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Corporal Cleeg View Drop Down

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Posted: March 07 2007 at 22:27

HIROKI TAMAKI - TIME PARADOX

Progressive rock is my medicine.

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Posted: March 08 2007 at 10:29

Aaron wrote:

hahaha, ok, you are talking to someone who doesn't use the emoticons (whatever that means)

anyway, do you guys know what i mean by the Japanese exaggeration, hmm, maybe i should come up with a better word, it's not over-the-top, but.... ??

Aaron

Whatever it may be, it's definitely not true about my favourite Japanese prog band, Kenso, who are only a little 'symphonic' (in a 'Los Endos' kind of way) but closer in style to Bruford (ONE OF A KIND in particular) and Brand X.

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Posted: March 08 2007 at 11:43

To me Kenso sounds as very pleasant symphonic jazzrock, it's an awesome band, very crafty musicians and their live DVD is excellent

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Posted: March 08 2007 at 12:05

hrm, japanese prog. ok

there are sixteen artists represented on "Devil from the East - A Decade of Tatsuya Yoshida" so I want to know about the obscure ones ;P

these I know:
Tatsuya Yoshida: invented drums
Koenjihyakkei: magma wing of the above
Ruins: insane king crimson wing of the above
YBO2: proto-ruins

The Gerogerigegege: extreme noise rock
Zeni Geva: noise groove (prog, I say)
Phaidia: a batcave band lol
Aburakado: extreme noise punk sort of thing
Dissecting Table: as far as I know this is noise grind

which leaves:
Malinconia
Vasilisk
High Rise (i'm guessing this is space rock lol)
Ghost
Torture Garden (zorn project?)
Zoa
Tairituotoko vs. Sanmyakuonna

anyone have any glimpses of insight into any of these bands?

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Posted: July 08 2007 at 09:20

i have a question : Does anyone familiar with the band 'X Japan' ? I'm not familiar with their works and they've disbanded quite long ago. However, there're some sources say they're prog band.

thoughts ?

Edited by kazansky - July 08 2007 at 09:22

The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.

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Posted: July 08 2007 at 11:02

I have a question as well. Is anyone familiar with Japanese band called Blazing Bronze??? Right now I am listening to their album "Dominion of the East" for the very first time and it's impressive.

carefulwiththataxe

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Posted: July 08 2007 at 11:23

Thanks Eugene, I will check out because it's quiet on the Japanese progrock front, I am curious to the new Interpose+ album.

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Posted: July 08 2007 at 11:47

Yes, Erik, you might like Blazing Bronze as well, as it is pretty much symphonic with loads of keys in there.

carefulwiththataxe

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Posted: July 08 2007 at 14:22

Symphonic and loads of keys, this can't go wrong

honganji

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Posted: July 08 2007 at 19:03

kazansky wrote:

i have a question : Does anyone familiar with the band 'X Japan' ? I'm not familiar with their works and they've disbanded quite long ago. However, there're some sources say they're prog band.

thoughts ?

X Japan disbanded on December 31, 1997.

I don't think they are progressive rock band at all. But someone say they are progressive. Each person owns each different sense. If you like progressive metal, you might be pleased with their music.

One of the members was already dead some years ago. So it's impossible to reunite by original members.

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Posted: July 08 2007 at 19:36

Prog metal

, thanks for the advise Honganji

kazansky

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Posted: July 09 2007 at 03:04

honganji wrote:

X Japan disbanded on December 31, 1997.

I don't think they are progressive rock band at all. But someone say they are progressive. Each person owns each different sense. If you like progressive metal, you might be pleased with their music.

One of the members was already dead some years ago. So it's impossible to reunite by original members.

yeah i heard about they disbanded, and their guitarist died later on

not really a fan of Japanese rock/metal actually, especially the visual kei one...

The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.

