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The Tall Snake EP was released in Japan featuring all three versions of 'Duvet' and two songs ('Little Miss' and 'Two Steps'). In 2000, Polystar released both the Tall Snake EP, and featured 'Duvet' on the 20th Anniversary of Polystar Collection Vol.1 Female Vocal Love Songs compilation.

Meanwhile, Boa was working with producer Stuart Epps on new material including an acoustic version of 'Duvet' and the song 'Drinking'. 'Duvet' was also on the 1998 album Race of a Thousand Camels in Japan.

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It was an instant success in Japan and became the opening theme of the anime series Serial Experiments Lain. While signed with Polystar, the band released their first single in 1998, called 'Duvet'.

Although the album was recorded and produced in England, Jasmine and Steve traveled to Japan in 1998 to promote the debut album Race of the Thousand Camels, which was released only in that country. They recorded further tracks for the album with producer Neil Walsh at the Monnow Valley Studios. They recorded three songs, 'Twilight', 'Deeply', and 'Elephant' in London, with producer Darren Allison (Spiritualized, The Divine Comedy) at the Red Bus studios in London. In 1996, they accepted a recording contract with a Japanese Company, Polystar.

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As a result of their Glastonbury performance, they were chosen as the focus of a TV documentary about the festival that was later distributed on the London show 'Shift'. Lee brought a rockier feel to the group's sound which complemented a natural progression away from funk by the band and a migration from saxophone to guitar by Ben Henderson.īôa honed their live performances with many gigs across the South of England such as the Glastonbury festival (1995). The new drummer, Lee Sullivan, is the son of Terry Sullivan, the drummer in the band Renaissance. In the summer of the same year, Ed Herten decided to leave the band to concentrate on his studies.

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Their first live performance was in January 1994 at the London Forum supporting Steve and Jasmine's father, classic rock singer Paul Rodgers (of Free & Bad Company fame). Ben Henderson, who had played with Alex in the band Doctor Sky, was recruited shortly afterwards to play saxophone.

Steve's younger sister, Jasmine Rodgers, was invited to sing the chorus part of one of their first songs called 'Fran', and she soon became the lead singer of the group. Originally a funk band, Bôa was formed in 1993 by drummer Ed Herten, keyboardist Paul Turrell, and Steve Rodgers on guitar and vocals.Īlex Caird, who had played with Ed in another band Draggin' Bones, was soon recruited on bass guitar. Jasmine Rodgers is the lead vocalist of the group It also had more acoustic elements than the first album. 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. NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan (formerly Geneon and prior to that known as Pioneer)īôa (stylized bôa) are an English alternative rock band formed in London in 1993 by drummer Ed Herten, keyboard player Paul Turrell, and guitarist/vocalist Steve Rodgers.