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Quruli

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Quruli
Quruli performing at the World Happiness Festival in 2014
Quruli performing at the World Happiness Festival in 2014
Background information
OriginKyoto,Japan
GenresAlternative rock[1]
Years active1996–present
LabelsBad News
Speedstar
MembersShigeru Kishida
Masashi Satō
Past membersNobuyuki Mori
Christopher McGuire
Tasshin Ōmura
Yūji Tanaka
Shōnen Yoshida
Fanfan
Websitehttps://www.quruli.net/

Quruli(Japanese:くるり,Hepburn:Kururi)is a Japaneserockband formed inKyotoin 1996. It has been a duo consisting of original members Shigeru Kishida and Masashi Sato since March 2021. They have been signed toSpeedstar Recordssince 1998. In 2003, Quruli were ranked number 74 on a list of the top 100 Japanese pop acts byHMV Japan.[2]

Career

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After meeting at "Rock Commune,"Ritsumeikan University's music club, Shigeru Kishida, Masashi Satō, and Nobuyuki Mori formed the original three-piece band. The name "Quruli," anonomatopoeicword expressing rotation, was taken from a sign in theKyoto Municipal Subway.In October 1998, Quruli released the single đông kinh("Tokyo")onVictor Entertainment's Speedstar Records. They released their first major label album, さよならストレンジャー("Goodbye Stranger")in 1999.[3][4]

Quruli released the albums đồ giam("Picture Book")in 2000, produced byJim O'Rourke,andTeam Rockin 2001. According to music critic Ian Martin,Picture Bookremains one of the most frequently cited influences for Japanese alt-rock bands.[5]During the production of the 2001 filmThe World is Mine,Quruli added guitarist Tasshin Ōmura to its lineup. In 2002, Mori left the band.[3][4]

In 2003, after a trip toEngland,Quruli returned with a single,How to Go,and created the soundtrack for ジョゼと hổ と ngư たち("Josee, the Tiger and the Fish").After working with a number of session drummers, Quruli officially added drummerChristopher McGuireto their lineup in November 2003. In 2004 Quruli released the album アンテナ("Antenna").After the tour for the album was completed, McGuire left the group.

2005 saw the release of several Quruli singles along with a new album,Nikki,released in December of that year. At the last day of 2006, Tasshin Ōmura left the band. In 2007 Quruli released a new album, ワルツを dũng れ Tanz Walzer("Dancing the Waltz"),recorded inViennawith the Ambassade Orchester Wien. They joined forces again in 2008 to put out the live albumPhilharmonic or die.[3][4]

Quruli first appeared on television performing thanh い không("Blue Sky")onNHK.On September 9, 2005, Quruli appeared on the popular "Music Station"program and performed their song, xích い điện xa("Red Train").The song was also featured as the theme song to aKeikyucommercial.[3]

On May 26, 2010, Quruli released theB-sidecompilation phó の trụ んでいた nhai("The Town I Used to Live"),which also included their new song đông kinh レレレのレ("Tokyo Le-Le-Le No Le").The album reached No. 1 on theOriconweekly album charts, becoming their first No. 1 album on the charts.[6]

On September 8, 2010, Quruli released their album ngôn diệp にならない, tiếu nhan を kiến せてくれよ("Show Me Your Indescribable Smile, Please"),including the singles シャツを tẩy えば("When I Wash My Shirts")(with Matsutoya Yumi) and ma pháp のじゅうたん("Magical Carpet").Their songs continued to be used in TIOVITA drink commercials, starting withJubilee,followed by thái dương のブルース("The Blues of the Sun"),シャツを tẩy えば("When I Wash My Shirts"),Ma pháp のじゅうたん("Magical Carpet"),untillovelessin 2014. In 2014, those songs were compiled into くるりとチオビタ("Quruli with TIOVITA").

Quruli released the 10th album kham qua の điện áp("Voltage of Melting Pot")in 2012, the 11th albumTHE PIERin 2014, and the 12th album ソングライン("Songline")in 2018.

In 2020, Quruli released their 20th album,” thaw ".

After releasing "Love Genius" in April 2021, Quruli entered a new phase in their career, culminating in 4 back-to-back singles in the late summer/early autumn of 2022, and reforming the original trio of Kishida, Sato and Mori in the summer of 2023. In October of that year, a trio album "Driven by Impulse" came out to great acclaim, and a documentary "Quruli Film" was shown in movies nationwide.

