Viva Koenji!

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弐(II)
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Studio album by Kōenji Hyakkei
Released 1997
Genre Zeuhl, progressive rock
Length58:17
Label God Mountain
Kōenji Hyakkei chronology
高円寺百景
(1994) 高円寺百景1994
弐(II)
(1997)
Nivraym
(2001) Nivraym2001
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弐(II), also known as Viva Koenji! and 2 (ni) is the second studio album by the band Kōenji Hyakkei.

Kōenji Hyakkei, also known as Kōenjihyakkei, is a Japanese Zeuhl band led by Yoshida Tatsuya of Ruins fame. The band released their first (self-titled) album in 1994 with Aki Kubota from Bondage Fruit on vocals and keyboard. Though rhythmically not as complex as Ruins, Kōenji Hyakkei still evokes a feeling of unfamiliarity due to non-standard modes and chanting in a nonsensical language.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Grembo Zavia - (10:14)
  2. Graddinoba Revoss - (4:28)
  3. Sllina Vezom - (5:28)
  4. Quidom - (3:43)
  5. Aramidda Horva - (5:53)
  6. Brahggo - (4:48)
  7. Cembell Rotta - (3:42)
  8. Rissenddo Rraimb - (9:17)
  9. Guoth Dahha - (9:25)
  10. Pamillazze - (1:19)

Line up

Tatsuya Yoshida Japanese drummer

Tatsuya Yoshida is a Japanese musician; drummer and composer who is the only consistent member of the renowned progressive rock duo Ruins, as well as Koenji Hyakkei. He is also a member of the progressive rock trios Korekyojinn and Daimonji. Outside his own groups, Yoshida is renowned for his tenure as drummer in the indie progressive group YBO2, a band also featuring guitarist KK Null, whom he also joins in the current line-up of Zeni Geva and he has played drums in a late edition of Samla Mammas Manna. He has been cited as "[the] indisputable master drummer of the Japanese underground".

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References

  1. Leone, Dominique. Viva Koenji! review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2009-12-03.