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OUTER LIMITS is one of the major acts of the so-called Eighties' Japanese School of Progressive rock. Famous for its exceptional melodic refinement, the band was also keen on a romantism that can be linked with the Italian School (QUELLA VECCHIA LOCANDA, PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI, LOCANDA DELLE FATE...). The group displayed a brand of sophisticated art-rock, with delicate and precious sounds, enlightened by lyrical violin parts, Mellotron layers and fine guitar arpeggios. Considered as the best and most inspired Japanese band, OUTER LIMITS could have been of of the masters of Progressive rock, somewhere between KING CRIMSON and UK, if only it has been British. Tomoki UENO shines in the role of the opera singer, in the unmistakable style he has made his own. The first album "Misty Moon" (1985) is regarded as one of the classics of the genre: one can find a great collection of epic tracks, dominated by emphatic keyboards parts, a lyrical violin and a crimsonian guitar. "A Boy Playing The Magical Buggle Horn" has been recorded one year prior to "The Scene Of Pale Blue" (1987). "The Silver Apples On The Moon" has been captured live (Without an audience) for a radio broadcast in 1989, showcasing the musicians' best tracks. "Outermania" is the last opus to date: it's a compilation indeed, published in 1993. Six years later, OUTER LIMITS was to announce its reunion, and a new album was scheduled... And if we eventually had to wait eight years more to see things happening (Twenty years after the last real studio album !), this was just to prove that OUTER LIMITS is definitely time-proof. Still published on the Musea label, this new rendition is called "Stromatolite" (2007). Tomoki UENO is not here anymore, but the rest of the crew is, keyboards player Shusei TSUKAMOTO and violinist Takashi KAWAGUSHI at the front. Add to this that this reunion is more than the usual brand of nostalgia: the compositions, still mainly written by the keyboards player, are simply amongst the best he has ever created ! Period. Not to be missed !