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Posted: October 09 2007 at 08:12

Shakespeare wrote:

koenji!

Good call!

"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."

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Posted: October 09 2007 at 08:10

koenji!

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Posted: October 09 2007 at 07:37

not an expert... but love what I have heard. Many of them, again, were suggested by Erik.

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Posted: October 09 2007 at 07:26

Pezmerga wrote:

Anyone have any suggestions for a good Japanese Prog group with Female Vocals?

1.Aramary (ex-lead vocalist of Sound Horizon)

Sound Horizon

2.Nagai Hiroko (aka Oki Risa)

Pageant

Mr.Sirius

3.Royama Yoko (she was already dead)

Vermilion Sands

Theta

4.Mitose Noriko (she has also released solo albums)

Kirche

5.Tokuhisa Megumi (recently Teru's Symphonia is not active ....)

Magdalena

Teru's Symphonia

Pazzo Fanfano Di Musica

6.Shimomachi Kaori (she seems to retire from music scene...)

Hirayama Terutsugu

Teru's Symphonia

Pale Acute Moon

7.Sera Junko (powerful singer!!)

Marge Litch

Alhambra

8.Aruga Sayuri (is she famous in recent prog scene?)

Interpose+

9.Hiragaki Akiko (though she is a weak singer, I like her sweet voice)

Hiroyuki Ishizawa & Io

Fairy

10.Naritomi Miori (ex-Fairy's guitarist group, Kalo's singer)

Kalo

Naritomi Miori + Assimilate

11.Mihashi Mikako (she sings in many groups)

Mihashi Mikako & Sohonzan

Kitchen Drinkers

Oni

12.Ogawa Mishio (cute?

)

Wha-ha-ha

Senba Kiyohiko & Haniwa All Stars

Chakra

13.Kubota Aki (aka Shinjuku Aki. she released one album by this name)

Koenjihyakkei

Bondage Fruit

14.Saga Yuki (she has released solo albums)

Bondage Fruit

Suara Ombak

15.Takami (solo singer)

Takami

16.Ueno Yoko (she also released solo albums)

Zabadak

Asturias

17.Miyamoto Yoshiko (she seems to retire from music scene...)

4LDK

Starless

18.Kato Emiko (I can see her name only this group)

Sillfeed

19.Tochizawa Yukari (aka Kudo Yukari)

Picaresque Of Bremen

20.Cotton Casino (she left from AMT)

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.

21.Haco (she is very active since After Dinner)

After Dinner

22.Kudo Misuzu (Made In Japan label's unknown gem?)

August

23.Carmen Maki (she was a member of play party Tenjosajiki)

Carmen Maki & Oz

Carmen Maki and Salamandre

24.Midori, Tae (both female vocalists sing in only this group)

Ashada

25.Fujimoto Hiromi (operatic singer)

Cinema

26.Tanaka Yumiko (her true instrument may be shamisen

)

Ground-Zero

Kitchen Drinkers

27.Sakata Sachiyo (very clear voice!)

Cinorama

28.Hokada Naomi (Nakajima Ikko found her!)

Ie Rai Shan

29.Eguchi Toko (aka Tauko)

Magritte Voice

30.Totoki Yukiko (she is also a concertina player)

Quikion

31.Kubota Yoko (she also sings in Saber Taiger)

Providence

32.Sugawara Takako (I prefer her voice than Kubota)

Providence

33.Hina (Nakajima Ikko found her. he is good at finding excellent female vocalists

)

Romanza-Bekkan

etc, etc

Edited by honganji - October 10 2007 at 12:42

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Posted: October 09 2007 at 04:47

Pezmerga, the first Pageant album contains wonderful female vocals (see my review on this site), personally one of my favorite Japanese progrock albums

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Posted: October 09 2007 at 02:09

Interpose+ are terrific... and for more avant garde, though their singer only occassionally vocalizes, you must hear Flat 122

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Posted: October 09 2007 at 02:00

Anyone have any suggestions for a good Japanese Prog group with Female Vocals?

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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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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: 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 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 05:20

Thanks for your post and keeping this thread alive Zappafriend

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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: 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: 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 09 2007 at 03:04

honganji wrote:

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.

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...

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Posted: July 08 2007 at 19:36

Prog metal

, thanks for the advise Honganji

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Posted: July 08 2007 at 19:03

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 14:22

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