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Kazuki TOMOKAWA: “Erise no me“ ****2 comments

sonicasymmetry wrote 1 year ago: Recorded 2001   Even before the unprepared listener has a chance to delve into the symbolism of Tomo … more →

Tags: 2000s, 2001, avant folk, Kazuki Tomokawa

GAP: “Gap” ***

sonicasymmetry wrote 1 year ago: Recorded 1976-77     Gap, the trio of Masami Tada, Kiyohiko Sano and Takashi Soga is often associate … more →

Tags: 1970s, GAP, Japanese improvisation, Masami Tada

Keiji HAINO & Tatsuya YOSHIDA: “Mizu ga honô wo tsukamu made” ****

sonicasymmetry wrote 1 year ago: Recorded 2000     The earliest sign of recorded collaboration between these two giants of Japanese a … more →

Tags: 2000, Avant rock, rock improvisation, Keiji Haino, tatsuya yoshida

Toshi ICHIYANAGI: “Opera Yokoo Tadanori wo utau” ******

sonicasymmetry wrote 1 year ago: Recorded 1968-1969     In the 1950s and 1960s, several Japanese composers developed strong connectio … more →

Tags: 1960s, Special Features, Flowers, indeterminacy, japonism, musique concrète, Psychedelic rock, "Tadanori Yokoo", toshi ichiyanagi

SEVENTH SEAL: “Seventh Seal” *****

sonicasymmetry wrote 1 year ago: Recorded 1997   Seventh Seal were one of Asahito Nanjo’s projects in the 1990s.  Rather than a separ … more →

Tags: 1990s, seventh seal, Asahito Nanjo, makoto kawabata

PUNGO: “1980-81” ****

sonicasymmetry wrote 1 year ago: Recorded 1980-81   Nobody remembers Pungo.  Tolerance?  Certainly.  Nord?  Yes.  Tenno?  Yes.  Inryo … more →

Tags: 1980s, pungo, Masami Shinoda, Yuriko Mukôjima

TREMBLING STRAIN: “Tower” ***

sonicasymmetry wrote 1 year ago: Recorded 1996-1997.   In the mid-1990s, electronic and new age music composer Pneuma (Satoru Takazaw … more →

Tags: 1990s, Trembling Strain, pneuma

GUERNICA: “Shinseiki e no unga” ******2 comments

sonicasymmetry wrote 1 year ago:   Recorded 1983.   Guernica was a result of Koji Ueno’s lucid imagination.  In partnership with lyri … more →

Tags: 1980s, guernica, Koji Ueno, Jun Togawa, Keiichi Ohta, revivalism


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