SONIC STORAGE
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[edit] Data
[edit] Members
- Kaz - guitar (Spin Aqua, Oblivion Dust, hide with Spread Beaver) - Kaz is a true musician and performer, enjoying playing on stage as much as working in the studio. He's energetic and personable, and has a flair for darker aesthetics. He recently has experience a surge of popularity both professionally and in internet fandom due to both producing Hyde and being a member of his support band.
- INA - programming (Dope HEADz, Zilch, hide with Spread Beaver) - INA is known for being surprisingly multi-talented and terribly shy on stage. He's prone to writing epic blog posts and spending days on end with no sleep in the studio, then literally hiding in his DJ station during lives. Presently he's working with Dragon Ash, RIZE, and Machine.
[edit] Concept & History
SONIC STORAGE isn't quite a band. Few are sure what they are, or if they're ever truly active - including the members, though it doesn't seem to bother them. Having met either before or during their tenure in Spread Beaver, Kaz and INA formed a close friendship and made a promise to work together, but their busy careers constantly took them in different directions. They continued to cross over, however, INA doing programming and mixing work for Kaz's various projects and Kaz touring as either support guitar or with his own band at the time with INA's.
Years passed, and it became clear that with their equally busy schedules and obligations, there would not be time for them to venture out on the experimental projects that they had in mind. There's a (silly but cute) rumor that SONIC STORAGE was formed while they were in different countries, neither of which was Japan.The concept of SONIC STORAGE is that it's not a band, or a group, but simply storage. Both artists can come together and house and collect their ideas and creativity, work with each other or with outside artists, collaborate infinitely, and never, ever be confined or tied down within the realm of music.
SONIC STORAGE has only done a small handful of work under their combined name - one track off of a compilation CD, and an intermittent series of lives for MIX LEMONed JELLY. However they continue to support each other in their various endevours, sometimes appearing like a "friendship with a copyright label". Both have made vague remarks about going back to work, so perhaps we'll see something from SONIC STORAGE in the near future.
[edit] Discography
Words of Yukinojo 2006.04.26
- 01. POISON (布袋寅泰)/ ポルノグラフィティ
- 02. 遊びにきて (PSY・S)/ 柴咲コウ meets sugiurumn
- 03. EYES LOVE YOU (hide)/ SONIC STORAGE feat.KOHSHI from FLOW
- 04. 月の舟 (池田聡)/ CHEMISTRY
- 05. 青空 (高橋幸宏)/ RYOJI from ケツメイシ feat.高橋幸宏
- 06. 悲しみよこんにちは (斉藤由貴)/ つじあやの
- 07. 天使の遺言 (早川義夫)/ 斉藤和義
- 08. 君たちキゥイ・パパイア・マンゴーだね (中原めいこ)/ BONNIE PINK meets Mansfield
- 09. 愛をちょうだい (VANILLA)/ Fever The Quarter (SHOGO from175R & TAKUYA from ROBOTS)
- 10. ダイヤモンド・ダスト (氷室京介)/ 大黒摩季
- 11. [bonus track] 熟したトマト/ 南無
[edit] Sonic?
The Sonic part of SONIC STORAGE may seem like it relates to the high velocity noise that it's dictionary definition means, and perhaps it's meant to appear like that, but the SONIC STORAGE name is probably actually taken from Sonic the Hedgehog, a popular videogame originally made by the Sega company (now defunct and bought out by various others), which both INA, Kaz, and close their circle of friends are big fans of. IKUZONE of Dragon Ash, who often plays with SONIC STORAGE live actually has a full color Sonic the Hedgehog tattoo on his left arm.
Their only piece of official merch is a t-shirt designed by INA, and showcases an 'evil' looking drawing of the Sonic character alongside garfitti-style text, including the words "Officially Suck??" The t-shirts are only available at SONIC STORAGE live events, and thus nearly impossible to obtain, considering how infrequently they play.
