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Kikagaku Moyo (Japanese: 幾何学模様, Hepburn: Kikagaku Moyō) were a Japanese psychedelic rock band founded in Tokyo and active from 2012 to 2022. Kikagaku Moyo (幾何学模様, Kikagaku Moyō) translates to “geometric patterns”, which the drummer Go Kurosawa suggested as a band name after getting visuals caused by sleep deprivation during a long jam session at night. In a 2014 interview with the It’s Psychedelic Baby! magazine, Go recalls the moment at which he came up with the name: "It means geometric patterns, which I saw on the back of my eyelids after jamming all night long. I was totally in the “zone”, half awake and half asleep, but my hands were tapping the drums involuntarily. Tomo and I both wanted to have a Japanese name with Kanji characters, so it was decided pretty quickly."
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Masana Temples is the fourth album of japanese band Kikagaku Moyo. The album is full of powerful groovy psychedelic rock. It sounds similar to another Japanese band, Dhidalah, and even Bo Ningen (more post-rock and noise) has the same feeling. As Masana Temples does not exist anymore, Mmy advise is to check these other bands out if you like this album.
This was such a pleasant surprise. When it popped up I was not holding much hope. A Japanese psych rock band usually isn’t my thing. Oh my god I was surprised. I don’t know why but I really enjoyed the overall sound and vibe. I let Spotify auto play run after the album was done and even enjoyed what was being pulled in afterwards. I wish I could explain what it was I enjoyed - I can’t. What I can say is I will be checking out more of this stuff.
A fine and enjoyable Japanese psychedelic rock album. Way more chill than you'd expect with an album cover like that.
This isn’t my kind of music but I didbf feel the need to fast forward.
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Dripping sun, Nazo Nazo, Fluffy kosmich
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Thankfully, this is an enjoyable outing.
This is really cool. Far east psychedelia. 4 stars.