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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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Tin Drum Is The Fifth And Final Studio Album By English Band Japan Released In November 1981 By Record Label Virgin. Tin Drum Continued The Band's Now-Established Mix Of Electronic Elements With Traditional Instrumentation But Leans Far More Towards Far Eastern And Orientialist Influences Than Any Of Their Previous Albums. Lead Guitarist Rob Dean Had Departed In May 1981 And Vocalist/songwriter/second Guitarist David Sylvian Had Taken On His Duties Which Had Been Very Greatly Reduced By The Band's Change Of Musical Direction. Brooklyn Rail Writer Paul Grimstad Described The Album's Sound As "mannered Cubist Pop". Musically Tin Drum Was A Meticulously Crafted Blend Of Complex Rhythms Keyboard Textures And Mick Karn's Bass Playing. Keyboardist Richard Barbieri Recalled That Recording The Album "was A Very Laborious Process But Creatively Satisfying... It Was The First Album Where We Actually Produced Something... Completely Original." Also Important For The Band Finding Their Own Unique Sound Was Their Work With Steve Nye Who Had Replaced John Punter As The Band's Producer. However In A 1982 Interview Sylvian Commented That By The Making Of Tin Drum Karn Had Become More Preoccupied With His Own Projects And Was Not Involved As Much As He Was On Previous Albums Essentially Becoming Little More Than A "session Musician". Barbieri Remembers This Album As 'quite An Adventure In Synth Programming' - The Synthesizers They Were Primarily A Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 An Oberheim OB-X And A Roland System 700. Lyrically The Songs Include Notions Of Romance Melancholia Travel And Escape And Particularly David Sylvian's Fascination For Eastern Culture Which At Times "Visions Of China" "Cantonese Boy" Has A Satirical Undercurrent. "Ghosts" Was Sylvian's Most Personal Lyric To Date Expressing Notions Of Self-Doubt Ambiguity Regret And Hope.