Education
Originally from Okinawa, Japan, Caroline Lufkin graduated from the Berklee School of Music in Boston in 2003.
Originally from Okinawa, Japan, Caroline Lufkin graduated from the Berklee School of Music in Boston in 2003.
After graduating, she moved to Tokyo and began working on an album. Before signing with her current label, she had been working on an album in the Japanese music industry where she was being groomed to be a Japanese popular singer. However, she left because of differening in views on her music stating that "they kept on telling me to change things and I didn"t want to change them.
Instead, Caroline decided to write, perform and records her own songs and owns began a search for indie labels.
, her first song, was posted on her MySpace page in late 2004. She sentTRL an e-mail, asking if she could send in a demo, and included a link to her MySpace page. was officially released as a single on October 25, 2005, but was also distributed during the previous month.
On March 6, 2006, Caroline released her first album, Murmurs, and soon after held her first live show at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, on March 17 at the Whisky Bar. In 2007, Caroline was asked to join Mice Parade of FatCat Records.
Caroline has also collaborated with many artists and bands including Saxon Shore ("This Place"), Her Space Holiday and Lite ("Architecture" and "Time Machine").
Recently, Caroline released "Verdugo Hills" (2011) and "Verdugo Hills Remixes" (2012) through Temporary Residence Limited. Caroline was also the voice of the Uniqlo Wake Up app for iOS, on which she collaborated with Yoko Kanno and Cornelius.
Caroline"s music been released by Temporary Residence Limited. Caroline is also a full-time member of Mice Parade (FatCat Records). She is now a full-time and touring member of Mice Parade and appeared on their singles, "What lieutenant Means To Be Left-Handed" (2010) and "Candela" (2013).