Yume No Oka is amazing. I love Esoptron, too. And I like Kenso III better than II! I'm a weirdo!
Yume No Oka is amazing. I love Esoptron, too. And I like Kenso III better than II! I'm a weirdo!
Great feed back about the band. Thanks so much. If anyone has the boxset and wants to sell, reach out to me privately by email.
I should have bought two.
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Among the myriad of live records they’ve released, I’ve always felt that Kenso Guki (the 25th Anniversary live record) stood perhaps a notch or two above the others. Fantastic recording, great playing, and a good sampling of their career. Their last few studio records weren’t as consistently great as Kenso II, but had many, MANY great moments, some of which hit higher peaks than Kenso II.
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Fair enough, I suppose it does all come down to personal taste in the end. I really love Kenso III, as well as Sparta. There's so much good music they've made over the years that picking a favorite for me is a bit hard... But Yume hits all the right spots for me overall. That middle section of "The Fourth Reich" with the (far too brief) synth break and that crazy time signature change...
At any rate, we can all agree that Kenso are great whichever album happens to be one's favorite.
Kenso would be a tough act to follow for almost any band, IMO.
Kenso and Transatlantic on the same bill sounds like heaven to me!!!
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Slightly OT: Kenso has opened a shop recently, but the only thing you can buy now is the T-Shirt which was made when the band celebrated its 45th anniversary.
https://kensoshop.thebase.in/items/30656189
^^Truth. $43.85, in Canadian dollars, and that is only with the cost of shipping to Japan, not sure about an overseas shipping charge, so it could well be at least $60.
neil
Got the complete box today!! It’s massive and can’t wait to hear it.
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