The Telephones

The Telephones

The Telephones are Akira Ishige (石毛輝) - vocals, guitar, keyboard, Ryohei Nagashima (長島涼平) - bass & chorus, Nobuaki Okamoto (岡本伸明 ) - keyboard & chorus, and Seiji Matsumoto (松本誠治) - drums.

After playing their first show together in January of 2005, The Telephones began to ring with resounding potential. The electric, electronic rock quartet released their first demo in July of the same year and established their official line up in August. With their roster set, The Telephones released their second demo in February ‘06 and followed things up with a short summer tour around Kanto.

The band finished 2006 with a bang by playing at year-end events at both Shimokitazawa ERA (下北沢ERA) and Shinjuku MARZ (新宿MARZ).

The Telephones released their debut mini album, We are the handclaps ep. on JULY RECORDS in April ‘07 and have continued to rock clubs with their disco and new wave-inspired rock anthems.

July 2009 saw the release of The Telephones’ first full album, Dance Floor Monsters. The debut single from this album, Monkey Discooooooo, was in heavy rotation on MTV Japan.

We Love Telephones

01. I Hate Discooooooo!!! - 3:59
02. Saitama Dance Mirror Ballers!!! - 4:57
03. 2010 - 4:26
04. My Girl - 3:01
05. A. B. C. Disco - 2:37
06. Kung Fu Village - 4:38
07. Shit! Shit!! Shit!!! - 3:04
08. My Final Fantasy - 4:51
09. Re:Life - 3:32
10. Kiss Me, Love Me, Kiss Me - 3:43
11. I Wanna Die - 4:04
12. Oh My Disco!!! - 3:58
13. I'll Be There - 4:11
14. Drums, Basses, Guitars, Keys, And Your Love And Voice - 7:07

Oh My Telephones !!!

1. Kiss Me, Love Me, Kiss Me
2. Go!!!
3. oh my DISCO!!!
4. Live Track From “Super Disco Hits2@Differ ARIAKE (2009/12/04)”
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (My Life is Beautiful)/Monkey Discooooooo/Dance With You/Hopping Shower/Jabberwocky/Baby, Baby, Baby/D.A.N.C.E to the telephones!!!/Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (My Life is Beautiful)
5. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah (House Party ver.)

Dance Floor Monster 

1. D.A.N.C.E to the telephones!!! (3:07)
2. Baby, Baby, Baby (4:14)
3. Urban Disco (3:03)
4. Monkey Discooooooo (4:13)
5. Catastrophe (3:05)
6. Hopping Shower (3:57)
7. Jabberwocky (3:35)
8. Dance With You (3:46)
9. Perfect World (3:11)
10. Dead Men (2:39)
11. HABANERO (4:03)

Love & Disco

1. Beautiful Bitch (3:32)
2. RIOT!!! (2:54)
3. Love&DISCO (4:27)
4. electric girl (3:40)
5. Wooo Hoooo (3:58)
6. Hallelujah,Hallelujah,Hallelujah (11:26)

Japan

1. happiness,happiness,happoness (3:34)
2. DaDaDa (3:55)
3. sick rocks (2:45)
4. it's OK (4:23)
5. FREE THROW (5:46)
6. sleep,sleep,sleep (sadness of happy poor child) (5:13)
7. clashed mirrror ball (3:38)
8. fuЃ`shit!!!! (3:36)
9. Used Skin (4:08)
10. with one (4:07)
11. mushroom planet (4:55)
12. Homunculus (her space holiday remix) (3:39)

We are the handclaps

1. urban disco (3:08)
2. HABANERO (4:05)
3. panic disorder (3:01)
4. ambient metronome (3:29)
5. Homunculus (4:51)
6. I and I (7:20)