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Topic: Japan 5
Posted: November 07 2006 at 02:10

Ok, My Recent 5:

1. Live At Doors - Koenjihyakkei
2. 8.8 - Le*Silo
3. Blind Baby Has Its Mothers Eyes - Les Rallizes Denudes
4. Outtakes 66-78 - Seikazoku
5. Pop Tatari - Boredoms

honganji

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Posted: October 29 2006 at 20:32

fuxi wrote:

I feel like a complete newbie when it comes to Japanese prog, but the more I play it, the more I'm convinced that Kenso's FABULIS MIRABILIBUS is the best prog album to come out of ANY country in the last ten years! (Just read my review if you want to find out more.)

Also, if you're a prog-only maniac you may not be interested to hear this, but I have been deeply impressed by KARUKI ZAAMEN KURI NO HANA (2003) by Shiina Ringo, one of Japan's top female rockers. It's a neo-psychedelic album, somewhat similar in style and mood(s) to Kevin Ayers' CONFESSIONS OF DR DREAM, Todd Rundgren's A WIZARD A TRUE STAR, and that mini-opera by Kate Bush about a drowning girl (although the vocals are totally different from Bush's). Fairly spooky, but still fun, if you see what I mean. So if you can get hold of it, don't hesitate!

Honganji-han ni yoroshiku,
Saga no takebayashi kara,
JV

椎名林檎 (Shiina Ringo)　

Auuu ! Japanese proggers seldom talk about her, because she is one of the top popular singers. I didn't know she made such a psychedelic feeling album.

加爾基精液栗ノ花 (KARUKI ZAAMEN KURI NO HANA). However this is CCCD. I wish to buy but also I don't buy CCCDs. How stupid Toshiba EMI is to release it on CCCD !

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Posted: October 29 2006 at 20:24

honganji wrote:

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Impossible

My knowledge is too small to write a book.

書きなさい！

Yukorin

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Posted: October 29 2006 at 20:21

fuxi wrote:

Also, if you're a prog-only maniac you may not be interested to hear this, but I have been deeply impressed by KARUKI ZAAMEN KURI NO HANA (2003) by Shiina Ringo, one of Japan's top female rockers.

Great shout fuxi! Probably the first mention of her on here. Broke my heart when she got married

http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/ringo/ringonouta/flash/index_j.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shina_Ringo

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honganji

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Posted: October 29 2006 at 20:18

Yukorin wrote:

Honganji is definitely the man avers!

Honganjisama. Write a book. Please! Any language. Any price. Yoroshikuonegaiitashimasu!

Impossible

My knowledge is too small to write a book.

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Posted: October 29 2006 at 17:33

I have most of the japanese keyboard driven prog albuns (courtesy of Gerard, Ars Nova, Social Tension, Deja Vu,etc)

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Posted: October 29 2006 at 15:46

I feel like a complete newbie when it comes to Japanese prog, but the more I play it, the more I'm convinced that Kenso's FABULIS MIRABILIBUS is the best prog album to come out of ANY country in the last ten years! (Just read my review if you want to find out more.)

Also, if you're a prog-only maniac you may not be interested to hear this, but I have been deeply impressed by KARUKI ZAAMEN KURI NO HANA (2003) by Shiina Ringo, one of Japan's top female rockers. It's a neo-psychedelic album, somewhat similar in style and mood(s) to Kevin Ayers' CONFESSIONS OF DR DREAM, Todd Rundgren's A WIZARD A TRUE STAR, and that mini-opera by Kate Bush about a drowning girl (although the vocals are totally different from Bush's). Fairly spooky, but still fun, if you see what I mean. So if you can get hold of it, don't hesitate!

Honganji-han ni yoroshiku,
Saga no takebayashi kara,
JV

Yukorin

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Posted: October 29 2006 at 09:06

Honganji is definitely the man avers!

