Mai Yamane

Early life and solo career Her career started in 1979 when she participated and won the prize in Yamaha Music Foundation's Cocky Pop, a contest for young singers in Japan. Leading from that she debuted in 1979 with the single , written and composed by Yoko Shibata. A year later she released her first album, Tasogare (1980). She followed with albums like The Day Before Yesterday (1984), Flying Elephants (1985), Embassy (1986), Woman Tone (1988) and 1958 (1989). She also collaborated with many artists, e.g. in 1993 she worked on project Yamane Mai Kubota Haruo Unit with Haruo Kubota. The same year she began working with Yoko Kanno on anime soundtracks. In 1997 she moved from Tokyo to near Mount Fuji and became an independent musician. ), brother Satoru Yamane Yamane recorded 3 more albums with New Archaic Smile: Kin no Himo in 2001, Yasashii kimochi in 2003 and Yakitori no uta in 2004.

Yamane has continuously held concerts, such as in 2000 at the Inochi no Matsuri ("Festival of Life") in Nagano, a 2002 Paris concert,

Discography Singles "Gozen Reiji" (1979) "Last Night" (ラスト・ナイト) (1979) "Foolin My Self" "The 21' (Live To Be Wild)" (1981) "Kibun Wa Fairness" (気分はフェアネス) (1982) (Oricon number 47) "Little Child" (リトル・チャイルド) (1983) "Tasogare Ni Sayonara (Good-By Twilight)" (黄昏にさようなら (Good-By Twilight)) (1984) "Yuuwaku sarete coup d'etat" (誘惑されてクーデター) (1985) "Beating" (1989) "Suna Ni Kieta Namida" (砂に消えた涙) (1989) "Invisible Love" (1996)

Albums Tasogare (1980) Sorry (1981) Will (1982) The Day Before Yesterday (1984) 月光浴 (1984) Flying Elephants (1985) Embassy (1986) Best (1987) Woman Tone (1988) 1958 (1989) Mai Yamane and Haruo Kubota Unit (1993) Mai Yamane with New Archaic Smile (1997) Kin no Himo (2001) Yasashi kimochi w/New Archaic Smile (2003) Mai Yamane the Celebrations, Inori no uta (2004) Mai Yamane and Visions, Bird of Paradise (2007) Kimi-wo-aishiteru Kagayaki-no-oto (2007) A-sha Freedoms (2 song special release, 2012)

Vocals (anime)

Cowboy Bebop (1997 anime) OST: "Want It All Back" "Pushing The Sky" "Rain" (Demo version) "Don't Bother None" "See You Space Cowboy" "Mushroom Hunting" (Live version) "Blue" "The Real Folk Blues" "Gotta Knock a Little Harder"

Black Jack OST: "Invisible Love" (Starting & ending song)

Mirage of Blaze OST: "Vision of Flames " "Tears of Indigo" "Blaze" "Pearly Gate" "Insanity" "Chikai ~ Book of the Days" "Lamentation" (feat. Yoko Ueno)

Macross Plus OST: "After in the dark "

Vision of Escaflowne OST: "If You"

Darker Than BLACK OST: "ScatCat" "No One's Home"

Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series) OST: "Cat Attack (Part 1)"