(Progressive rock, progressive jazz, jazz-rock, fusion) Kenso 3 альбомa : Yume no Oka, Sora ni hikaru, Inei No Fue [Japanese editions] - 1991, 1994 & 1995, APE (image+.cue), lossless

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Kenso / Yume no Oka

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What a band! Instrumental, symphonic prog with "fusion" influences (in the styles of Bruford and Brand X) doesn't get better than this.
Don't be put off by the fact that Kenso are from Japan. If you played me this album without showing the cover, I'd never have guessed it. And don't worry about the fact that band leader Yoshihisa Shimizu has modelled his lead guitar sound on Steve Hackett and Allan Holdsworth. The band's compositions are so original and cheering they'll leave you stunned!
YUME NO OKA means "Dream Hill", and the album's splendid cover picture (a flock of sheep and a single shepherd on a steep, misty mountainside) captures the music's atmosphere excellently. (I keep wondering if that picture was taken in Japan, since you'll hardly find any livestock there.)
I tried taking notes on each piece in order to describe the music to you, but it changes so rapidly, and goes through so many moods, that this proved impossible. YUME NO OKA is only 45 minutes, but these guys pack more ideas in such a limited time than the Flower Kings do in their notorious double CDs. By the way, it seems you can buy YUME NO OKA inexpensively online, and believe me: every minute is more than worth it!
The album was carefully planned. Fast, exciting solos on guitar and synths are followed by delicate pictures-in-sound, e.g. the marvellous 'Fuan na Kioku' ("Uneasy Memory"). Weird, unconventional rhythms (as on 'Mediterranean and Aryan') evoke memories of 'Larks Tongues in Aspic Part III'. Tunes that start out menacingly may end on a festive keyboard climax (e.g. 'The Fourth Reich'), or vice versa. Gorgeous, truly symphonic moments with "orchestral" keyboards and triumphant lead guitar are interspersed with shorter acoustic pieces. 'Today I left OIA', for example, is a lovely interlude on "Portugal-guitar", whatever that means - sounds a bit like twelve-string... Throughout the album, many of the solo passages are so full of yearning that it would never occur to me to call this a cold album. Kenso's members may be first-rate virtuosi, but they have the good sense to keep their solos short (as the music is constantly changing), which means YUME NO OKA does not come across as senseless jamming.
In Japan, YUME NO OKA is considered to be a prog classic. Fortunately for all of us, Kenso are still active today, still releasing splendid albums...

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

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KENSO / Sora ni Hikaru - Early Live Vol. 1

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If anyone EVER says to you that prog has no soul, strap them into a chair and play them this album. Balls to the wall energy from start to finish - even on Flairck's Prelude in Sofia. Masui sounds like it's going to explode. The performances are from little clubs, but the sound is clean, if sometimes reverby. If there is one criticism, it is of conservatism - unlike Live 92, there is little attempt to extemporise from the album templates, althought Sofia does develop a lovely groove, and there's real guts in the playing. Aside of that, just mind- blowing.

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EAC extraction logfile from 26. February 2012, 17:01

Kenso / Inei No Fue - Early Live vol 2

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REM GENRE "Progressive Rock"
REM DATE 1995
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If anyone EVER says to you that prog has no soul, strap them into a chair and play them this album. Balls to the wall energy from start to finish - even on Flairck's Prelude in Sofia. Masui sounds like it's going to explode. The performances are from little clubs, but the sound is clean, if sometimes reverby. If there is one criticism, it is of conservatism - unlike Live 92, there is little attempt to extemporise from the album templates, althought Sofia does develop a lovely groove, and there's real guts in the playing. Aside of that, just mind- blowing.