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Artist
Luna Park Ensemble
12+ albums
Avant-Popjapaneseart popAvant-GardeProgressive Pop
about
In early 1980s, Tetsuto KOYAMA (bass) came across a pop-punk singer named RORIE on the stage of an old rock cafe Muon in Yokohama. Her loud voices could ring his bell soon and plant a strong intention to form a duo with her in his heart. On the other hand, Takashi Satoh, the owner of Pinakotheca Records, called Tetsuto for recording a solo single of Wataru OHKUMA (guitars, keyboards; ex-Zettai Reido) in 1982. Tetsuto got so immersed in Wataru's avantgarde guitar solo or performance that he finally got determined to form a rock quartet. In the autumn of 1982, LUNAPARK ENSEMBLE were formed as a four-piece rock band and released their debut EP via Cragale Records, Muon's independent label. (This EP was included in the latter of their reissued album.) Although sadly Tetsuto resigned from this outfit for the reason of discrepancy of soundscape among the members in the following year, they could get more avantgarde and create works of originality around Wataru OHKUMA and RORIE. In the summer of 1984 LUNAPARK ENSEMBLE released a 7-inch single 'Kawaii Watashi No Doppelgänger (Pretty My Doppelgänger)', featuring the brass & horn section or some junk instruments, in collaboration with some session musicians like Tori Kudo (trombone) or Masami Shinoda (saxophone). Recruiting the third LUNAPARKer Shin'ya KIMURA (drums, guitar,saxophone), they intentionally deviated from the 'as-it-is-said' normal style of rock band and broke an accepted theory in rock scene. In the meantime they released
