is a Japanese dark
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band. This
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outfit, founded by guitarist
Jutok Kaneko in the late 1970s, has released only a handful of recordings internationally, and scant more in their local
Tokyo
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underground scene.
Kaneko died on January 24, 2007.
Line-up
The classic trio line-up that recorded the first album, and reformed in recent years was:
*
Jutok Kaneko (guitar, vocals)
*
Ikuro Takahashi
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(ex-
High Rise
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,
Fushitsusha
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) (drums)
*Mick (bass, vocals)
Other members:
*Hiroshi Yokoyama (synth, 1978-1979),
*Toshiko Watanabe (drums, 1979),
*
Asahito Nanjo
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(bass, 1982-1983),
*
Munehiro Narita (drums, 1982-1983),
*Atsushi Ishiguro (drums, 1983–84),
*Takahashi Ikurou (drums, 1989–90),
*Hibari Nagao (drums, 1994-1997),
*Emily (bass),
*Sachiko (vocals, synth, bass, 1995-2003),
*Michinobu Matsubashi (drums, 2000-)
Discography
*V.A., ''Heaven Tapes'' cassette (Heaven, 1979)
*''Kousokuya'' LP (Ray Night Music, 1991; CD reissue, PSF, 2003)
*V.A., ''Tokyo Flashback'' (PSF, 1991)
*V.A., ''Tokyo Flashback 2'' (PSF, 1992)
*''Ray Night 1991-1992 Live'' (Forced Exposure, 1995)
*''The Dark Spot'' w/ Masayoshi Urabe (PSF, 1997)
*''Live Gyakuryu Kokuu'' (PSF, 2004)
*''First Live 1979 Kichijoji Minor'' (PSF, 2006)
*''Echoes From Deep Underground'' (Archive, 2007)
References
Interview. ''G-Modern'', issue 17, 97-98 Winter. pp. 10–25. (Japanese)
Interview. ''Ongaku Otaku'', issue 3, 1998. pp. 16–22. (English)
Stofer, F. (2000). ''Japanese Independent Music'', France: Sonore.
Kosakai, F. "金子寿徳：彼方の柱廊を逍遥する旅についての末完の調書" (Jutok Kaneko: An Incomplete Record of an Ambulatory Journey Down a Distant Colonnade). Liner-notes for Jutok Kaneko, ''Endless Ruins'' CD (PSF, 2001) (Japanese, contains a valuable, detailed history of Kousokuya)
Kosakai, F. "Kaneko Jutok - The Year Spent with Ray-Night". ''G-Modern'', issue 22, 2001. pp. 50–51. (Japanese)
External links
Kousokuya Official HomepageDusted magazine reviewKousokuya CDs for sale at Volcanic Tongue
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