JULLAN

Country:
Japan
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop, Techno-pop

Members:
Hiroshi Segawa (04.06.1960) - Vocal, Keyboards, Acoustic Piano,MC-4 & LINN Drum programming
Yamada Atsushi (02.08.1962) - Vocal, Keyboards, Guitar
??Tadashi - Guitar (im not sure if he was really a member)

VIDEO:
"Electric Day"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7pKhxr83Sk&feature=related

IMAGINARY DOLL (1984)

Credits:
藤井章司 (Huzii Shiyouzi?) - Drums
produced by 筒井望 (Tsutsui Nozomi ?)
mixing engineered by 梶　篤r (Atsushi)
recording engineered by 鎌田岳彦・河合十里 (Kamada Takehiko Sato ?)

VIDEO:
"Imaginary Dolls"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFq0JqUaYBA&feature=related

Tracklist:

01 Enough To Dance
02 Beware Of Love
03 Mysterious Marionette
04 Life Without You
05 Imaginary Doll
06 Electric Day
07 The River Flowing To Death
08 Passing Girl
09 Melody For You
10 The End For The Beginning

Bonus:

IMAGINARY DOLL (7") (1984)

11 Imaginary Doll (Single Version)
12 Passing Girl (Single Version)

Link to download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/191581907/jullan_-_imaginary_doll__1984_.rar

Though Jullan is the second best techno-pop band ever after Yellow magic Orchestra,there are only few Japanese sites where they are mentioned.Three brilliant albums with some killer songs, three gems of the genre. My hope is somebody has some more info to share here. (saltyka)

ELECTROMANCE (1984)

VIDEO:
"Because Of Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj7guVPxwqc

Tracklist:

01 Mind Kiss (Vocoder)
02 Be With You
03 The Window
04 Torn Hearts
05 You're My Baby
06 Because Of Love
07 To Be Or Not To Be
08 Happy Birthday To My Girl
09 Heart Of Love
10 Time To Be Apart

Bonus:

BECAUSE OF LOVE (12") (1984)

11 Because Of Love (Long & English Version - Because Mix)
12 Because Of Love (Single Version)
13 To Be Or Not To Be (Single Version)

Link to download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/191582590/jullan_-_electromance__1984_.rar

PULSE (1985)

VIDEO:
"Depend On You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_072Q36s3wk

Tracklist:

01 Depend On You
02 Stop The Race
03 The Ship04 Save Them
05 Time (For People)
06 Let's Dance Everynight
07 Electromance
08 Love Somebody
09 Circulation

Bonus:

ROUGE TRAIN (7") (1985)

10 Rouge Train
11 Tell me Tell Me

ROUGE TRAIN EXPRESS (12") (1985)

12 Rouge Train Express (Long & English Version of Rouge Train)
13 Love Somebody (Single Version)
14 After Love Is Gone

Link to download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/191589506/jullan_-_pulse__1985_.rar


Biography:
Jullan was a Japanese techno-pop dou formed mainly by the students of Hitotsubashi University.The members are Hiroshi and Atsushi. Ryuichi Sakamoto showed them first in a radio programme. After it they became popular in Japan and one of their song ,"Because Of Love" was used for Kose Cosmetics' Fall '84 campaign. They sent a demo tape to the British "Melody Maker" who extolled them and they even signed a contract in the UK to make their debut record .
Their sound is melodious electro pop.They disbanded after 1985.

Since there only few Japanese sites to mention Jullan , i don't have more info, so don't know if they done more music or not since then.
(http://park10.wakwak.com/~techno/jultraminor.html)

Yamada Atsushi:

Yamada, Atsushi (born 08.1962)Professor of International Political Economy, IPP, Hitotsubashi University Yamada Atsushi received his Ph.D. in law from Hitotsubashi University. He was a grantee of Fulbright Graduate Studies scholarship at Columbia University(1991-93). His major publications include Neo-Techno-Nationalis: Technology and International Relations in an Age of Glocalization (yuhikaku, 2001, in Japanese), “Glocalization and the Transformation of the State”International Relations, no. 124, (2000, in Japanese).
(http://sv2.jice.org/jds/scholarships/univ_data/h20hitotsubashi_university.pdf.)

More info:

http://read.jst.go.jp/public/cs_ksh_008EventAction.do?action4=event&lang_act4=E&judge_act4=2&knkysh_name_code=1000241170

Hiroshi Segawa:

????? (please help me to find him)

ALBUMS:
Imaginary Doll (1984)
Electromance (1984)
Pulse (1985)

More info:
http://www.youtube.com/elektromanz

http://reryo.blog98.fc2.com/blog-entry-129.html

http://blog.livedoor.jp/leftswitch/archives/08466.html

http://kazz.sub.jp/weblog/2007/07/_imaginary.html

I ask my visitors from Japan to help me out with info about Jullan!