HONDALADY is a collaboration between Japanese singer MARU and DJ DieTRAX. The duo, who describe themselves as a 'two guy techno-rock unit', came together in 1996 and have since produced a total of 12 albums. Their most recent work, WINNER, was released in 2011.
The pair have also contributed to several Grasshopper Manufacture games, beginning with 2006's The Silver #02 DESTRUCTOR, although they were not credited as HONDALADY and remixed their tracks separately (Kusabi [Love or Die Remix] and Uehara Kamui [NYNY Mix] by DieTrax and MARU respectively). They were also responsible for several No More Heroes remixes, including We Are Finally Cowboys [Golden Brown Mix] for No More Heroes Sound Tracks: Dark Side, as well as several tracks for No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Original Soundtrack (most notably Margaret Moonlight's boss theme Philistine).
Discography[]
DieTRAX:
- The Silver #02 DESTRUCTOR (2006)[1]
- Intersect Fractional. (2006)
- splash! (2008)
- Intersect Fractional.Vol.3 (2008)
MARU:
- The Silver #02 DESTRUCTOR (2006)[2]
- No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Original Soundtrack (2010, arranger)
As HONDALADY:
- PRINCE (2001)
- 東京VINYL (2003)
- 136 (2004)
- peach ON DA LADY (2005, collaboration with J-Pop band peach)
- TVTB (2005)
- I’m proud E.P. (2006)
- 303 (2006)
- WORLD RECORD (2007)
- No More Heroes Sound Tracks: Dark Side (2008, contributor)[3]
- Reflection of Systems (2008, contributor)
- CASSETTABLE (2009)
- SNEAKER MON AMOUR (2010)
- Mini Sound Track (2010)[4]
- No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Original Soundtrack (2010, contributor)[5]
- ギミアブレイク (lit. "Gimiabureiku") (2011)
- WINNER (2011)
Notes[]
- ↑ "Kusabi [Love or Die Remix]", credited to Die Trax.
- ↑ "Uehara Kamui [NYNY Mix]", credited to Maru.
- ↑ "We Are Finally Cowboys [Golden Brown Mix]", credited to HONDALADY.
- ↑ "Philistine [US ver.]", credited to HONDALADY vs DJ HAPIO and composed by MARU.
- ↑ "Sub Crazy", "We Are Finally Cowboys [Golden Brown Mix]", "Philistine" and "Shoegazer Watched the Stars", credited to HONDALADY and composed by MARU with the exception of the second track.