ROTH BART BARON

ROTH BART BARON (ロット・バルト・バロン) is a Tokyo-based musical duo formed in 2008 with MIFUNE Masaya (vocal, guitar) and NAKAHARA Tetsuya (drums). The band has self-released three works and two full albums with Felicity.

Roth Bart Baron performing in 2015

Biography

Mifune Masaya and Nakahara Tetsuya met in junior school and played tennis doubles then.[1] They started the band in university and, in the beginning, spent most of the time rehearsing and home recording. The band's name, ROTH BART BARON, comes from the antagonist von Rothbart in Tchaikovsky's The Swan Lake. Mifune played the role in kindergarten which left a strong impression on him being the only antagonist at that time.

The band self-released three works including the EP "ROTH BART BARON"(2010), the five-track EP "Monster Mountain and Choirboys" (13 December 2012) and "Chocolate Demo" (21 September 2012). Songs from these early works, especially those in "Monster Mountain and Choirboys" are still often performed on shows.

ROTH BART BARON signed to Felicity and released their first full album ROTH BART BARON's THE ICE AGE in 2014. The album was recorded in Philadelphia with Jonathan Low and Brian McTear.[2]

A second album, ATOM. was released in 2015. The recording was done at Hotel2Tango in Montreal. The music video for the lead track, "bIg HOPe" was filmed with 360/ VR cameras.

In 2017, Roth Bart Barons started a crowdfunding project on Campfire for EP and music video production in UK.[3] With the success of the funding, the band took a short stay in London and worked with Bradley Spence for the EP.

The "Atom (UK Mix)" video, as part of the project, was filmed near Brighton with the German photographer Julia Schönstädt.

Tours
  • ROTH BART BARON'S THE ICE AGE release tour 2014
  • ROTH BART BARON'S THE ICE AGE release tour in North America 2014
  • ATOM Tour 2015~2016 in Japan
  • ASIA TOUR 2016 (18 June, Shanghai; 19 June, Beijing; 26 June, Gachuurt, 28 June, Taipei)
  • HEX TOUR 2018-2019 in Japan

Festivals
  • Summer Sonic 2015 [4]
  • Big Mountain Music Festival 2015[5]
  • Play Time Festival 2016 [6]
  • Fuji Rock Festival '16 [7]
  • Rising Sun Rock Festival in Ezo '17 [8]

Members
  • Mifune Masaya (三船雅也) - vocal, guitar
  • Nakahara Tetsuya (中原鉄也) - drums, chorus, musical saw, etc.

Discography

EP
  • 2010 ROTH BART BARON (self-released)
  • 2012 Monster Mountain and the Choirboys (self-released)

Demo
  • 2012 "Chocolate" (self-released)

Album
  • 2014 ROTH BART BARON'S THE ICE AGE (Felicity, PECF-1094, Felicity cap-197)
  • 2015 ATOM (Felicity, PECF-1127 / Felicity cap-238, Oricon Chart 222[9])

References
  1. "Roth Bart Baron gets theatrical on latest album, 'Atom' - The Japan Times". Japan Times. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. "和製Fleet Foxesと称されるROTH BART BARON。The National、Kurt Vileらを手掛ける制作陣参加の1stアルバムを語る。 - ページ 2 / 3 - Qetic - 時代に口髭を生やすニュースメディア"けてぃっく"". qetic.jp. 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  3. "UKデビューに向け、イギリスでEP盤&ミュージックビデオを制作。 - CAMPFIRE（キャンプファイヤー）". CAMPFIRE（キャンプファイヤー）. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. "LINE UP - SUMMER SONIC 2015". summersonic.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  5. "PROGRAM". Big Mountain Music Festival. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. "Хамтлагууд". Playtime Festival. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  7. smash-jpn.com. "FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL '16". fujirock-eng.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  8. "RSR '17 Lineup". Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  9. "ATOM - ROTH BART BARON". oricon.co.jp. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
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