SUPERFORTRESS : B I O / R E V I E W S



On the streets Tokyo’s Shibuya district Nao spent his teenage years searching for instruments/records and inhaling everything that the brilliant area had to offer. Therefore it was a natural thing for him to move to the equally artistic New York City, and holed himself in Lower East Side and pieced together his SUPERFORTRESS. After releasing a self-titled album in 2005, SUPERFORTRESS made a promotional trip to Germany in February 2006 to perform at the famous White Trash Fast Food venue in Berlin. In the same year, they participated in a MTV Asia sponsored event & appeared at M.E.A.N.Y Fest & CMJ Music Marathon. The tune, "Missing People" was in heavy rotation on many collage radio stations. In the spring of 2008, SUPERFORTRESS released the EP "Candy Apple II," and played the critical opening slot for Gil Manterafs Party Dream at Knitting Factory NY. The first video from the EP "New Day" has debut on Chicago's legendary independent music channel JBTV on the 4th of July weekend. Currently SUPERFORTRESS is working on some new tunes. R e v i e w s & R a d i o Zladeware Media Studios (Dec 05, 2009) "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." Delusions of Adequacy "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." CMJ Music Marathon "Robotic drums and catchy keyboard lines sounding fresh out of the '80s." The Deli Magazine "Play frantic and dancy electro-punk with heavy reliance on an old sequencer that runs on floppy disc" THE VILLAGE VOICE "This 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." Chuck Eddy 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." Der Kommissar - Amazon Top 50 Customer Reviewer Amazon.com "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. " E. A Solinas - Amazon Top 10 Customer Reviewer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Radio : (for an album "Superfrotress") No.5 on CMJ Alt. Chart @ WGCC 90.7 FM - Rochester, NY No.8 on the chart @ WODU 1630 AM - Norfolk, VA Heavy Rotation @ WOSP - Jacksonville, FL Great respond & their favorite @ WIUV 91.3 FM - Castleton, VT * * * * * * * * "We really dug Superfortress" KULT 94.5 FM - CEDAR FALLS, IA “the album has been getting medium spins here at the station, i like the album - it hasn't made it to the top 30 charts yet, but we'll see what happens" KXZY/KWBY - Stillwater, OK "I really enjoyed the CD and loved the eighties electronic style. I made some recommendations for the DJs on which tracks to start with and it is in the studio and ready to be played as I type this." WMUR RADIO - Milwaukee, WI “I listened to the album, and it was pretty good I must say" WRRC 107.7 FM - Trenton, NJ B i o Fronted by Nao, New York City based Japanese post punk electro artist, SUPERFORTRESS breaks a new ground by using slick, yet raw analog sound of yesteryear, combining it with driving beats and fresh perspective on life, love and emotional journeys in the styles of David Bowie, Duran Duran, and New Order. Live Member : Nao - Guitar/Vocal Keiko Oka - bass Brett Thompson - drums