rega

DOSEI 2008/10/25



4D - 2008/06/09 @Shibuya O-nest



愛媛出身の東京で活動するGt×2、Ba、Drの4人編成プログレッシヴ・ジャム・バンド。溢れ出る感情を表現する凄まじいライブは圧巻である。そのサウンドはポストロック・プログレ・オーガニックグルーヴ・ジャズ・テクノ・ブレイクビーツ・エレクトロニカなど個々の背景から鳴る音とストイックに向き合った楽曲、とにかくジャンルにとらわれない魂の音楽だ。どこからか心地良いメロディーが湧いてきて緻密に構築された楽曲であるが、人間味のある暖かさも投げかける。その根元で戯れるように遊ぶライブパフォーマンスと洗練された心地よいサウンドで各地の音好き達を魅了している。

“rega” is a Japanese progressive jam band which consists of 4 members: guitarist Ryuji Ide, bassist Akinobu Aoki, drummer Takafumi Miyake and guitarist Akira Yotumoto. They were born and raised in Ehime, a south-western part of Japan, and they carry on their activities now in Tokyo.



Their music is created out of their each music background such as post rock, progressive, organic groove, jazz, techno, breakbeats, electronica and so on, and their soulful music surpasses music genre. Tough their songs are composed thoroughly, precisely and carefully, they cast human warmth with the pleasant melody. Their live performance which expresses rush of their emotions is overwhelming.



In November 2007, their first demo hit No.1 on a sales chart of indiemusic.com, a Japanese indie music portal site. They released the single exclusively in 19 stores of Tower Records on June 4, 2008 and the next month their 1st mini album “RONDORINA” was released from JVC Victor Entertainment, Inc. They received the attention being selected as the new band of 2009 by HMV Japan. Their 1st full album “Million” released on April 8, 2009 reached No.1 on the daily rock album chart of iTunes Japan.