OCEANLANE

Hajime Takei (Vo&G)
Kay Naoe (Vo&G)
Takeshi Horikoshi (Bass)
Masashi Shimada (Dr)

In April 2001, OCEANLANE was formed by vocalist / guitarist Hajime Takei, and vocalist / guitarist Kay Naoe who went through the same junior high school in Tokyo.

In 2004, they made their appearance on VANS WARPED TOUR ‘04 in Japan. Their fanbase continued to grow through massive push of their “Sign” video clip on a Japanese satellite music channel. February 2004 finally saw the release of the long-awaited first full-length album “On My Way Back Home” from Handicraft Recordings. The album hit #1 on indies hit chart everywhere, resulting in massive additional orders from the shops, which led to 2 weeks of shortage. At the end of the day, additional orders from all shops reckoned 10 times more than their initial preorders!!

In April 2007, OCEANLANE once again hit the studio to record their third full-length album. Prior to the album, they released a 4-song EP “Walk Along” in July, which made #1 on the Indies Chart of Oricon (a Japan equivalent of Billboard), amongst many other great rankings in various music hit charts.

And this September, OCEANLANE finally released their third full-length album “Castle in the Air”, which is undeniably their best material to date. It embodies every bit of their musicality that makes them one of the brightest melody makers of Japan. There is beauty, there is vulnerability, and there is brilliant sense of pop music found in all tracks. OCEANLANE is about evolution, and you are only to discover that their curtain has just gone up for their third act of many to come. Stay in the lane… · close