Do As Infinity

Do As Infinity is a Japanese J-Pop/Rock-Band consisting of vocalist Tomiko Van, and the guitarist Ryo Owatari. The ex- guitarist and founder of the band, Dai Nagao, 2005 left the group. From Dai who also wrote the name of the band, " Do As Infinity", as an extension of his name.

  • 3.1 Singles
  • 3.2 albums
  • 3.3 Best-of Album
  • 3.4 Live albums

Style

The band sings mostly in Japanese, but also English pieces in the repertoire. Many of their songs are melancholic pieces about love. Particularly worth a listen are their acoustic versions.

Their diversity make Do as Infinity by various excursions into other musical genres such as Rock'n'Roll proof. The singer of DAI already started a very successful solo project. Compared their music with songs like Ayumi Hamasaki, the most famous of Japanese singer, but also with the group The Brilliant Green. From English singing groups or bands like The Calling Hoobastank would be comparable, but with female vocals.

Biography

Posse Up

Dai Nagao began as a songwriter for an amateur band. After its dissolution he continued writing songs and sent them to over 50 record companies in Japan. Avex Trax put him on as a songwriter for Ayumi Hamasaki and hitomi one.

1999 were for a casting Tomiko Van fixed as a singer and as a guitarist Ryo Owatari. Shortly after they had signed a record deal with Avex Trax, began recording the song Heart. On September 29, they released their debut single, Tangerine Dream, and gave their first concerts in Shibuya, Yokohama and Fokuoka. The single debuted at number 58 on the charts.

Their second single Heart was released in December and promoted on the Milleninum countdown their record label Avex Trax. Thus, it abolished the single in the charts at number 56

With Oasis them their first entry into the top 30 was made with the position 25 The single was released end of January 2000 and played in a promotional video for Kanebo Cosmetic.

The fourth single, Yesterday & Today for the first time moved into the top 10. He was the theme song for the drama series Nisennen no Koi. The song is also included on the single Raven was taken for the end credits of the horror film Uzumaki.

The first four singles all wore the names of popular bands such as Oasis, Heart, Y & T and Tangerine Dream.

Break of Dawn

The first album Break of Dawn came one month after the Yesterday & Today out, reached # 3 on the charts and sold over 300,000 times.

In August they released rumble fish and their known English Single SUMMER DAYS. rumble fish was the title song of the movie Kamen Gakuen and SUMMERDAYS for OL Police series. End of the year came out their sixth single We Are and held position 16 in the charts.

In January 2001 the band entered station for the first time in the Japanese television in the Chart Show Music on their new single Desire imagine. From then on, they were known throughout Japan.

New World

The album New World appeared in February 2001 and reached the top of the charts. In May of the same year they went on tour and released their first video collection out titled 9. This was followed by an advertising contract by the hair product company LAVENUS with the lead singer.

Week! the end of May was released and reached number 8 on the charts. The following month, Fukai Mori appeared. The song was heard in the credits of the second anime series Inu Yasha and became one of the most successful songs of the band. In November began a new live tour, shortly after the release of their eleventh single Boukensha Tachi.

Deep Forest

Deep Forest was their second album, which reached # 1 on the charts and also the last. It was released in September 2001 and with over 600,000 copies sold, her biggest success.

In January 2002, her record label released the album VARIOUS ARTISTS FEATURING song nation to the same event. DAI were thus known also beyond Japan and gave concerts in Taiwan and Hong Kong. The twelfth Hi no Ataru Sakamichi single was released in Japan and they won at the 17th Annual Gold Disc award in the category Best Rock and Pop Album of the Year.

In July, the single Under the sun / under the moon was released and reached position 5 in the charts. DAI occurred at the annual event of her label Avex named a-nation and thus played in the eight largest cities in Japan.

Your fourteenth single Shinjitsu no Uta was released in October and was used for the fifth guy from Inu Yasha. Towards the end of the year took a live tour, entitled Do As Infinity greatest year 02 ~ ALL STANDING ~ instead.

True song

The fourth album True song was released in December 2002 with a subsequent tour. Your thirteenth Single Mahou no kotoba ~ Would You Marry Me? ~ Appeared in early 2003 and reached number 4 in the charts. It is one of the most performed songs at weddings in Japan. Honjitsu wa pages Nari was released in September and again listed in the event a-nation. The seventeenth Hiiragi single was released in November, reaching number 7 in the charts.

Gates of Heaven

After the release of the album Gates of Heaven in November 2003, the lead singer Tomiko went with the American singer Michelle Branch on a promotional tour of Japan to promote their album. In summer 2004, DAI played at concerts in New York and Dallas, and came to Korea due to the Korea & Japan Friendship Week in JEJU on.

Need Your Love

For the release of their album Need Your Love, which was to be the last to her, she held another live tour. The album was released in February 2005 and reached chart position 3 with 137,000 sales.

Your twentieth and last single TAO was released on 27 July of the same year. She was the theme song for the video game Tales of Legendia and reached number 11 on the charts.

Band resolution

Their last single TAO was about friends who turn to the time different paths in life. Many fans consider this to be the reason for the separation. Do As Infinity announced then that the band will on 29 September 2005, 6 years after the release of the first single, separate. The last concert was held at the Nippon Budokan on November 25, 2005. Three days before Dai Nagao released a single titled Trust on the official website. A CD version did not appear.

The lead singer Tomiko Van began on her solo career with moderate success. The guitarist Ryo Owatari working together on his band Missile Innovation and with other artists of Avex Trax as Ayumi Hamasaki, Ai Otsuka and AAA. The songwriter and founder Dai Nagao uses Amaziah Landscape and other artists under his label TRUE SONG MUSIC.

Discography

Nagao Do As Infinity produced first. He produced with Seiji Kameda from the third single. Kameda she produced after Nagao had left the band.

Singles

Albums

( Each Album title begins with the last letter of the previous album. )

Best-of Album

Live albums

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