Kirikyogen
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| Studio album by Kuni Kawachi and the Flower Travelling Band | |
| Released | 1970 |
| Recorded | 1970 |
| Genre | Progressive rock, doom metal |
| Label | London Records/King Records |
Kirikyogen (Japanese: 切狂言 Hepburn: Kirikyōgen?) is a 1970 album by Kuni Kawachi and the Flower Travelling Band. It was originally credited to "Kuni Kawachi and his Friends" (クニ河内とかれのともだち Kuni Kawachi to Kare no Tomodachi?) when originally released. The album showcases the growing doom metal sound that the Flower Travelling Band were honing, as well as Kuni Kawachi's progressive rock influences.
It is the first album released by Kuni Kawachi after leaving the Group Sounds band the Happenings Four. Although sometimes co-credited to the Flower Travelling Band, only vocalist Joe Yamanaka and guitarist Hideki Ishima took part in the album. It was recorded between Anywhere and Satori, before the band went to Canada. Ishima later recalled that this was the first time he heard Yamanaka sing in Japanese; an experience he referred to as "strange."
In 1971, the song "Works Composed Mainly by Humans" was reworked, renamed "Map" and released as a split single by Flower Travellin' Band without Kawachi, together with the song "Machine Gun Kelly" by American band Jo Mama.
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