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Cribabi are Andy Cox, former Fine Young Cannibals and The Beat, and Japanese underground star Yukari Fujiu
Cribabi are Andy Cox, former Fine Young Cannibals and The Beat, and Japanese underground star Yukari Fujiu
Cribabi (pronounced ‘cry baby’) is the band formed with Andy Cox, ex-The Beat and -Fine Young Cannibals, and Japanese underground star Yukari Fujiu. Yukari was the lead singer in an all-girl Tokyo band The Groopies before releasing two solo albums on Pony Canyon. She also wrote million-seller hits for several Japanese artists. Later, she came to London and worked with Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, but during a weekend in Andy’s lo-fi Studio Zero, a sound gelled and Cribabi was born.
In many ways Cribabi is a garage band. The vocals on their album “Volume”, which won the award Best of British from Tower Records, were recorded in a bathroom or in Yukari’s kitchen in Tokyo.
It is the best of east and west, with moody tracks like “Disappear”, “Gloria”, “I Can’t Go for That” alongside the harder-edged pop of “Somebody to Love” and the ballads, “You’re So Sweet” and the Burt Bacharach-inspired “Beautiful Mistake” (which has been re-mixed into a garage track by the DJ, Bad Cop). Also, there’s a cover of “Yesterday Once More”, originally by The Carpenters, a song that is classic Japanese karaoke.
Currently Yukari lives in Los Angeles to make Cribabi’s live performances happen in the United States. She recently started the band Orientrance and releasted the cover of “Ue O Muite Arukou” by Kyu Sakamoto, a.k.a. “Sukiyaki Song. The video link is here.
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