Shanadoo

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page.
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for music. Please help to establish notability by adding reliable, secondary sources about the topic. If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. (March 2011)
Shanadoo
Origin Japan
Genres Eurodance, Pop
Years active 2006–present
Labels Icezone Music, avex
Website www.shanadoo.com (German)
Members
Junko Fukuda
Chika Shibuya
Manami Fuku
Marina Genda

Shanadoo is a Japanese Eurodance group formerly produced in Germany and now produced in Japan. The majority of their recorded works have been Japanese covers of a German dance act, E-Rotic.

Contents

[edit] Members

[edit] Information

Shanadoo is an all female group made up of four young Japanese women from the Platinum Production agency. Shibuya, Fukuda and Fuku had worked together before the Shanadoo project had started as a part of Avex Trax's promotional unit, Vivace. Vivace's activities included work as race queens, bikini pin-up modeling and even a few Japanese Eurobeat-style recordings for various Avex Trax music compilations such as Girl's Box. Genda was later added to the group as Lead Vocalist once the Shanadoo project went into project with noted Eurodance Producer, David Brandes. Brandes' production credits include acts such as E-Rotic, Bad Boys Blue and Vanilla Ninja.

Released on June 16, 2006 through one of Brandes' record labels, Icezone Music, Shanadoo's first single, "King Kong", a cover of E-Rotic's 2000 work of the same name, later recovered in 2005 by Hinoi Team in Japan, was met with great success. Shanadoo's works were exclusive to Germany and other European markets, such as Austria, until December 2006, when avex announced that a then untitled debut album would be released on February 28, 2007 in Japan. In January 2007, it was announced by Icezone Music that Shanadoo's fourth single, to be released on March 9, 2007 in Germany, would be original content instead of a Japanese cover of E-Rotic.

Shanadoo has remained active in 2008, with their activities shifting from Germany to Japan. They are currently building a fan following by frequently performing at numerous music festivals and events. Shanadoo also announced in late 2008, a collaboration with Japanese clothing design house Kiks Tyo to have their likeness appear on a designer t-shirt line set for release in early 2009.

On December 18, 2008, after a brief mention on Shanadoo's official blog in November 2008 of a new song "No Crime" being performed at recent live events, the Nintendo Wii video game Dance Dance Revolution Full Full Party was released in Japan featuring a short edit of the song. On January 29, 2009 an official soundtrack for the game is scheduled to be released that features a full version of the song. "No Crime" is produced by Japanese video game sound producer, Naoki Maeda, and is the first of Shanadoo's recorded works to not be produced by David Brandes. On November 25, 2009 Shanadoo released their third studio album entitled, "Launch Party!!!".

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

[edit] Albums

[edit] Compilations

  • [2007.07.27] Ballerman Hits 2007 (Disc 02/Track 14: Fly Me To Shanghai)
  • [2007.09.26] Para OK? Parapara Dondake. Paraoke Ikahodo (Track 12: King Kong)
  • [2008.09.17] Zip Dance Nation: Zip-FM 15th Anniversary -Best Hit Dance- (Track 36: King Kong)
  • [2009.09.30] Z-Nation Supported by House Nation (Track 25: World's End Supernova (DJ Kanbe Club Mix))
  • [2009.10.07] House Nation Terminal Disco (Track 25: Next Life (Caramel Pod Club Mix))

[edit] Soundtracks

[edit] Downloads

  • [2008.12.18] No Crime (Available from Konami's Konami Music Full digital download service for Japanese cellphones.)
  • [2009.03.04] House Nation Digital Vol. 1 (Track 16: Next Life (Caramel Pod Club Mix)
  • [2009.09.30] Love Space Ship / World's End Supernova

[edit] The Symbol Track List

  1. "Think About" (original)
  2. "Lover On The Run" ("Lemmings On The Run" by E-Rotic)
  3. "Gotta Get It Groovin'" ("Gotta Get It Groovin'" by E-Rotic)
  4. "Japanese Boy" ("Japanese Boy" by Aneka)
  5. "Heart To Heart" ("Test My Best" by E-Rotic)
  6. "Bonjour Tristesse" ("Dance With The Vamps" by E-Rotic)
  7. "You Are My Daydream" ("I Feel Your Heartbeat" by E-Rotic)
  8. "Hypnotized" (original)
  9. "Once She Gets Tired" (original)
  10. "From Time To Time" ("Rave Me Dave" by E-Rotic)
  11. "L.O.V.E." ("L.O.V.E. (Sex On The Beach)" by E-Rotic)
  12. "Fly Me To Shanghai" ("Oh Nick Please Not So Quick (Flute Version)" by E-Rotic)
  13. "King Kong (Remix 2007)" ("King Kong" by E-Rotic, later by Hinoi Team)
  14. "Japanese Boy (Extended Version)"
  15. "Think About (Extended Version)"

[edit] Welcome To Tokyo

See main article: Welcome To Tokyo

[edit] Launch Party!!! Track List

The track listing for the band's 2009 album Launch Party!!!

  • 1. "Love Space Ship"
  • 2. "Next Life"
  • 3. "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah"
  • 4. "World's End Supernova"
  • 5. "Sound Space Scope"
  • 6. "Merry Time"
  • 7. "WALK'in ON!!"
  • 8. "Real Intention"
  • 9. "You Make Me"
  • 10. "Don't Call Me Baby (2010)"
  • 11. "Peaceful Morning"
  • 12. "Carry On"
  • 13. "Dora Theme Song (SHANADOO version)"
  • 14. "Next Life (Caramel Pod Club Mix)"
  • 15. "No Crime"

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Singles

Year Title
Album		 Charts
GER Singles AUT Singles
2006 King Kong
Welcome To Tokyo		 15 14
2006 My Samurai
Welcome To Tokyo		 17 15
2006 Guilty of Love
Welcome To Tokyo		 30 32
2007 Hypnotized
Welcome To Tokyo/The Symbol		 54 65
2007 Japanese Boy
The Symbol		 23
2007 Think About
The Symbol		 44

[edit] Albums

Year Charts Charts
DE Alben
2006 Welcome to Tokyo 63
2007 The Symbol TBA
Year Charts Charts
JP Oricon
2009 Launch Party!!! TBA

[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shanadoo&oldid=465211290"
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export
Languages