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Generally known as "Far East Acid House Quartet", but actually it's "Far East Acid House Quartet, Otherwise the LSD Liberation Front".
In 1988, the 4 members of a House Music band “Midara Gokoro” encountered an Acid House movement named “Second Summer of Love” while staying in London. Soon after that, the band changed their name to “Far East Acid House Quartet” and brought the Acid-Techno style into their sound. After returning to Japan, they held an outdoor Rave Party in the heart of the mountains of Nagano prefecture that is said to be the first of the kind in Japan. They also held other guerrilla live performances not only at clubs but also in warehouses, buildings under construction, and closed down schools deep in the mountains that ushered in the outdoor Rave movement. |
| While keeping the position to be adverse to commercialism, they did continue to appear in the underground scenes in and outside of Japan, making an impact mainly to the young generation of the time called the Neo-Hippie and the Travelers. After releasing their 6 th album in 1997, the band broke up. |
| Above: 1992 Japan Tour flyer, Far East Acid House Quartet |
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| Genre(s) |
Techno, House, Trance, Goa, Ambient, IDM |
| Also known as |
aka: Midara Gokoro (Early Years: 1987-88) |
| Year active |
1988 - 1997 |
| Members |
Elisa Tajima (Percussion, Sitar, Ethnic Instruments, Dance)
Space DJ Ryo (Turntables, Beats, Programming)
AQi Fzono (Keyboards,Synthesizers,Theremin)
Kaworu Ichikawa (Wind, Sax, Bass Synths)
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Unit member(s)
(recordings, live performances) |
David Laurenz and DJ Third Eye (Synthesizers / Hypnotic Twin)
Nina Nozaki (Lyrics)
Hong Kong Lil (VJ / Trance-Rave Daughters)
DJ Ageha (DJ / Trance-Rave Daughters)
Madame Juju (Guitars and Bass)
Hanako Garan (Vox)
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| Current active area(s) |
Japan, Europe |
| Discography |
Go to Discography > |
| Albums |
A Billion Nerve Needles (1989)
Metal Flowers Bloom On My Heart (1991)
Illegal Rave(1993)
Lung Fish Dreams(1995)
Sunspot (1997)
Electric Locust(1998) |
| Sites > Fan Site(s) |
Illegal Rave: Far East Acid House Quartet (Japan, Official Fan Site / Web Museum) |
Sites > Official
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Midara Gokoro (Japan, USA)
(The Previous Unit of Far East Acid House Quartet:
Midara Gokoro 2nd Era, Related with only "House of Birds") |
| Sites > Label |
Lavalamp Records > Far East Acid House Quartet(USA) |
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