The
Japanese salsa band Orquesta de La Luz was quite
a large one, whose main focal point (and only consistent
member throughout their tenure together) was singer
Nora.
ORQUESTA
DE LA LUZ "SALSA CALIENTE DEL JAPON"
ORQUESTA DE LA
LUZ was formed in Tokyo as a unique Japanese Salsa band
in 1984 and started performing at the clubs such as the
Shibuya Crocodile, Roppongi
Pit inn.
The
lead singer NORA visited NY with a demo tape that finally
gave the band an opportunity to perform in NY in 1989.
The first NY tour was so successful that the band had
a chance to release the debut album “DE LA LUZ (Salsa
Caliente del Japon)” through BMG Victor in Japan
and RMM in US in 1990, which received the Gold Disc Award
and hit No.1 on the Billboard Latin Salsa Chart and remained
for 11 consecutive weeks.
-ORQUESTA
DE LA LUZ - AMAME
Since
then the band visited 22 countries including USA, South
Central America and Europe, released 6 original albums
in total, received the Outstanding Award at the Japan
Record Award (91 & 93), the United Nations Peace Medal
Award (93), performed at the NHK Kohaku Utagassen (93)
and nominated for the Grammy Award “Tropical Latin
Album” (95). In 1997 the band was dissolved in order
to focus on the members’ solo activities and was
reorganized for the charity event “World Peace Music
Festival” in 2002.
---ORQUESTA
DE LA LUZ - SALSA NO TIENE FRONTERA
And
the reaction of this event WPMF Vol.2 that was held in
the next year made the artist to restart the activity.
In July, 2004, the band’s original album “iBANZAAAY!”
for the first time in nine years as new DE LA LUZ was
released from AVEX io and started developing its energetic
live activities such as participation to many events,
festivals and made the nationwide concert tour successfully.
It
was able to excite local fans by the Europe tour that
the band performed after an interval of ten years while
the new album “ARCO IRIS” in July, 2005 was
released and the groupappeared on television and worked
on the frequent live performances. Share