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Posted: July 10 2007 at 18:54

ARS NOVA

The Goddess of Darkness

(Studio Album, 1996)
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Review by Mandrakeroot (Andrea Salvador)
Posted 2:08:02 PM EST, 7/1/2007

My review is produced using this release: Musea Version: Made In Japan Records / Musea FGBG 4196.AR

My Rating:9,5/10 PA Rating:5/5

This is my first cintact with Japanese Prog!!! What a contact!!! A mix of ELP, Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso, Rick Wakeman and King Diamond!!! This is "The Goddess Of Darkness". For sure... This is a Girlpower Trio and in my opinion they should have listened to until the death "Garofano Rosso" (by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso), the ELP, Rick Wakeman and King Diamond (being Japanese I should not have blundered!!!). The use of the keyboards remember me "Conspiracy" of King Diamond... Also the musical style is that... Horror Prog, in this case (not Horror Metal). The songs seem, however, written from Rick Wakeman and arranged by Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso. In truth these songs are written by Keiko Kumagai, a female and Japanese version of Rick Wakeman... The drums is played by Akiko Takahashi, a female and Japanese version of Carl Palmer and bass is played by Kyoko Kanazawa, another torrid performer. This album is totally instrumental and this fact increases the gothic part of the music... Music That ever I had heard so gothic!!!

This is my first contact with Japanese Prog... But... What a contact!!! Like that that of the meteorite that that make disappear the dinosaurs with the World!!!

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Posted: July 11 2007 at 01:42

I tried to listen to Ars Nova and a few other bands from Japan what I got was great technical skills but a little empty artistically , sure plenty of ideas and stuff but nothing I wanted to hang my hat on, in other words I don`t think they write very good music but they play great

Edited by Yorkie X - July 11 2007 at 01:48

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Posted: September 30 2007 at 01:45

Honestly there are a zillion bands out there but In my opinion I recommend the following bands because they all struck me as unique, interesting, or mindblowing.

First on my list...

Mongol-Doppler444- probably one of the best fusion albums of all time-my 2nd personal favorite jazz rock fusion album-super high energy, lot of kenso and ain soph influence but in the end they have a sound all their own

WYSIWYG - check out the album reflector, very very good high energy fusion, yet still very tasteful...

Naikaku- this band seems to be all the rage with alot of my friends who don't like
japanese prog-I would say that they are a great gateway band into the japanese prog scene

of course kenso or ain soph as well definetly check out Koenjihyakkei as well

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Posted: September 30 2007 at 05:20

Thanks for your post and keeping this thread alive Zappafriend

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Posted: September 30 2007 at 07:54

I got In the west from kenso yesterday, my third Japanse album iirc.I'm interested how the next Interpose release'll sound.

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Posted: September 30 2007 at 07:57

laplace wrote:

hrm, japanese prog. ok

there are sixteen artists represented on "Devil from the East - A Decade of Tatsuya Yoshida" so I want to know about the obscure ones ;P

these I know:
Tatsuya Yoshida: invented drums
Koenjihyakkei: magma wing of the above
Ruins: insane king crimson wing of the above
YBO2: proto-ruins

The Gerogerigegege: extreme noise rock
Zeni Geva: noise groove (prog, I say)
Phaidia: a batcave band lol
Aburakado: extreme noise punk sort of thing
Dissecting Table: as far as I know this is noise grind

which leaves:
Malinconia
Vasilisk
High Rise (i'm guessing this is space rock lol)
Ghost
Torture Garden (zorn project?)
Zoa
Tairituotoko vs. Sanmyakuonna

anyone have any glimpses of insight into any of these bands?

Tairituotoko vs. Sanmyakuonna was a project about 10 years ago which was basically a Japanese avant prog supergroup in which all of the musicians played an instrument other than the one they are normally associated with - Yoshida Tatsuya played bass. I've heard the first album and it's a bit patchy but has some interesting moments; it's like a group of entry level musicians trying to play Magma or King Crimson compositions, sometimes with surprisingly good results.

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Posted: September 30 2007 at 08:00

Dirk wrote:

I'm interested how the next Interpose release'll sound.

I'm also interested in that one, having liked a lot of their first album.

Thanks to zappafiend I will look for Mongol (I see it at Wayside and Syn-Phonic). I also agree with him about Naikaku, they are fabulous high energy and melodic. Fantastic album they released in Shell.

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Posted: October 02 2007 at 06:43

Koenjihyakkei rock!

Haven't got my head round Ruins though. I bought Vrrresto recently, think it'll take a few listens.

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