Soft Ballet is a Japanese Pop

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 and EBM

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 band. The group had three members: Maki Fujii, Ken Morioka, and Ryoichi Endo. They have been recording since 1989, though they had a long span of inactivity from 1995 to 2002 while the members pursued solo projects.

They are occasionally political; their album Love and Peace is largely a criticism of the United States

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' involvement in the Gulf War

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. For their 2002 album Symbiont, the band updated their sound to take advantage of more modern synthesizer technology while maintaining the aggressive atmosphere of their previous albums.

Studio Albums

• Earth Born (1989)
• Document (1990)
• 3 [drai] (Mini LP) (1990)
• Love and Peace (Ai to Heiwa) (1991)
• Million Mirrors (1992)
• Incubate (1993)
• Form (1995)
• Symbiont (2002)
• Menopause (2003)

Compilation Albums

• Single Collection '89-'91 (1993)
• Soft Ballet (1995)
• Soft Ballet 1989-1991 the Best (2003)
• Soft Ballet 1992-1995 the Best + 8 Other Mixes (2003)
• Index-Soft Ballet 1989-1995 (2009)

Singles

• Body To Body (1989)
• Twist Of Love (1990)
• Escape -Rebuild (1990)
• Ego Dance (1991)
• Final (1991)
• Engaging Universe (1993)
• White Shaman (1993)
• You (1995)
• Märchendiver (2002)
• Bright My Way (2003)
• Smashing The Sun (2003)