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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After the Gold Rush
Rock - Released by Super Torque Records on 22 Apr 2017
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I Need You
Pop - Released by Super Torque Records on 22 Jul 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 - Released by Super Torque Records on 13 Apr 2020
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The Seatbelts, Vintage Variant, International
Rock - Released by Super Torque on 2 Apr 2021
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I Always Have To
Rock - Released by greenbarnworks on 22 Mar 2015
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Stupid Girl
Rock - Released by Super Torque Records on 1 Aug 2023
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Sister Ray (Live)
Rock - Released by Super Torque Records on 30 Dec 2016
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The Seatbelts Live Bootleg Series, Vol. 1
Rock - Released by The Seatbelts on 8 Feb 2019
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I’m Not Talking to That Babe (feat. Nikki Corvette)
Pop - Released by Super Torque Records on 17 Feb 2017
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She's a Killer
Rock - Released by Super Torque Records on 2 Jun 2017
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DETROIT ROCKER
Rock - Released by Super Torque Records on 21 Jun 2023
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Are You My Love
Pop - Released by Super Torque Records on 24 Feb 2024
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Me and My Dagger 77 Archive Underground Session
Rock - Released by Super Torque Records on 31 Mar 2023
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International
Rock - Released by Super Torque Records on 31 Aug 2023
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