Pizzicato Five

This article is about the band. For their eponymous album, see Pizzicato Five (album).

Pizzicato Five
Pizzicato Five members Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi in 2001.
Pizzicato Five members Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi in 2001.
Background information
Also known as
  • Pizzicato V
  • P5
OriginTokyo, Japan
Genres
Years active1979–2001
Labels
Past members

Pizzicato Five (formerly typeset as Pizzicato V and sometimes abbreviated to P5)[4] was a Japanese pop band formed in Tokyo in 1979 by multi-instrumentalists Yasuharu Konishi and Keitarō Takanami. After some personnel changes in the late 1980s, the band gained international fame as a duo consisting of Konishi and vocalist Maki Nomiya. With their music blending together 1960s pop, jazz and synth-pop,[5] the group were a prominent component in the Shibuya-kei movement of the 1990s.[6]

Pizzicato Five was a hugely prolific group during its existence, usually releasing at least a studio album each year in addition to various EPs and remix albums. Their music has appeared in numerous movies, television episodes, and video games.

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  2. ^ Anon. (n.d.). "Shibuya-Kei". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Considine, J.D. (May 27, 1999). "Japan's Pizzicato Five overlays samples with originality". The Baltimore Sun.
  4. ^ Yang Jeff, Dina Can, Terry Hong, (1997) Eastern Standard Time pg 277 New York: Mariner Books ISBN 0-395-76341-X
  5. ^ Murphy, Tom (March 27, 2015). "A Primer on Japan's Strange, Fantastic Musical Exports". Westword. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  6. ^ Alston, Joshua (June 2015). "Pizzicato Five stripped disco to its barest essentials and turned it Japanese". Music. Retrieved January 3, 2020.