FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND - Satori LP minimal this ranks alongside some of

this ranks alongside some of Thomas’ most claustrophobic

There’s a little bit of everything—garage rock

As Arthur Baker sampled "Trans-Europe Express" for "Planet Rock" and disciples like Depeche Mode

songs like "Pump It Up" and "This Year's Girl" sound like they were essentially written from the rhythm section up

Betty Davis was riding high in the 70s

FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND - Satori LP minimal this ranks alongside some of1971's Satori is a conceptual hard rock psych album driven by Hideki Ishima's furious guitar licks which erupt and explode over the harmonic heart beat of the drums and bass and Yamanaka's banshee like vocal style which was turning him into an occidental Iggy Pop or Robert Plant while the band itself was rapidly becoming Japan's answer to Led Zeppelin.