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KASA KASA
AUSIA
2003 , JAPAN - EURO 13.50
Label: MUSEA
ALBUM REVIEW
AUSIA is a very original project of three famous musicians of the japanese progressive rock scene, Akihisa Tsuboy on violin (KBB, STRING ARGUMENTS…), Source K.Adachi on guitar, mandolin and vocal (ADACHI KYODAI) and Yukihiro Isso on recorder, shinobue and dengakubue. This “unplugged” album is made of 9 pieces, mainly instrumental, that can’t be compared to anything else. Of course the dialogues between acoustic guitar and flute, with some rare vocal parts, may recall JETHRO TULL in its most acoustic periods, but AUSIA’s influences also includes medieval and Renaissance’s music, japanese traditional music, and a lot of other musical worlds! This mix of ethnic, folk, jazz, and “acoustic progressive” is full of freshness and personality, of spinning round flute parts, together with acoustic guitar arpeggios or chords, and delicate –or fierce sometimes-violin parts.
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