Casiopea (Japanese Band)

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That band simply gives me the eargasm of my life.

Mostly I never find a band/artist which I like all its songs. But so much of their material is so good to my taste.

So varied, so innovative. I'm a musician for 20 years with musical hearing and very rarely I struggle with figuring out chords. It did take me some time to play their stuff, extremely ahead of its time - every note is calculated and if it wasn't there the song would have sounded entirely different. That's the whole beauty. Moreover, they found the ultimate balance between making their music catchy and melodic - not too "pop" boring and not too overly "classically" complicated to bore as well, if that sentence makes sense to you - not saying either genre is boring just trying to make a point. It's that sweet spot.

My favorites are : "Swear", "Blue Flames", "Misty Lady", "Asayake", "Coast to Coast", "Final Chance", "Living for a feeling", "Take me", "Fightman", "Midnight Rendzvous", "Frou Frou" and more

Oh, and "Twilight Solitude" - one of the best hidden gems out there. Beautiful melody straight from heaven.

Casiopea often sounds much better live then in studio recording which is super super rare. They are all musical geniuses and IMO you should listen to the live shows on YT. Far better than the studio recordings. And they also look so lively on stage.



Genres: Funk, Jazz-Fusion, Rock, Spanish, Samba, Japanese