Origa

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Origa
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Origa in a article of the The Bonkurasu Brigrade.
Background information
Birth name Olga Vital'evna Yakovleva
Also known as ORIGA
Born (1970-10-12)October 12, 1970
Kochenyovsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Origin Russia
Japan (Residential alien)
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Tokyo, Japan
Genres New-age, electronica
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, composer
Instruments Vocals, piano
Years active 1994–2015
Labels ROAD & SKY Company, TOSHIBA EMI Records, GEMMATIKA Records
Associated acts Yoko Kanno
Website origamusic.com

Ol'ga Vital'evna Yakovleva (Russian: Ольга Витальевна Яковлева, 12 October 1970 – 17 January 2015), better known as Origa, was a Russian singer who worked mostly in Japan.

History

Origa was born in small urban village Kochenyovo, 50 kilometres west of Novosibirsk. After graduating from music school in 1990, she took an opportunity to visit Japan in 1991 and finally contracted with the ROAD&SKY Organization in 1993. She later participated in several projects with various artists in addition to the Radio Japan Series and being part of the chorus for the Kobe earthquake disaster charity single. She released seven solo albums, two mini-albums, and 3 singles. She gained popularity outside Japan with the release of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and the subsequent original soundtracks, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 2.[citation needed]

These were written by long-time friend and composer Yoko Kanno, and both the first season's theme song, Inner Universe (featuring boy soprano Ben Del Maestro) and the second season's theme song, Rise used Origa's vocals. Origa first performed with Kanno for ∀ Gundam, singing "Moon" in concerts (in the CD "Moon" is performed by Kanno under the pseudonym of Gabriela Robin, Kanno never perform live). In 2005, Origa performed songs for the anime series Fantastic Children, most notably the ending theme "Mizu no Madoromi".[citation needed]

In 2006 Origa was involved in lyrics & vocal performance for the opening song ("Player") and the ending theme ("date of rebirth") from the movie Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society. In 2007, Origa performed with Yoko Kanno for the Ragnarok 2 Concert. There, she performed all three Ghost in the Shell opening themes; "Player" for Solid State Society, "Inner Universe" for the first season, and "Rise" for 2nd Gig, and substituted for Ilaria Graziano on "Yoru_Vo", Pierre Bensusan on "ELM", and Gabriela Robin on "Torukia". She also performed alongside fellow vocalists Maaya Sakamoto and Mai Yamane and joined in singing selected songs originally performed only by Maaya.[citation needed]

On 19 December 2008, she performed at Sugizo's "Rise to Cosmic Dance" concert held at Tokyo's Shibuya-AX hall. She later appeared on his 2011 single "The Edge".[1]

She lent her voice to the soundtrack for Final Fantasy XIII-2, the game was released in Japan on December 15, 2011. The soundtrack was composed by Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta and Mitsuto Suzuki.

In 2014, Origa attended Anirevo (Anime Revolution) where she performed in concert.[2] She performed songs from the Ghost in the Shell series and a medley of many other theme songs. She also participated in a panel with Production I.G. CEO Mitsuhisa Ishikawa.

Death

On January 17, 2015, Origa died at the age of 44, due to lung cancer.[3]

Personal life

In 1998, she married Iranian producer Zhian Saedi who she meet at a party she was singing. She gave birth to their first son Alyosha Saedi (born 2000).

Discography

Albums

  • Olga [Demo] (1992)
  • Origa (1994)
  • Illusia (1995)
  • Lira Vetrov (1996)
  • Eternal (Eien) (1998)
  • The Best of Origa (1999)
  • Era of Queens (2003)
  • Aurora (2005)
  • The Songwreath (2008)
  • Amon Ra (2013)
  • The Annulet (2013)
  • Lost and Found (2015)

Singles

  • "Kaze no Naka no Soritea" (1995)
  • "Le Vent Vert—Le Temps Bleu" (Полюшко Поле) (1998)
  • "Electra's Song" (2003)
  • "Mizu no Madoromi" (2004)
  • "Leleyala" (2006)
  • "Land of Love" (2006)
  • "Spiral(2006)
  • "Hanagumori" (2007)

Mini albums

Featured discography

References

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External links

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