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Korekyojinn (是巨人) (also spelled Korekyojin) is a Japanese progressive rock power trio. Founded in 1998, the band is a project by members of several bands within the Japanese progressive rock/zeuhl scene and has released albums on two US labels, John Zorn's Tzadik Records and Skin Graft Records as well as on the Japanese label Magaibutsu.[1] In Japanese, the band's name means "this giant" and is a pun on the band names This Heat and Gentle Giant.[2]

Members

Drummer Tatsuya Yoshida, owner of the Magaibutsu label, has founded the band Ruins and has been active in several other bands and collaborations, e.g. Kōenjihyakkei and Daimonji.[3] Bassist Mitsuro Nasuno was a member of the noise/improvisation bands Ground Zero and Altered States and has been a member of Daimonji;[2][4][5] guitarist Natsuki Kido has been a member of the zeuhl band Bondage Fruit.[6]

Music

Korekyojinn plays instrumental music composed by Yoshida Tatsuya. The band web page describes it as "Progressive Jazz Rock Polyrhythmique" – "where progressive rock and contemporary jazz collide into a breathtaking, futuristic, hard rock funk".[2]

Reception

Allmusic reviewers have awarded the first album Korekyojin (1999) with 3.5/5 and the third album Isotope (2005) with 4/5 stars,[1] while Sean Westergaard states in his unrated Allmusic review of Tundra (2011): "Tundra is a great album by a great band".[7] Pitchfork Media's Dominique Leone reviewed the second album Arabesque (2004) with a rating of 8/10.[8] The German progressive rock review website Babyblaue Seiten rated Korekyojin and Arabesque with 11/15 and Isotope with 13/15.[9]

Discography

• 1999: Korekyojin (Tzadik)
• 2004: Arabesque (Magaibutsu)
• 2005: Isotope (Tzadik)
• 2006: Jackson (Magaibutsu)
• 2009: Swan Dive (Magaibutsu)
• 2011: Doldrums (with Tsuboy Akihisa) (Magaibutsu)
• 2011: Tundra (Magaibutsu/Skin Graft)

References

External links

• Korekyojinn at AllMusic
• Korekyojinn discography at Discogs

На других языках

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[de] Korekyojinn

Korekyojinn (是巨人) (auch Korekyojin geschrieben) ist ein japanisches Progressive Rock-Powertrio. Die 1998 gegründete Band ist ein Projekt von Mitgliedern verschiedener Bands der vielseitigen japanischen Progressive Rock/Zeuhl-Szene und veröffentlichte Alben auf John Zorns Label Tzadik sowie auf dem japanischen Label Magaibutsu. Der Name der Band bedeutet im Japanischen „dieser Riese“ und ist ein Wortspiel mit den Namen der Bands This Heat und Gentle Giant.[1]

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- [en] Korekyojinn

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[ru] Korekyojin

Korekyojin (Корэкёдзин, яп. 是巨人, «этот великан» — название обыгрывает названия групп This Heat и Gentle Giant; встречается также написание «Korekyojinn») — группа прогрессивного рока из Японии. Лидером является барабанщик Тацуя Ёсида, в состав также вошли гитарист «Bondage Fruit» Кидо Нацуки и басист «Ground Zero» Мицуру Насуно.

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