Korekyojinn
| Korekyojinn | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Japan |
| Genre (s) | Progressive Rock , AvantProg , Fusion |
| founding | 1998 |
| Website | magaibutsu.com/mgb/korekyojinn |
| Founding members | |
| Tatsuya Yoshida | |
| Natsuki Kido | |
| Mitsuru Nasuno | |
| Current occupation | |
| Tatsuya Yoshida | |
| Natsuki Kido | |
| Mitsuru Nasuno | |
Korekyojinn ( 是巨人 (also) Korekyojin written) is a Japanese progressive rock - Power Trio . The band, founded in 1998, is a project of members of various bands of the diverse Japanese progressive rock / Zeuhl scene and has released albums on John Zorn's label Tzadik and on the Japanese label Magaibutsu. The name of the band means “this giant” in Japanese and is a play on the names of the bands This Heat and Gentle Giant .
Drummer Tatsuya Yoshida , owner of the Magaibutsu label, founded Ruins and is also active with Koenjihyakkei and Daimonji , among others . Bassist Mitsuro Nasuno was a member of the jazzcore band Ground Zero and is also a member of Daimonji; Guitarist Natsuki Kido is a member of Bondage Fruit .
music
Korekyojinn's music composed by Tatsuya Yoshida is instrumental, the self-description on the band's website reads “Progressive Jazz Rock Polyrhythmique” - “where progressive rock and contemporary jazz collide in breathtaking futuristic hard rock funk”.
Discography
- 1999: Korekyojin (Tzadik)
- 2004: Arabesque (Magaibutsu)
- 2005: Isotopes (Tzadik)
- 2006: Jackson (Magaibutsu)
- 2009: Swan Dive (Magaibutsu)
- 2011: Doldrums (with Tsuboy Akihisa) (Magaibutsu)
- 2011: Tundra (Magaibutsu)
Web links
- Korekyojinn on the baby blue pages
- Korekyojinn at Allmusic (English)
- Korekyojinn at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Korekyojinn on the website of the record label Magaibutsu
- ↑ Mitsuro Nasuno at Discogs (English)
- ↑ “ where progressive rock and contemporary jazz collide into a breathtaking, futuristic, hard rock funk. ”