Nirgilis
Nirgilis | |
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DefSTAR (2005-2011) AMG MUSIC (2011-2014) | |
Members | Acchu Iwata Minoru Kurihara Yuki Inadera |
Past members | Moyo Satake Kōki Itō |
Website | Nirgilis Official |
Nirgilis (ニルギリス, Nirugirisu), stylized NIRGILIS, is a Japanese electronic rock band formed in 1993 by Moyo Satake and Kōki Itō. Acchu Iwata, Minoru Kurihara, and Yuki Inadera joined in 1995. Satake and Itō left the group in 2004 and 2007, respectively, leaving the group without its founders. All remaining members left the group in 2014. Revived in 2021 with singles nyan and Action! The group was represented by AMG Music, a subsidiary of Amusement Media Academy (アミューズメントメディア総合学院, Amyuzumento Media Gakuin).
History
Nirgilis was founded in 1993 by Moyo Satake and Kōki Itō, students at
Their traditional icon of the outline of a young girl, first appearing on their Tennis album cover, was made from the image of model Dani Odom (née Kayla Kessel).
"King"/"Ice Skating for Life"/"Lemon" was their first single of 2004, followed by the album Newstandard on May 26, including tracks produced by experimental musician Hoppy Kamiyama and techno musician Ken Ishii. 12" remixes of "Odoremi" by Herbest Moon were released on July 23. In December 2004, Moyo Satake left the band.
In June 2005, Nirgilis signed to the
On 29 January 2006, the
On 21 February 2007, the band released the GIRL album, followed by the "Update" single on March 14. In September of the same year, Kōki Itō left the band; two months later, the "Brand New Day" single was the group's first release without either of its founding members.
In 2008, the band traveled to the
Acchu Iwata stated on her Facebook page that "All members retired from Nirgilis on October 25, 2014. It was virtually dissolved."[8]
On June 29, 2021, nirgilis.net was updated with two new songs and a statement that the original members Moyo Satake and Kōki Itō reunited with Acchu Iwata.
Members
- Moyo Satake (1993–2004, 2021–)
- Kōki Itō (1993–2007, 2021–)
- Acchu Iwata (1995–2014, 2021–)
- Minoru Kurihara (1995–2014)
- Yuki Inadera (1995–2014)
Discography
Albums
- Tennis (テニス) (2003)
- Newstandard (ニュースタンダード) (2004)
- BOY (2006)
- GIRL (2007)
- ChkChkChk (チックチックチック, Chikkuchikkuchikku) (2008)
- RGB (2009)
- Chukuri (チュクリ) (2014)
Singles
- "Soprano" (ソプラノ) (2002)
- "Thunder" (サンダー) (2003)
- "Odoremi"/"Secret" (オドレミ / 秘密) (2003)
- "Schneider at Midnight" (真夜中のシュナイダー) (2003)
- "King"/"Ice Skating for Life"/"Lemon" (KING/アイススケート・フォー・ライフ/LEMON) (2004)
- "Odoremi Remix" (オドレミ Remix) (2004)
- "Mairebo" (マイレボ) (2005)
- "sakura" (2006)
- "24 Searchlights" (24サーチライト) (2006)
- "SNOW KISS" (2006)
- "Update" (アップデート) (2007)
- "Brand New Day" (2007)
- "kiseki" (2009)
- "Shiny Shiny" (2011)
- "Nyan Hikari" (nyan光) (2021)
- "Action!" (2021)
- "Rhapsody in the Starry Night" (2021)
- "Emo na Kakumei" (Emoな革命) (2022)
References
- DefStar Records. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ^ "Project Eureka: Music" (in Japanese). eureka-prj.net. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ^ "Sony Music Festival". Anime News Network. 27 June 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ^ これまでのお話 第1話〜第13話 (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ^ Carothers, Rachael (16 December 2008). "D.Gray-man Complete Best - Hai Fidelity". Anime News Network. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ^ "Eureka 7's NIRGILIS to Play at Houston's Anime Matsuri". Anime News Network. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ^ "NIRGILIS : kiseki" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- Facebook
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Nirgilis discography at Oricon (in Japanese)
- Nirgilis at Sony Music (in Japanese)
- Nirgilis at Anime News Network's encyclopedia