• [2013.12.11] best of winter tracks (Digital)
• [2014.10.29] Nakeru globe (泣けるglobe) (Digital)
• [2014.10.29] Odoreru globe (踊れるglobe) (Remix Collection) (Digital)
• [2017.03.15] Komuro Tetsuya no Honmono no Backtrack Collection #globe (小室哲哉のほんもののバックトラック集#globe編) (Digital)
• [2020.03.04] globe Karaoke HITS supported by DAM (Digital)

Box Sets

• [2005.02.16] globe decade -complete box 1995-2004-
• [2010.09.29] 15 YEARS -TK SELECTION-
• [2010.09.29] 15 YEARS -ANNIVERSARY BOX-

Remix Albums

• [1999.03.31] First Reproducts
• [2000.08.30] SUPER EUROBEAT presents EURO global
• [2001.09.12] global trance
• [2002.09.26] global trance2
• [2011.08.10] house of globe
• [2013.03.27] globe EDM Sessions
• [2014.02.05] GDM
• [2015.08.05] Remode 1
• [2016.07.27] deep JAZZ globe (Digital)
• [2016.08.03] Remode 2

Tribute Albums

• [2015.12.16] #globe20th -SPECIAL COVER BEST-

Singles

• [1995.08.09] Feel Like dance
• [1995.09.27] Joy to the love
• [1995.11.01] SWEET PAIN
• [1996.01.01] DEPARTURES
• [1996.03.27] FREEDOM
• [1996.08.28] Is this love
• [1996.10.30] Can't Stop Fallin' in Love
• [1997.01.15] FACE
• [1997.03.05] FACES PLACES
• [1997.04.09] Anytime smokin' cigarette
• [1997.10.15] Wanderin' Destiny
• [1998.03.31] Love again
• [1998.09.02] wanna Be A Dreammaker
• [1998.09.23] Sa Yo Na Ra
• [1998.09.30] sweet heart
• [1998.10.07] Perfume of love
• [1998.xx.xx] winter comes around again
• [1999.03.25] MISS YOUR BODY
• [1999.09.08] still growin' up
• [1999.12.15] biting her nails
• [2000.03.29] Throwin' down in the double 0 (globe featuring Komuro Tetsuya)
• [2000.03.29] THE MAIN LORD (globe featuring MARC)
• [2000.03.29] on the way to YOU (globe featuring Keiko)
• [2000.06.14] Tonikaku Mushou ni… (とにかく無性に…)
• [2000.11.22] DON'T LOOK BACK / Like A Prayer
• [2001.03.28] garden
• [2001.08.01] try this shoot
• [2001.11.14] Stop! In the Name of Love
• [2001.12.05] genesis of next
• [2002.02.06] Many Classic Moments
• [2002.04.10] OVER THE RAINBOW / INSPIRED FROM RED & BLUE
• [2002.07.31] dreams from above (globe vs. Push)
• [2002.11.27] seize the light
• [2003.03.26] get it on now feat. Keiko
• [2005.06.29] Here I Am / New Album Playlist

Digital Singles

• [2011.05.04] 15YEARS CHRONICLE ~They Fight Now / Single Walking / Self Control (Hakobune ni Hikarete) (方舟に曵かれて)
• [2015.07.08] FREEDOM (Remode) / Love again (Remode)

Vinyls

• [2000.07.05] Tonikaku Mushou ni… (とにかく無性に…)
• [2001.11.10] global trance ep

Video Releases

• [1997.02.12] preview
• [1997.07.30] globe ＠4＿domes
• [1998.12.16] globe tour 1998　"Love again"
• [1999.03.25] NAKED screen
• [2000.03.15] globe tour 1999 Relation
• [2000.03.29] NAKED screen (Re-release)
• [2000.03.29] globe tour 1998 "Love again"
• [2000.03.29] globe @4_domes (Re-release)
• [2000.06.14] on the way to YOU / THE MAIN LORD / Throwin' down in the double 0
• [2002.03.13] NAKED screen - globe featuring KEIKO.MARC.TK CLIPS 1995-2000
• [2002.03.27] globe special live　-genesis of next-
• [2002.09.26] globe tour 2002 -category trance,category all genre-
• [2002.12.11] 8 YEARS Clips Collection
• [2003.12.10] preview (Re-release)
• [2004.03.31] globe the best live 1995-2002
• [2004.12.08] globe tour 2002 -category trance,category all genre-
• [2005.03.30] GVD globe decade globe real document SPECIAL BOX
• [2005.04.27] globe decade - access best seasons 1995-2004
• [2006.03.01] globe the best live 1995-2002
• [2011.05.04] 15YEARS CHRONICLE ~ON-AIR & OFF-AIR~ ＋ UNRELEASED TRACKS
• [2016.09.07] globe 2 decade -live blu-ray box-

Compilations / Other

• [2002.12.xx] TRANCEFORMATION (Push vs globe)
• [2011.08.10] Ragga globe ~Beautiful Journey~

External Links

• Official Website
• Official Facebook
• Official Twitter