Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Rain Tree Crow was the name used by the English band Japan (excluding Rob Dean, who had departed prior to Japan's initial breakup) when they briefly reformed for this one-off project, which would be their final album. It was the first time all four members of the band, David Sylvian, Steve Jansen, Mick Karn and Richard Barbieri, collaborated on a project since the compilation of the 1983 live album Oil on Canvas. Recorded in 1989-1990 and released in April 1991, the majority of the material on their eponymous album was written as a result of group improvisations (aside from 'Blackwater' and 'Every Colour You Are'). There were no pre-rehearsals and the music that emerged was a hybrid of atmospheric ambient ballads in the style of lead singer David Sylvian's contemporaneous albums and more dissonant experimental styles that sometimes echoed the work of Tom Waits and King Crimson. The name Rain Tree Crow was chosen to mark a break from Japan's past with the intention of creating a new long-term project. As the music turned out to be less commercial than originally envisioned all members of the band aside from Sylvian became amenable to the idea of retaining the Japan moniker in order to gain maximum exposure.However, Sylvian levered increasing artistic and production control over the project to the point where the recording developed from a band effort into what was essentially another Sylvian solo project, leaving the other members as mere sessioners for the front man. This is supported by Sylvian's inclusion of tracks from the album on solo compilations such as Everything & Nothing and A Victim Of Stars.Bassist Mick Karn died in January 2011, ending all possibility of another full Japan reunion."Blackwater" was released as the album's only single and just missed the Top 60 in the UK singles charts in March 1991. The album itself was, in general, critically acclaimed by the music press and reached the Top 25 in the UK albums chart.The Japanese box set includes also a 28 page booklet with exclusive photographs."...the album is at its best. Rain Tree Crow is not ponderous, as Japan once had pretensions to be, but it fills a darkened room nicely." -- Sue Peter, Option, 92. }
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- Rain_Tree_Crow abstract "Rain Tree Crow was the name used by the English band Japan (excluding Rob Dean, who had departed prior to Japan's initial breakup) when they briefly reformed for this one-off project, which would be their final album. It was the first time all four members of the band, David Sylvian, Steve Jansen, Mick Karn and Richard Barbieri, collaborated on a project since the compilation of the 1983 live album Oil on Canvas. Recorded in 1989-1990 and released in April 1991, the majority of the material on their eponymous album was written as a result of group improvisations (aside from 'Blackwater' and 'Every Colour You Are'). There were no pre-rehearsals and the music that emerged was a hybrid of atmospheric ambient ballads in the style of lead singer David Sylvian's contemporaneous albums and more dissonant experimental styles that sometimes echoed the work of Tom Waits and King Crimson. The name Rain Tree Crow was chosen to mark a break from Japan's past with the intention of creating a new long-term project. As the music turned out to be less commercial than originally envisioned all members of the band aside from Sylvian became amenable to the idea of retaining the Japan moniker in order to gain maximum exposure.However, Sylvian levered increasing artistic and production control over the project to the point where the recording developed from a band effort into what was essentially another Sylvian solo project, leaving the other members as mere sessioners for the front man. This is supported by Sylvian's inclusion of tracks from the album on solo compilations such as Everything & Nothing and A Victim Of Stars.Bassist Mick Karn died in January 2011, ending all possibility of another full Japan reunion."Blackwater" was released as the album's only single and just missed the Top 60 in the UK singles charts in March 1991. The album itself was, in general, critically acclaimed by the music press and reached the Top 25 in the UK albums chart.The Japanese box set includes also a 28 page booklet with exclusive photographs."...the album is at its best. Rain Tree Crow is not ponderous, as Japan once had pretensions to be, but it fills a darkened room nicely." -- Sue Peter, Option, 92".