Member Since: 2/25/2008
Band Website: homepage2.nifty.com/unto/cinema.html
Band Members: *Tofukuji(2001Live in jitoku Kyoto japan)
Masao Tonari(key).Mamoru Inoue(b).Masahiro Sugiura(drs).Yutaka Nishimine(g).Hideki Mitumori(key).
*NADA (2005Live in Takutaku Kyoto Japan)
Masao Tonari(key).Mikio Matuda(g).Mamoru Inoue(b).
Masahiro Sugiura(drs).Yasuhiko Tanaka(g).
*One Nite(1982Live in Ginkakuji Kyoto Japan)
Masao Tonari(key).Mikio Matuda(g).Mamoru Iinoue(b).Masahiro Sugiura(drs).Kyon(p).Hiroshi Muraji (sax).Toyo Sano(sax).
*Red Afternoon Blues(1976 Live in Yase Kyoto Japan)
Masao Tonari(key).Mamoru Inoue(b).Masahiro sugiura(drs).A.M(p)
*Harugeshiki(1973Live in Oike Kyoto japan)
Masao Tonari(key).Hiroshi Nalazaki(vo,b).Yoshitaka Nakamura (drs)2003 DATETENRYU with Masao Tonari Live in Kobe Japan
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Influences: IMPROVISATION
Sounds Like: Funky bass, swirling keyboards, melodic riffs, epic, soaring solos -- Japan's Datetenryu sports all the hallmarks of the notorious psychedelic prog-rock genre. And well it should: This group from the Kansai area (Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto) dates back to 1971, and is considered a prog progenitor in its native land. The band -- which was named after a racehorse (Datetenryu loosely translates as "cool flying dragon")
an underground band formed in 1971. They apparently played a kind
of psychedelic progressive rock with blues touches.
Record Label: BANANA SONGS
Type of Label: Indie