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 4 stars 1984: Fromage - Ondine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UEvw8X650s
 4 stars 1988: Fromage - Ophelia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fau4fL_QK98
 4 stars 1990: Fromage - Tsuki ni Hoeru - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb43wN7M8vk

 4 stars 1999: Gerard - Keyboards Triangle (with Ars Nova) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DQSGmZIEUw
 4 stars 2000: Gerard - The Ruins of a Glass Fortress
 4 stars 2002: Gerard - Sighs of the Water
 4 stars 2004: Gerard - Power of Infinity

 4 stars 1983: Terutsugu Hirayama - Castle of Noi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx_RyRr9b_o


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DEJA-VU      I'm sure I've heard this band somewhere before. Tongue
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FROMAGE      Bright and breezy, not cheesy, that's the sound of Kyoto-based Symphonic Prog band Fromage, who later broadened their panoramic horizons with their Cinema band project, which lasted slightly longer than Chris Squire's band of the same name.  Smile

 4 stars 1984: Fromage - Ondine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UEvw8X650s
 4 stars 1988: Fromage - Ophelia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fau4fL_QK98
 4 stars 1990: Fromage - Tsuki ni Hoeru - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb43wN7M8vk


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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DEJA-VU      I'm sure I've heard this band somewhere before. Tongue


I thought I saw this post somewhere before. Have this on CD. It's a decent album for the time period it came out. 
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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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DEJA-VU      I'm sure I've heard this band somewhere before. Tongue


I thought I saw this post somewhere before. Have this on CD. It's a decent album for the time period it came out. 
Maybe the post you saw before was for a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album of the same name. Tongue
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ARS NOVA     One of three bands named Ars Nova (Latin for "New Art"), this particular Ars Nova are an instrumental keyboard-heavy trio of geisha girls. This is Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Japanese style! Smile


This was the first Japanese prog band I discovered back in the 1990s. Keiko Kumagai is an amazing keyboardist. Their CDs are hard to find these days. CDs from Japanese record labels are really expensive here in the States. I wish the band would upload their music to Bandcamp so I can buy the ones I'm missing. Glad you liked their music enough to give them 4-stars across the board. They were working on a new album back in 2022, but I'm not sure what progress they've made since then.
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^ I remember the first Japanese album I ever bought was Tomita's Snowflakes Are Dancing way back in 1974, but the first Japanese band I ever listened to was Far Out, sometime between 2010 & 2012, with one of my favourite Japanese albums of all time: Nihonjin, which is Far Out by name, Far Out by nature. Smile

5 stars 1973: Far Out - Nihonjin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OhhN82dGqQ


You could say I have flied egg on my face because this is the sum total of my Japanese CD collection. Embarrassed

5 stars 1972: Flied Egg - Dr. Siegel's Flied Egg Shooting Machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjNQc2pgZbs




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I love Arsnova. I have their entire discography on cd. I understand the connection between Arsnova and ELP..but I don't always think about that and many times I feel they have a style of their own. Imo...early Triumvirat had closer similarities to ELP...but of course we all hear differently. Yes I absolutely love Arsnova!

I have all the Far East Family Band cds. I don't listen to them as much as I used to and must be in the right mood to appreciate them...but I absolutely love their music.

I also like DADA...which is mainly electronic keyboard and electric lead guitar. Though their first release is more ambient and meditative 🧘‍♂️... I'm missing CASTLE WALL which is a great album.

I have many Stomu Yamashta recordings. The Irhoa series LP's I burned to Cdr.

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^ I love all four of the Far East Family Band's albums and I'm a big fan of Stomu Yamashta too. I hadn't heard of Japanese outfit Dada before, so I searched for them on Discogs and YouTube and this is what I found. Dada for now. Smile

4 stars 1994: Dada - Castle Wall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30qT5WMAdcs
3 stars 2014: Dada - Rapa Nui (Earthsongs) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw-AFAT3f4A
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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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ARS NOVA     One of three bands named Ars Nova (Latin for "New Art"), this particular Ars Nova are an instrumental keyboard-heavy trio of geisha girls. This is Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Japanese style!


This was the first Japanese prog band I discovered back in the 1990s. Keiko Kumagai is an amazing keyboardist. Their CDs are hard to find these days. CDs from Japanese record labels are really expensive here in the States. I wish the band would upload their music to Bandcamp so I can buy the ones I'm missing. Glad you liked their music enough to give them 4-stars across the board. They were working on a new album back in 2022, but I'm not sure what progress they've made since then.


Ars Nova has performed numerous times in the last decade (including an appearance at a fest in France) and a new album was on the slate a few years ago, but my educated guess is there's a lack of proper financing to bring it to the masses. If only Keiko would make the move to crowdfund it.

Ars Nova was also my introduction to Japanese prog, beginning with Transi in '95. I heard the title track on the ProgFest '95 sampler tape and it blew me away. They've been on autobuy ever since.

