A Story of Mysterious Forest

by Ain Soph

A Story of Mysterious Forest cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Belle Antique
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 22:51
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Ain Soph's 'A Story of Mysterious Forest' established the Japanese group as a major interpreter of Canterbury-influenced progressive rock. The album combines intricate instrumental writing, jazz-fusion fluency, and symphonic textures within a distinctly Japanese progressive scene.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, progressive, complex, technical, atmospheric, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. Crossfire
  2. Interlude I
  3. Natural Selection
  4. Variations On A Theme By Brian Smith
  5. Interlude II

Credits

  • Ain Soph - primary artist, composed by, arranged by
  • Masahiro Torigaki - bass [fender], effects
  • Hiroshi Takami - creative director [director]
  • Jiro Kohno - creative director [director]
  • Hiroshi Natori - drums, percussion, gong [crystal gong]
  • Yozox - electric guitar [fender electric guitars], acoustic guitar [martin acoustic guitar], other [worn leather strap]
  • Masey Hattori - grand piano [steinway], grand piano [bösendorfer], spinet [spinet cheleste], organ [hammond], clavinet [hohner], electric piano [yamaha electric grand cp 70], electric piano [fender electric rhodes piano], synthesizer [minimoog, polymoog, korg ps 3000, korg pe 2000, roland sh-5, roland sh-3, roland vocorder plus, oberheim, solina, mellotron 400s]
  • Karel Vítězslav Mašek - painting [front cover picture]

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