Osaka Monaurail
Osaka Monaurail is a Japanese funk band, formed in Osaka, Japan. It has been active since 1992. The band is now based in Tokyo, 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
Discography
Albums
- What It Is – What It Was
- Rumble'n Struggle
- Thankful
- Eyewitness to the Live in Heavy Funk System
- I Am What I Am by Marva Whitney Produced by Osaka Monaurail
- Reality for the People
- Amen, Brother aka Introducing Undercover Express
- Live in Spain
- State of the World
- ''Riptide''
Singles
- "New Type Thing"
- "Down and Out"
- "Just Bein' Free"
- "Mind Power "
- "Double-Up, Now" b/w "Groovy, Groovy, Groovy "
- "Hot Pants Road" b/w "Pick Up the Pieces One By One"
- "Pick Up The Pieces One By One" b/w "Hot Pants Road"
- "I Am What I Am" by Martha Whitney with Osaka Monaurail
- "Soulsisters " b/w "It's Her Thing" by Martha Whitney with Osaka Monaurail
- "Quicksand" b/w "Ceora"
- "We Got One " * "Signed, Sealed and Delivered - I'm Yours" b/w "Supershine #9"
- "Tighten Up" b/w "Soulful Strut"
- "Hung Up"
- "No Trouble On The Mountain" b/w "The Archipelago"