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TRF
| Artist: TRF |
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- Formed: 1993
- Genres: Rock
- Representative Albums: "Works: The Best of TRF," "This Is the Truth," "Lif-E-Motions"
Biography
That the sounds of Eurobeat dominated the Japanese charts in the 1990s, an era influenced by techno music and the rave scene, is largely the result of one man: Tetsuya Komuro. In 1992, the producer created TRF Rave Factory, arguably Japan's first Eurobeat group and one which brought Europe's underground rave scene to the top of the Japanese pop charts. Breaking sales records in the mid-'90s, the five-piece, comprised of female vocalist Yu-ki, DJ Koo, and dancers Sam, Etsu and Chiharu. Komuro wrote and produced most of their hits until the band largely ended their association with him in 1996. By that time, TRF -- as the band soon came to be known -- had sold 20 million singles and albums combined, and set the template for the all-conquering Eurobeat sound that would be adopted by hordes of J-pop chart toppers, from Ayumi Hamasaki on down. Japan's most successful producer of the '90s, Komuro had already tasted some success a decade before as leader of the techno/rave group TMN. As that group's career drew to a close at the end of the '80s, Komuro moved to Britain, immersing himself in the local rave and dance scenes before moving back to his homeland, resolving to mix the trance rhythms he had heard overseas with simple, karaoke-friendly lyrics and breezy melodies and bring the formula to young female Japanese record buyers. TRF would be Komuro's principal outlet for this new music. TRF debuted in 1992 with the simultaneous release of an album, This Is the Truth, and the single "Going 2 Dance." By the end of that year, This Is the Truth had sold 400,000 copies. With 1994's "Survival Dance/No No Cry More," the group began a run of five consecutive million-selling singles. The last of these, "Overnight Sensation," won the music industry's Japan Record Award in 1995. The band's early albums broadened the Eurobeat sound with R&B, house and disco influences. Komuro may have been composing the band's music, but he rarely appeared with the band in performance, allowing the focus to fall on Yu-ki's soulful vocals, DJ Koo's turntablist skills, and the hyper-energetic dance routines of Sam, Etsu and Chiharu. Japan's record-buying public hadn't seen anything like it. TRF's rise coincided with that of their record label, Avex, which quickly sought to cash in on the boom by signing and releasing other dance acts, also often produced by Komuro, such as Namie Amuro. The label also opened Velfarre, a club in Tokyo's party district of Roppongi that became associated with the Eurobeat sound. In 1997, Yu-ki took some time out from the band, playing the voice in the animated Elmer No Boken (My Father's Dragon) and releasing a solo single. As the Eurobeat sound became overexposed, TRF's sales suffered, with their 1998 single Unite! The Night! failing to perform as impressively as previous albums. Since 2000, TRF have focused less on chart success and more on the club scene, despite the closure of the superclub Velfarre, with the release of several remix albums. In 2006, TRF released their first album of new material in six years, the double-CD/DVD set Lif-E-Motions. The album included collaborations with labelmates BoA, Every Little Thing, and AAA, among others. ~ David Hickey, All Music Guide| Discography: TRF |
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| TRF | |
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| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | J-Pop |
| Years active | 1992 - Present |
| Labels | avex trax |
| Website | http://trf.avexnet.or.jp/ |
| Members | |
| DJ Koo Sam Etsu Yuki Chiharu |
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TRF (Tetsuya Komuro Rave Factory) is a Japanese popular music group. Its members are rapper DJ Koo, lead vocalist Yuki, and dancers Chiharu, Etsu, and Sam.
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History
The band debuted as trf in the year 1993. During the period of 1994 to 1995, the band released 5 singles produced by Tetsuya Komuro, each selling over a million copies under the Avex record label. In 1995, their song "Overnight Sensation: Jidai wa Anata ni Yudaneteru" received a Japan Record Award.
The following year, the band changed their name to an all-capital TRF with their single "Hey! Ladies & Gentlemen".
Yuki has also done voice acting for a children's animation movie Elmer's Adventure: My Father's Dragon, for which she sang the opening theme song as well. She has also performed the opening song to the 2006 Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kabuto as well as several variants to it.
Chiharu has worked on the choreography for J-Pop singer Shizuka Kudō, and has appeared in a drama as herself.
The song "Lights and Any More" has been used as opening theme of the anime Wangan Midnight, and their song Silence Whispers has been used as the second ending theme for the anime Black Jack 21.
