April 18, 2021

Demi Semi Quaver – Demi Semi Quaver (1994, CD, Japan)


Songs:
1. Recreation (4:41)
2. Love Maniac (3:31)
3.Fundamentarhythm (5:21)
4. Black Milk (5:24)
5. P+P (0:21)
6. A*Merika (12:08)
7. Diva Operation Sex Nox (6:25)
8. 第2魔術 Second Magic (3:54)
9. S+P (0:11)
10. ロックの隠れ家 Hideout Of Rock (4:13)
11. ~S~mash Room (6:27)
12. The Door Was Always Part Of The Wall And ~Key~ (2:15)

Musicians:
Bass – Hidenori Yokoyama
Drums – Koichiro Naka
Guest, Violin – Yuji Katsui (tracce: 3, 5)
Guitar, Kazoo – Toru Terashit*
Keyboards, Sampler – Genya Kuwajima
Percussion, Effects [Metals], Backing Vocals – Steve Eto
Vocals, Accordion, Synthesizer [YC-30], Piano, Backing Vocals – Emi Eleonola
Written-By – Demi Semi Quaver (tracce: 1 to 4, 6 to 12), Emi Eleonola (tracce: 5), Hoppy Kamiyama (tracce: 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12), Yuji Katsui (tracce: 5)


DEMI SEMI QUAVER got started as an experimental-avantgarde rock outfit featuring Emi ELEONOLA, a female vocalist of marked personality. Dressed in a bondage suit, Emi utters a weird and mysterious lyrics called 'Eleonola Language' upon their songs, that can charm the audience into Demi Semi world. In 1995, they appeared on Japanese underground rock scene with their eponymous debut album full of experimentalism, aestheticism, avantgardism, and individualism. A magnificent lineup - Yuji KATSUI (violin), Steve ETOH (percussion), TELLASIT (guitar), Hidenori YOKOYAMA (bass), and Koichiro NAKA (drums) - supports her, and they leaped into Japanese Underground Stardom.
Through many active gigs, DEMI SEMI QUAVER made their major debut with the third album '3' in 1996. They often appears on stage despite of getting less active than before, since each member can get more renowned currently as a session musician or a member of another progressive rock project (Emi has got a versatile artist e.g. actress, model, or fashion designer).

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