Hope - Cooya

coo:ya's music is written by Yasuyuki Honda (a.k.a. Kurage Honda), former keyboardist of “GRASS VALLEY” - a revolutionary band that debuted on the New Wave scene in the 1980s. After disbanding, Honda continued to write music and work as a sound producer for other artists and OVAs. Honda formed "face to ace" in 2001 with Ace Shimizu, who is the former guitarist of Seikima-II.

coo:ya's words are thoughtfully crafted and brought to life by miyo, who stays true to the culture of her native Japan where there was once a belief that a spiritual force known as “kotodama” reside in words. Miyo has worked on writing and a variety of other creative projects mainly in her former prefecture of Aichi. Since 2008, miyo has been the vocalist of the band "Tokyo Anastasia." She also works as a model and an MC.

The two, both skeptical of the mainstream "royal road" of the Japanese music scene, met in 1998 via a music producer. They immediately hit it off and formed the band coo:ya.

coo:ya's lyrics are all in Japanese (except for their early works), due to miyo's love for the intrinsic beauty of the language (again, I made it simpler). Their songs weave yin and yang of emotions that are universal to all human beings. coo:ya continues to depict an agonizing, visional, and yet realistic world through their personal mind filters, without being confined to any genre of music.

As coo:ya only releases songs that both miyo and Honda are truly satisfied with, the unveiling of new work is highly irregular. coo:ya does not perform live shows, which makes them a solitary band that is far away from "commercial music."


Official URL > http://www.coo-ya.com/
miyo Official URL > http://www.miyo-web.net/

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