Osaka Monaurail

Osaka Monaurail (オーサカ-モノレール) is a Japanese funk band, formed in Osaka, Japan. It has been active since 1992. The band is now based in Tokyo, Japan.

Band members

 * Current
 * Ryo Nakata, vocal & keyboards
 * Kentaro Yamagata, trumpet
 * Taihei Awaji, trumpet
 * Shimon Mukai, tenor saxophone
 * Dan Hayami, guitar
 * Yuichi Ikeda, guitar
 * Tsuyoshi Ouchi, bass guitar
 * Soki Kimura, drums


 * Former
 * Yohchi Masago, trumpet
 * Katsutoshi Hiraishi, trombone
 * Dai Nakamura, bass guitar

Albums

 * What It Is – What It Was (RD Records, 2000)
 * Rumble'n Struggle (RD Records, 2001)
 * Thankful (RD Records, 2004)
 * Eyewitness to the Live in Heavy Funk System (RD Records, 2005)
 * I Am What I Am by Marva Whitney Produced by Osaka Monaurail (Shout!/P-Vine, 2006)
 * Reality for the People (P-Vine, 2006)
 * Amen, Brother (and other Funk instrumentals) (Unique Records, 2007) aka Introducing Undercover Express (Japanese title on P-Vine)
 * Live in Spain (Shout!/P-Vine, 2009)
 * State of the World (King Records, 2011)
 * Riptide (Unique Records/Shout!, 2014)

Singles

 * "New Type Thing" (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Jan., 2001)
 * "Down and Out" (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Jan., 2001)
 * "Just Bein' Free" (pts.1&2) (RD Records, Jun., 2001)
 * "Mind Power (pts.1&2)" (RD Records, Nov., 2004)
 * "Double-Up, Now" b/w "Groovy, Groovy, Groovy (Pt.2)" (RD Records, Nov., 2004)
 * "Hot Pants Road" (pt.1) b/w "Pick Up the Pieces One By One" (pt.2) (RD Records, Apr., 2005)
 * "Pick Up The Pieces One By One" (pt.1) b/w "Hot Pants Road" (pt.2) (RD Records, Apr., 2005)
 * "I Am What I Am" (pts.1&2) by Martha Whitney with Osaka Monaurail (RD Records, Jun., 2006)
 * "Soulsisters (of the World Unite)" b/w "It's Her Thing" by Martha Whitney with Osaka Monaurail (Shout!, Mar., 2007)
 * "Quicksand" b/w "Ceora" (Shout!, Apr., 2007)
 * "We Got One (A Show)" (Our Label, 2007)* "Signed, Sealed and Delivered - I'm Yours" b/w "Supershine #9" (Our Label, 2009)
 * "Tighten Up" b/w "Soulful Strut" (Unique Records, 2009)
 * "Hung Up" (Unique Records, 2009)
 * "No Trouble On The Mountain" (featuring Shirley Davis) b/w "The Archipelago" (Unique Records, 2011)