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are a six-piece group formed in 1999 containing Kate Pierson
Kate Pierson

Catherine Elizabeth Pierson is an United States vocalist and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52's. She also played keyboard instrument, guitar and bass for the band....
 (a member of The B-52's
The B-52's

The B-52's originated as a New Wave music rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, United States, in 1976. The band's name comes from a particular Beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the B-52 Stratofortress of the same name....
), bassist Mick Karn
Mick Karn

Mick Karn is an England multi-instrumentalist musician and songwriter, most noted as the bassist for the art rock band Japan , from 1974 to 1982....
 (from the British group Japan
Japan (band)

Japan were a United Kingdom pop/rock group, formed in 1974 in Lewisham, southeast London. The band achieved success in the late 1970s/early 1980s, when they were often associated with the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement ....
), vocalist YUKI
Yuki Isoya

is one of Japan's most notable female vocalists. Best known as the front-woman and lead vocals of the former rock band Judy and Mary, she has also been part of the largely unknown NiNa and the all girl rock band Mean Machine ....
 (from the Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band Judy and Mary
Judy and Mary

Judy and Mary was a Japanese multi-genre band formed in 1991 in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Hokkaido Prefecture by bassist and vocalist with drummer and guitarist completing the lineup the following year....
), Takemi Shima and Masahide Sakuma, Japanese musicians from the Plastics, and Steven Wolf, the session drummer. Sakuma Masahide composed most of the music with input from Pierson and Yuki who also wrote the lyrics. From the 30-second opening track, which starts with ominous techno music and ends with Yuki and Pierson exclaiming "Hello everybody nice to meet you we're NiNa," the band's eponymous and only album is very diverse.

The distinctive album contains a wide variety of music from straight forward ballads to electronica
Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing....
.






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are a six-piece group formed in 1999 containing Kate Pierson
Kate Pierson

Catherine Elizabeth Pierson is an United States vocalist and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52's. She also played keyboard instrument, guitar and bass for the band....
 (a member of The B-52's
The B-52's

The B-52's originated as a New Wave music rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, United States, in 1976. The band's name comes from a particular Beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the B-52 Stratofortress of the same name....
), bassist Mick Karn
Mick Karn

Mick Karn is an England multi-instrumentalist musician and songwriter, most noted as the bassist for the art rock band Japan , from 1974 to 1982....
 (from the British group Japan
Japan (band)

Japan were a United Kingdom pop/rock group, formed in 1974 in Lewisham, southeast London. The band achieved success in the late 1970s/early 1980s, when they were often associated with the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement ....
), vocalist YUKI
Yuki Isoya

is one of Japan's most notable female vocalists. Best known as the front-woman and lead vocals of the former rock band Judy and Mary, she has also been part of the largely unknown NiNa and the all girl rock band Mean Machine ....
 (from the Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band Judy and Mary
Judy and Mary

Judy and Mary was a Japanese multi-genre band formed in 1991 in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Hokkaido Prefecture by bassist and vocalist with drummer and guitarist completing the lineup the following year....
), Takemi Shima and Masahide Sakuma, Japanese musicians from the Plastics, and Steven Wolf, the session drummer. Sakuma Masahide composed most of the music with input from Pierson and Yuki who also wrote the lyrics. From the 30-second opening track, which starts with ominous techno music and ends with Yuki and Pierson exclaiming "Hello everybody nice to meet you we're NiNa," the band's eponymous and only album is very diverse.

The distinctive album contains a wide variety of music from straight forward ballads to electronica
Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing....
. Credited as a "conceptual and visual agent provocateur," Shima appears to have played a Brian Eno
Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno , is an England musician, composer, record producer, music theory and singer, who, as a solo artist, is best known as the People known as the father or mother of something of ambient music....
-like role on the recording. The album and two singles which preceded it were all hits in Japan but are mostly unknown in other parts of the world with the exceptions of avid B-52's/Kate Pierson fans.

Singles

  • Happy Tomorrow
  • Aurora Tour


Anime

The tracks "Happy Tomorrow" and "Rest in Peace" were used as end-credit songs for the anime TV series "Arc the Lad
Arc the Lad

is a series of video games and anime. There were three games released for the Sony PlayStation, Arc the Lad , Arc the Lad II, and Arc the Lad III....
," released in the USA by ADV Films.

Albums

  • NiNa