Saeko

  Vocals/Piano/Keyboard: Saeko Kitamae

  Guest Members:
  Guitar: Satoko Yanagase
  Bass: Mariko Inoue
  Guitar: Herman Frank
  Guitar: Sven Ludcke
  Drums/Guitar: Michael Ehre




  Started: Early 1990’s
  Status: Active

Profile

Saeko Kitamae is a Japanese hardcore rock artist from Osaka, Japan. She was part of a few small school bands but none of them could supply what she really wanted to do, which was to perform overseas. She left music in 1992, but came back in 1994 for the love of it.

In 1995, she formed a the band INSANIA, and in 1999, the band changed its name to FAIRY MIRROR due to the overuse of INSANIA for band names. After this, the band began to gain fair popularity. This recognition steadily grew, which led to stress that continued to reach a critical and harmful point to Saeko’s physiology. She continued to perform despite this, but worsened her condition. Due to this, she was forced to leave FAIRY MIRROR.

As a recovery method, she traveled to Europe and later Canada. During her return to Europe she met Lars Ratz, who would sign a label deal with her, and with the debut song "Sinners for False Light" Saeko launched her solo career. Her first album, "Above Heaven, Below Heaven", was released on August of 2004 under the Ratz label, ARMAGEDDON MUSIC.

She returned to the stage in the same year, and her album became sold out, forcing the label to reprint copies. Her second album "LIFE" was released in Japan on March of 2006, and the following month worldwide. Prior to this release, due to some conflicts within the label, Saeko left to create her own production company in Japan, SHINPUH.

Saeko continues to hold strong fame in Japan and worldwide with her deep music and lyrics.

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Thoughts

I find Saeko to be an interesting artist. Her lyrics seems to be pretty deep at times, and while the music overpowers her vocals at times, it’s a nice combination of metal music with classic symphony. Her voice is pretty strong in a few songs but may go down in others. Still, I believed she has done quite nicely for most of her solo career.
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Music Samples:

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Sins For the Gods

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Pictures

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Discography

Albums
Above Heaven, Below Heaven
LIFE

Links

Official Site

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