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NOVEMBER 2008 APPEARANCE ON GENERICON CONFIRMED Hey Anime geeks in East Coast! Superfortress is confirmed to perform at Genericon w/Echostream in Troy, NY, in January 2009. It's gonna be 3 days event, and I'm attending Saturday & Sunday hanging out w/Echostream kids, signing autographs and selling merchandise... do the all typical band thing. I'm bringing in CDs, stickers, and Superfortress T-shirt & poster are now on the way! So if you are around upstate New York area, or able to drive up to Albuny, get ready! OCTOBER 2008 BACK FROM TOKYO, JPN! Sorry I've been out of touch... I had a awesome time in Tokyoland, but at the same time my mom was sick, and got hospitalized. So I had to help her & do lots of housekeeping stuff. Anyhow my mom got much better now, and I'm back in NYC. Meanwhile I took hundreds of photos, had meetings with interesting industry people, and simply don't know which story to start. I'll slowly update things on MySpace, Facebook...etc. Check on "Superfortress" if you have those accounts. AUGUST 2008 NAO HEADS TO TOKYOLAND OK I'm heading to Tokyo the land of technology & geeks to do some business. Be back in Sept! ...also added facebook link in contact section. JULY 2008 VIDEO AIRED ON JBTV CHICAGO!! Once again JBTV, Chicago's legendary independent music program aired the video "New Day" on the July 4th weekend!! Lemmeknow if anyone in the area caught it! JUNE 2008 OFFICER GRUND PLAYING FOR THE FORTRESS Another show at Knitting Factory Tap Bar, and another show without a drummer, but another show with officer Grund on Keyboard! You can see some photos on myspace page. MAY 2008 "CANDY APPLE II" EP RELEASED! Now available on CD Baby & iTunes. Once again collage radios are catching up! More reports coming up soon. APRIL 2008 DOUBLE KNITTING FACTORY LIVE!? This is crazy. 2 days after 4/1 show, I asked to play at Knitting Factory again. But this time downstaires, Tap Bar. I decided to do a "Solo-Electro Set," so I'm not gonna repeat the same thing twice. SeeYa! MARCH 2008 EP IS DONE! OPEN UP FOR GIL MANTERA'S PARTY DREAM 4/1! Finally the EP "Candy Apple II" is done, and it's on the production line at CD manufacture. AND we will open up for Gil Mantera's Party Dream & Services at Knting Factory on 4/1! This would be the ultimate April fool's electro party dream! CD should be ready by that date, so be there & get it even before the "official" release!! FEBRUARY 2008 VIDEO'S UP! MORE SHOWS! "New Day" video is up. You can see it on the music section of this site, or YouTube.com/superfortressnyc, or myspace.com/superfortress. Plus a show at CRASH MANSION with FREE admission & OPEN BAR deal! Details blow. JANUARY 2008 BACK IN ACTION!! I know I've been caught up with many other things last year, but yeah FINALLY i'm very close to finish the EP, and guess what, a great producer Bill Racine (Rogue Wave, Mates of State, Hopewell & The Flaming Lips) has mixed one of the song. So it's worth taking time! PLUS the video "New Day" is almost ready too! APRIL 2007 NEW VIDEO & EP COMING UP SOON...sucka. All right, all right... I wasn't updating this section for a while, but yeah currently working on NEW EP. Probably contains 5 songs. Already finished shooting video for one song in January... was it January?? ...God knows when it's gonna be done, but everything's in the process. Meanwhile I'm playing some shows too, so just get yer ass over there! OCTOBER 2006 COLLAGE RAIDOS ARE DIGGIN' THE FORTRESS!! CMJ COMING UP! SUPER-F is getting airplays on 200+ collage radio stations in the US & Canada... here's just a few of them, but they are diggin' the fortress! JUST IN! (10/27/06) Became No.5 on CMJ PLAY LISTS @ WGCC 90.7 FM - Rochester, NY!!! Jacksonville, FL...... WOSP.... ..Cable - In heavy rotation! Cedar Falls, IA...... KULT.... ..94.5 FM - They are diggin' it! Stillwater, OK...... KXZY/KWBY - TOP 30 soon? Milwaukee, WI...... WMUR RADIO.... ..Cable - They are lovin' it! REQUEST SUPERFORTRESS!! - Check out the complete list of stations on myspace! http://www.myspace.com/superfortress SEPTEMBER 2006 MEANY FEST & ANOTHER WRITE UP ON DELI! + COLLAGE RADIO PROMOTION STARTED! http://www.meanyfest.com/ http://www.thedelimagazine.com/ AUGUST 2006 2 EVENTS! "SUPERCHARGER" Vol.1 & Vol.2! This is my first attempt to organize the event & somehow I managed to do 2 in the same month. Thanks to the bands & DJs participated for these nights. Nite Club - http://www.myspace.com/niteclubmusic BM Linx - http://www.myspace.com/bmlinx Wussy - http://www.myspace.com/wussy DJ AS-HO Crew - http://www.myspace.com/ashocrew Tony from Echostream - http://www.myspace.com/echostream JULY 2006 GIG CANCELLED. Well that's OK, I needed some rest anyway. JUNE 2006 PERFORMANCE AT MTV WORLD SPONSORED EVENT! That was awesome! Thanks to AA filmlab & my good friend Valeze for hooking me up for this event. 