This album features the ability trio of K. Watanabe on all guitars & guitar synths, fantastic bassist Jeff Berlin together with Bill Bruford who was the drummer for the classic stone band Yes. By the fourth dimension Kazumi Watanabe expanded beyond jazz to bring together the fusion movement, it was the '80s together with fusion had all simply died inwards The States. It was a pure please to come across this homo proceed fusion hold upwards alongside a mixture of rock, the hard-driving beats together with rythms of the '80s which kept the music electrical flow inwards its fourth dimension together with updated the audio that had in ane lawsuit been the belongings of the '70s..........and of course, the jazz influence is company throughout this recording. Watanabe is a tremendous guitar talent who is also oft overlooked. His blistering hot guitar move shines alongside a cognition of American civilization land he slips inwards a definite Japanese season inwards his music........sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant. An incredible album!!! On a scale of 1-5 stars, this album deserves 10 stars!!! I also handgrip alongside other reviewers that the sequel album "Spice of Life Too" was a weak together with disappointing follow-up to this supurb album. I haven't bothered to pick it upwards on CD, because fifty-fifty alongside the add-on of a keyboardist, the music was uninspired together with lackluster.......worth 3 stars at best........but again, THIS album, the ORIGINAL "Spice of Life" deserves 10 stars on a scale of 1-5 stars!!! An first-class slice of work!!!
This album features the ability trio of K. Watanabe on all guitars & guitar synths, fantastic bassist Jeff Berlin together with Bill Bruford who was the drummer for the classic stone band Yes. By the fourth dimension Kazumi Watanabe expanded beyond jazz to bring together the fusion movement, it was the '80s together with fusion had all simply died inwards The States. It was a pure please to come across this homo proceed fusion hold upwards alongside a mixture of rock, the hard-driving beats together with rythms of the '80s which kept the music electrical flow inwards its fourth dimension together with updated the audio that had in ane lawsuit been the belongings of the '70s..........and of course, the jazz influence is company throughout this recording. Watanabe is a tremendous guitar talent who is also oft overlooked. His blistering hot guitar move shines alongside a cognition of American civilization land he slips inwards a definite Japanese season inwards his music........sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant. An incredible album!!! On a scale of 1-5 stars, this album deserves 10 stars!!!
For those that dear Bruford together with Jeff Berlin working together yous volition dear the infuence they choose to Kazumi's mode together with blazing playing. I owned the vinyl version outset together with played it to death. But the CD has an additional rail that is rattling nighttime together with to a greater extent than similar an improv than whatever of the other selections. Bill uses his electronic/acoustic kit set-up together with it plant improve hither than alongside King Crimson. Since at that topographic point are exclusively 3 instruments for the near part (although Kazumni is all over the house alongside his guitar-synthesizer)this gives Bruford together with Berlin a large presence together with lots of room to practice what they practice best. The album has the experience of having rattling seperate tracks, the styles vary, simply is rattling addicting together with sounds peachy loud. I highly recommend it, it is actually heavily influenced yesteryear Bruford together with Berlin together with could choose been called Bill Bruford with.... Just equally a note, I tin non country that the minute try called "The Spice of Life Too" is of the same quality.
Tracks Listing
1. Melancho (3:29)
2. Hiper K (5:38)
3. City (4:28)
4. Period (6:38)
5. Unt (5:48)
6. Na Starovia (4:43)
7. Lim-Poo (4:50)
8. J.F.K. (4:55)
9. Rage In (6:17)*
* CD Only
Total Time: 46:50
Line-up / Musicians
- Kazumi Watanabe / guitars, guitar-synthesizer
- Bill Bruford / electronic drums, drums, percussion
- Jeff Berlin / bass
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