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There are two artists named Harco: 1) HARCO (Yoshinori Aoki) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer who has been active since 1997. His music gained considerable popularity in the mid 2000s from several of his songs (such as 世界でいちばん頑張ってる君に and BE MY GIRL ～君のデイリーニュース～) being used in television commercials. He has since gone on to form collaborations with other musical entertainers (such as writing a song for singer YUKI, and forming a duo with Sukpatch called Harcopatch) and artists of other mediums, such as a soundtracked painting exhibition with painter Mayumi Oku. He has also written music for the...

Eindhoven born and based artist Harco Pront (electronics, vocals, guitars) easily switches between raw electro-funk & deranged soul-hybrids. With a special mix of the eclectisism of Beck, the soul of d'Angelo and the funk of early Prince recordings or Jimi Tenor, this artist stole the hearts and minds of Musik For Speakers label - which released his debut album Jibberish in 2003.. His raw, uncompromising audio-miniatures reveal a richness in ideas and authenticity that is rarely encountered in modern pop/dance music. .

CHARCOAL FILTER was a Japanese pop rock band. The members were Otsuka (vocals), Kona (guitar), Yasui (bass) and Takano (drums). After releasing a 1,000 copy indie album and several unsucessful singles, the group first made it big when their single "Tightrope" was selected as the ending theme song for the Gensoumaden Saiyuki anime series. After that, the group released several full-length and mini-albums, a "best" album, and a DVD collection of promotional videos with commentary. In 2006, the band signed to Nippon Crown and released mini-albim "心の来た道" and "Gimme a Light 2" (the latter as a tribute to their first...

Ed Harcourt, born on August 14, 1977, is a British singer-songwriter from Lewes, East Sussex. Before he went solo, he played the bass and keyboards in a band called Snug. Signed to Heavenly Recordings, he debuted in 2000 with the 6-track EP Maplewood. His full length effort, Here Be Monsters followed in 2001. He has since released From Every Sphere (2003), Strangers (2004), The Beautiful Lie (2006, his last for Heavenly), Lustre (2010), Back Into The Woods (2013), Time Of Dust (2014), and Furnaces (2016). His first instrument is the piano, but he also uses several less common keyboard instruments...

James Harcourt is chiefly a producer, but more recently the founder of Twisted Frequency recordings and an occasional DJ too. Born in Hitchin, James has always been intensely passionate about music and as a youngster was happiest making voyages to the local record shops to buy music. Inspired constantly by alternative music shows such as The Tube and the Old Grey Whistle Test James was also taught music from a young age. Classical tuition inevitably gave way to rock'n'roll as James went on to spend a few years playing lead guitar in local bands in Hitchin, always favouring the recording...