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01. FAR EAST FAMILY BAND - Metempsychosis
02. FAR EAST FAMILY BAND - Entering/Times
03. FAR EAST FAMILY BAND - Kokoro
04. FAR EAST FAMILY BAND - Parallel World
ARTIST
TITLE
Parallel World
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
ASH 3013CD ASH 3013CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/2/2010

Originally released in 1976 by Nippon Columbia, this is the final album by legendary Japanese space/psych-rockers Far East Family Band. Unlike other albums where the band focused on Pink Floyd-esque psych ballads, on Parallel World, the influence of German producer/electronic music composer Klaus Schulze is more pronounced, merging prog rock with electronic music to create something rather weird and wonderful. Although Schulze oversaw the production of the album rather than playing on it (which he definitely didn't!), the synth star here is Masanori Takahashi who was later to find new age fame and fortune under the name of Kitaro. This is space rock at its finest and the band's extended compositions attracted favorable comparisons with both Tangerine Dream and Pink Floyd, and even at times the vocal style of the Moody Blues. Unfortunately, this was the band's last album, but they went out on a high, achieving the rare feat of appealing to devotees of both Krautrock and electronic psychedelia alike. Digitally remastered, numbered limited edition of 1,000 copies only in a unique LP-replica card wallet.