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Kasutoshi Morizono – guitar, vocals; Kazuo Nakamura – bass, vocals; Daiji Okai – drums, tubular bells, percussion; Hidemi
Sakashita – piano, e. piano, Mellotron, Mini-Moog (joined ’71)
This Tokyo quartet began in 1970 as 'San-Nin' (the trio), with Kasutoshi Morizono on guitar and vocals, Kazuo Nakamura o
bass and vocals, and Daiji Okai on drums. In early 1971, they were joined by keyboard player Hidemi Sakashita, and
thereafter took the name Yonin-Bayashi, which is old Japanese for 'quartet'. The band's first gig was at the Satsuki-Sai (May
Festival) at Tokyo University, o ...read more
Kasutoshi Morizono – guitar, vocals; Kazuo Nakamura – bass, vocals; Daiji Okai – drums, tubular bells, percussion; Hidemi
Sakashita – piano, e. piano, Mellotron, Mini-Moog (joined ’71)
This Tokyo quartet began in 1970 as 'San-Nin' (the trio), with Kasutoshi Morizono on guitar and vocals, Kazuo Nakamura o
bass and vocals, and Daiji Okai on drums. In early 1971, they were joined by keyboard player Hidemi Sakashita, and
thereafter took the name Yonin-Bayashi, which is old Japanese for 'quartet'. The band's first gig was at the Satsuki-Sai (May
Festival) at Tokyo University, on May 1971. Yonin-Bayashi released several LPs during the 1970s, one of which - Ishoku-
Sokuhatsu - is at number 48 in Japrocksampler's Top 50.
They sound like an eclectic mix of '70s prog bands mixed with lofty psychedelic, some kraut influences, proto j-poppy parts
and very eccentric singing. « hide |
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