Years active 2005-present Past members Aoki Yutaka (guitar) | ||
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Associated acts Number GirlZazen BoysSyrup16gLost in Timedowny Members Ahito Inazawa, Daiki Nakahata, Yutaka Aoki Albums SA-KA-NA ELECTRIC DEVICE Record labels Universal Music Group, DAIZAWA RECORDS Similar Profiles | ||
Vola and the Oriental Machine (also known as Vola) is a four-member Japanese rock band formed by ex-Number Girl and Zazen Boys drummer Ahito Inazawa in 2005. The group is named after the soccer team Vola F.C., which was also the name of the short-lived band formed by Inazawa before Number Girl's disbandment in 2002.
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History
After parting ways with Zazen Boys due to creative differences in early 2005, drummer Ahito Inazawa formed Vola and the Oriental Machine. Inazawa, well known for his maniac drumming in Number Girl, Zazen Boys and numerous other projects, surprised the Japanese rock scene by ditching his drumsticks and taking the position of a frontman instead. He took on the moniker Vola and handles guitar and vocals in the band. Aoki Yutaka from downy joined him on the guitar, Nakahata Daiki from Syrup16g was recruited to handle the drums and Arie Yoshinori from Lost in Time on the bass guitar.
The band released their debut, a 7-track mini-album Waiting for My Food on January 25, 2006. The band's first full album Android: Like a House Mannequin was released April 11, 2007. The CD includes a remix of Yume Shindan produced by Polysics lead singer, Hiroyuki Hayashi. Music from the album was featured in a commercial for the popular Japanese magazine, PS (Pretty Style).
Current
Past
Albums
- Principle of Machine
- A Communication Refusal Desire
- Concour
- Nageri to Kasuppa
- Yume Shindan
- Fatal Incident (Please Take My Breath Away)
- Song of Ruin
- Oriental Machine
- Mexico Pub
- Waiting for My Food
- Hane no Hikari (album ver.)
- Mind Control
- Food's Next
- Blue Song
- Yume Shindan (Carte.......Nashi.......mix)
- To-Ki-Me-I-Te Tonight flight
- The Counterattack of the Dreamer (Yumemibito no Gyakushu)
- S.E.
- Self-Defense
- An Imitation's Superstar
- 深海における捕食行動考 (Interlude)
- Soft Genocide
- 人造人間症候群 (Interlude)
- Internal Division
- X線技師の苦悩 (Interlude)
- Double Standard
- Oriental Melancholy
- Turning Turning
- Weekend Lovers
- Dark Emperor
- No Dream
- In the Morning
- The Sea of the Sand
- A Sick Island
- Dead or Dance!!
- Kirakira Future days
- The Empire of Vola
- Thank You My Force
- Risky the Stars
- Magic Tantric Dancehall
- Rough Consensus: 特定問題に関する「集団の感覚」
- Flag
- 80s Man
- Hello Darkness, My New World
- Panic in the Tokyo
- The Beginning of the Beginning
Singles
- Hane no Hikari
- Comeback in Darkness
- Kamu Neko
- Weekend Lovers
- Sweet Men
Songs
Principle of machineWAITING FOR MY FOOD · 2006
Turning TurningSA-KA-NA ELECTRIC DEVICE · 2009
An Imitation's SuperstarHalan'na-Ca Darkside · 2008