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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2007 at 02:00
Anyone have any suggestions for a good Japanese Prog group with Female Vocals?
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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 Thumbs%20Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2007 at 07:26
Originally posted by Pezmerga 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? Big%20smile)
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 LOL)
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 LOL)
Romanza-Bekkan
 
etc, etc
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2007 at 07:37
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not an expert... but love what I have heard. Many of them, again, were suggested by Erik.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2007 at 08:10
koenji!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2007 at 08:12
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koenji!
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2007 at 08:22
That's as far as I can get in spelling the name...LOL

is the full name Koenjihyakkei? I always just say Koenji to be safe.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2007 at 09:04
 
Superior post Honganji, a kind of home game Clap From your list I would like to recommend:
 
            31.Kubota Yoko (she also sings in Saber Taiger) Providence
 
... especially their debut album entitled I'll Recite An Old Myth From ... criminally overlooked on this site!
 

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2007 at 23:32
Wow thanks! I'll definately be checking some of these out!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2007 at 01:45
Originally posted by Pezmerga Pezmerga wrote:

Anyone have any suggestions for a good Japanese Prog group with Female Vocals?
 
 
 
The first 2 Bondage Fruit albums have dual female vox. 
There is also a band called OOIOO and the band leading up to them, Boredoms.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2007 at 09:45
Originally posted by Pezmerga Pezmerga wrote:

Anyone have any suggestions for a good Japanese Prog group with Female Vocals?
 
 
 
 
If you like avant-prog with a sillier approach, I'd strongly recommend Wha-Ha-Ha. An acquired taste, but extremely rewarding! 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2007 at 10:01
I've heard very little from that genre.
Koenjihyakkei was complete noise to me. Ruins was a bit more my taste, still not sure about it, though.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2007 at 12:41
Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

 
Superior post Honganji, a kind of home game Clap From your list I would like to recommend:
 
            31.Kubota Yoko (she also sings in Saber Taiger) Providence
 
... especially their debut album entitled I'll Recite An Old Myth From ... criminally overlooked on this site!
 

 

 
Hahaha LOL Really home game. Big%20smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2008 at 01:03
Even though the name looks Italian Il Berlione are Japanese.
Their self titled and "In 453 Minutes Infernal Cooking" albums are worth a listen.
There is definatly some quality prog happening in Japan.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2008 at 03:54

 

                                     Thanks for reanimating this thread, BrianB Thumbs%20Up

             These are my finest Japanese progrock discoveries in the last years:

KBB – Live 2004
- After the awesome new Japanese progrock band Interpose, here is another great discovery from the ‘Land of the rising sun’, the new and very promising four piece band KBB. On this live CD you will find two tracks from their first album entitled Lost And Found (2000) and four tracks from their second one entitled Four Corner’s Sky (2003) along the new song Inner Flames. I knew KBB from the second CD and was very impressed about the high level and splendid violin work. Well, on this live CD I was even more impressed, what a dynamic sound, what an excellent musicians and what an exciting soli on violin and keyboards!_p_ The seven compositions sound pleasant and flowing, the focus is on the amazing interplay and the frequent soli. And these soli are often mindblowing: the violin alternates from warm and sensitive to flashy and very distorted (a kind of Ritchie Blackmore on violin!) and the keyboards from spectacular pitchbend driven on the synthesizer to swirling on the Hammond organ and swinging on the piano. The support by the rhtyhm-section is very dynamic and propulsive. KBB their melodic sound is close to fusion (like Mahavishnu Orchestra) but also worth to explore for symphonic prog fans, especially the Eddie Jobson aficionados although the violinist plays more in the vein of monsieur Jean Luc Ponty. Highly recommended!

By the way, I also own the Live 2005 Official Bootleg DVD by KBB but I can't find my review Embarrassed ... sorry.

INTERPOSE+ - Interpose+

- WOW, this is an amazing debut CD from a Japanese band that has so much to offer and an incredible high level of musicianship!

1. Aircon (11:03): The intro delivers a slow and compelling rhythm with howling electric guitar, then a powerful mid-tempo rhythm with jazzrock overtones and great interplay. Lots of dynamic shiftings moods, pleasant female vocals and great soli on electric guitar, synthesizer and violin (Akihisa Tsuboy from KBB). Their sound reminds me of fellow Japanese band Providence because of the female vocals and jazzrock inspiration.

2. Dayflower (10:04): A slow rhythm with a dreamy atmoshpere featuring awesome violin-Mellotron flights. Gradually the music becomes more lush and dynamic featuring moving, often howling electric guitar runs and a spectacular synthesizer soli. The final part delivers a short piece on classical guitar.

3. Zitensia (8:30): This compositions contains dynamic an powerful interplay (guitar, piano, rhythm-section) and many fiery and howling electric guitar soli (including wah-wah). The level is very high and evokes the excellent jazzrock from Mahavishnu Orchestra, splendid!

4. Koibumi (10:55): A wonderful track with a great build-up, first dreamy with flute-like keyboards, warm female vocals and tender piano runs, then gradually more lush featuring a sensitive electric guitar solo. Again Providence is on my mind because of the powerful female vocals and dynamic interplay. The final part delivers some beautiful classical guitar and just another splendid, very sensitive electric guitar solo.

5. Last Sign (7:16): The atmosphere is dreamy with slow and sensitive jazzy guitar runs, soaring keyboards and strong drums. The music becomes more dynamic with sensational synthesizer flights and fiery electric guitar runs, the rhythm-section sounds strong and propulsive. The second part delivers exciting dynamic music with a swirling Hammond organ solo and harder-edged electric guitar, the interplay is amazing!

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST JAPANESE PROGROCK ALBUMS EVER MADE, I AM SURE IT WILL PLEASE BOTH THE SYMPHONIC ROCK FANS AS THE MORE JAZZROCK INSPIRED AFICIONADOS!!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2008 at 04:06
Muddy World     excellent math/jazz out of Tokyo

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2008 at 20:55
I just know a few names like Ain Soph and Hiromi (Jazz Fusion) Gerard and Yonin Bayashi. Japanese mucisians are proficient in their instruments specially with jazz.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2008 at 20:11
i believe i have mentioned it in other threads, but i strongly suggest the latest Outer Limits release called Stromatolite, which was my personal top 2007 album.
Awesome symphonic prog!

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