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The FIRST OFFICIAL flumpool THREAD

flumpool

http://www.amuse.co.jp/artist/upload...6/photo_01.jpg

flumpool (フランプール) is a four-man Japanese band.
The band, originally from the Osaka Prefecture was formed in January 2007. The band's name is derived from the English word "four", since there are four members, they took the first letter "f", along with the word meaning mass, "lump" and the word "pool".

In October 2008, they released a digital single named Hana ni Nare (花になれ) which was a success.

M E M B E R S

Ryuuta Yamamura (Born 山村隆太 on January 21, 1985 - )
Vocals and Guitar. Blood type A. From Osaka Prefecture.

Kazuki Sakai (Born 阪井一生 on February 26, 1985 - )
Guitar. Blood type AB. From Osaka Prefecture.

Genki Amakawa (Born 尼川元気 on November 27, 1984 - )
Bass. Blood type A. From Osaka Prefecture.

Seiji Ogura (Born 小倉誠司 February 27, 1984 - )
Drums. Blood type O. From Osaka Prefecture.

C A R E E R

> 2002

o Yamamura and his childhood friend, Sakai, along with 1 other person (Amakawa), form a unit named cube, Yamamura plays acoustic guitar as well as does most vocals. Sakai also plays acoustic guitar while Amakawa plays bass guitar.

> 2007
o January 13, the band name is now changed to 'flumpool'. They meet Ogura who joins the band as the drummer. They will have lives in Osaka-jo Hall and "Live Houses" around Osaka.

o July, the production of an independent single titled "Mirai Kanai" (ミライカナイ) is announced.

> 2008
o June 25, "Mirai Kanai" (ミライカナイ) is up for sale on indiesmusic.com.
o July, the music video of "labo" is made. The video is ranked number 1 on Access Rankings.
o August 27, both Tower Records and TSUTAYA hold the 5,000 limited copies of the independant trial single, "labo"
o September 1, they are the Campaign Song Artist for the telephone servie, au KDDI "LISMO". September 20, there are plans for a song titled "Hana ni Nare" (花になれ). They are now the new face of the Song Campaign.
o September 5, they are featured on Fuji TV's Mezamashi TV and perform on television for the first time.
o October 1, release of the "Hana ni Nare" single. Their debut single with AMUSE, under the newly created sub-label, A-Sketch.
o November 5, release of the second single "Over the rain ~Hikari no Hashi~" (Over the rain 〜ひかりの橋〜).

D I S C O G R A P H Y

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I M A G E S

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N E W - S I N G L E

MW～Dear Mr.＆Ms.ピカレスク～／夏Dive
OUT 2009/ 7/ 1

I've heard of them before.

Don't they have some major tie-in coming up or something? I read something about them about that on Tokyograph.

Anyways, I saw the cover for one of their recent albums. And they were all naked on it, well, just their backs! :rofl

I think it was the Unreal mini-album cover, lol.

Maybe it's their new single =P
Listen Hana Ni Nare it's awsome! I think it's on Unreal mini-album where you can see their asses ehehe

^ It might be their new single, hmm...

So, what's their music genre and music like?

I like the pics you posted of them in 1st post, they look very stylish! And their
clothing is very trendy. ^^

their new single has a tie in with a movie :yes

anyway, i'm totally a fan of flumpool :D hana ni nare is my favorite.

i love them :) i got my friend into them too, and neither of us generally like this rock type of music

Their genre is rock.
Next week if I have time I will post their discography , oki?

Ok, thanks Foxxy. Looking forward to hearing their music. :)

i love flumpool :bshake

FLUMPOOOOOOOOL! :heart
my friend recommended "Hana ni Nare" to me & was instantly hooked!

they're amazing! i need to buy their stuff. glad to see they got a new single coming out! :D
but...Mr. & Mrs. Pikaresuku?!

not to mention Ryuuta's a cutie. x3

Tokyograph Article about the new single / movie tie-in:

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flumpool sings for Tezuka's "MW"

The band flumpool has landed a major movie tie-in. They will provide the theme song for the live-action film based on Osamu Tezuka's manga "MW." flumpool has been on the rise since their major label debut in October, which was quickly followed by a tie-in with the TBS drama series "Bloody Monday."

"MW," directed by Hitoshi Iwamoto, stars Hiroshi Tamaki and Takayuki Yamada in a thrilling story involving a chemical weapon.

flumpool's theme, titled "MW ~Dear Mr. & Mrs. Picaresque~," uses a new arrangement of a melody taken from a song from the band's indie days. The sound is said to be an up-tempo rock number. The single's release date has not been set yet, but the movie is scheduled for a July 4 release.

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4629

OH....it's "Picaresque". LOL. i get it now. xD

i'm glad flumpool's getting more exposure & tie-ins. they really do make great stuff.

^ What's the meaning behind "Picaresque" ? I don't get it. *feels lost* Lol.

i haven't read the "MW" manga, so i don't know what "Picaresque" is, exactly. sorry! xD but i was trying to figure out what "Pikaresuku" was trying to spell out since katakana is usually used with Western words.

@ juicy: Thx, I will check out that definition.

@ moments: that's ok, no worries. I think I will check out "Hana Ni Nare", as your friend recommended to you. :)

fan-net has listed the new single's release date as July 1st.

Dunno how accurate the info is, so I guess we shall wait and see for official confirmation from their official site or cdjapan.

i hope it's as good as the last single :bshake

MW Movie Trailer is out. You can hear the new flumpool song in the second half of the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK5PZXDS7oo