Caroline Lufkin is a US based singer-songwriter, who debuted in the US with the single “Where's My Love”, under Temporary Residence. She was originally signed under this label because she sent a link to her song, Where's My Love, that she had uploaded at her MySpace account. Her songs sound very minimalistic, and her voice has a lot of purity and clarity to it.
Caroline moved around a lot when she was younger since her father was formerly a Marine, though she is originally from Okinawa. She lived in North Carolina and California when she was younger. Originally, Caroline became interested in music by listening to classical music played by her parents every morning. Her parents surrounded her with all kinds of art, which also influenced this idea. She also was influenced by sing-along books and the children's movie/toy line Rose Petal Place. She moved to Boston to study at the Berklee School of Music in 1999, and later graduated in 2003. After graduating, Caroline moved back to Tokyo and made a living by recording demo vocal tracks for many artists, as well as vocals for commercials. She was even offered a major label contact herself. After working on an album for months, Caroline was unhappy with the aspects that the record company wanted to change (for example, to make the songs extremely pop/dance sounding) and decided to quit altogether. She later decided to sign with US indie label Temporary Residence.
In the future, Caroline wishes to grow musically and someday wants to operate a Lounge (an artistic centre filled with aesthetic music, artwork, food and architecture), which she sees as the perfect world. Caroline also loves to spend hours and hours staring at artwork or architecture. Caroline's first song, Where's My Love, was available to listen at her MySpace account in late 2004. During this time, she sent the song to the US indies record company Temporary Residence, and they accepted her as a new artist. Where's My Love was officially released as a single on 2005.10.25, however in fact was being distributed in the previous month. Currently (as of 2005), Where's My Love is the highest selling EP at Temporary Residence. Caroline released her debut album, Murmurs, on March 6, 2006, and soon after held her first live at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas.
Caroline的音乐是很容易让人接受和喜爱的，因为她了解自己的特质，像“Where’s My Love”， “Bicycle” 和“Sunrise”这类作品她充分表现了自己嗓音的独特性，略带稚气但却生涩动人，在极简主义和电子碎拍的凑合下，向旋律和美声爱好者发出邀请。但这仅仅只是一个开端，像前面所说的童话梦境，瞬间即逝。
Caroline在独立音乐圈闯荡前曾签约主流公司，像姐姐Olivia一样，她本应可以在日本艺能界一尝当明星的滋味，但终于因为无法忍受自己作品被删改而终止合作关系。毕业于Berklee音乐学院的她最终选择了专门出版后摇作品的厂牌 — Temporary Residence。首支单曲“Where’s My Love”在2005年推出，成为该厂牌最畅销的单曲，而随后出版的《Murmurs》专辑所取得的回响自然是相当积极和乐观的。
也许是之前与主流公司合作的不愉快经验，抑或是个性使然，《Murmurs》专辑内隐约埋伏着许多不安分的动机和结构，仿佛就在张扬其回归独立性的坚定姿态。专辑后半部的作品如“Every Little Thing”， “Drove Me To The Wall”和“Winter”皆具备上述的因素，Caroline不再恰如其分而是竭尽所能的拓展其声线，在充满荒诞、虚幻和迷离的声响和音效中，将其歌唱本能推向极致。当然，制作班底和Caroline在Berklee的同学Jason Greenberg也居功不少。
About Pistol Valve Pistol Valve was formed in Tokyo, Japan on October 2005 by 10 Japanese girls at an average age of 20 years old. Although young, the members are all professionals at their position (the members met at a music school) and create a unique sound that blend together Rock, Pop and Hip-hop in a brass-band style.
The band first gained attention when they were featured in FUJI-TV’s “The Best House 1-2-3” - “Pistol Valve” ranked in at #4 on Yahoo! Japan’s search word rankings the very next day. The girls have been known for their numerous Street-live performances that are becoming increasingly popular. （转载自http://myspace.com/pistolvalve） http://www.pistolvalve.jp/
cotton (Alto Sax & Vocal)
ANDO! (Tenor Sax & Vocal)
Jenni7000 (Violin & Vocal)
tommy (Euphonium & Vocal)
Yoko Brooklyn (Tenor & Bariton Sax)
Ram-Asuka (Trombone)
Corina (Valve Trombone)
Misaty (Trumpet)
M-chan (Trumpet)
DJ Lilya (Turn Table)
Fo-Fo
Live at Akihabara（秋葉原）,Tokyo on July 30, 2006
TREASURES ～世界が終わっても～ （TREASURES ~Sekai ga Owattemo~，PV）
ハナレバナレ （Hanare Banare）
雪の降る頃 (Yuki no Furu Koro)
Picnic
砂漠に咲いた花 (Sabaku ni Saita Hana) 
夜明けまで（2004） 
明日は今日と同じ未来（2004）![アンマー [Maxi] ~ かりゆし58](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61K7GDG5TZL._AA240_.jpg)
