Website www.specialothers.com | Years active 1995–present | |
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Members Yanagishita Takeshi, Miyahara Ryōta, Serizawa Yūma, Mitayoshi Yūya Record labels Victor Talking Machine Company, JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment Albums PB, WINDOW, THE GUIDE, QUEST, Good Morning Profiles |
Sim redmond band special others life is water
Special Others is a Japanese band that blends improvised jazz with post-rock influences. Their lyrics, on non-instrumental songs, mix English and Japanese words, often extraordinarily exemplify: difficult to decipher. The members of the band met in high school and formed the group in 1995. They began performing in earnest in 2000, and their first major release, Indy-Ann, remained in the CRJ-tokyo charts for seven weeks.
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- Sim redmond band special others life is water
- Special others laurentech
- Band members
- Studio albums
- Songs
- References

Their first release on NMNL Records was the EP "Ben" which entered the Tower Records Shibuya indie chart at No. 1, and No. 2 in the national Tower Records chart. After releasing their second EP, "Uncle John", in June, 2005, the band played at the Fuji Rock Festival in July.

In June, 2006, they released "Idol", which was followed by a sell-out gig at Daikanyama UNIT in July, the release "Aims" at Tower Records in October, and the release of their long-awaited first full album, "Good Morning", on November 22. The band toured with Asian Kung-Fu Generation from late 2006, with guest appearances at five performances across Japan.
Special others laurentech
Band members

Studio albums

- Ben
- Ngoro Ngoro
- Peacefultree
- Cacao
- Khechi Khechi
- Mellotron
- Khechi Khechi (Uchida Naoyuki Dub mix)
- Mellotron (Iwaki Kentarou remix)
- Random
- Sunshine
- Random
- Uncle John
- Meal
- Mellotron
- Idol
- Aului
- Saudade
- Mambo No.5
- Quinto
- Saudade (Kl mix)
- Mambo No.5 (Milch of Source remix)
- Mambo No.5
- Quinto
- Aims
- Mambo No.5 (live)
- Mellotron (live)
- Aims
- Good Morning
- Circle
- Yagi&Ryota
- Around the World
- Session
- Koya
- Comboy
- KHN
- Door of the Cosmos (The Stars Are Singing Too)
- Surdo
- Aims (live)
- Meltoron (live)
- Star
- Surdo
- When You Wish upon a Star
- All Things - Part 1
- All Things - Part 2
- Aului 80 - Self remix
- Laurentech
- Star (live)
- Ben (live)
- Night Paradise
- Laurentech
- Ovelia
- Quest
- Bump
- Johnson
- Apollo
- Ubiquitous
- ACN
- Hankachi
- Title
- PB
- Stay
- SP in Wednesday
- Charlie
- Silent
- Potato
- Twilight
- Life
- Sunrise
- Wait for The Sun
- It's my house
- Parabola
- The Guide
- Luster
- Draft
- Tomorrow
- RCA (MONO)
- Go home
- Ido
- Sailin' feat. Kj (from Dragon Ash)
- Ano Kuni Made feat. Nobuo Ooki (from ACIDMAN) & Atsushi Horie (from STRAIGHTENER)
- Karappo feat. Kiyosaku (from MONGOL800)
- Iyomante Upopo feat. MAREWREU
- Dance In Tsurumi feat. Masafumi Goto (from ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION)
- Door feat. Cypress Ueno & Roberto Yoshino
- ROOT
- ORION
- Raindrops
- beautiful world
- ORGAN BASS
- Hawaiian Secret Beat
- barrel
- Dance Festival
- Provence
- Have a Nice Day

Songs
Sailin'Special Others · 2011
KarappoSpecial Others · 2011
Uncle JohnLive at Nippon Budokan 130629 - SPE Summit 2013 · 2013