It took Bôa in a new direction, with more structure in lyrics and melody, as well as a more mellow, yet more harder-edged/indie rock format. Get There was released on 1 February 2005. Bôa's current lineup consists of Jasmine Rodgers (vocals), Steve Rodgers (vocals & guitar), Alex Caird (bass), and Lee Sullivan (drums & piano).įollowing their success with Twilight, the band decided to create their own independent label called Bôa Recordings to produce. However, the band decided to change labels and signed with Pioneer LDC (now called NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan) to produce their album Twilight (2001). The band was originally signed by Polystar in Japan and produced their first album 'Race of a Thousand Camels' (1998). Their track 'Duvet' was the opening theme song to the anime television series Serial Experiments Lain. They produced two major albums, Twilight (2001) and Get There (2005). The band progressed from a funk band to a rock band over the years, as bassist Alex Caird and multi-instrumentalist Ben Henderson joined the group, and Jasmine Rodgers was added as vocalist. Despite being a huge success and the band being British, the album The Race of a Thousand Camels was never released in UK.NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan (formerly Geneon and prior to that known as Pioneer)īôa (stylized bôa) are an English alternative/ indie band formed in London in 1993 by drummer Ed Herten, keyboard player Paul Turrell, and guitarist/vocalist Steve Rodgers.The song also inspired the name for Bolivian rock band Duvet.Jasmine Rodgers doesn't want to sing 'Duvet' anymore specified that the song “is ours, not just mine” talking about the band. Even if the band has not made any statement about being dismantled, their last album was in 2005 and since then Jasmine Rodgers started a solo career writing a piece for a classical Indian musician. As the success continued, Bôa was invited as guests to conventions.

The song became a huge hit among anime fans. For Jasmine, 'Lain was a happy coincidence'. It was an unusual choice as most the the opening themes are written for the show. Konaka, after the band Bôa signed with the Japanese record label Polystar despite Boâ being a British band with the main singer, Jasmine Rodgers being only half-Japanese and only speaking a 'really little bit' of the language. The song was selected by the director Chiaki J. Has 4 versions: regular, TV size, acoustic, and Cyberia mix.Īnd you know what they say might hurt you The opening theme of the Serial Experiments Lain anime, by the band Bôa.

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