Far East Family Band - The Cave Down To The Earth (CD)

Japan Band Original VÖ 1975 Wieder VÖ 1991 TRC Japan-Band This is a legendary Japanese band, the first line-up included the known synthesizer player KITARO. The FAR EAST FAMILY BAND released a lot of records in the Seventies and Eighties, they sound quite unique (an Eastern sound) with echoes from PINK FLOYD. The first album The Cave Down To Earth from ’74 is mostly recommended, it has a spacey and slight psychdelic sound (like early PINK FLOYD) and contains ethnic elements which gives the music an original twist. Another fine album is Nipponjin (’75) with a keyboard version of FAR OUT’s Nihonjin (FAR OUT was the precursor of FEFB). It’s in the vein of the debut-album, the climates ranges from bombastic to more mellow. The album Parallel World was produced by the famous electronic pioneer KLAUS SCHULZE. Track listing 1. Northern Land 2. Birds Flying To the Nest 3. The God Of Water 4. Saying to the Land 5. The God Of Wind 6. Moving, Looking, Trying, Jumping 7. Wa, Wa 8. Mystery of Northern Space 9. The Cave Down To Earth 10. Four Minds 11. Transmigration Line-up - Akira Fukakusa / bass - Akira Ito / keyboards - Fumio Miyashita / guitar, keyboards - Hirohito Fukushima / vocals, guitar - Masanori Takahashi aka Kitaro / keyboards, percussion - Shizuo Takasaki / drums