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Cicada (Japanese band)

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CICADA
シケイダ
OriginJapan
Genres
Years active2012 – March 2019
Labelspara de casa
Past members
  • Ryosuke Hitsuda
  • Akiko Kido
  • Chokyo Kimura
  • Shunsuke Ochi
  • Sosuke Oikawa
  • Tomo Wakabayashi

Cicada (stylized as CICADA) was a Japanese trip-hop band formed in 2012 and disbanded in March 2019.

History[edit]

Cicada formed in late 2012 when band member Tomo Wakabayashi began searching for members of a trip-hop band on the social networking site mixi. The name Cicada comes from the video game Front Mission, which features a mecha called Cicada.[1]

Cicada performed at the Apple Music Festival in 2014.[1]

The band's debut album BED ROOM was released on February 4, 2015 on record label para de casa.[1] Their second album, Formula, was also released by para de casa on November 9, 2016.[2] They later signed with Universal Music Japan.[3]

Cicada broke up in March 2019.[4] Oikawa started a new band called Roomies.[4]

Members[edit]

Cicada was initially composed of five members.[1]

  • Ryosuke Hitsuda (櫃田良輔), drums
  • Akiko Kido (城戸あき子), vocals[2]
  • Chokyo Kimura (木村朝教), bass
  • Sosuke Oikawa (及川創介), keyboard[4]
  • Tomo Wakabayashi (若林とも), guitar, keyboard, sampler

Shunsuke Ochi (越智俊介) joined the band in 2017 as bassist, replacing Kimura.[5]

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

  • BED ROOM (2015)
  • Formula (2016)
  • ESCAPE (2018)

Mini albums[edit]

  • Eclectic (2013)
  • blue nude (2014)
  • Loud Colors (2016)

Singles and EPs[edit]

  • stand alone (2015)
  • "Harvest" / "Party Out" (2017)
  • "u got my love" (2019)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "根っからのミュージック・ラヴァーたちが創る音楽!ーーCICADA、1stフル・アルバムを先行フル試聴 [Music created by die-hard music lovers!--CICADA's 1st full album preview in full]" (in Japanese). OTOTOY. January 31, 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b St. Michel, Patrick (November 27, 2016). "Electronic twists set apart Cicada's 'Formula' from its peers". The Japan Times. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  3. ^ "CICADA、ユニバーサルミュージックより今冬メジャーデビュー [CICADA makes major debut this winter from Universal Music]". 音楽ナタリー [Ongaku Natalie] (in Japanese). May 27, 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "及川創介（ex.CICADA）、新バンド・Roomiesを結成 [Sosuke Oikawa (ex.CICADA) forms new band Roomies]". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). July 10, 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2024. 2019年3月に解散したCICADAのキーボード及川創介が結成したRoomies。[Roomies was formed by Sosuke Oikawa, keyboardist of CICADA, which disbanded in March 2019.]
  5. ^ "CICADA 新ベーシストとして越智俊介（ex.カラスは真っ白）正式加入 [Shunsuke Ochi (ex. Crow is pure white) officially joins CICADA as new bassist]". Billboard Japan. April 13, 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

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