高円寺百景

Few Bands Are More Enigmatic Than Koenjihyakkei. Though Firmly Grounded In The Zeuhl Style Of Magma They Have Taken It To New And Unexplored Places. Fronted By Drummer Yoshida Tatsuya Of Ruins Fame Their Lineup Shifts As Rapidly As Their Style Does. However Two Things Remain Constant In Their Music- Lyrics In A Made Up And Probably Nonsensical Language And An Exotic Almost Folk Feel To The Music. The Combination Of The Two Gives A Sense That You're Listening To The Music Of A Culture That Exists Only In Minds Of A Handful Of Creative People. Until Recently Their Ensemble Has Consisted Of Drums Bass Guitar Keyboard And Female Vocals Usually Operatically Trained . With Their Latest Album Angherr Shisspa They Have Replaced The Guitar With Reed Player Komori Keiko Mainly On Soprano Sax . With This Change In Instrumentation Their Style Has Veered Into A New Direction To Match The Change In Tone Color. Through Their Evolution Of Style Their Rhythmic And Formal Complexity Have Expanded Greatly Incorporating Polyrhythms Asymmetrical Time Signatures I.E. Not All Beats Are The Same Length As Well As More Complex And Varied Sections Often Containing Polyphony And Counterpoint. However Through All These Impressive Technical Feats They Have Managed To Keep The Overall Feel Very Simple And Melodic To The Extent That Most Other Music Feels Hideously Normal After Listening To Koenji Hyakkei. This Is The Correct Tag Per Last.Fm Tagging Guidelines Which Indicate That An Artist's Name Should Generally Be Tagged In Its Native Character Set. However There Are Far More Scrobbles Under Koenjihyakkei Which Is A Romanisation Often Used By Official Sources. There Is No One Official Way To Romanise The Name Official Sources Have Also Used Koenji Hyakkei Which Redirects Here Koenji-Hyakkei Which Redirects To Koenjihyakkei And Others. Source Http //www.Circlewithadot.Net/bands/koenjihyakkei/bio.Html Formed In Tokyo Kantô Japan In 1991. Studio Discography 1994 - 高円寺百景 Hundred Sights Of Koenji 1998 - 弐 II Viva Koenji! 2001 - Nivraym
2005 - Angherr Shisspa Live Discography 2002 - Live At Star Pine's Cafe
2006 - Live At Doors
2008 - 070531
2010 - Live At Koenji High read less