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FROMAGE
Symphonic Prog • Japan

FROMAGE story starts back in the late 70's when two future famous Japanese musicians join in Kyoto to for a band, we are talking about Toshio Egawa (Novela, Gerard, Scheherezade) and Ikkou Nakajima 
(Pageant, Ie Rai Shan) but they left long before FROMAGE released their debut album 1984.

Leaded by the flute player Manabu Higashizawa the lineup included Tomohisa Hayashi (Bass), the solid guitar player Yoshihito Kondo, Yoshi Shimamura on keyboards and the drummer Hirozaku Taniguchi, 
FROMAGE releases "Ondine" an excellent vocal Symphonic album in the borderline with the early Neo Prog movement in England.

For their second album "Ophelia" released in 1988, the band had several changes, Yoshihiro Kitamura (Keyboards) Tohru Ohta (Guitars) and Yuji Tanaka (Bass) join the band instead of Shimamura, 
Komdo and Hayashi, making a strong change, "Ophelia" has stronger melodies and the keyboard orientation is 100% Symphonic, 
IMO a much solid album.

Their last release is "Tsukini-Hoeru" which has material from both eras, this would explain why it is credited as released in 1990 but on some sites appear as recorded in 1985.

FROMAGE still survived until 1993 but apparently due to artistic differences they split but the spirit of the band was kept alive because Tohru Ohta, Hirozaku Taniguchi and Yoshihiro Kitamura moved on 
and formed CINEMA.

Just to end, must only say that FROMAGE is among the best Japanese Symphonic bands and a good point to start a collection would be "Ophelia" when they reached their peak of the creativity and developed 
an absolutely Symphonic personality.

Fromage / Ondine
Symphonic Prog
1984
Japan
FLAC (*.flac)
tracks+.cue
Lossless
53:32

1. Extermination
2. Inspiration philology
3. Ultimate
4. Ondine
5. Color vision night
6. Tsuki-ni-hoeru
Bonus track on cd release
7. Kishibe no nai umi

Fromage / Ophelia
Symphonic Prog
1988
Japan
FLAC (*.flac)
tracks+.cue
lossless
62:57

1. Thoma (8:32)
2. The naked fort (6:24)
3. Naked lady (3:19)
4. Te no nakano omochabako (7:15)
5. Dual fighter (5:41)
6. Garasu no shiro (5:11)
7. Ophelia (10:59)
Bonus tracks on cd release:
8. Thoma (live) (8:02)
9. Seruroido no sora (live) (7:34)

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