m-flo

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m-flo
Origin Japan
Genre(s) electronica, pop rap
Years active 1997 - present
Label(s) Rhythm Zone
Website http://www.m-flo.com
Members
VERBAL, Taku Takahashi
Former members
LISA

m-flo is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of producer and DJ Taku Takahashi and emcee VERBAL as of 2002, ever since the former member Lisa left the group.

As to the origins of the group's name, VERBAL had explained that it was originally "mediarite-flow," an intended misspelling of meteorite, but for the Japanese that name was too long, and so Avex had requested that the name be shortened to m-flo. VERBAL had commented that "There's no deep meaning to it. I guess we wanna have impact like a meteorite."

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[edit] Band members

[edit] Taku Takahashi

Aliases: ☆TAKU, Taku Takahashi, Startak
Born Taku Takahashi in Yokohama City, Japan on March 29, 1974. Taku and VERBAL met in Setagaya-ku's St. Mary's International School (Class of 1993). Outside of the m-flo umbrella, Taku has produced tracks for such artists as Crystal Kay and melody. He also once had his own label, Tachytelic Records, which housed Emi Hinouchi. Being the DJ in m-flo, Taku's voice is rarely heard in m-flo music. In many songs, Taku may be heard saying short, disconnected phrases such as "Let's Go!". He has had substantial rap lines only in a small number of tracks, including "The Rhyme Brokers", "gET oN!" and "VANESSA".

[edit] VERBAL

Aliases: Johnny Astro, Vincent Galluo, Mr. V, L Universe, The Funky President
Born Ryu Yeong-gi (Korean: 류영기/유영기, Hanja: 柳榮起) in Tokyo, Japan on August 21, 1975. Of Korean descent. VERBAL began rapping when he was 14. He received his bachelor's degree in theology at Boston University. He was responsible for forming espionage records; the label supported his pet projects Heartsdales and MIC BANDITZ. VERBAL has rapped for and produced many other successful J-Pop acts, including Namie Amuro, Kumi Koda, and BoA. In 2003 he contributed to the SUITE CHIC project alongside other top names in Japanese hip-hop. In 2005 he released an album, Beef or Chicken, with the Teriyaki Boyz. Today m-flo has worked with some of Japan's most popular artists and has made several collaborations.

[edit] LISA (Former member)

See main article. LISA

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Studio Albums

  1. February 23, 2000 - Planet Shining
  2. March 28, 2001 - EXPO EXPO
  3. May 26, 2004 - ASTROMANTIC
  4. August 24, 2005 - Beat Space Nine
  5. March 28, 2007 - Cosmicolor

[edit] Remix Albums

  1. August 9, 2000 - The Replacement Percussionists
  2. November 28, 2001 - EXPO Bouei Robot GRAN SONIK
  3. September 15, 2004 - ASTROMANTIC CHARM SCHOOL
  4. November 5, 2005 - Dope Space Nine
  5. September 26, 2007 - electriCOLOR -COMPLETE REMIX-

[edit] Best Albums

  1. March 5, 2003 - The Intergalactic Collection ~ギャラコレ~
  2. February 13, 2008 - Award SuperNova -Loves Best-

[edit] Compilations

  1. February 27, 2002 - Sotoshigoto ~m-flo turns it out!~
  2. March 17, 2003 - m-flo inside
  3. July 26, 2006 - m-flo inside -WORKS BEST II-

[edit] Singles

Year Single JP Album
1999 "the tripod e.p." 9 Planet Shining
1999 "Mirrorball Satellite 2012" 11 Planet Shining
1999 "L.O.T.(Love or Truth)" 20 Planet Shining
1999 "chronopsychology" 24 Planet Shining
2000 "Hands" 33 Planet Shining
2000 "Come Back To Me" 30 Planet Shining
2000 "The Quantum EP" 31 EXPO EXPO
2000 "How You Like Me Now?" 9 EXPO EXPO
2001 "come again" 4 EXPO EXPO
2001 "orbit-3" 9 EXPO EXPO
2001 "prism" 15 EXPO EXPO
2001 "Dispatch" 34 EXPO EXPO
2001 "Yours only," 25 EXPO EXPO
2003 "REEEWIND!" (m-flo loves Crystal Kay) 9 ASTROMANTIC
2003 "miss you" (m-flo loves melody. & yamamoto ryohei) 8 ASTROMANTIC
2004 "the Love Bug" (m-flo loves BoA) 8 ASTROMANTIC
2004 "let go" (m-flo loves YOSHIKA) 12 BEAT SPACE NINE
2005 "DOPAMINE" (m-flo loves EMYLI & Diggy-MO') 20 BEAT SPACE NINE
2005 "Loop In My Heart/HEY!" (m-flo loves EMYLI & YOSHIKA/m-flo loves Akiko Wada) 9 BEAT SPACE NINE
2006 "Summer Time Love" (m-flo loves Emi Hinouchi & Ryohei) 12 COSMICOLOR
2006 "Love Song" (m-flo loves BONNIE PINK) 9 COSMICOLOR
2006 "Love Long and Prosper" (m-flo loves STAR TREK) 1 - COSMICOLOR

