Capsule (band)


Capsule is a Japanese electronica band consisting of producer Yasutaka Nakata and vocalist Toshiko Koshijima.
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Career

Capsule formed in November 1997, after Yasutaka Nakata and Toshiko Koshijima met at the Teens' Music Festival in the Hokuriku area convention when they were both 17 years old. Their first single was "Sakura", released in March 2001 on Yamaha Music Communications. Their first album, High Collar Girl, was significantly different from their later works in that it did not involve nearly as much use of synthesizers or contain futuristic/electronic sounds.
Capsule's style in albums up to L.D.K. Lounge Designers Killer was frequently referred to as "neo-Shibuya-kei" due to their stylistic similarities, both aesthetically and musically, to acts from the Shibuya-kei movement of the 1990s, most notably Pizzicato Five. It contained elements of bossa nova, lounge and breakbeat. From Fruits Clipper on their style was increasingly electro house.
Capsule is known for frequently licensing their music for use on television programs in Japan, such as Utawara Hot Hit 10, Hello! Morning, and Nankai Paradise. Yugo Nakamura's studio, Tha of Japan, used Capsule's music for promotional TV and web advertisements for KDDI. Their song Portable Airport is featured in promos for The Comedy Channel on Australian pay TV. The album More! More! More! ranked 6th in its first week on the Oricon weekly album chart, and ranked 3rd on the daily chart, marking their first time in the top 10.
On January 19, 2010, Capsule released "Love or Lies" which was used as an insert song for the show Liar Game Season 2 and the movie Liar Game: The Final Stage. It was included on their album, Player, which was released on March 3, 2010.
Their twelfth studio album, initially titled KILLER WAVE, was originally slated for a March 23, 2011, release. But following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the album title was changed to World of Fantasy and its release was postponed to May 25, 2011.
The band's fourteenth album, Caps Lock, was released on October 23, 2013. Their fifteenth album, Wave Runner, was released on Feb 18, 2015.
Capsule's first new song in six years, Hikari no Disco, was teased in April 2021 and was released on June 3, 2021. On October 25, 2022, Capsule announced their 16th studio album, titled Metro Pulse, which was released on December 14.

Discography

Maxi singles

  1. "Sakura"
  2. "Hanabi"
  3. "Tokyo Kissa"
  4. "Music Controller"
  5. "Plastic Girl"
  6. "Candy Cutie"
  7. "Retro Memory"

12" vinyl singles

  1. "Cutie Cinema Pre-Play"
  2. "Tone Cooking"
  3. "Idol Fancy"
  4. "Portable Airport"
  5. "Space Station No.9"
  6. "Aeropolis"
  7. "Jelly"
  8. "Starry Sky"
  9. "Capsule rmx EP"
  10. "Musixxx / I'm Feeling You"
  11. "Jumper"

Digital singles

  1. cafe unice
  2. Sugarless GiRL
  3. more more more
  4. the Time is Now
  5. Love or Lies -LIAR GAME original ver-
  6. Stay with You -LIAR GAME original ver-
  7. WORLD OF FANTASY
  8. Step on The Floor
  9. CONTROL
  10. Feel Again
  11. Another World
  12. Hero
  13. White As Snow
  14. Hikari no Disco
  15. Utsusemi
  16. Future Wave
  17. Virtual Freedom

Albums

  1. High Collar Girl
  2. Cutie Cinema Replay
  3. phony phonic
  4. S.F. sound furniture
  5. Nexus-2060
  6. L.D.K. Lounge Designers Killer
  7. Fruits Clipper
  8. Sugarless Girl
  9. Flash Back
  10. More! More! More!
  11. Player
  12. World of Fantasy
  13. Stereo Worxxx
  14. Caps Lock
  15. Wave Runner
  16. ''Metro Pulse''

Compilations

  1. Flash Best
  2. Rewind Best-1
  3. ''Rewind Best-2''

Remix albums

  1. ''Capsule rmx''