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Ars Nova (Rock)Ars Nova is a japanese progressive rock instrumental band. The current members are: - Keiko Kumagai (keyboards)
- Masuhiro Goto (drums)
- Shinko Shibata (bass)
Ars Nova's music features lots of keyboard sounds - and that was very true between 1998 and 2003 when the band had two keyboardists - and particulary the ubiquitous Hammond organ, mixed with more recent digital sounds. The band's musical influences are ELP, Goblin, PFM, Rick Wakeman, Balleto di Bronzo and classical music. Keiko Kumagai, the keyboardist, writes all the band's compositions. She has played on the Ayreon album Universal Migrator part two: Flight of the Migrator. This band has been for a long time and all-female band, a seldom case in the world of progressive rock. Band History - 1983 : Kyoko Kanazawa (bass), Keiko Thubata (keyboards) and Yumiko Saito (drums) form Ars Nova. The band covers bands such as ELP and Trace.
- 1986 : Keiko Thubata leaves the band and Keiko Kumagai replaces her, and plays two gigs with the band before leaving for personal reasons.
- 1991 : The band reforms with Keiko Kumagai on the keyboards.
- 1992 : Release of Fear and Anxiety
- 1993 : Yumiko Saito is replaced by Akiko Takahashi on the drums.
- 1994 : Transi, their second album, is released. It allows the band to be known outside the boundaries of Japan.
- 1995 : Ars Nova plays a gig for the first time outside Japan, at the Prog Fest '95 festival in Los Angeles, USA.
- 1996 : The Goddess of Darkness, their third album, is released.
- 1997 : First gigs in Europe. Kyoko Kanazawa leaves the band in october.
- 1998 : Release of the album The Book Of the Dead, on which plays a guest bassist, Ken Ishita (ex-Deja Vu). Beginning of a world tour in october with Naomi Miura as a second keyboardist and bass replacement.
- 2001 : Release of Android Domina, with Mika Nakajima as a second keyboardist.
- 2003 : Release of Biogenesis Project, an album featuring numerous guest musicians, including Masuhiro Goto (Gerard, Ningen-Isu), who becomes the new drummer of the band. Mika Nakajima leaves the band and is replaced by the bassist Shinko Shibata.
Discography - 1992 : Fear and Anxiety
- 1994 : Transi
- 1996 : The Goddess of Darkness
- 1997 : The Six Singular Impressions (compilation)
- 1998 : The Book Of the Dead
- 2001 : Android Domina
- 2001 : Lacrimaria
- 2003 : Biogenesis Project
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