PSYCHEDELUC KABUKI: GESSYOKU

Hoppy Kamiyama

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RIO/Avant-Prog

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Studio Album, released in 1994

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Onna Ni Umarete Yokattawa (Glad To Be Born A Woman)
2. Soushin Ashubin No Uta (The Song Of Soushin Ashubin)
3. Dance For Ascetic Exercises
4. Arujyuna & Rafura No Michiyuki (The Road For Arujyuna & Rafura)
5. Maaradita Wo Tataeru Uta (A Song To Bless Maaradita)
6. Song Of Night Goddess
7. Otoko To Onna Ha Itsumademo Hitotu (Man And Woman Are Together Forever)
8. Kono Fushigina Omoiha Nani (What Is This Incomprehensible Feeling)
9. Onna Ni Umarete Yokattawa (Glad To Be Born A Woman)
10. Happy Metempsychosis
11. Song Of Docrine
12. The Curtain Call
13. Soushin Ashubin No Uta (Instrumental) (The Song Of Soushin Ashubin)

Line-up / Musicians

- Hoppy Kamiyama / conductor, gram-pot, samples & vocal
- Tadasu Yoshida / drums, electric percussions & vocal
- Jyoji Sawada / electric bass, acoustic bass & vocal
- Natsuki Kido / guitar & vocal
- Steve Eto / percussion, metal & vocal
- Kumiko Takara / marimba, vibraphone, percussion & vocal
- Junji Hirose / sax, noise-machine & vocal
- Yuji Katsui / violin & vocal

+ Actors & vocalists : Kazuhiro Yamaji - Ken Osawa -Kazue Itoh -Masanori Ujigawa -Masayuki Oba -Shin Sugie -Tohru Nagasawa - Atsushi Yoshida -Hiromichi Kawakami

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Art Sphere, MGCD-1002

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Review by SaltyJon
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Bizarre albums seem to be the norm from the Japanese prog scene these days. This one is no exception to that. From what I can tell, it's supposed to be the music to a play (whether it's a real play or an imaginary one I don't know), but it's a pretty crazy one if so. The music on this one is all over the place; touches of free jazz, hints of marching band type stuff, some carnival music, avant rock...you get the idea. Along with Hoppy himself, we get some other high-caliber musicians on this one, including Natsuki Kido on guitar, Junji Hirose on sax, and Yuji Katsui on violins. Those are the only musicians I recognize on the album, though I almost mistook the drummer here for Tatsuya Yoshida (no, it's not him, their names are just similar). It's another album which is tough to compare to anything else. Though on occasion, I can catch hints of some of the tamer Japanese Zeuhl groups (for example, I notice hints of Bondage Fruit's music here and there).

If you're interested in the Japanese avant-garde scene, then Hoppy's music is basically a required stop on your journey. It's not an album I listen to regularly though, because I prefer other groups. Still, it's a good one, if a bit uneven. 3.5 stars, really.

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