Pizzicato Five

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

Pizzicato Five
Pizzicato Five in the early 1990s. From left: Yasuharu Konishi, Maki Nomiya, Keitarō Takanami
Pizzicato Five in the early 1990s.
From left: Yasuharu Konishi, Maki Nomiya, Keitarō Takanami
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.