Nao Katafuchi (Superfortress)
New York City, New York, United States | INDIE
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"This new album pulls off a more fleshed-out and drama-vocaled electrofunk that triangulates between Bowie's Scary Monsters, A Flock of Seagulls, and Wax Trax Records." - THE VILLAGE VOICE
"Superfortress is sticking to its own path. This is a different brand of 80s-flavoured music, with more originality, spunk, creativity and slick danceability-- Superfortress has the retro originality that it takes to stand out of the crowd of new rock bands. Lovely. " - Amazon.com
"Nao is a musical genius, and all ten tracks on the album demonstrate that that claim is no understatement. If you're a fan of eighties-style electronic music and you, for lack of a better term, miss the eighties, order Superfortress' debut. If you're into that sort of thing, it's very doubtful you'll be disappointed." - Amazon.com
Superfortress, who play frantic and dancy electro-punk with heavy reliance on an old sequencer that runs on floppy disks. The lead singer, who goes simply by Nao, held down the fort with great stage presence featuring a lot of ticking nervously and idiosyncratic banter in between songs. I saw a strong lyrical affinity with the Talking Heads' first album; and though lyrics in this vein often run the risk of being unappealing, Superfortress pulls it off quite well. - The Deli Magazine
Could easily have fit on the shelves with any of the 1980's best synth pop-rock cassettes (and early CDs). Songs like "Missing People" and "Ghost Town" are superbly executed and fun.
- Delusions of Adequacy
Superfortress is not just a band but a vehicle that takes you into the rock stratosphere, with a particularly unique sound that not only can take you high, penetrate the soul, but assault your aural lobes with a groovy sensationalism. - Zladeware Media Studios
New York's own David Bowie reincarnate in the form of... a small Japanese man who knows the meaning of the word "performance" - myopenbar.com
We felt like dancing to our last final exam this morning, so we threw on the hyper Tokyo-NY sounds of Superfortress on the ol' iPod. Rockin', edgy, and electronic, Nao knows how to craft some catchy and flat-out excellent songs. - The Deli Magazine
Discography
(as Superfortress)
CANDY APPLE II - EP April 2008
SUPERFORTRESS - LP May 2005
Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/superfortressnyc
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Bio
Superfortress is an electronic music project by Japanese musician Nao Katafuchi in New York City.
It originally started as an experimental electronic music project in early 2000's. After playing gigs with a number of guest musicians, the project evolved to a rock band, and released 2 self released CDs.
In 2010 Nao went back to his original roots of 1980's made in Japan guitar pedals and synthesizer sound, and is currently creating his own world of cold romantic wave.
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