Honganjisama. Write a book. Please! Any language. Any price. Yoroshikuonegaiitashimasu!

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Posted: October 29 2006 at 08:58

I kwon Ain soph and Hiromi the jazz pianist...

quelqu'un pour un jam?

blindtoad = Poor english...

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Posted: October 29 2006 at 08:39

Adam, I just wanted to thank you in front of the forum for baing the main cause of my increasing and porfound interest in the Japanese music scene on all its varieties (be it noise, "usual" prog, zeuhl and the rest of the lot). This scene is becoming my number one priority in unravelling and discovering new and old obscure bands/musicians. I now put extra emphasis on learning more and buying more music from these two countries. The two other persons I wish to thank are Honganji and Yukorin.

The problem with the Japanese scene is obviously the language barrier which makes it difficult to find much info in English, which is available but not as much as it is in Japanese. I also looked at a list by Honganji and I saw there names written in Japanese and this constitutes a problem in looking for those bands, since I don;t know their names...

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Posted: October 29 2006 at 06:25

avestin wrote:

Black Velvet wrote:

I'm only quite new to the Japanese scene and as of yet I don't think I can quite narrow it down to just 5 bands. But here are some of the bands I am finding interesting at the moment. - Boredoms (would have to one of my favourite bands at the moment) - Acid Mothers Temple - OOIOO - Haino Keiji - Ruins - Brast Burn - karuna khyal - Wha-ha-ha - Ground Zero (alongside many other Otomo Yoshihide projects) - Taj Mahal Travellers - Sanhedolin - Korekyojinn - Lacrymosa I'm sure there are many more by they are some I have been interested in. Also this is probably a good place to ask. Does anybody know anything about the band EPIDEMIC CAUSE? All I know is they are a Japanese trio focusing in the realms of avant-garde.

never too late.....

Adam, did you finally get some info on Epidemic Cause?

Sorry about the slow reply. But I don't know much about Epidemic Cause still. There are actually 2 CD's in my store, but I always seem to buy something else instead. Though I was having a look through some of the ablum details and it seems both of those albums for produced by an Australia record company. I will have to ask to have a listen sometime soon.

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Posted: October 27 2006 at 18:13

Just to mention again my enthusiasm with Le Silo and their release 8.8.

Take all that is good from RIO/Avant bands of passed times and squeeze it tightly and you get this dynamic performance.

http://www7.ocn.ne.jp/~tolsilo/contents/lesiloeigo.html

http://www.rermegacorp.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=LeSilo&Category_Code=OI&Store_Code=RM

http://www.sonore.com/artist/Le_2ASilo/

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Posted: October 27 2006 at 16:54

I like Interpose too, but I *love* Flat 122

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Posted: October 27 2006 at 16:39

Thanks for that, I'll add those to my already enormous "To buy" list!

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Posted: October 27 2006 at 16:28

baldy flapstick wrote:

Wish I could say the same for yours but I've never heard of any of the bands you list!
Based on what i listed, which on your list would you recommend to me?

I can recommend :

Interpose -s/t (jazz-rock/art-rock)

Cosmos Factory - An Old Castle of Transylvania

Wha-Ha-Ha (check out the album listed in PA)

Korekyojinn - s/t, Isotope

Koenjihyakkei (all good, look for them in PA http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=1218)

Other Bondage Fruit

Ground Zero (look in PA http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=2668 )

Ruins - II, Burning Stone*, Symphonica and others as well

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=825

KULTIVATOR - Barndomens Stigar

Look at these pages: http://www.japanimprov.com/index.html

http://noise.as/

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Posted: October 27 2006 at 16:13

Wish I could say the same for yours but I've never heard of any of the bands you list!
Based on what i listed, which on your list would you recommend to me?

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Posted: October 27 2006 at 16:02

^^^

Great list.

