Bi Kyo Ran burst onto the scene in the early 1980s with an album that was very much patterned after King Crimson's Larks Tongues to Red era. After experimenting with that sound further and bringing in some different styles, Kyobo na Ongaku is a return to the debut. It's a very intense work, perhaps exhausting at times, but adding a full time 4th member on keyboards does help break the monotony. And since his keyboard of choice is mellotron, that helps even more with softening the constant barrage of guitar, bass, and drums.
Former ownership: CD: 1997 Freiheit. Standard jewel case release with lyrics in Japanese. This is the original pressing that I purchased new online upon release. One year later, Musea issued it under the title A Violent Music. My copy does not have an obi - nor does any other copy I have seen.
1998 (first listen); 12/11/20 (review / new entry)
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