Mahoujin ~ Japan

Babylonia Suite (1978)

Mahoujin was quite a discovery for Made in Japan back in the early 90s. Probably the best of their archival finds (another title from this series that we recently featured is Round House). Mahoujin are quite simply an instrumental progressive rock band performed by a keyboard trio. It runs the gamut of similarly minded trios starting with the obvious - ELP - and moving on to Trace, Egg, Triumvirat, and even Le Orme. Plenty of polysynths and mellotron to absorb. The music never really takes off, or gets chaotic. However it is highly melodic, and the pace varies enough to hold the attention span in check.

Ownership: 1991 Made in Japan (CD). Insert with liner notes in Japanese. Acquired in 1991.

1991; 10/20/11 (review / new entry); 9/25/26