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Posted: October 27 2006 at 15:57

Although I only have one Bondage Fruit album (IV) I think it's quite excellent and would love to hear more of their stuff. Storm Bird Storm Dreamer is a favourite track of mine, still can't work out how the guitarist doesn't get arm ache! Since a few others have listed their Japanese prog, here's my list.....

Ain Soph - Hat and Field , A Story of Mysterious Forest
Ars Nova - Biogenesis Project , The Godess Of Darkness , Keyboards Triangle
Bi Kyo Ran - Bi Kyo Ran , Parallax , A Violent Music
Bondage Fruit - Bondage Fruit IV
Gerard - Keyboards Triangle , Live In Marseille - Battle Triangle , Pandora's Boz, The Pendulum ,
Sighs Of The Water
Happy Family - Happy Family
KBB - Four Corner's Sky , Lost and Found
Kehell - Galileo
Kennedy - Kennedy
Kenso - Esoptron , Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis , Kenso (1981), Kenso II, Kenso (1985) ,
Live On Air West , Yume No Oka , Progfest 2000
Sidesteps - Alive , Out and Out , Points of View
Terus Symphonia - Do Androids Dream of Electric Camel

without exeption these are all great albums as far as I'm concerned. Kenso are my favourites.
The only moan I have is with the awful singer Gerard employed (Robin G Suchy) who totally ruins a lot of their otherwise excellent material. All in all though Japan has a lot to offer and I'm sure I will be finding a few more gems in the future!

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Posted: October 27 2006 at 14:16

　うーーーむ。こちらのゆうこりん殿は、テレビによぉ出ているゆうこりん殿とは違ってアヴァン系に興味のあるゆうこりんですな。

　日本から5枚、あるいは5アーティストとなると厳しいです。所有割合は各国別ではトップだし、半端じゃない枚数だし。

　有名所というか大物というなら

　1.四人囃子

　2.Cosmos Factory

　3.美狂乱

　4.Kenso

　5.Novela

　あたりが絶対抑えておきたいアーティストの私見では５傑ですかね。

　音楽的な個性では

　1.Killing Time

　2.Katra Turana

　3.Taj Mahal Travellers

　4.Heretic

　5.Pazzo Fanfano Di Musica

　あたりがかなりの個性派として思い当たりますでしょうか。

　個人的な思い入れでは

　1.Cinorama

　2.天井桟敷

　3.Kirche

　4.Fairy

　5.Wha-ha-ha

　あたりも推したいですね。

　えこひいきのように評価が高いアルバム5傑となると

　1.天井桟敷/身毒丸

　2.Cinorama/庭々

　3.夢幻/Sinfonia Della Luna

　4.Heretic/Escape Sequence

　5.Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO/Ｅｌｅｃｔｒｉｃ　Heavyland

　の５枚かな。

　今年リリースの日本物となるとぐっと幅が狭くなって、以下の5枚あたりでしょうか。

　1.桜庭統/ヴァルキリー・プロファイル　2　アレンジ・アルバム

　2.桜庭統/ライブ2006　ヴァルキリー・プロファイル　2

　3.Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO/Have You Seen The Other Side Of The Sky ?

　4.Kenso/うつろいゆくもの

　5.Altered States/Bluffs II

Edited by honganji - October 27 2006 at 14:18

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Posted: October 27 2006 at 13:25

These are all of my japanese albums:

Social Tension - "MacBethia"
Food Brain - "Social Gathering"
Cosmos Factory - "An Old Castle of Transylvania"
Gerard & Ars Nova - "Keyboards Triangle"
Ars Nova - "Fear & Anxiety", "Transi", "The Goddess of Darkness", "The Book Of the Dead", "Android Domina", "Lacrimaria", "Biogenesis Project"
Gerard - "Gerard", "Empty Lie, Empty Dream", "Irony of Fate", "The Pendulum", "Pandora's Box", "Evidence Of True Love", "Meridian", "The Ruins Of A Glass Fortress", "Sighs of the Water", "The Power Of Infinity"