Kama Aina
Kama Aina is a project led by Takuji Aoyagi. Much of his inspiration seems to come from travelling. Often an acoustic guitar theme is...
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...
Zypressen
"Very good until outstanding RIO/Chamber Music Rock group. They have a second release which I couldn't trace yet. Any help is apreciated....
Ausia
I like a great deal these few Japanese chamber Folk releases I have (,like Cinnorama, Zypressen -still looking for the second album-,...
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...