In 2018, Transi, GoD and Book of the Dead got Blu-spec reissues.
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^ If you like the sound of Ars Nova, then I'm sure you'll love the sound of Gerard too, who'll be coming up here for review in just a few, but in the meantime, here's Gerard Dapardieu. Smile
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^ If you like the sound of Ars Nova, then I'm sure you'll love the sound of Gerard too


I started listening to Gerard in the '90s, a couple years after Ars Nova. I have a good number of their albums, minus the '80s stuff. Their discography is less consistent than Ars Nova's, but they've done some fantastic work as a band led by Toshio Egawa. Live in Marseille is a stupendous live document.


Surely one of their top compositions (from Pandora's Box, 1997)!
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ I love all four of the Far East Family Band's albums and I'm a big fan of Stomu Yamashta too. I hadn't heard of Japanese outfit Dada before, so I searched for them on Discogs and YouTube and this is what I found. Dada for now. Smile

4 stars 1994: Dada - Castle Wall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30qT5WMAdcs
3 stars 2014: Dada - Rapa Nui (Earthsongs) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw-AFAT3f4A


Thank you for posting DADA!! I have Jyo and Dada...I need to find Castle Wall and Rapa Nui on CD. They are a must for me
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GERARD     Another wonderworld of keyboard-heavy prog with an awesome power trio of demonic keyboard wizardry, following in the tradition of Ars Nova and sounding like a Japanese version of Uriah Heep on their most recent album, Visionary Dream. Smile

 4 stars 1999: Gerard - Keyboards Triangle (with Ars Nova) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DQSGmZIEUw
 4 stars 2000: Gerard - The Ruins of a Glass Fortress
 4 stars 2002: Gerard - Sighs of the Water
 4 stars 2004: Gerard - Power of Infinity



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TERUTSUGU HIRAYAMA     Terutsugu Hirayama is best-known (or unknown?) as the founder member of Teru's Symphonia (the clue is in the name) and they're coming up here later, but in the meantime here's Teru's one and only solo album, Castle of Noi, which I'm sure you'll enjoy. Smile

4 stars 1983: Terutsugu Hirayama - Castle of Noi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx_RyRr9b_o
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 4 stars 2004: Kalo - Spiral Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzYoiqoHIZE

 4 stars 2002: Kenso - Fabulis Mirabilibus de Bombycosi Scriptis - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1hovsJ8giQZlK6WeveXQRESpq7WaznEs
 4 stars 2024: Kenso - An Old Warrior Shook the Sun - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwGspy8RqcQ


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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GERARD     Another wonderworld of keyboard-heavy prog with an awesome power trio of demonic keyboard wizardry, following in the tradition of Ars Nova and sounding like a Japanese version of Uriah Heep on their most recent album, Visionary Dream. Smile

4 stars 1996: Gerard - The Pendulum - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nfS-V69B_2cNDxshf5ua0lFhTyFmAZ3iA 
4 stars 1997: Gerard - Pandora's Box - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_klCDcfHpgUs2O6Dvfixok6U4rOJpO-180 4 stars 1999: Gerard - Keyboards Triangle (with Ars Nova) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DQSGmZIEUw 4 stars 1999: Gerard - Live in Marseilles - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mqr2AhohjSd2CYE9g4VzWgfpsgNmUSVFM 4 stars 2000: Gerard - The Ruins of a Glass Fortress<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> 4 stars 2002: Gerard - Sighs of the Water 4 stars 2002: Gerard - Keyboards Triangle II - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kqqmYU8pY-r8ns1_RNs73dEGkjMZrTrcg 4 stars 2004: Gerard - Power of Infinity 5 stars 2010: Gerard - Ring of Eternity - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k8AIX-S4J4p_0XoGgn35RRx8EwhtR1-W4 4 stars 2011: Gerard - Visionary Dream - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDpaqZ8Ne4iF5sa6v2oJe95gdE3Csk46k


I agree with the above except:

3 stars Irony of Fate

5 stars Pandora's Box

5 stars Keyboards Triangle

5 stars Keyboards Triangle II [4.5]

3 stars Power of Infinity [3.5]

4 stars Ring of Eternity
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Kenso


One of the best bands, ever. 5 stars across the board.

The end of 2024 brought us a new Kenso album: An Old Warrior Shook the Sun   
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^ Thanks for letting me know about the new album from Kenso. I've now tagged it onto the end of my Kenso playlist. Thumbs Up

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KALO      A Symphonic Prog album that's rumoured to have been 20 years in the making. Was it worth the wait? Oh Yes!! This is beautiful music that more than lives up to the stunning album cover artwork. These are the things that Spiral Dreams are made of! Smile

4 stars 2004: Kalo - Spiral Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzYoiqoHIZE

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                 1994: Fairy - Hesperia (currently unavailable on YouTube) Ouch
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KENSO      A homogenized (like milk) hybrid of Symphonic Prog/Jazz-Rock/Fusion, Kenso must surely take the award for one of the best Prog Rock album titles of all time: "Fabulis Mirabilibus de Bombycosi Scriptis" - especially for the Latin scholars amongst us. Tongue

 4 stars 2002: Kenso - Fabulis Mirabilibus de Bombycosi Scriptis - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1hovsJ8giQZlK6WeveXQRESpq7WaznEs
 4 stars 2024: Kenso - An Old Warrior Shook the Sun - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwGspy8RqcQ


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