Osaka Monaurail

Biography

Osaka Monaurail (オーサカ-モノレール, Ōsaka Monorēru) is a Japanese funk band, formed in Osaka, Japan. It has been active since 1992. The band is now based in Tokyo, Japan.

Band members

Current
Ryo Nakata, vocal & keyboards
Kentaro Yamagata, trumpet
Taihei Awaji, trumpet
Shimon Mukai, tenor saxophone
Dan Hayami, guitar
Yuichi Ikeda, guitar
Tsuyoshi Ouchi, bass guitar
Soki Kimura, drums
Former
Yohchi Masago, trumpet
Katsutoshi Hiraishi, trombone
Dai Nakamura, bass guitar

Albums

What It Is – What It Was (RD Records, 2000)
Rumble'n Struggle (RD Records, 2001)
Thankful (RD Records, 2004)
Eyewitness to the Live in Heavy Funk System (RD Records, 2005)
I Am What I Am by Marva Whitney Produced by Osaka Monaurail (Shout!/P-Vine, 2006)
Reality for the People (P-Vine, 2006)
Amen, Brother (and other Funk instrumentals) (Unique Records, 2007) a.k.a. Introducing Undercover Express (Japanese title on P-Vine)
Live in Spain (Shout!/P-Vine, 2009)
State of the World (King Records, 2011)
Riptide (Unique Records/Shout!, 2014)

Singles

"New Type Thing" (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Jan., 2001)
"Down and Out" (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Jan., 2001)
"Just Bein' Free" (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Jun., 2001)
"Mind Power (pts.1&2)" (RD Records, Nov., 2004)
"Double-Up, Now" b/w "Groovy, Groovy, Groovy (Pt.2)" (RD Records, Nov., 2004)
"Hot Pants Road" (pt.1) b/w "Pick Up the Pieces One By One" (pt.2) (RD Records, Apr., 2005)
"Pick Up The Pieces One By One" (pt.1) b/w "Hot Pants Road" (pt.2) (RD Records, Apr., 2005)
"I Am What I Am" (pts.1&2) by Martha Whitney with Osaka Monaurail (RD Records, Jun., 2006)
"Soulsisters (of the World Unite)" b/w "It's Her Thing" by Martha Whitney with Osaka Monaurail (Shout!, Mar., 2007)
"Quicksand" b/w "Ceora" (Shout!, Apr., 2007)
"We Got One (A Show)" (Our Label, 2007)* "Signed, Sealed and Delivered - I'm Yours" b/w "Supershine #9" (Our Label, 2009)
"Tighten Up" b/w "Soulful Strut" (Unique Records, 2009)
"Hung Up" (Unique Records, 2009)
"No Trouble On The Mountain" (featuring Shirley Davis) b/w "The Archipelago" (Unique Records, 2011)