 COLDFEET began in 1996 when Oregon-born composer/vocalist LORI, the daughter of an American clinical psychologist father and Japanese "koto" player mother, was introduced by a mutual friend to Japanese bass player/programmer WATUSI, then a member of Tokyo's legendary drum & bass band Mushroom Head and veteran (as sound producer and bassist) of over 100 CDs. Finding similar interests in quirky, exotic music and in films by Sam Raimi and David Lynch, WATUSI and LORI grouped together to create the uniquely erotic, sensual fantasy world of COLDFEET. |
 After signing a seven album contract with Sony Music/Office One at the beginning of 1998, COLDFEET released its popular debut single "Pussyfoot," which sparked widespread interest from various music magazines and newspapers. Soon after, COLDFEET's remix was featured in Hospital's remix album, "Plastic Surgery," along with mixes by Yasuharu Konishi, Fantastic Plastic Machine and Silent Poets. Following COLDFEET's Japan tour with Cloud Nine (Nookie) and DJ Ray Keith, movie director Shunji Iwai's "Swallowtail" staff produced the group's first video, shot through the night in the deep forests near Mt. Fuji. With COLDFEET's signature visual impact and distinctive, surrealistic imagery, the video was chosen both for heavy rotation on a variety of music programs in Japan and also for broadcast to 60 million households via "Party Zone," a program distributed to 41 countries by MTV Europe. |
| Having been featured in over 60 music and fashion magazine interviews, and with more than 60 radio appearances plus numerous guest appearances on MTV Japan and other music shows to their credit, COLDFEET is a Sony Japan/Office One priority artist. Striking, chameleonic visuals have put the group in the spotlight of the fashion world as well: COLDFEET performed by express invitation at the Christian Dior/John Galliano special event in Tokyo and has been asked to compose all of the original music for up-and-coming high fashion designer OHYA! and his Astro Boy haute coutour Fall collection event. |
 This year, too, has started off very well for COLDFEET. With their two latest singles breaking into Japan's music charts ("In My Lucid Dream" reaching #9), and with their long-awaited remixes by DJ Francois Kevorkian and by Germany's Truby Trio and Karma being released in America and in Europe, COLDFEET's popularity continues to rise around the world. Those remixes, including remixes by Smith & Mighty, Ganja Kru and others, will be featured in COLDFEET's July remix album release.
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| LORI's provocative lyrics and infectious melodies, combined with WATUSI's inventive, elegantly shady background music, create an intoxicating balance of club and pop sound with a twist of playful sexuality and offbeat humor. A unique mixture of new wave, jazz, rock, drum & bass, and trip hop, this whirlwind of sensuous vocals and lush, pulsating urban breakbeats has come to be the unmistakable sound of COLDFEET. |
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