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History
of Equator No1
Hideto Sei “ Hide “ Started Playing Music with Some Bands in
Cities near Mt Fuji , Moved to Tokyo 1988, formed a Band Called “
Gunboy’s “ with that Band Hide Played at various Tokyo’s Clubs ,
Mainly “ Club 49 “ which is near “ Yokota U.S Air Base “ and the
Experience inspired him very deeply to become an International
Musician. Gunboy’s released a Compilation album from F.E.I records
and got a good article in “ Player magazine “ and Some of the
Gunboy’s original songs were played on “ Bz’s “ Radio Program on
FM Tokyo. So the Band wasn’t that bad , but Hide couldn’t think
there was a big future for the Band so in 1994 after he went to
the USA a couple of times he finished the band , and then went to
Sydney Australia , to play and check it out the music industry
there. In 1995 he went to back to Tokyo , he was thinking a lot
about the Image of the New Band and thought “ How could I make a
sound with an oriental taste of pop rock “ In 1996 he went to
Mongolia to study the roots of Asian people ,and he got
inspiration from the Amazing Mongolian people. “They ride horses
like the wind ,they are a spiritual, confident people, they
inspired me so much and gave me new ideas and created a new image
for my music”. In 1997 Hide met “ Shogo Uruno “
They wanted to concentrate on the international market . Hide was
very inspired by the American & Australian music scene and the
people he met abroad along with the incredible experience he had
in Mongolia, helped shape his unique style of music.
Shogo lived in over seas for over 4 years. All the experiences he
had in all of that overseas travel made him a very unique
individual, especially as a Musician. They called themselves “ One
Piece “ and spent a lot of time in the studio , playing ,
discussing ideas but mainly composing .
Shogo can play various instruments including the bass & acoustic
guitar, piano and keyboards. Shogo is also very good at
programming with sequencer’s.
Hide is mainly a singer songwriter and creates melodies but also
plays guitar.
In late 1998 they finally made a demo with 3 original songs Little
wing , Lake Baikal & Where I am Hide took the demo to Sydney
Australia and made a good contact with a local music agency and
made a deal with the Agency in late 1999. “One Piece” released the
original song “ Little wing “ with Eddie Strucks CD/ Video
Compilation from Sydney Australia. Also from the same demo the
song “ Lake Baikal “ was supported by E.M.I Japan in 2001.They
made a new demo with 3 original songs Release your mind , From
these days 99 & On the Horizon in July 2000.
In 2000 from September to December , the radio program called “
Mind Trip“ on FM Nishi Tokyo, pick up their song From these day’s
99 “ and used it as their theme song for the program.
In October 2000 Hide went to Auckland New Zealand to promote their
new songs , Hide played in clubs in Auckland mainly “ The Temple “
and did a live recording in the club and performed in a local
radio station “ Planet FM “
January 2001 Hide went to back to Sydney to promote the new songs,
performed live on Bondi FM 88 and also played at the Bondi Tsunami
Beach Festival in Sydney Australia .
In April 2001. Hide came back to Tokyo and they changed their
unit’s name from One piece to “ Equator “ October 2001 released “
From these days 99 “ with a Compilation album from “ LAX “ in
Japan , November 2001 released Lake Baikal’s Minidisk from “ Music
deli “ in Japan and also released CD single Lake Baikal November
2001.
Since 2002 Hide and Shogo started making Equator’s first Album
with some guest Musicians. By 2003 they had enough songs for the
album but Hide still wanted a cool song mixed with a real Oriental
flavour and some pop rock for the Album, so they have not
completed the Album yet .
In April 2004 Hide met a Haiku singer ( actually Waka singer “ one
of the traditional Japanese singing styles “ ) Her name is Kyoko
Sato . When he heard her singing for the first time he was
inspired and got an idea for the cool song that what he really
wanted for a long time. They started to make the song called “
Like the Burden of a Lullaby “ combined with Japanese traditional
Music “ Ginyu and Pop rock .
November 2004 Hide went back to L.A.in U.S.A to play there in some
clubs over there. Hide came back in Tokyo and have just finished
Like the Burden of a Lullaby so finally in 2006 they are prepare
to Launch the EP !!! |
Not
the same old thing
