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This is a legendary Japanese band, the first line-up included the known synthesizer player KITARO. The FAR EAST FAMILY BAND released a lot of records in the Seventies and Eighties, they sound quite unique (an Eastern sound) with echoes from PINK FLOYD.

The first album "The Cave Down To Earth" from "74 is mostly recommended, it has a spacey and slight psychdelic sound (like early PINK FLOYD) and contains ethnic elements which gives the music an original twist. Another fine album is "Nipponjin" ("75) with a keyboard version of FAR OUT"s "Nihonjin" (FAR OUT was the precursor of FEFB). It"s in the vein of the debut-album, the climates ranges from bombastic to more mellow. The album "Parallel World" was produced by the famous electronic pioneer KLAUS SCHULZE.

Studio Album, released in 1975

1. Nipponjin (16:51) 
2. The Cave (8:37) 
3. Undiscovered Northern Land (2:54) 
4. Timeless (4:26) 
5. The God of Water (2:06) 
6. River of Soul (8:28) 
7. The God of Wind (2:33) 
8. Movin" Lookin" (1:39) 
9. Yamato (0:48) 
10. Mystery of Northern Space (5:57)

Total Time: 54:19

Line-up / Musicians 
- Fumio Miyashita / guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Akira Ito / keyboards
- Masanori Takahashi (Kitaro) / keyboards, percussion
- Hirohito Fukushima / guitar, vocals
- Akira Fukakusa / bass
- Shizuo Takasaki / drums

Nipponjin (F. Miyashita)

When the dream is over
I can"t stay another day
"Cause for sure I know myself
But now I want to know
Where I stand

Secluded by the waters
I still hear what"s going on
There"s no way to go back
Now that I hit this road
Got to get high