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Avihai · 03 Feb 2001, 13:18

They got some really nice songs .

Avil · 03 Feb 2001, 23:49

Big in Japan...*hehehehe*

*I´m your best friend-the dream*

mysterion · 31 Mar 2015, 15:07

I remember an radio-interview in 89/90 with MG, where he was asked to present a few of his personal favorite-songs/artists ...one of them which then immediately sparked my highest interest was the marvelous song ´orpheus´ by the up to that moment to me still completely unknown DAVID SYLVIAN... to make a long story short – before his solo-carrier he was the singer, songwriter and founding member of a band called JAPAN which released 1980, between their first two stilistically largely undecided and musically somewhat immature albums and their last imho rather over-ambitious one, two excellent albums which I would highly recommend to anyone who loves artfully synth-pop with enchanting vocals.

mysterion · 18 Apr 2015, 21:58

Well, ok I must admit, synth-pop, of course isn´t the best description of that style... the intended emphasis was anyway rather on ´artfully´ and ´excellent´.
Probably more suitable: ´Artistically sophisticated pop from the era of New Wave´.

Somebody once said (don´t remember who it was):

"Talking about music, is like dancing about architecture"

stardustdawn · 02 Jan 2016, 20:52

LOVE JAPAN! I didn't hear them for the first time until the 2000's, but it felt like coming home. I often go to sleep listening to the "Oil on Canvas" album.

03 Feb 2001, 13:18	#1
Avihai Dreamer Join Date: 27 Nov 2000 Location: Metropolis, , Israel. Posts: 202	Japan They got some really nice songs .

31 Mar 2015, 15:07	#3
mysterion Dreamer Join Date: 28 Mar 2015 Location: Berlin Posts: 48	I remember an radio-interview in 89/90 with MG, where he was asked to present a few of his personal favorite-songs/artists ...one of them which then immediately sparked my highest interest was the marvelous song ´orpheus´ by the up to that moment to me still completely unknown DAVID SYLVIAN... to make a long story short – before his solo-carrier he was the singer, songwriter and founding member of a band called JAPAN which released 1980, between their first two stilistically largely undecided and musically somewhat immature albums and their last imho rather over-ambitious one, two excellent albums which I would highly recommend to anyone who loves artfully synth-pop with enchanting vocals. Last edited by mysterion; 31 Mar 2015 at 20:14.

02 Jan 2016, 20:52	#5
stardustdawn Dreamer Join Date: 15 Nov 2000 Location: city of alphaville, state of utopia, USA. Posts: 241	LOVE JAPAN! I didn't hear them for the first time until the 2000's, but it felt like coming home. I often go to sleep listening to the "Oil on Canvas" album. The future exists, first in Imagination, then in Will, then in Reality.

03 Feb 2001, 23:49	#2
Avil The dream Join Date: 12 Nov 2000 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 8,154	Big in Japan...hehehehe I´m your best friend-the dream

18 Apr 2015, 21:58	#4
mysterion Dreamer Join Date: 28 Mar 2015 Location: Berlin Posts: 48	Well, ok I must admit, synth-pop, of course isn´t the best description of that style... the intended emphasis was anyway rather on ´artfully´ and ´excellent´. Probably more suitable: ´Artistically sophisticated pop from the era of New Wave´. Somebody once said (don´t remember who it was): "Talking about music, is like dancing about architecture"