Beppu Nights by AWAKEN

BEPPU NIGHTS (別府Nights) is an unique magnetic, sensual, spiritual trip into the nights of a Japanese town called Beppu (別府), in the island of Kyûshû (九州). It leads you to some mysterious perfumes of Japan, mixing sea wind, grilled food, smokes of 温泉 and classy sake (お酒), under a starry night enlighted by neons and flashy lights. May you enjoy it...

Founded in early 1988 by dictator Gilles Snowcat, the Awaken project crossed the years by passing through different states and dimensions, from the early rough recordings to the nowadays Asian collaborations.

Here are the main important dates in Awaken's calendar :
1988 : Official birth. First songs, rough recordings : "Four Dreams Suite", "Electric Time", "Still Today / I'm Nine".
1989 : First studio recording, "Memories Of A Teenage Cat".?
1992 : Recordings that will lead to some demo tapes.
1996 : First official album "Tales Of Acid Ice Cream". First Live-To-Sequences performance.
1999 : Jam with Mr Al Stewart in Holland and Belgium.
2001 : Second official album "Party In Lyceum's Toilets". Mythic demo "Farewell To The Pulsar". First serie of web-singles.
2002 : "One Wild War" web-single. First Japanese collaborations. NEKOKAWA side-project.
2005 : First Vietnamese collaborations : "Ch? M?o Ngủ Qu?n". Start of collaboration with It's Oh! Music label in Miyazaki, Japan.
2006 : Start of Beppu days : "As A Start : C? Ph? & Pizza" web-single and "Beppu Nights" collection of songs.
2007 : New web single in December : "?o D?i M?u Hồng" / "X?p S?-C?-La".
2008 : "Beppu Nights" (別府NIGHTS)-2008 disco take hits the jackpot...