Kousokuya

Kousokuya

Kōsokuya (光束夜) is a Japanese dark psychedelic rock band. This Japanese rock outfit, founded by legendary guitarist Jutok Kaneko in the late 1970s, has released only a handful of recordings internationally, and scant more in their local Tokyo underground scene. Their sound has been compared to Japanese psych-rock legends Fushitsusha.
Kaneko died on January 24th, 2007.

Line-up

The classic trio line-up that recorded the first album, and reformed in recent years was:

Jutok Kaneko (guitar, vocals)
Ikuro Takahashi (ex-High Rise, Fushitsusha) (drums)
Mick (bass, vocals)

Other members:
Hiroshi Yokoyama (synth, 1978-1979), Toshiko Watanabe (drums, 1979),
Asahito Nanjo (bass, 1982-1983),
Munehiro Narita (drums, 1982-1983), Atsushi Ishiguro (drums, 1983-84), Hibari Nagao (drums, 1994-1997), Emily (bass), Sachiko (vocals, synth, bass, 1995-2003), Michinobu Matsubashi (drums, 2000-)

Discography

V.A., "Heaven Tapes" cassette (Heaven, 1979)

"Kousokuya" LP (Ray Night Music, 1991; CD reissue, PSF, 2003)

V.A., "Tokyo Flashback" (PSF, 1991)

V.A., "Tokyo Flashback 2" (PSF, 1992)

"Ray Night 1991-1992 Live" (Forced Exposure, 1995)

"The Dark Spot" w/ Masayoshi Urabe (PSF, 1997)

"Live Gyakuryu Kokuu" (PSF, 2004)

"First Live 1979 Kichijoji Minor" (PSF, 2006)

"Echoes From Deep Underground" (Archive, 2007)

References

Interview. "G-Modern", issue 17, 97-98 Winter. pp.10-25. (Japanese)

Interview. "Ongaku Otaku", issue 3, 1998. pp.16-22. (English)

Stofer, F. (2000). "Japanese Independent Music", France: Sonore. ISBN 2-9515644-0-6

Kosakai, F. "金子寿徳：彼方の柱廊を逍遥する旅についての末完の調書" (Jutok Kaneko: An Incomplete Record of an Ambulatory Journey Down a Distant Colonnade). Liner-notes for Jutok Kaneko, "Endless Ruins" CD (PSF, 2001) (Japanese, contains a valuable, detailed history of Kousokuya)

Kosakai, F. "Kaneko Jutok - The Year Spent with Ray-Night". "G-Modern", issue 22, 2001. pp.50-51. (Japanese)

External links

* [http://www.geocities.jp/kousokuya/ Kousokuya Official Homepage]
* [http://www.geocities.jp/there_09jp/KOUSOKUYA.html Photographs from the last gig by Kousokuya, Dec 5th, 2006]
* [http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/961 Dusted magazine review]
* [http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/kousokuya.html Kousokuya CDs for sale at Forced Exposure]
* [http://www.midheaven.com/artists/kousokuya.html Kousokuya CDs for sale at Midheaven]
* [http://www.volcanictongue.co.uk/artist.php?art=Kousokuya Kousokuya CDs for sale at Volcanic Tongue]


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