Discography
Singles
- 'Going 2 Dance, Open Your Mind' (25 February 1993)
- 'Ez Do Dance' (21 June 1993)
- 'Ai ga Mou Sukoshi Hoshiyo' (21 November 1993)
- 'Silver and Gold dance' (21 November 1993)
- 'Samui Yoru dakara...' (16 December 1993)
- 'survival dAnce 'no no cry more' ' (25 May 1994)
- 'Boy Meets Girl' (22 June 1994)
- 'Crazy Gonna Crazy' (1 January 1995)
- 'masquerade / Winter Grooves' (1 February 1995)
- 'Overnight Sensation' (8 March 1995)
- 'Brand New Tomorrow' (25 October 1995)
- 'Happening Here / teens' (11 December 1995)
- 'Love & Peace Forever' (21 March 1996)
- 'Hey! Ladies & Gentlemen' (12 June 1996)
- 'Brave Story' (24 July 1996)
- 'Silent Night' (6 November 1996)
- 'Legend Of Wind' (11 December 1996)
- 'dragons' dance' (25 June 1997)
- 'Unite! The Night!' (18 February 1998)
- 'Frame' (25 March 1998)
- 'Try or Cry' (29 April 1998)
- 'Be Free' (23 September 1998)
- 'embrace / slug and soul' (5 November 1998)
- 'Joy' (3 February 1999)
- 'Wired' (21 April 1999)
- 'He Lives in You' (25 August 1999)
- 'Burst drive Mix' (23 March 2000)
- 'Burst drive Mix -2nd mix-' (31 May 2000)
- 'Burst drive Mix -3rd mix-' (26 July 2000)
- '"Da! Da! Da!" SEB Purezentsu BOY MEETS GIRL with TRF' (23 August 2000)
- 'Burst drive Mix -4th mix-' (20 September 2000)
- 'Burst drive mix -5th mix-' (22 November 2000)
- 'Where to begin' (18 January 2006) Oricon Weekly Chart Position #18, 1 week
- 'Silence Whispers' (30 August 2006)
- 'We are all BLOOMIN' (29 November 2006)
- 'Innovation' (October 17, 2007)
- 'Live Your Days' (April 23, 2008)
12 inch vinyls
- 'Open Your Mind' (Released in USA only, Radikal Records, 1993) known as TRF Rave Factory
Albums
- trf "This is the Truth" (25 February 1993)
- Hyper Techno Mix (21 May 1993)
- EZ Do Dance / trf (21 July 1993)
- World Groove (9 February 1994)
- trf Hyper Mix (27 April 1994)
- Billionaire (27 July 1994)
- dAnce to positive (27 March 1995)
- Hyper Mix 4 (21 June 1995)
- Brand New Tomorrow (11 December 1995)
- The Live (21 February 1996)
- Works -The best of TRF- (1 January 1998)
- Unite (20 May 1998)
- Loop # 1999 (19 May 1999)
- Burst drive mix -Album- (27 December 2000)
- Lif-e-Motions (15 February 2006)
- TRF 15th Anniversary Best Memories (7 February 2007)
- Gravity (11 February 2009)
DVD
- TRF Tour 1999 (29 March 2000)
- World Groove (29 March 2000)
- trf TOUR '94 Billionaire - Boy Meets Girls (29 March 2000)
- Ultimate Films 1994-1995 (29 March 2000)
- trf TOUR '95 dAnce to positive Overnight Sensation (29 March 2000)
- Brand New Tomorrow in Tokyo Dome -Presentation for 1996- (29 March 2000)
- TRF Live in Yokohama Arena (29 March 2000)
- TRF Tour '98 Live in Unite! (29 March 2000)
- Video Clips (11 December 2002)
- Works -The Best of TRF- (28 January 2004) - An audio DVD
Video
- World Groove (26 September 1994)
- trf Tour '94 Billionaire - Boy Meets Girls (16 December 1994)
- Ultimate Films 1994-1995 (21 June 1995)
- trf Tour '95 dance to positive Overnight Sensation (22 November 1995)
- Brand New Tomorrow in Tokyo Dome -Presentation for 1996- (21 February 1996)
- TRF Live in Yokohama Arena (30 April 1997)
- TRF Tour '98 Live in Unite! (17 September 1998)
- Rave 2001 Dancer Selection vol.1 (30 June 1999)
- TRF Tour 1999 (15 December 1999)
Compilations
- Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album (December 19, 2007)
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