| # | Artist | Song (click to play) | Album | Year | CD label |
| 1 | Il Berlione | One Infernal Fact In Paradise | In 453 minutes Infernal Cooking | 1994 | Belle Antique |
| Instrumental fusion/prog with slight avant leaning - but, nowhere near as out-there as Tipographica or Happy Family. Perhaps a bit in the vein of Miriodor and Kenso. | |||||
| 2 | Kenso | P.M. (dedicated to Pat Metheny) | Music for Five Unknown Musicians | 1986 | Made in Japan Records |
| A double live album of tracks from their first 3 studio albums, plus a couple of songs that are not on any Kenso studio album. One of those songs being P.M. They also do a cover version of a song by the Dutch folk/prog band Flairck. The band is just as polished in a live setting as they are in the studio. This album reminds me alot of Camel's double live record from 1977 _A Live Record_. | |||||
| 3 | Mugen | Trident Rock | The Princess Of Kingdom Gone | 1988 | Made in Japan Records |
| Light symphonic that strongly rips off not only the sounds but, the melodies and ideas from Genesis albums. This is a good album for those of you who cannot enough of Genesis clones :-) Their first album _Sinfonia Della Luna_ is reportedly excellent, but, I have not heard that one, yet. I also have their third album _Leda Et Le Cygne_ which when I listened to it made me want to hurl when I heard them ripping off not Genesis, but, The Cars!!! GACK!! I had to run for the cd-changer and turn it off before I went into a grand-mal seizure. | |||||
| 4 | Happy Family | Rolling the Law Court | Happy Family | 1995 | Cuneiform |
| Energetic, wacky avant prog fusion. Lots of elements of Zappa, Steve Vai, Picchio dal Pozzo, Volapuk, Anekdoten and stuff like that. Challenging music that does not re-hash old tired ideas. The 1990's is easily the best period for Japanese progressive music! | |||||
| 5 | Naomi Miuri | Corde Spirale | Kings' Boards | 1991 | Made in Japan Records |
| This is a rare CD collection of 5 Japanese keyboard prog artists who each submitted a single track. This song is by Naomi Miuri, who joined Ars Nova last year on tour, but, did not become a permanent member. Her playing here is very much in the Emersonian mold. She is assisted by the bass player and drummer from Social Tension. I would like to hear more that she has done - but, I don't know what they might be. I need names! The other tracks on this CD are quite good, too. | |||||