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British Art Rock Band Japan Was Formed In 1974 In Lewisham South London England With Original Members David Sylvian Vocals Guitar Mick Karn Bass Guitar Saxophone Richard Barbieri Keyboards Rob Dean Guitar And Steve Jansen Percussion . Dean Left The Band In 1981 Before The Recording Of Japan's Final Album Tin Drum. Japan Began Playing Glam Rock Influenced By David Bowie The New York Dolls And Motown. Japan Debuted On Record With 1978's Adolescent Sex And Subsequently Obscure Alternatives Which Both Sold Well In The Nation Of Japan Though Nowhere Else. Their Third Album 1979's Quiet Life Heralded A Change In Musical Style From The Earlier Largely Guitar Based Music To A More Electronic Sound With More Emphasis On Barbieri's Synthesisers Sylvian's Svelte Baritone Style Of Singing Karn's Distinctive Fretless Bass Sound And Steve Jansen's Odd-Timbred Percussion Work. Their Following Two Albums Gentlemen Take Polaroids 1980 And Tin Drum 1981 Continued To Expand Their Audience As The Band Refined Its New Sound And Unintentionally Became Part Of The Early 1980s New Romantic Movement. But Tin Drum Would End Up Being Their Final Album As Personality Conflicts Drove The Band Apart. Nevertheless The Album's Unconventional Single "Ghosts" Reached #5 On The UK Pop Charts Followed By A Re-Release Of "I Second That Emotion" That Reached #9. The Band Officially Split Up After A Farewell Tour In Late 1982. The Tour Was Posthumously Released As An LP "Oil On Canvas" In Mid-1983. Most Of The Original Members Of The Band Went On To Work On Other Projects. Mick Karn And Bauhaus Frontman Peter Murphy Formed The One-Album Project Called Dali's Car And Released The Album The Waking Hour In 1984. He Has Released Other Solo Works Over The Years.
Steve Jansen And Richard Barbieri Released An Album In 1987 Under The Moniker The Dolphin Brothers Which Garnered A Little Interest. By Far The Most Successful Is David Sylvian Who Has Recorded Several Albums With Noted Performers. An Attempted Reunion In 1991 With The Rain Tree Crow Project Was Short Lived Producing Only One Album. All Members Have Collaborated On The Other's Solo Work Notably The Trio JKB Aka Jansen Barbieri And Karn Have Released Several Records. Jansen Has Continued To Tour With His Brother David Sylvian. Karn Died Of Cancer January 4 2011.
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British Art Rock Band Japan Was Formed In 1974 In Lewisham South London England With Original Members David Sylvian Vocals Guitar Mick Karn Bass Guitar Saxophone Richard Barbieri Keyboards Rob Dean Guitar And Steve Jansen Percussion . Dean Left The Band In 1981 Before The Recording Of Japan's Final Album Tin Drum. Japan Began Playing Glam Rock Influenced By David Bowie The New York Dolls And Motown. Japan Debuted On Record With 1978's Adolescent Sex And Subsequently Obscure Alternatives Which Both Sold Well In The Nation Of Japan Though Nowhere Else. Their Third Album 1979's Quiet Life Heralded A Change In Musical Style From The Earlier Largely Guitar Based Music To A More Electronic Sound With More Emphasis On Barbieri's Synthesisers Sylvian's Svelte Baritone Style Of Singing Karn's Distinctive Fretless Bass Sound And Steve Jansen's Odd-Timbred Percussion Work. Their Following Two Albums Gentlemen Take Polaroids 1980 And Tin Drum 1981 Continued To Expand Their Audience As The Band Refined Its New Sound And Unintentionally Became Part Of The Early 1980s New Romantic Movement. But Tin Drum Would End Up Being Their Final Album As Personality Conflicts Drove The Band Apart. Nevertheless The Album's Unconventional Single "Ghosts" Reached #5 On The UK Pop Charts Followed By A Re-Release Of "I Second That Emotion" That Reached #9. The Band Officially Split Up After A Farewell Tour In Late 1982. The Tour Was Posthumously Released As An LP "Oil On Canvas" In Mid-1983. Most Of The Original Members Of The Band Went On To Work On Other Projects. Mick Karn And Bauhaus Frontman Peter Murphy Formed The One-Album Project Called Dali's Car And Released The Album The Waking Hour In 1984. He Has Released Other Solo Works Over The Years.
Steve Jansen And Richard Barbieri Released An Album In 1987 Under The Moniker The Dolphin Brothers Which Garnered A Little Interest. By Far The Most Successful Is David Sylvian Who Has Recorded Several Albums With Noted Performers. An Attempted Reunion In 1991 With The Rain Tree Crow Project Was Short Lived Producing Only One Album. All Members Have Collaborated On The Other's Solo Work Notably The Trio JKB Aka Jansen Barbieri And Karn Have Released Several Records. Jansen Has Continued To Tour With His Brother David Sylvian. Karn Died Of Cancer January 4 2011. read less
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Steve Jansen And Richard Barbieri Released An Album In 1987 Under The Moniker The Dolphin Brothers Which Garnered A Little Interest. By Far The Most Successful Is David Sylvian Who Has Recorded Several Albums With Noted Performers. An Attempted Reunion In 1991 With The Rain Tree Crow Project Was Short Lived Producing Only One Album. All Members Have Collaborated On The Other's Solo Work Notably The Trio JKB Aka Jansen Barbieri And Karn Have Released Several Records. Jansen Has Continued To Tour With His Brother David Sylvian. Karn Died Of Cancer January 4 2011. read less
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Assemblage Is A Compilation Album By The British Band Japan Released In 1981 By Hansa Records. Assemblage Collects Recordings From The Band's Early Career And Hansa Records Re-Released No Fewer Than Six Singles From Assemblage And Japan's Back Catalogue Between 1981 - 1983. Both "Life In Tokyo" A Collaboration With Renowned Disco Producer Giorgio Moroder And "European Son" Were Remixed And Re-Issued Twice. Assemblage Was The First Of Numerous Japan Compilations Issued By Hansa Records/BMG Ariola/Sony BMG Music Entertainment But Remains The Only One Originally Released In Consultation With The Band Members Themselves. Coincidentally The Titles Of Six Of The Ten Songs Refer To Geographical Places Namely Statelines Communist China Rhodesia Berlin Tokyo And Europe . The Compilation Reached #26 In The UK And Spent 46 Weeks On The Album Chart Being Certified Gold By The B.P.I. In January 1983. Assemblage Was Re-Issued On CD By Sony BMG Music Entertainment In 2004 Then Including Four Bonus Tracks As Well As Two Videos. Initial Pressings Of This Reissue Accidentally Omit The First Bass Note Of "Adolescent Sex" And Include An Incorrect Bonus Version Of "Life In Tokyo." Subsequent Pressings Correct These Errors.