Apogee

APOGEE is a japanese synthie-pop band found in 2003. It consists of four members:

Nagano Makoto (Vo.& G.)
Mano Wataru (Dr.& Cho.)
Ooshiro Yoshihiko (Syn.& G.)
YUU Hiroshi (Ba.&Cho.)

APOGEEs music is influenced by New Wave/80s sounds with remarkably synthesizer parts. In contrast Makato’s soft and unique voice and many musical elements make a “new mixture”.
Trademarks are their highly animated music videos, which never fail to surprise.

They debuted in 2006 with their first single 「Yakan Hikou」( Night Flight). In 2007 their first album 「Fantastic」released featuring their singles „Ghost Song” and “Good Bye” such as their debut single.
Additional to their regular singles they recorded covers of popular songs (by BONNIE PINK, Crystal Key, Utada Hikaru and more), which they released as acoustic versions.

In the same year they had great success with their first performance on SUMMER SONIC `07, which attracted overwhelming attention of thousands.

To date they released two full-length albums and five singles. 「スプリング・ストレンジャー」(Spring Stranger) as limited one-song CD is their latest release.
On 2009/06/03 APOGEE will release their 3rd album 「夢幻タワー」(Mugen Tower) after their popular 2nd album “Touch in Light” which was released back in early 2008. · close