George (Joji) Hirota - Sahasuhara (1976,Japan)
Ethnic,instrumental | MP3 320kbps | Joint Stereo | 87 Mb
Ethnic,instrumental | MP3 320kbps | Joint Stereo | 87 Mb
1. The Ancient Consciousness of Evil Spirit
2. Process of Cloud
3. A Point of Contact
4. A Billion Years' Memory
5. The Law of Causality
6. Sahasurara - Sunrise
After this monster Japanese fusion drummer's second album The Wheel Of Fortune (under the name Joji Hirota), here's his obscure first outing from five years earlier, and it's a total stunner. Wholly unlike its follow-up, Sahasurara starts off with absurdly over the top psych/prog histrionics akin to the Kali Bahlu-related Lite Storm album that Jim upped long ago and follows it with a round of becalmed but luscious vibraphone jazz in the mode of Bobby Hutcherson's Montara, which is surely one way of getting my undivided attention. This sorta inspired trade off between the ripping and rippling is key to this album's particular wiles. When this does finally launch into shredding fusion territory on the flip side, it does so in a sublime Terje Rypdal-like atmospheric ethno mystery mode, and it's a vibe that just keeps escalating, as the distinctly odd "The Law Of Causality' slowly wheels into view like some dungeon dwelling inversion of Popol Vuh, with hand percussion and flute trills tracing an occultic route into incipient hysteria. I'll leave the final delicious rug-pull from this headfuck of an album for you to discover for yourselves...
Joji (George) Hirota’s albums Wheel of Fortune and Sahasurara (Sahasurara was released under the name George Hirota) are two of the finest pieces of jazz fusion/prog rock you’re likely to hear. Amazing drumming in the vein of Magma, King Crimson, etc, excellent bass, piano, analog synths galore, as well as koto and other Japanese instrumentation, etc. His later albums are less jazz fusion and more new age/world music vein.
Joji (George) Hirota was born in Hokkaido in North Japan. At the age of eleven, he began a lifelong study of percussion and has been composing from the age of thirteen. In 1972 he came to England at the invitation of Stomu Yamas'ta to become the director and percussionist of the Red Buddah Theatre and has lived here ever since. In 1977 he became the musical director and percussionist for the Lindsay Kemp Dance Company. With them Joji toured extensively throughout Europe, Mexico, Canada and the USA, South America and Japan
Joji (George) Hirota’s albums Wheel of Fortune and Sahasurara (Sahasurara was released under the name George Hirota) are two of the finest pieces of jazz fusion/prog rock you’re likely to hear. Amazing drumming in the vein of Magma, King Crimson, etc, excellent bass, piano, analog synths galore, as well as koto and other Japanese instrumentation, etc. His later albums are less jazz fusion and more new age/world music vein.
Joji (George) Hirota was born in Hokkaido in North Japan. At the age of eleven, he began a lifelong study of percussion and has been composing from the age of thirteen. In 1972 he came to England at the invitation of Stomu Yamas'ta to become the director and percussionist of the Red Buddah Theatre and has lived here ever since. In 1977 he became the musical director and percussionist for the Lindsay Kemp Dance Company. With them Joji toured extensively throughout Europe, Mexico, Canada and the USA, South America and Japan
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