72Hr Film Shootout : http://www.aafilmlab.com/index.php/shootout2006/ Valeze : http://www.valeze.net/ MAY 2006 WRITE-UP ON THE DELI MAGAZINE WEBSITE Comin' outta Brooklyn, The Deli is one of NYC's finest indie publications. Just one more reason why they're so great is that they recognize the awesomeness of Superfortress. : ) You can read it on MySpace! www.myspace.com/superfortress APRIL 2006 SUPERFORTRESS UNPLUGGED??? No way, but.... you can read about it on my blog. www.myspace.com/superfortress MARCH 2006 THE MUSIC VIDEO WILL BE AIRED IN CHICAGO, JBTV this week!!! The video single "Why Her, Not Me" will be aired on Chicago's indie rock program JBTV on broadcast Channel 62, WJYS at 11pm Wednesday night 3-1-06 And on cable 25 "The Pulse of Chicago" Thursday night 3-2-06 at 8pm and again Sunday night/Monday morning at 12-midnight. www.jbtvonline.com FEBRUARY 2006 UPDATED Berlin Schedule!! 2/2 update: 2 short set at White Trash this Saturday at the main floor. (w/tables) I'm going to perform on the small stage where usually have go go dancers. 1/26 update: OK, I'm going to have a oerformance during the DJ set at Rosi's this Saturday night. Event starts 11pm, performance will be most likely after midnight. This is like fucking coolest space! JANUARY 2006 SUPERFORTRESS GOES TO BERLIN, GERMANY! Yes, this is gonna be sorta guerilla mission, but I'll be there from 1/24-2/5. Has been contacted to the club "White Trash Fast Food," and see how it goes... Plus couple of other places. I'll update the info as it confirms. *Don't forget, there will be the 1st show of 2006 on 1/20(Fri) at Crash Mansion, NYC! OCTOBER 2005 If you ever took any photos of SUPERFORTRESS live, please send them to : naowhat@naosuper.com I want to put more live shots up on this site! Meanwhile, I'll do rare SOLO performance @ Collision Machine Halloween Party on 10/29. It's an art, music event in Brooklyn where I performedin June. (250 people gathered at that time) It's gonna be fun & NO COVER! SEPETEMBER 2005 BUSINESS AS USUAL @ THE DELANCEY Crowd enjoyed my set, and sold CDs... I'm giving you my energy man. AUGUST 2005 A SHOW WITH PINE*AM (from Japan) Played a show together with Japanese girls electronic trio PINE*am @ PIANOS! Had lots of fun! That show however, was rated "one of the best performance" by fans! Thanks, you maniacs! JULY 2005 KICK ASS SHOW @ CRASH MANSION Oh, it was a great show! + great sound!! (Crash Mansion has updated their sound system & a new sound guy!!) **NEW LIVE SHOTS on PHOTO section JUNE 2005 WRITE UP ON THE VILLAGE VOICE & MORE SHOWS! 3 great shows in June... Just found out that the music is now available on Apple iTunes Store & Tower.com too! **Updated some NEW LIVE SHOTS on PHOTO section. (6/27) MAY 2005 GREAT REVIEWS ON AMAZON Got a couple of wonderful reviews on Amazon.com by top10 & top 50 customer reviewer E. A Solinas and Der Kommissar. You can go to Amazon's "Superfortress CD" page drectly from this site's MUSIC section, and read the complete reviews! APRIL 2005 FULL LENGTH CD COMING UP! + Music Video & Comic! CD's currently in printing process at the manufacture. Release party is on 5/17 @ Pianos w/ video premiere of a new song "Why her, Not me" directed by K.Horiwaki of East River Films. PLUS, Superfortress "comic" is under way! MARCH 2005 FINAL DAYS OF LUNA LOUNGE! I know I did the "last Luna gig" on late January, but they are managing to hang on to it until the very last "eviction" moment.... Now I got an offer to play one last time, 3/30 - I took it with an honor! FEBRUARY 2005 VIDEO SHOOT / SHOW WITH JOJO MAYER! Shot the first pormotional video with East River Films. It's still on editing process, but it should look great when it's done.... I also plyaed