''Symphonica'' is the 11th studio album by the
Japan
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ese
Zeuhl
Magma is a French progressive rock band founded in Paris in 1969 by classically trained drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his inspiration a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him. In the cou ...
band
Ruins
Ruins () are the remains of a civilization's architecture. The term refers to formerly intact structures that have fallen into a state of partial or total disrepair over time due to a variety of factors, such as lack of maintenance, deliberate ...
. For this album, Tatsuya Yoshida enlisted the help of a keyboard player (Kenichi Oguchi) and two female singers (Emi Eleonola and Aki Kubota) to remake several older Ruins songs. Yoshida is also joined by bassist Hisashi Sasaki.
Track listing
# "Thebes" – 7:40
# "Graviyaunosch" – 6:21
# "Big Head" – 7:34
# "Praha In Spring" – 4:37
# "Thrive" – 5:00
# "Infect" – 10:14
# "Brixon Varromiks" – 8:41
# "Bliezzaning Moltz" – 7:12
Personnel
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Tatsuya Yoshida
(born 9 January 1961 in Kitakami, Iwate) is a Japanese musician; drummer and composer who is the only consistent member of the renowned progressive rock duo Ruins, as well as of Koenji Hyakkei. He is also a member of the progressive rock trios ...
: drums, vocals
*Hisashi Sasaki: bass, vocals
*Kenichi Oguchi: keyboards
*Emi Eleonola: vocals
*Aki Kubota: vocals
References
External links
Ground and Sky review
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1998 albums
Ruins (Japanese band) albums