Angel'in Heavy Syrup
was an all-female Japanese psychedelic rock band formed in 1990 in
Osaka. Emerging from the Japanese noise rock scene, they were influenced
by krautrock bands such as Amon Düül II, but drew primarily from
psychedelic and progressive rock, resulting in their characteristic
ethereal neo-psychedelic sound. After the release of their last album in
2002, the band appears to have fallen into indefinite hiatus status.
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5.0 out of 5 stars.... Heavy, twisted, and oh so gorgeous....
This album is truly beautiful. Heavy
sonics and way spaced grooves with ethereal femal vocals. All the songs
are sung in japanese. The singing is stunning, and these long jammy
tunes are the perfect backdrop. Highly reccomended to anyone who enjoys
psychedelic music at all.
The group remained quiet for nearly half a decade after their third album, finally returning with Angel’in Heavy Syrup
IV in late 1999. Takahara was gone, and as if to admit that they’re
incapable of keeping a steady drummer, her replacement Naoko Otani is
credited as a guest musician. Their first album to be released
simultaneously in Japan and the United States, the beautifully packaged Angel’in Heavy Syrup IV was also the first to feature English translations of Itakura’s Japanese lyrics in the liner notes.
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prog,noise-rock,psychedelic
One of the more unique and melodic bands to arise from Japan's famous noise-rock scene, Angel'in Heavy Syrup
(named after canned fruit) specializes in a drawn-out, retro
psychedelic style. The all-female quartet formed in Osaka in 1990,
produced by Jojo Hiroshige, a heavyweight amongst Japan's noise rockers.
Despite "guitar terrorism" being music critics' favorite phrase to
describe him, Angel'in Heavy Syrup's sound shares very little in common with that of their producer's.
The
band draws heavily on progressive and psychedelic rock while working in
a number of jazz influences as well.
Angel'in Heavy Syrup
Psychedelic/Space Rock
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Making Glistening Waves Within The Heavy Syrup January 1, 2012
Sounding
like the invocation of an ancient tribal rite within the realm of a
remote continent on a faraway planet requiring a universal translator to
communicate with its alien population, heavily modulated guitar
overlayers a heavily resonant bassline and propulsive tom-tom percussive
work roughly a minute into
