Geinoh Yamashirogumi
People who read my reviews must know I am very much into tradition mixed modernity or with a modern vision. For this idea, this Japanese...
Kikagaku Moyo / 幾何学模様
Guruguru Brain Kikagaku Moyo : Masana Temples (JP,2018) LP/CD ***° vg-ex The cover and first tracks are slightly misleading the...
Kan Mikami
On this third album of his, Kan Mikami sounds as if performing different characters of a comic book. Especially the fourth, title track,...
Vajra (Mikami Kan, Ishizuka Toshiaki, Haino Kenji)
While Kan Mikami’s early work is emotionally as well as rationally structured, as typical for the early 70s, I am a bit careful with...
Ghost
* Review of the CD : The group Ghost is/was one of the few new Japanese groups that became known outside Japan which melted acidfolk with...
JA Seazer / JA Caesar / Tenjyo Sajiki
Sky Station Tenjyo Sajiki : Den'en Ni Shisu (JAP,1974)***** " This is not really like they described this with a kind of "Magma...
Shuji Inaba
After my last show on “highly emotional moments in progressive Japanese music” it seems I missed the discovery of this highly original...
Masari Hiraro and his Stars Wagon
This album, with perfect representation/booklet etc. shows some rather good imitations/style interpretations/variations with a few...
Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans / Bunnys
I was especially attracted to this release because I heard how some original Japanese folk with a certain sensibility of melody as a...
Toshi Ichiyanagi
I was lucky to find a not expensive copy of this concept that was called an opera because there was no better term to describe its idea,...
