(Progressive Rock) Bi Kyo Ran - Parallax - 1983 (1992 Crime/King # KICP-2217), FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Bi Kyo Ran is a Japanese band who has released many albums. So far I have only purchased Parallax from 1982.
The album features three long tracks with the centerpiece being the 22 minute "Suite Ran". On this album, Bi Kyo Ran reminds me of mostly Arachnoid and King Crimson. Occasionally they also remind me a bit of A Story of Mysterious Forest by Ain Soph and early Kenso, although Bi Kyo Ran is less fusion influenced than those bands. The few vocals are rather weak, but don't get in the way of the music. The band is basically a guitar-bass-drums trio, but guests help out on keyboards, violin, cello and trumpet. The guitar playing refers more than once to Fripp's style on Red, but the album as a whole is distinctly different from the ferocious Red. "Suite Ran" showcases at its best the variety of styles that the band uses. Some passages are rather dreamy, melancholic symphonic progressive. There is an intricate section with trumpet that even sounds a bit like Tipographica.
About halfway through, a heavy guitar/mellotron-driven section comes up that is the most direct reference to King Crimson around Lark's Tongues in Aspic/Red. The last part of "Suite Ran" is a quiet, mellotron-drenched piece of romantic progressive music featuring violin and cello. Altogether, a very good album.

REM GENRE "Progressive Rock"
REM DATE 1983
REM DISCID 19091103
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.95b3"
PERFORMER "Bi Kyo Ran"
TITLE "Parallax"
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    PERFORMER "Bi Kyo Ran"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
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    TITLE "Prediction"
    PERFORMER "Bi Kyo Ran"
    INDEX 00 07:57:17
FILE "02 - Prediction.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Suite 'Ran'"
    PERFORMER "Bi Kyo Ran"
    INDEX 00 09:28:13
FILE "03 - Suite 'Ran'.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00

EAC extraction logfile from 11. November 2007, 21:21 for CD
Bi Kyo Ran / Parallax
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Track  3
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     Track quality 99.9 %
     Test CRC 384970B6
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No errors occured
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