Oil On Canvas - Album
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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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Oil On Canvas Is A Live Album By The English Band Japan Released In June 1983 By Virgin Records. It Was Released Six Months After The Band Had Broken Up And Became Their Highest Charting Album In The UK Peaking At Number 5. It Has Been Certified Gold By The British Phonographic Industry For Sales In Excess Of 100 000 Copies. The Live Tracks On The Double-Album Were Taken From The Band's Performances At The Hammersmith Odeon In November 1982 During Their Final Live Concert Tour. With Guitarist Rob Dean Having Left The Band In Spring 1981 Japanese Musician Masami Tsuchiya Then Of The Group Ippu-Do Was Added To The Touring Line-Up On Guitar And Additional Keyboards. The Band Also Used Backing Tracks To Supply Additional Instrumental Parts For Example In Contrast To Some Previous Tours Where A Guest Saxophonist Was Recruited Many Of Karn's Saxophone Lines Were Played From Tape. Billed As A Live Recording Jansen Later Admitted That Only The Drums Were Actually Recorded Live The Rest Being Recorded In A Studio. The Album Also Contained Three New Instrumental Studio Tracks "Oil On Canvas" "Voices Raised In Welcome Hands Held In Prayer" And "Temple Of Dawn" Recorded Separately By Sylvian Sylvian/Jansen And Barbieri Respectively The Name Of Barbieri's Track Is Taken From The Novel The Temple Of Dawn By The Acclaimed Japanese Novelist Yukio Mishima .