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    Posted: July 18 2022 at 16:32
Last month I posted three lists of bands on PA from the Middle East:


At the time, I also starded a list for the Far East, and decided to divide it into two. Here's the first, listing bands from the Far East and India (except Japan, which has tons of artists and would need its own list).

(Up-coming part II will be Southeast Asia which I will probably post sometime in the next few days)

Note that it may not include all bands listed here on PA--my searches are not always completely thorough. Also I started the list last month, so it is slightly out of date.  Please list any artists I may have missed, or may not be listed on PA. Otherwise comment on any of the bands you really like or may recommend.

One thing that surprises me is that there aren't more bands from South Korea!

Here's the list (Sorted by Sub-Genere). 

Band Name Country Category Year formed Avg. Rating Note
Rainbow Danger Club China Crossover Prog 2011 3.19 Three albums, not too many ratings
Coma Rossi India Crossover Prog 2014 4 One album, 21 ratings
Coshish India Crossover Prog 2006 3.75 One album, 17 ratings
Dark Light India Crossover Prog 2013 3.78 One album, 23 ratings
Protocol India Crossover Prog 2010 5 1 album, 1 rating
Omnipotent Youth Society China Eclectic Prog 1996 3.9 2 albums, 24 ratings
Motherjane India Heavy Prog 1996 3.22 2 albums, single-digit ratings
Ananda Shankar India Indo-Raga Rock 1970 3.9 11 albums up to 2011
Ranjit Barot India Jazz-Rock/Fusion 1980 3.88 1 album from 2010, 7 ratings
Scattered Purgatory Taiwan Krautrock 2013 4.7 3 albums; very few ratings
Cold Fairyland China Neo-Prog 2001 3.39 3 albums, 36 total ratings
Phenom India Neo-Prog 2004 3 1 album, 2 ratings
WhyOceans China Post Rock/Math Rock 2005 3.98 2 albums, 7 ratings
Fragile China Post Rock/Math Rock 2006 0 1 album in 2010, no ratings
Hua Lun China Post Rock/Math Rock 2004 0 2 albums, both unrated
Muggle China Post Rock/Math Rock 2009 0 3 albums with no ratings
Summer Fades Away China Post Rock/Math Rock 2012 3 One album, one rating
TFVSJS China Post Rock/Math Rock 2003 3 2 albums, 1 rating, 1 album not rated
Wang Wen China Post Rock/Math Rock 1999 3.83 10 albums, all with single digit # of ratings
Zhaoze China Post Rock/Math Rock 2000 3.2 6 albums, one unrated
Jambinai South Korea Post Rock/Math Rock 2009 3.79 3 albums
Tierpark South Korea Post Rock/Math Rock 2012 4 3 albums, only 1 with 1 rating
Rainburn India Progressive Metal 2011 4.08 1 album, 20 ratings
OU China Progressive Metal 2022 4 1 album, 4 ratings
Flaw & Order India Psychedelic/Space Rock 2019 0 1 album unrated
Karmacipher China Tech/Extreme Prog Metal 2013 3.5 2 albums, 1 rating each
Pixl China Tech/Extreme Prog Metal 2016 0 1 unrated album
Amogh Symphony India Tech/Extreme Prog Metal 2009 3.67 5 albums, few ratings
Demonic Resurrection India Tech/Extreme Prog Metal 2000 2.97 4 albums, single-digit ratings
Eccentric Pendulum India Tech/Extreme Prog Metal 2008 4.75 1 album, 4 ratings
Guillotine India Tech/Extreme Prog Metal 2010 3.97 1 album, 6 ratings




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Cold Fairyland is my Chinese favourite which I won't classify as Neo-Prog, though.

I'd say, their best album is Seeds on the Ground, very influenced by traditional Chinese music.

The band leader, Lin Di, has made two fine, with incredibly beautiful vocals, solo albums as well.

Very nice list by the way - even the numbers of ratings are very small compared to what you find on RYM. Smile


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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


Cold Fairyland is my Chinese favourite which I won't classify as Neo-Prog, though.

I'd say, their best album is Seeds on the Ground, very influenced by traditional Chinese music.

The band leader, Lin Di, has made two fine, with incredibly beautiful vocals, solo albums as well.

Very nice list by the way - even the numbers of ratings are very small compared to what you find on RYM. Smile

Thanks, I'll have to check out Cold Fairyland.  I'm sure RYM is a much better-known site that PA.
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I like Jambinai and their incorporation of traditional Korean instruments. A couple of South Korean groups not on PA that I recommend are Black String and Dongyang Gozupa. Both could be considered post rock.

Also, not on PA, is math rock band Elephant Gym from Taiwan.
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Thanks for mentioning those!  I suspected there had to be more bands in S. Korea and Taiwan that for one reason or another just haven't gotten added to PA.

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Jambinai is an awesome band and I have 2 of their albums. As mentioned above they use traditional instruments and a heavy Post Metal sound.
The only other one I had was Cold Fairyland which was pretty good just not my thing.
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Passed over by PA, Chamber / Post Rock band Cicada from Taiwan has been producing absolutely stunning music (and videos) for about 13 years now. Lead composer/pianist Jesy Chiang is, in my opinion, an absolute genius. Check them out on YouTube!
Also love, love, LOVE, Jambinai. One of my favorite discoveries from the past few years.

Thanks for this list, Bill! I look forward to exploring a LOT of new music!
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Passed over by PA, Chamber / Post Rock band Cicada from Taiwan has been producing absolutely stunning music (and videos) for about 13 years now. Lead composer/pianist Jesy Chiang is, in my opinion, an absolute genius. Check them out on YouTube!
Also love, love, LOVE, Jambinai. One of my favorite discoveries from the past few years.

Thanks for this list, Bill! I look forward to exploring a LOT of new music!

Thanks for the post:  I suspect there are many other bands in the Asian woodwork that have been passed over or are yet undiscovered by PA.   

Glad you will explore: I post these lists mainly for that reason; also to motivate myself to explore more, but with everything going on in life, it's usually a slow process.
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