Members

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Current members

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Former members

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Supporting musicians

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Discography

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Albums

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  • もしもし("Hello?")(indies; November 21, 1997)
  • ファンデリア("Fandelier")(indies; May 15, 1998)
  • さよならストレンジャー("Goodbye Stranger")(April 21, 1999)
  • Đồ giam("Picture Book")(January 21, 2000)
  • Team Rock(February 21, 2001)
  • The World Is Mine(March 20, 2002)
  • ジョゼと hổ と ngư たち("Josee, the Tiger and the Fish")(soundtrack; November 5, 2003)
  • アンテナ("Antenna")(March 10, 2004)
  • NIKKI(November 23, 2005)
  • ベスト オブ くるり -TOWER OF MUSIC LOVER-("Best Of Quruli - Tower Of Music Lover -")(best album; July 26, 2006)
  • ワルツを dũng れ Tanz Walzer("Dancing the Waltz")(June 27, 2007)
  • Philharmonic or Die(live album; February 20, 2008)
  • Hồn のゆくえ("Fate of the Spirit")(June 6, 2009)
  • Phó の trụ んでいた nhai("The Town I Used to Live")(coupling best album; May 26, 2010)
  • Ngôn diệp にならない, tiếu nhan を kiến せてくれよ("Show Me Your Indescribable Smile, Please")(September 8, 2010)
  • ベスト オブ くるり -TOWER OF MUSIC LOVER 2-("Best Of Quruli - Tower Of Music Lover 2 -")(best album; June 29, 2011)
  • Kỳ tích("I Wish")(soundtrack; November 9, 2011)
  • Kham qua の điện áp("Voltage of Melting Pot")(September 19, 2012)
  • THE PIER(September 17, 2014)
  • くるりとチオビタ("Quruli with TIOVITA")(compilation album; December 17, 2014)
  • Hổ phách sắc の nhai, thượng hải giải の triều("Amber Colored City, The Morning of The Shanghai Crab")(extended play; July 26, 2016)
  • くるりの20 hồi 転("20 Rotations Quruli has Made")(best album; September 14, 2016)
  • ソングライン("Songline")(September 18, 2018)
  • thaw(April 15, 2020)
  • Thiên tài の ái("Genius Love")(April 28, 2021)

Singles

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  • Đông kinh("Tokyo")(1998)
  • Hồng("Rainbow")(1999)
  • Thanh い không("Blue Sky")(1999)
  • Nhai("Town")(1999)
  • Xuân phong("Spring Wind")(2000)
  • ワンダーフォーゲル("Wandervogel")(2000)
  • ばらの hoa("Rose's Flower")(2001)
  • リバー("River")(2001)
  • ワールズエンド・スーパーノヴァ("World's End Supernova")(2002)
  • Nam の tử と nữ の tử("Boy and Girl")(2002)
  • "How To Go" (2003)
  • ハイウェイ("Highway")(2003)
  • ロックンロール("Rock 'n' Roll")(2004)
  • "Birthday" (2005)
  • "Superstar" (2005)
  • Xích い điện xa("Red Train")(2005)
  • "Baby I Love You" (2005)
  • "Juice" (feat.Rip Slyme;2006)
  • "Jubilee" (2007)
  • Ngôn diệp はさんかく こころは tứ giác("Words are Triangles, Hearts are Squares")(2007)
  • さよならリグレット("Goodbye Regret")(2008)
  • Tam nhật nguyệt("Crescent Moon")(2009)
  • Du khoái なピーナッツ("Pleasant Peanuts")(2009)
  • シャツを tẩy えば("When I Wash My Shirts")(duet with Matsutōya Yumi; 2009)
  • Ma pháp のじゅうたん/シャツを tẩy えば ( ヴァージョン2 )("Magical Carpet/When I Wash My Shirts (ver.2)")(2010)
  • Kỳ tích("Miracle")(2011)
  • "everybody feels the same" (2012)
  • "Remember Me" (2013)
  • Tối hậu のメリークリスマス("Last Merry Christmas")(2013)
  • "There is (always light)/Liberty & Gravity - Special Edition -" (2014)
  • ふたつの thế giới("Two Worlds")(2015)
  • "How Can I Do?" (included in Live Blu-ray/DVD, くるくる hoành đinh("Quru-Quru Alley");2017)
  • その tuyến は thủy bình tuyến("The Line is a Horizon")(2018)
  • Sampo (2019)
  • Takarasagashi (2022)
  • In my pocket (2022)
  • August(2022)
  • Midsummer (2022)

References

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  1. ^"Quruli Biography".Allmusic.Retrieved2023-09-20.
  2. ^"Top 100 Japanese pops Artists - No.74"(in Japanese).HMV Japan.2003-09-18.Retrieved2023-09-20.
  3. ^abcd"くるり on WEB".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-02-27.Retrieved2009-12-26.
  4. ^abcdefghij"くるり on WEB".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-29.Retrieved2009-12-26.
  5. ^Martin, Ian F. (2016).Quit Your Band: Musical Notes From the Japanese Underground.Awai Books. p. 22.ISBN978-1-937220-05-1.
  6. ^くるり, カップリング・ベスト『 phó の trụ んでいた nhai 』が sơ の chu gian 1 vị hoạch đắc(in Japanese). Barks.jp. 2010-06-01.Retrieved2010-06-03.
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