On April 20, it was announced that Casiopea would return (the first concert being on May 9), with Kiyomi Otaka on Keyboards, replacing Minoru Mukaiya, who currently has his own music production team (Mukaiya Club). On May 27, 2009, A limited-edition box set consisting of almost all of Casiopea's albums, called "Legend of Casiopea", was released in commemoration of the group's 30th Anniversary.
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In January 2009, Casiopea were involved with an album, "Tetsudou Seminar Ongakuhen", which was some music based on Minoru Mukaiya's Train Simulator Videogames. Issei Noro and Inspirits had released 2 albums since then. In 2007, Issei Noro (along with fellow Casiopea member, Akira Jimbo and several others) formed a J-Fusion group, "Inspirits". On August 1, 2006, Issei Noro, the group's leader, decided to freeze all activities of the band until further notice. Only 4 years later, 2004, Pioneer LDC changed their name to Geneon Entertainment. In 2000, The Group signed once again to Pioneer LDC. Then in 1997, Akira returned to Casiopea, this time as a part-time member, recording more albums and again contributing some of the compositions. Noriaki Kumagai came to replace Masaaki, and a year later, 1994, the group Signed once again to Alfa Records, but signed to Pony Canyon in the later part of the year. In 1993, the group once again changed its members. They signed to yet another record label, Pioneer. For their replacement, Casiopea chose Yoshihiro Naruse (bass) and Masaaki Hiyama (drums). They later formed their own duo-band, Jimsaku.
In 1989, Akira Jimbo and Tetsuo Sakurai left the band following several years of musical differences. In 1987, Casiopea signed to another Record Label, Polydor. The group has toured Europe, South America, Australia, and Southeast Asia. Their first overseas concert was held in the United Kingdom in 1983. They then released the album Mint Jams in 1982, followed by Four by Four the same year, which was a collaborative album with Lee Ritenour, Harvey Mason, Nathan East and Don Grusin (all except Don Grusin later became founding members of Fourplay). The album "Eyes of the Mind" was released in the United States in 1981.
Galactic Funk first featured in their 1981 album "Crosspoint" which had around 10 different versions recorded both live and in studio. They were first signed to Alfa Records in 1979, with their first album Casiopea.
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