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| Psychedelic Polyhedron | ||||
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| Released | April 1997 | |||
| Recorded | December 1996 at Studio K7, Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Genre | Noise rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 38:30 | |||
| Label | Fractal | |||
| Producer | Asahito Nanjo | |||
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Psychedelic Polyhedron is the second album by Mainliner, released in April 1997 by Fractal Records.
All lyrics are written by Asahito Nanjo; all music is composed by Mainliner
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Show the Cloven Hoof" | 19:20 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Cardinal Virtues" | 19:10 |
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The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in London in February 1977. Led by lead vocalist Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass guitar, the Psychedelic Furs are one of the many acts spawned from the British post-punk scene. Their music went through several phases, from an initially austere art rock sound to later touching on new wave and hard rock.
Grazhdanskaya Oborona, Russian for Civil Defense, or ГО, often referred to as ГрОб, Russian for coffin) were a Soviet-Russian rock band formed by Yegor Letov and Konstantin Ryabinov in Omsk, USSR, in 1984. They were one of the earliest Soviet and Russian psychedelic/punk rock bands. They influenced many Soviet and, subsequently, Russian bands. From the early 1990s, the band's music began to evolve in the direction of psychedelic rock and shoegaze, and band leader Yegor Letov's lyrics became more metaphysical than political.
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Mainliner are a noise rock band from Tokyo, Japan. The band was formed in 1995 by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and bassist Asahito Nanjo with the intention of creating a new form of psychedelic music. They released four studio albums before the members went on hiatus to pursue other musical interests. On December 20, 2011, Kawabata Makoto, Koji Shimura and newcomer Kawabe Taigen began recording material. The music from these sessions was released on May 13, 2013, on the new album Revelation Space. The band intended to take part in a world tour in support of the new album, starting with the UK that September.
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Imaginative Plain is the fourth studio album by Mainliner, released on April 25, 2001 by P.S.F. Records.
High Rise was a Japanese noise rock band from Tokyo, formed in 1982. The core of the band has consisted of bassist Asahito Nanjo and guitarist Munehiro Narita. The group named themselves after the 1975 novel High Rise by J. G. Ballard. Their music draws from psychedelic music, free jazz and improvisational music.
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Dispersion is the second album by High Rise, released on December 25, 1992 through P.S.F. Records.
Live is a live album by High Rise, released on October 25, 1994 through P.S.F. Records.
Disallow is the third album by High Rise, released on May 25, 1996, through P.S.F. Records.
Desperado is the fourth album by High Rise, released on July 10, 1998 through P.S.F. Records.
