History
Instrumentation
Mark Sorvari > Guitar/Vocals
Nishino Masumi > Drums
Nao Koyama > Bass
Biography
MARK SORVARI PICKED UP THE ELECTRIC GUITAR AT THE AGE OF 15.WITH NO FORMAL TRAINING, HE BEGAN TO BASH OUT SOUNDS, AND DEVELOP A PLAYING STYLE OF HIS OWN.
IN 1992, HE MET 2 LADS (A DRUMMER AND BASSIST RESPECTFULLY) AND FORMED THE BAND "ARM". IN 1997, AFTER 5 YEARS OF PLAYING, RECORDING, 2 7"s, ONE SELF-RELEASED VINYL ONLY LP, TOURING LIKE CRAZY, THEY CALLED IT QUITS....AS THEY ALL HAD OTHER PERSUITS IN THE WORKS.
MARK DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM MUSIC. FROM 1997-2001, HE SPENT MOST OF THE TIME ABROAD...TRAVELING THE WORLD, EXPLORING, DISCOVERING.
AROUND 2000, HE BOUGHT AN OLD 2 TRACK REEL TO REEL, AND STARTED RECORDING IDEAS WITH GUITAR AND A DRUM MACHINE. THEN, STUMBLED ACROSS A 4 TRACK WHICH OPENED THE DOOR TO FURTHER POSSIBILITIES. MARK SOON DISCOVERED HIS NEW PASSION WAS NOT ONLY WRITING/PLAYING MUSIC, BUT RECORDING IT TOO. HE BEGAN WRITING/RECORDING DEMOS AT HOME.
IN 2002, WEDDING BELLS RANG, AND MARK RELOCATED TO TOKYO, JAPAN. HE HAD MET NAO MANY YEARS EARLIER THROUGH HER WORK WITH THE BAND "SEAGULL SCREAMING KISS HER KISS HER."
HE CONTINUED WRITING/RECORDING SKETCHES AND DEMOS, EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES OF RECORDING.
IN EARLY 2003, HE GOT TOGETHER WITH 2 FRIENDS, JUSTIN SIMON (WE ACEDIASTS, INVISIBLE CONGA PEOPLE, MESH-KEY RECORDS) AND JUN HIEDA (CBMD) ON BASS.
HE WANTED TO TAKE THE SONGS/DEMOS AND TRANSLATE THEM INTO PIECES THAT COULD BE PERFORMED LIVE BY A BAND.
A BAND.....OH....THAT'S RIGHT....WE NEED A NAME!
1/2 JOKINGLY, A WEEK BEFORE THEIR FIRST SHOW, THE "TEMPORARY" NAME "NO T-SHIRT" WAS CHOSEN.
IN EARLY 2005, THEY SELF-RELEASED A SPLIT 7" ENTITLED "TEARS" WITH CHICAGO'S "ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE". THIS WAS LATER DISTRIBUTED THROUGH LUMINAL RECORDS/STICKFIGURE DISTRO.
IN SUPPORT OF THE 7" RELEASE, THEY SELF BOOKED A WEEK LONG JAPAN TOUR WITH "ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE".
2 YEARS, MANY SHOWS, 3 DRUMMERS, 3 BASSISTS, LATER (BOY .....TIME FLIES....) THEY REALIZED THAT "NO T-SHIRT" HAD BECOME THE PERMANENT NAME.....
ON THE EVE OF THEIR CD EP "SHORT SHORT LAND" RELEASE, THEY DECIDED THAT A NAME CHANGE WAS IN ORDER........SOMETHING NOT QUITE AS GROTESQUE.
IN DEC OF 2005, THE NAME IN CORRIDORS WAS CHOSEN.
IN FEB. OF 2006, IN CORRIDORS SPENT A WEEK TOURING JAPAN SUPPORTING "MINUS THE BEAR". COINCIDING WITH THE TOUR, THE "SHORT SHORT LAND" 5 SONG EP WAS RELEASED.
IN THE SPRING OF 2006, THEY STARTED PLANNING FOR THEIR NEXT RELEASE. THEY BEGAN WRITING, AND BOOKED A WEEK OF STUDIO TIME IN NYC WITH ENGINEER STEVE REVITTE (LIARS, J.MASICS, BEASTIE BOYS....) 11 SONGS WERE RECORDED (TWILIGHT IN THE PYRAMID HOUSE, FROM THE 2007 "PEACE DEMO" WAS RECORDED DURING THIS SESSION.....OTHER TRACKS ARE UNRELEASED).
IN THE FALL OF 2006, IN CORRIDORS "PINK TRUTH" (TAKEN FROM THE SHORT SHORT LAND EP), APPEARED ON THE GERMAN FANZINE "TRANSMISSION'S" AWAKE IN THE GREYLIGHT COMPILATION.
IN DEC OF 2006, THEY RECORDED 2 TRACKS "THE LAST RAY" and "ROCKETSHIP RUN" (WHICH APPEAR ON THE 2007 "PEACE DEMO") AT PEACE MUSIC STUDIO IN TOKYO WITH ENGINEER SOUICHIRO NAKAMURA (GUITAR WOLF, YURA YURA TEIKOKU, BORIS.....) AND PRODUCER YOU ISHIHARA (WHITE HEAVEN, THE STARS). "PEACE DEMO" WAS SELF-RELEASED AS A CDR IN JAN 2007.
IN CORRIDORS ARE CURRENTLY PREPARING FOR THEIR FIRST FULL LENGTH RELEASE AND ARE SEEKING LABEL/DISTRO/TOUR SUPPORT.
Discography
"Tears" split 7"
Track> Holiday (2005)
"Short Short Land" CD EP (2006)
Tracks> Pink Truth, New World, Miss, The Right, Holiday
Transmission Zine (Germany) Awake In the Greylight Compilation (2006)
Track> Pink Truth
"Peace Demo" CDR (2007)
Tracks> The Last Ray, Running at Night, Rocketship Run, Twilight In the Pyramid House
LIVE:
LISTEN:
- Rocketship Run (mp3)
- The Last Ray (mp3)
- Running At Night (mp3)
- Twilight In The Pyramid House (mp3)