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COMMUNA : The history of COMMUNA COMMUNA's activity started as a solo project, although it is hard to say exactly when it had started . The official beginning might be on 1999 when Communa released an album called "Communication To Another Side" , the tracks were made and stocked during working as a sound engineer . The album includes a number even played now , "The Water Tower" , once refused to play on the radio because of its' motif , an office worker pouring poison in a water tower . Actually , the song was made way back in 1987 , so the unofficial start can be said as that time in 1987 . While working as an engineer / trackmaker mostly for commercial ads , Communa has colaborated with some other bands on their sound-making with his individual sense . Not just with bands who were playing inside Japan , but also bands such as Gumdrops and Sabath , who were playing overseas . And after releasing the album , Communa himself had played before the audience for a couple of times with support members . But facing some serious stalking problems, he decided to stop his activity for a while . But he decided to start again when he met the present members , Anny and YY . The story goes back to 2003 , when he got a job to teach a class in an Art College . The two girls were the students of his class . They majored in music , of course , but they were favor in something else , YY in making art objects and Anny in films . They were obviously odd students in the course . ( Meanwhile , YY played the drums for a band called Bora Delluxe . Anny was in a band called Afro , simply because she had an afro hairstyle at that time . And also was a member of a VJ group called 90Percent . She is still continuing these two activities . ) So , when Communa noticed their talent of art and skill of playing instruments , sooner or later , he had them join his creative activity with pleasure . After taking the number "Sweet Polaroid" with YY's drums, the three first played together as Communa (Vo/G), Anny (Ba), YY (Dr) at the former and present support guitarist, Jimmy Age's wedding party . This was the moment of the reborn Communa's start. This was the moment when Communa reborned . By the winter in 2004 , it was announced that Communa has been converted from a solo activity to a group , which meant that their activities are not just as a band but also as a group creating paintings , films , art objects and stuff . So watch your eyes on their move !! By the way , the name Communa is like a nickname that came from his "YAGOU" which is a family name that functions like an emblem of the family , so it is different from the actual family name . And took the spelling from the shortened form of the album title "Communication To Another Side " ** Caution ** : the track " Communication To Another Side " is not included in the album " Communication To Another Side " , so please be careful . |