If you took Macy Gray, shrunk her down and smeared her in Bjork-sauce, you'd have Chara (aka Miwa Sato). Cute, mellow, just a little strange. "Quirky" comes to mind. Her style jumps effortlessly from soft piano pieces to loud, electro (here I go again) Katamari-ish dance tunes. "Chara chara" means "scatter-brained" in Japanese, and it's a great descriptor for her overall approach. Chara is a great antidote to all the cookie-cutter girl pop out there. She's poppy, but very original and creative.
Kiss
Official Site
Releases:
Sweet [1991.11.01]
Soul Kiss [1992.09.01]
Violet Blue [1993.09.09]
Happy Toy [1994.10.10]
Baby Baby Baby (Chara the Best) [1995.10.10]
Montage [1996.09.16] (Yen Town Band)
Junior Sweet [1997.09.21]
Strange Fruits [1999.03.17]
Live 97-99 MOOD [2000.03.08]
Caramel Milk (The Best of Chara) [2000.11.01]
Madrigal (マドリガル) [1999.03.17]
Yokae Mae (夜明けまえ Before the Dawn) [2003.03.19]
A Scenery Like Me [2004.02.18]
Something Blue [2005.08.31]
UNION [2007.02.28]
Sugar Hunter~THE BEST LOVE SONGS OF CHARA~ [2007.09.05]
Honey [2008.06.25]
Crazy For You
Fantasy
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2 comments:
Hey Zac. Cool site. Chara is the best. But your link is broken. Try taking that (br) out of it.
Thanks for the tip!
Yeah, I'm still working on quality checking all of the older entries. It's impossible to keep up with all of the various site's updates. The YouTube videos will always be an issue too... =/
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