for this benefit show which JoJo Mayer was the main act. If you don't know who he is, you shold go jojomayer.com He's an amazing drummer who started LIVE drum'n'bass scene "Prohibited beatz" in late '90's. I remember I totally freaked out when I saw him first time in '98, and it was such a honor for me to play in the same event with him! .... also opened MY SPACE account. JANUARY 2005 RADIO AIRPLAY! Check out EAST VILLAGE RAIDO (88.1FM or Live Stream on the net) on every Saturday night 8-10pm "The Nightfly" with DJ Zig. He has already aired a few SuperF songs so far. www.eastvillageradio.com OCTOBER 2004 Only one show this month. At Luna Lounge. Went very well which I was not really expected! ; ) Photos coming up soon. SEPTEMBER 2004 Hope you enjoyed the show at PLAID! I had a blasting time!! Thanks to the New York Underbelly guys for having me & promote the show. Just updated some live shots & a short live clip of new song "Missing People" from that night. AUGUST 2004 Williamsburg show & the first NJ appearance! The human break beats factory, Brett Thompson joins the fortress once again. Andy Mags on Williamsburg show, and I'm expecting Tibbie X (X-Possibles) on NJ show!? JULY 2004 Had a lot of fun at Luna show! Featured Brett Thompson on drums (he's also exceptionally good human break beats factory!) & Andi Mags on back vox who added another character on Superfortress. You should've seen it! JUNE 2004 Return of Michele Fox! The original member of Superfortress will do the sexy voice once again at Luna Lounge. I wanna send the best of luck to Tibbie X (X-Possibles) who's currently on the Europian Tour & Christine O'Connor, touring with Jesse Malin. MAY 2004 AuditioningAuditioningAuditioningAuditioningAuditioning BookingBookingBookingBookingBookingStaplesStaples StaplesStaplesStaplesStaplesStaplesKinkosKinkosKinkos KinkosKinkosKinkosKinkosKinkosKinkosUSPSUSPSUSPS USPSUSPSUSPSUSPSUSPSUSPSFreeCDsFreeCDs FreeCDsFreeCDsFreeCDsFreeCDs& moreFreeCDs! When does it end? APRIL 2004 It was nice to return to LES again! Thanks for the troops who attended at the LUNA LOUNGE show. I told you that I will provide you an entertainment didn't I?? Thanks also to TIBBIE X (bass) & CHAIM TOLWIN (human break beats) for making the show intense! MARCH 2004 Goddamn it! Yeah that's how I feel right now. Currently recording & remixing songs. I gotta release these suckers, you know!! I don't know how I'm gonna do it, but people love my stuff... it should sell or I'll be dead stinky meat in a garbage. FEBURUARY 2004 Live short clips are updated, and some photos. JANUARY 2004 Descipline your kids! All ages afternoon show @ Arlene's Grocery. NAO & TIBBIE X - electro set. DECEMBER 2003 Another operation with TIBBIE X is comming up @ GALAPAGOS in Williamsburg, Broocklyn. NOVEMBER 2003 Nao heads to Japan. I'll see you in December! OCTOBER 2003 Thanx for the all people who showed up @ GALAPAGOS. I had a greeeeat time!!!! I never say thanks from the stage, so at least I say it here! You maniacs! SEPTEMBER 2003 **TIBBIE X RETURNS on Superfotress!!** At Galapagos Arts Space on 10/7 ... see Upcoming Shows below. AUGUST 2003 The third annual B'day gig on 8/26 @ LUNA LOUNGE. Joint gig w/Christine's band Alowicious. JULY 2003 First show with Chiristine on 7/26 @ LUNA LOUNGE. We kicked some ass! JUNE 2003 NEW LIVE MEMBERS!! Chirstine O'Connor (from Alowicious) - Bass Key-tar James Renerd - Drums MAY 2003 Had a blast performance with Tibbie X @ RIFIFI (11St. 1Ave.) on 4/25. You can see the photos, interview & live clips at http://www.peterbernard.com/rlo/nao.html APRIL 2003 Having a special guest member Tibbie X (from The X-Possibles) on bass, until she goes off to the European tour in this summer. + Had an electro set @ INFRARED LOUNGE w/Michele Fox on back vox. FEBRUARY 2003 Very rare, solo performance @ LUNA LOUNGE. Surprisingly more people showed up!! Thanx! ---------------------------------------------- NOVEMBER 2002 Finish mixing of 3 tracks "Nothing to Fear," "Authority," & "Anesthesia" at Sound Emporium studios, Nashville TN. OCTOBER 2002 Recorded 3 tracks "Nothing to Fear," "Authority," & "Anesthesia" with award winning session musicians at Sound Emporium studios, Nashville TN, under the production of Baldwin Entainment.
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