1 Digital release only.

[edit] DVDs

Date of Release Name
September 9, 2000 TUNNEL VISION
September 27, 2001 m-flo Tour 2001 "EXPO EXPO"
March 19, 2003 The Intergalactic Collectors Item
February 23, 2005 ASTROMANTIC DVD
February 22, 2006 m-flo TOUR 2005 BEAT SPACE NINE at Nippon Budokan
October 31, 2007 m-flo TOUR 2007 COSMICOLOR at Yokohama Arena

[edit] Vinyls

Year of Release Name
2000 Planet Shining
2004 I wanna Be Down - Nite Grooves (m-flo loves Ryuichi Sakamoto)
2005 A.D.D.P (m-flo loves Monday Michiru)
2005 Vanessa/Cosmic Night Run (m-flo loves Bloodest Saxophone/m-flo loves Nomiya Maki)

[edit] Other Appearances

Name of Singer Name of Song Release Date
K. (singer) "The Love Hole feat. Verbal(m-flo)" October 16, 1999
JinuSean "Follow Me feat. m-flo" February 7, 2001
Crystal Kay "Ex-Boyfriend feat. Verbal(m-flo)" July 4, 2001
Utada Hikaru "DISTANCE [m-flo remix]" July 25, 2001
Hirai Ken "TABOO(a tip of M-FLO remix)" November 28, 2001
NAMIE AMURO & VERBAL "lovin' it" December 27, 2001
SUITE CHIC "WHAT IF feat.VERBAL(m-flo)" February 26, 2003
SUITE CHIC "Just Say So feat.VERBAL(m-flo)" February 26, 2003
Crystal Kay Crystal Kay loves m-flo - "I LIKE IT" June 18, 2003
CHEMISTRY Chemistry meets m-flo - "Now or Never" November 19, 2003
BoA "SOME DAY ONE DAY feat. VERBAL (m-flo)" January 15, 2004
Ugly Duckling Get On! Ugly Duckling Remix September 15, 2004
JHETT a.k.a. YAKKO for AQUARIUS "Sweetest feat. LISA" March 24, 2005
Nomiya Maki Nomiya Maki loves m-flo - "Big Bang Romance" September 2005
Miliyah Kato One Day 夜空 Remix October 26, 2005
YOSHIKA Yoshika loves m-flo - "let go (acoustic version)" January 18, 2006
Ryohei Ryohei feat. VERBAL (m-flo) - "onelove" March 8, 2006
melody. & Ryohei "miss you (nagareboshi REMIX)～m-flo loves melody. & Yamamoto Ryohei" April 12, 2006
LISA "TRIPOD BABY-CLASH the SOUND REMIX-/LISA ♥ m-flo" October 25, 2006
Amazing Nuts! soundtrack she loves the CREAM -Amazing Nuts! Ver.- / m-flo loves DOPING PANDA December 6, 2006
May J. "HERE WE GO feat. VERBAL (m-flo)" December 20, 2006
KM-Markit "Bakaya-row feat. VERBAL (m-flo)" January 13, 2007
MONKEY MAJIK "Picture Perfect" February 7, 2007
Ryohei "ReListen feat. LISA" February 7, 2007
melody. "BoRn 2 luv U / [melody. ♥ m-flo]" May 30, 2007
Double "Summertime feat. Verbal" 2007
Emyli "Tekito Lover feat. Verbal" 2007
DJ Deckstream "Can You Let Me Know feat. Lupe Fiasco, Verbal & Sarah Green" October 3, 2007 [1]
Ken Takagi "T.I.M.E. feat Lupe Fiasco, Verbal & anti-bose" November 17, 2007

In 2005 m-flo produced the second solo single ウソツキBOY|Usotsuki-Boy for Korean singer Sunday, who is a part of the group 天上智喜|천상지희|Chun Sang Ji Hee.

[edit] Video Games

M-flo had contributed to the video games industry by either providing songs for games, or by advertising for these games. For the first versions of the video game Beatmania IIDX, M-flo has contributed short versions of the songs "L.O.T. (Love Or Truth)", "Mirrorball Satellite 2012", "The Theme from flo jack", "been so long", and "The Rhyme Brokers". Another music video game, Dance Dance Revolution, featured the songs "The Theme from flo jack", "been so long", and "The Rhyme Brokers".

A version of the track "TRIPOD BABY" (from the album BEAT SPACE NINE) was re-released for the Shadow the Hedgehog video game that came out in November 2005. A commercial for the game, featuring Taku and Verbal, was also aired. Taku and Verbal are big fans of the character Shadow.

[edit] References

  1. ^ HMV Dj Deckstream / Deckstream Soundtracks
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