Fable of the Seven Pillows

Product Description
"TERU'S SYMPHONIA is led by a former NOVELLA guitarist and offers a sumptuous Progressive rock, elaborated and sophisticated to the limits. Impressive & emphatic keyboards complex arrangements and precious themes, refined melodies which alternate lyrical and adorned crescendos or soft sequences. Its style reminds of OUTER LIMITS, PALE ACUTE MOON or Mr SIRIUS. ""Do Androïds Dream Of Electric Camel ?"" is a great CD of this survivor from the almost extinct Nippon Progressive scene, whereas ""The Gate"" is even better !"

Album Description

"TERU'S SYMPHONIA is led by a former NOVELLA guitarist and offers a sumptuous Progressive rock, elaborated and sophisticated to the limits. Impressive & emphatic keyboards complex arrangements and precious themes, refined melodies which alternate lyrical and adorned crescendos or soft sequences. Its style reminds of OUTER LIMITS, PALE ACUTE MOON or Mr SIRIUS. ""Do Androïds Dream Of Electric Camel ?"" is a great CD of this survivor from the almost extinct Nippon Progressive scene, whereas ""The Gate"" is even better !"

Customer Reviews:

A more complex version of Renaissance and The Enid.......2003-02-09

Wow, what a surprise !! FIRST OF ALL I LIKE TO REMARK THE ROLE OF THE VOCALS,BEING REALLY DIFFICULT TO TAKE AS SOMETIMES THE SINGER GETS ON MY NERVES,BUT THE FOCUS IS MORE ON THE MUSIC SYMPHONIC EXCURSIONS;BESIDES THIS FIRST IMPORTANT IMPRINTING OF THEIR OWN IS STILL TODAY VERY INFLUENTIAL WITHIN THE JAPAN PROG SCENE. Well usually I don't like bands resembling the period of mid-symphonic Renaissance and UK 80's new prog too much, but actually in this case THE RIGHT RATE IS 3 STARS AND 1/2, EVEN THOUGH YOU COULD GIVE THE MAXIMUM RATE BY FORGETTING THE COMPLEX JAPANESE LANGUAGE, because-as usual-the Japanese artists often lack of originality ... BUT IN THE EIGHTIES THEY LEARNT THE LESSON FROM 70's MASTERS(THE MAIN PROG REFERENCES) VERY WELL, AND I LIKE SUCH STYLE!! First of all this is a well structured concept album dated 1990...NEVERTHELESS THE STORY PASSES THROUGH DIFFICULT MOMENTS, WHOSE MAIN REQUIREMENT IS A CAREFUL AND A REPETITIVE LISTEN TOO, in order to understand every single aspect of their music.It's a sort of fairy-tale, introduced by odd instruments such as the oboe, the bassoon and various horns; besides Teru Hirayama has got here a stunning arsenal of digital synths,helped by symphonic "patterns". The concept is also characterized by a certain medieval mood ... and moreover the use of a wide range of large scales and intriguing arrangements as well, plus a very interesting musical palette, make this album powerful and the most original among the derivative japanese works! Well the first comparison is with the fairy-tale style by Renaissance in the album "Novella", nevertheless the music structure of these japanese artists is often more complex and enriched here by means of a strange mood of their own!! The presence of Megumi Tokuhisa, from the remarkable band Magdalena, is very important;SHE SINGS IN HER NATIVE LANGUAGE,WHICH IS OFTEN SO DIFFICULT TO TAKE, EXCEPT ON A FEW PASSAGES!!Well I stop reviewing now, because I don't like to affect your opinion or exercising a certain influence on your idea too much!!In my opinion this work is highly recommended, even though obviously such style was not created by them for the first time, being invented by the symphonic Renaissance and then brought to perfections by bands such as Dice or - in a more simple vein- by The Enid (if you consider also the best UK 80'S New prog with elements of medieval music)You could do the right choice ... IT SHOULD BE ALMOST A SMALL MASTERPIECE BY EXCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF THE VOCAL PARTS !!

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