The Seatbelts
Formed in Tokyo, Japan in 1998, Seatbelts is a band led by Yoko Kanno, a composer and keyboardist best known for her work on soundtracks for anime films, video games, television series, adverts, and live-action motion pictures. She began her career by composing the soundtrack to the 1986 video game Nobunaga’s Ambition. Yoko Kanno continued to compose and perform music for soundtracks, but when presented with scoring the anime series Cowboy Bebop in 1998, she brought together a group of musicians to help record the music. Naming the band Seatbelts, they performed a myriad of styles including jazz, rock, blues, funk, electronic, and J-pop. Seatbelts released three albums in 1998 – Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop Vitaminless, and Cowboy Bebop No Disc – followed by Cowboy Bebop Blue (1999), Ask DNA (2001) and Future Blues (2001), which featured “No Reply”. There was also a series of remix compilations, a boxed set, and a collection called Cowboy Bebop Tank! THE! BEST! (2004). While Yoko Kanno continued her career, the Seatbelts project remained dormant until they re-appeared during the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020. They re-recorded “The Real Folk Blues”, the ending theme of Cowboy Bebop, to raise funds for COVID-19 relief.
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Run Run Rudolf
Rock - Erschienen bei greenbarnworks am 09.12.2015
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After the Gold Rush
Rock - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 22.04.2017
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I Need You
Pop - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 22.07.2017
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The Seatbelts Crash Course 101 Medley: Joy Ride / Run Run Rudolph / Loves Gone Bad / I Wanna Marry Patti Smith / Little GT / She’s a Killer / Heroes
Pop - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 13.04.2020
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Mr. Soul
Rock - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 01.06.2023
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The Seatbelts, Vintage Variant, International
Rock - Erschienen bei Super Torque am 02.04.2021
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I Always Have To
Rock - Erschienen bei greenbarnworks am 22.03.2015
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Stupid Girl
Rock - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 01.08.2023
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Sister Ray (Live)
Rock - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 30.12.2016
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The Seatbelts Live Bootleg Series, Vol. 1
Rock - Erschienen bei The Seatbelts am 08.02.2019
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Joy Ride
Rock - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 20.08.2013
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I’m Not Talking to That Babe (feat. Nikki Corvette)
Pop - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 17.02.2017
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She's a Killer
Rock - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 02.06.2017
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DETROIT ROCKER
Rock - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 21.06.2023
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Are You My Love
Pop - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 24.02.2024
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Me and My Dagger 77 Archive Underground Session
Rock - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 31.03.2023
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International
Rock - Erschienen bei Super Torque Records am 31.08.2023
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