KUUNATIC
Entry updated 12 March 2025. Tagged: Music.
Japanese band (the name always stylized in all capital letters) made up of keyboardist Fumie Kikuchi, drummer Yuko Araki and bassist Shoko Yoshida, all three women also serving as vocalists and performing traditional Japanese instruments. Unlike much sf- and fantasy-inspired music, KUUNATIC's unpredictable blend of psychedelia and cosmic music with traditional Japanese forms such as gagaku, sounds genuinely otherworldly. Their debut album Gate of Klüna (2021) tells of the growth of a peaceful civilization on the planet Kuurandia, and how the planet's empress defeats invaders (see Invasion). Wheels of Ömon (2025) continues the story. [CWa]
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