Vola and the Oriental Machine
Vola and the Oriental Machine is a four-member Japanese rock band formed by Number Girl and ex-Zazen Boys drummer Ahito Inazawa in 2005. The group is named after the soccer team Vola F.C., which was also the name of the short-lived band formed by Inazawa before Number Girl's disbandment in 2002.
History
After parting ways with Zazen Boys due to creative differences in early 2005, drummer Ahito Inazawa formed Vola and the Oriental Machine. Inazawa, well known for his maniac drumming in Number Girl, Zazen Boys and numerous other projects, surprised the Japanese rock scene by ditching his drumsticks and taking the position of a frontman instead. He took on the moniker Vola and handles guitar and vocals in the band. Aoki Yutaka from downy joined him on the guitar, Nakahata Daiki from Syrup16g was recruited to handle the drums and Arie Yoshinori from Lost in Time on the bass guitar.The band released their debut, a 7-track mini-album Waiting for My Food on January 25, 2006. The band's first full album Android: Like a House Mannequin was released April 11, 2007. The CD includes a remix of Yume Shindan produced by Polysics lead singer, Hiroyuki Hayashi. Music from the album was featured in a commercial for the popular japanese magazine, PS.
Members
Current
- Ahito Inazawa Born on June 6, 1973, in Fukuoka, Japan.
- Arie Yoshinori Born on December 25, 1969, in Fukuoka, Japan.
- Daiki Nakahata Born on July 25, 1974, in Aomori, Japan.
- Eisuke Narahara Born on August 6, 1981 Chiba, Japan. Previously performing as a support member after Aoki Yutaka's departure, Narahara, joined the band as a full-time member on December 1, 2008.
Past
- Aoki Yutaka Born on January 29, 1970, in Ibaraki, Japan, died March 19, 2018. Withdrew from the band on September 30, 2008, in order to devote more time with instrumental rock band unkie. Post-rock band downy guitarist.
Discography
Albums
Waiting for My Food- Principle of Machine
- A Communication Refusal Desire
- Concour
- Nageri to Kasuppa
- Yume Shindan
- Fatal Incident
- Song of RuinAndroid: Like a House Mannequin
- Oriental Machine
- Mexico Pub
- Waiting for My Food
- Hane no Hikari
- Mind Control
- Food's Next
- Blue Song
- Yume Shindan
- To-Ki-Me-I-Te Tonight flight
- The Counterattack of the Dreamer Halan'na-ca Darkside
- S.E.
- Self-Defense
- An Imitation's Superstar
- 深海における捕食行動考
- Soft Genocide
- 人造人間症候群
- Internal Division
- X線技師の苦悩
- Double StandardSa-Ka-Na Electric Device
- Oriental Melancholy
- Turning Turning
- Weekend Lovers
- Dark Emperor
- No Dream
- In the Morning
- The Sea of the Sand
- A Sick Island
- Dead or Dance!!
- Kirakira Future daysPrinciple
- The Empire of Vola
- Thank You My Force
- Risky the Stars
- Magic Tantric Dancehall
- Rough Consensus: 特定問題に関する「集団の感覚」
- Flag
- 80s Man
- Hello Darkness, My New World
- Panic in the Tokyo
- The Beginning of the BeginningTransducer
- Hangover & Volafc.Com
- Mac-Roy
- Rare Case a Windows
- Perfect Yellow
- Winter Ghost
- Parallel lines
- Last Dance
Singles
Hane no Hikari- Hane no Hikari
- Comeback in Darkness
- Kamu Neko50/50
- Weekend Lovers
- Sweet Men