is a Japanese
funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...
band, formed in
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
, Japan. It has been active since 1992.
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Osaka Monaurail: biography
, Allmusic
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. Retrieved 15 March 2013. The band is now based in
Tokyo
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, Japan.
Band members
;Current
* Ryo Nakata, vocal & keyboards
* Kentaro Yamagata, trumpet
* Taihei Awaji, trumpet
* Shimon Mukai, tenor saxophone
* Dan Hayami, guitar
* Yuichi Ikeda, guitar
* Tsuyoshi Ouchi, bass guitar
* Soki Kimura, drums
;Former
* Yohchi Masago, trumpet
* Katsutoshi Hiraishi, trombone
* Dai Nakamura, bass guitar
Discography
Albums
* ''What It Is – What It Was'' (RD Records, 2000)
* ''Rumble'n Struggle'' (RD Records, 2001)
* ''Thankful'' (RD Records, 2004)
* ''Eyewitness to the Live in Heavy Funk System'' (RD Records, 2005)
* ''I Am What I Am'' by
Marva Whitney
Marva Whitney (born Marva Ann Manning; May 1, 1944 – December 22, 2012) was an American funk singer commonly referred to by her honorary title, Soul Sister #1. Whitney was considered by many funk enthusiasts to be one of the "rawest" and "brass ...
Produced by Osaka Monaurail (Shout!/P-Vine, 2006)
* ''Reality for the People'' (P-Vine, 2006)
* ''Amen, Brother (and other Funk instrumentals)'' (Unique Records, 2007) aka ''Introducing Undercover Express'' (Japanese title on P-Vine)
* ''Live in Spain'' (Shout!/P-Vine, 2009)
* ''State of the World'' (King Records, 2011)
* ''Riptide'' (Unique Records/Shout!, 2014)
Singles
* "New Type Thing" (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Jan., 2001)
* "Down and Out" (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Jan., 2001)
* "Just Bein' Free" (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Jun., 2001)
* "Mind Power (pts.1&2)" (RD Records, Nov., 2004)
* "Double-Up, Now" b/w "Groovy, Groovy, Groovy (Pt.2)" (RD Records, Nov., 2004)
* "Hot Pants Road" (pt.1) b/w "Pick Up the Pieces One By One" (pt.2) (RD Records, Apr., 2005)
* "Pick Up The Pieces One By One" (pt.1) b/w "Hot Pants Road" (pt.2) (RD Records, Apr., 2005)
* "I Am What I Am" (pts.1&2) by Martha Whitney with Osaka Monaurail (RD Records, Jun., 2006)
* "Soulsisters (of the World Unite)" b/w "It's Her Thing" by Martha Whitney with Osaka Monaurail (Shout!, Mar., 2007)
* "Quicksand" b/w "Ceora" (Shout!, Apr., 2007)
* "We Got One (A Show)" (Our Label, 2007)* "Signed, Sealed and Delivered - I'm Yours" b/w "Supershine #9" (Our Label, 2009)
* "Tighten Up" b/w "Soulful Strut" (Unique Records, 2009)
* "Hung Up" (Unique Records, 2009)
* "No Trouble On The Mountain" (featuring Shirley Davis) b/w "The Archipelago" (Unique Records, 2011)
References
External links
*
Facebook page
Japanese musical groups
Musical groups from Osaka
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