About:

Home town:
Toronto, Canada
Tokyo, Japan


Band Members:
Yu: Vocals, Guitars, Drums
Seb: Vocals, Guitars, Electric Bass, Keyboards, Piano
Ting: Vocals, Electric Bass, Guitars


Biography:
The Universal Moment are a group of artists from all over the world. Their music reflects the beautiful sides of the world they've seen and what they expect from the world. It carries strong messages in beautiful melodies and striking beats.

The most glorious, beautiful, and the greatest moments will last forever and are the only true meaning of our lives. The Universal Moment believe that it is not just music that they write: their songs are pieces of artwork created with their beautiful ideology. Their music is strong, heart-touching, meaningful, and beautiful: their music is written for them to realize and to make people realize the universal moment.

The founding members, Yu and Sebastian, are brothers originally from Tokyo, Japan. They have such a unique background, as their family moved around the world since they were little. They were raised in many different places, such as Brussels, Belgium, London, U.K., L.A., California, Houston, Texas, Toronto, Ontario and Tokyo, Japan, constantly being exposed to the cultural diversities and versatilities of the world. Their such unique experiences and background are still the biggest influences to them. Sometimes, their music reminds you of Paris, and other times, it takes you to L.A.. Ting, who soon joined the band, also grew up in several different countries such as Australia, Canada and Taiwan. The brothers have known Ting for more than a decade, after meeting him in high school that they went together in Toronto. They kept creating music together for as long.

The Universal Moment's first live performance goes back to January, 2008. They presented an event at Kathedral in Toronto, collecting over a hundred people to the show by just themselves, leaving a great impression on the audience. However, even though the members were eager to work on the project, they needed to spend a year to actually get to start working on the first album, "The Reminder", because of the difficulties and obstacles, such as band members living far away from each other and such, that they had to overcome.

In year 2009, the band members were able to reunite in Tokyo, Japan and finally recorded the first album, "The Reminder". The CD was released in November in Toronto, Ontario, and is soon to be available on-line in year 2010. They ran their own night at one of the most spectacular and well-known venues, The Opera House, on November 26, 2009 to film their live performance on tape. They are looking to do more shows in year 2010 in North America to get their music heard by a much larger population.


Influences:
The band says there is no particular music that influences them, as they believe that everything they hear influences them everyday in both good and bad ways. Nonetheless, they appreciate the greatest music created by John Lennon, Kate Bush, Beethoven, Queen, as well as some of the most popular bands in the 90's. They also appreciate art in other forms, like the paintings done by the most amazing painters such as Claude Monet, Gustav Klimt, Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, El Greco, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent Van Gogh. They love art. In their words they say, "Art, including music, must reflect the joy, the excitement, the true meanings of life. So, our songs have themes or often story lines to achieve that."


Instrumentation:
Original Members:
Yu: Vocals, Guitars, Drums
Seb: Vocals, Guitars, Electric Bass, Keyboards, Piano
Ting: Vocals, Electric Bass, Guitars

Supporting Members:
Andrew Jarvis: Drums
Anna Preobrazenskaya: Keyboard
Rita Movsessian: Keyboard

Discography:
"The Reminder" November 2009

Links:
http://www.theuniversalmoment.com/
http://www.myspace.com/the