Monkey Majik

Monkey Majik is a Japanese pop rock band that was founded in 2001. It is composed of two Canadian brothers ( Maynard and Blaise Plant) and two Japanese members ( Tax and Dick).

Band profile

Monkey Majik is a Japanese band, consisting of two Canadian brothers, Maynard and Blaise Plant, which are both singer of the band and play guitar, and the drummer Tax and bassist Dick. The band is sometimes referred to as a " hybrid - band", as half of the members are exotic origin and the lyrics are sung in both Japanese and English.

Monkey Majik is managed by Edward Limited and are at binyl records under contract, a subsidiary of avex. Their live recordings are sold by Under Horse Records, a music company where the band stood before her major label debut under contract. Despite the great success of the band, they have their headquarters in Sendai, which is located about 350 km outside of Tokyo. Thus, they differ greatly from the majority of Japanese musicians who often move to be a success in the mainstream scene after Tokyo.

Band Members

  • Maynard Plant ( born August 6, 1975 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada): vocals and guitar. He is the founder of Monkey Majik. Graduated from Queen's University. Speaks fluent English, French and Japanese, in addition, in the Nambu dialect (なんぶべん, Nambu - ben ) speak. When he was still living in Canada Maynard wrote songs to pass the time, but occurred only in the privacy of a musician. He moved to Japan to work there as Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) to work. He founded Monkey Majik originally in 2000 with Thomas Pritchard, Chad Ivany, and Misao Urushizaka. As Pritchard and Ivana left the band, Maynard decided to invite his younger brother in the group. He respects the band Godiego, whose song " Monkey Majik ", the band's name derives much. He even goes so far as to describe them as "gods." Other Japanese musicians he admired, include UA, Oda and Masashi pointed a. Maynard's solo project blanc., Which has already started in 2003, has brought him much recognition in Asia. blanc. 's collaborations with free tempo and other Japanese underground artists have given him particular recognition in Korea and China. His father is also a professional musician who played in the past with Paul Anka.
  • Blaise Plant ( born March 18, 1980 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada): vocals and guitar. Maynard's younger brother, whose full name is Blaise Joseph Anthony Plant. Speaks fluent English, French and Japanese. Blaise plays for a local Icehockey team in Sendai. He was active as a singer and songwriter, when he was still in high school and appeared in clubs. In Canada, he studied at the University of Lethbridge and was a solo artist and actor. Blaise took the band along with maynard 2001. In 2007 he launched his own label, daydream PRODUCTIONS, and put his official blog online. On 3 March 2008 he started his solo project " The Alphabet Project " where every song is No. 1 on the download charts Syncl landed. Through the mix of English, Japanese and French has made ​​a name for " The Alphabet Project" in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Asia. Blaise will be releasing his first full album "Painting Music" in the fall of this year and is currently working on a film in which he directs.
  • Tax tax ​​( legal name: Takuya Kikuchi (菊池 拓哉; born August 31, 1975 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan). percussion tax writes the larger share of the songs he originally worked as a dental technician for 5 years and then became clerk he was. . Before he became the drummer for Monkey Majik Maynard and Blaise introduced by a friend., was his experience with this instrument of only two years that he spent at the Junior high School.
  • DICK ( born March 10, 1978 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan): Bassist. He was previously a member of a funk soul band called Soul Addiction under the name Hideki Dick Mori. He was a member of a jazz band called Private Kitchen. The three members invited DICK, who was well known as a bassist in Sendai, one in a bar in Kokubun Cho. They brought him to drink until he agreed Monkey Majik join. He was a member and replaced Urushizaka with the appearance of the second indie album of the band " eastview ".

Discography

Albums

Singles

Swell

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  • " MONKEY MAJIK Official Web Site" ( in Japanese) ( Shockwave Flash). http://www.monkeymajik.com. Retrieved on 7 February 2007.
  • " Gyao.com " Original Program Feature "on MONKEY MAJIK " ( in Japanese). * Http://www.gyao.jp/music/monkeymajik. Accessed on 16 September 2007.
  • Rock band
  • Japanese band
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