About

World music and ethno sounds with an obvious Japanese origin meet progressive rock and psyche. The result is a captivating piece of melodic and deeply atmospheric music that paints pictures of life in ancient Japan into your mind when you lay back, close your eyes and listen closely with your thoughts turned off. If Pink Floyd were Japanese their music might have sounded like that. The frequency of the arrangements on Benzaiten reminds of what our English heroes have created in the early to mid 70s just with a different ethnical approach.

Benzaiten is an even more progressive effort than anything most British bands have ever managed to fabricate and still utterly natural and vivid concerning the flow of the music. An East meets West on this record and Osamu Kitajima and his companions will grab you by the soul. Electronic elements in the percussion section add some oddity to the whole musical picture. The cool aspect of Benzaiten is the rocking guitar which keeps the whole album together — this album will enchant you. — (via Bandcamp, Everland Music)

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Label: Everland Psych
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Germany
Reissued: 2024 / Original Release: 1976
Genre: Rock, Folk, World
Style: Prog Rock

File under: Psychedelic Rock
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