JAPANZINE & SPRINGFEST

This month's Japan's national English-language magazine JAPANZINE features ORAN in it's Gaijin Sounds 2008 feature.
"Sparrows" will also be track 9 on a free CD that will be distributed across the country at selected points. Thankyou JAPANZINE!

Also, on Sunday May 11, we will be playing at Nagoya's outdoor international festival SPRINGFEST in Sakae's Hisaya-odori Park (near the TV Tower).
ORAN will be the closing act on Sunday evening and you can find the schedule here.

Peace Out.

In The Backyard

ORAN playing In The Backyard at Six-Dog March 2.

(A)Live and electric again

SiX-DOG proved to be one of our most satisfying shows so far. Kudos in particular to the sound engineer who really mixed everything down to a fine display. Our performance wasn't too shabby either, if I dare say so myself. I guess regular practices can make a difference after all! The turn-out could have been better, but many thanks to those that did come out, and it was nice seeing everybody.

The show was recorded on video and audio both, courtesy of friends (thank you very much, Kit and Scott). This holds the potential of possible video samples of the concert in the near future. From what we were able to see immediately afterwards, the footage looks really good. More news on that to come...

In the meantime, we have our next gig currently set for April 12th at STEPS in Sakae, along with Iznit Obvious and Homie (along with one other yet-to-named band). Following that, most likely we'll be seeing some studio time, laying down the most recent material.

LIVE Update

ORAN are playing at Six-Dog Live House in Shin-Sakae on Sunday March 2.

The show starts in the evening and tickets are 1500 yen each.

We've been practicing a lot so it should be a good one. Yoroshiku!

More info soon.

Love from ORAN


http://six-dog.com/

ORANSONGS on myspace

Listen to selections from the ORAN EP on myspace.com!

http://www.myspace.com/oranjapan

Those interested in obtaining a CD, feel free to drop us a line and we'll let you know how!

ORAN ACOUSTIC AT MICHISAKARI SAKE FACTORY

ORAN played its first ever acoustic live at Michisakari Sake Factory in Tajimi, Gifu pref. The venue was over 200 years old and the sake was delicious. In fact, we were paid in sake. Best show ever.

ORAN RETURNS

Thanks to everyone who came to see ORAN's long-awaited return to action on Halloween. Thanks also to Kit and Danny who organised the night, Hori-san for the Blues Cube and to the guys from the cover band who lent us gear.

We played our longest set ever and were able to debut a few new songs whilst sending a few oldies into retirement. Apart from some tuning difficulties and volume issues it was a good night.

I know. Nice mask.