Koenjihyakkei: Angherr Shisspa

April 19th, 2008

Koenjihyakkei: Angherr Shisspa

Japan | 2005 | Zeuhl/Progressive rock | MP3 320 Kbps | 74 Mb

Koenji Hyakkei (高円寺百景, Koenjihyakkei?, “Hundred Sights of Koenji”) is a Japanese Zeuhl band led by Yoshida Tatsuya of Ruins fame. The band released their first (self-titled) album in 1994 with Aki Kubota from Bondage Fruit on vocals and keyboard. Though rhythmically not as complex as Ruins, Koenji Hyakkei still evokes a feeling of unfamiliarity due to non-standard modes and chanting in a nonsensical language. 

“Zeuhl is a word meaning celestial in Kobaïan, the constructed language created by Christian Vander. Originally solely applied to the music of Vander’s band, Magma, the term zeuhl was eventually used to describe the similar music produced by French bands, beginning in the mid-1970s. Although primarily a French phenomenon, zeuhl has influenced recent avant-garde Japanese bands.

Zeuhl typically blends progressive rock, symphonic rock, fusion, neoclassicism, aspects of rock in opposition and vocal elements of African-American spirituals and Western military call and response. Common aspects include dissonance, marching themes, throbbing bass, keyboards including piano, Rhodes piano, or organ, and brass instruments.”

Wikipedia

”After a 4 year break, Yoshida Tatsuya’s Koenjihyakkei (the Japanese Magma) return with an excellent new album, a new line up and a different sound. Bassist Sakamoto Kengo remains, but the female front line is all new. Yamamoto Kyoko is the main vocalist and sounds like an operatically trained soprano. Kanazawa Miyako plays keyboards, and where her predecessor used mainly 70s sounding electric keyboards, she concentrates mostly on piano with a few synth flourishes here and there. Komori Keiko plays soprano sax and clarinet, and possibly also also some other reed instruments. Underpinning it all is the relentless, virtuosic drumming of Yoshida Tatsuya, who is still the main composer. All members of the band sing, which allows for some stunning vocal arrangements. Where the sound of Nivrayam called the later Magma of Udu Wudu and Attahk to mind, Angherr Shisspa recalls the instrumental backing of 1001Degrees Centigrade (particularly the interplay between piano and reeds) and the massed vocals of
Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh.

Yoshida Tatsuya, drums, vocals;
Sakamoto Kengo, bass, voice;
Kanazawa Miyako, keyboards, voice;
Yamamoto Kyoko, vocals;
Komori Keiko, reeds, voice

Tracklist:
1. Tziidall Raszhisst — 7:16
2. Rattims Friezz — 7:04
3. Grahbem Jorgazz — 4:08
4. Fettim Paillu — 4:24
5. Quivem Vrastorr — 4:24
6. Mibingvahre — 4:10
7. Angherr Shisspa — 6:37
8. Wammilica Iffirom — 8:39

total time 50:09

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