Show-Yen is a Japanese band led by guitarist-composer Yasuhiro NISHIO, that has existed as an instrumental trio since 1998. It's other members are bassist Hiroaki FUJII and drummer Masanobu TONOMURA. Their eponymous concept-album (2003) is actually built on a new idea, called "Free-concept". The listener must invent his own story while listening to the music! The fifteen tracks are quite dense and concise, and represent a very wide range of musical tendencies, that can evoke KING CRIMSON or RUSH in the Seventies among other influences (Oriental for example). After a two years-break and a drummer change, Show-Yen strikes back in olympic form. An album published as a joint-venture between the Musea and Poseidon labels, "II" includes thirteen tracks made of pure beauty. Those first class musicians like both melodies and power: riffs and solos are predominant here. But the rhythm section is also perfectly precise and the music quite adventurous.

Tracklist:

Intro
Reallusion
Parade
Lucifer's Child
Network Broken
Omnious Footsteps II
Ran
Asels / Part One
Asels / Part Two
Asels / Part Three
Asels / Part Four
Asels / Part Five
Move Up
Time And Space
Fu-Ga

UPC: 3426300044068
Label: Musea Records France
Release Date: 1.1.04
Format: CD

Show Yen - Show-Yen (Import)