KALO

Kalo biography
KALO was started as a project of Masahiro UEMURA (guitar, keyboards, programming) in 2001, but the root goes back before about 20 years. Uemura ( b. 1963 from Osaka) was influenced of a music lover's father who was also an audiophile, and he passed a boy's time, listening to Paul Mauriat, movie music, etc. He began the guitar at 16 years old, and began composition at 18 years old. After coming up to Tokyo, he was devoted to making music by multiplex recording.

He participated in original omnibus (several person participation, such as Mr. Sakaue who was the guitarist of VERMILLION SANDS, etc.) in 1985 from Pigs Music Corporation which was a plan of Morihide Sawada (now MORSOF) and Hiroyuki Ishizawa (IO, FAIRY, now RITUAL CARNAGE). At this time, he offered two music (track 1 "Dharani " of album "Spiral Dream" was released in another title).

By the general invitation which Uemura issued in 1986, Takezawa (keyboards), Ishikawa (drums), and Sasaki (bass, stick) gathered, and formation and live activity are performed for a progressive rock band DHARANI. It dispersed next year.

1988 - 1994: Uemura participated in a symphonic rock band FAIRY as a guitarist from Hiroyuki Ishizawa's invitation. Then, it becomes IO in which members were divided. IO released album "Glass Castle" in 1990. And later, members re-joined together and album "Hesperia" was released in 1994. FAIRY was dispersed in the same year.

1995 - 1998: He offered the music of a painter's image video. After that, it was invited by Mr. Sato (music composer), and game music work was performed.

2001: He put into operation KALO which was also years of design, and re-recorded the music made in 20 years with Miori Naritomi and others. Album "Spiral Dream" will be released from the double label of InterMusic & MUSEA in 2004.