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A pioneer in the distinctly Japanese sonics of "environmental" sound design, composer Takashi Kokubo began his solo career in the early 1980s, making synthesizer compositions inspired by classical music in the vein of fellow Japanese composer Isao Tomita, but across the following decades, his productions would pay deep homage to the sounds of the natural world and its spiritually soothing properties – as both inspiration for his music, and as a prominent feature in the music itself.

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Icon A.D.

Icon A.D. has been played on NTS in shows including Yesterday's News, featured first on 21 April 2021. Songs played include Face The Facts and Fight For Peace.

There are at least 7 bands of this name:

1) An American Hard Rock band from Phoenix, Arizona. Originally known as Schoolboys in 1979. Icon was formed in 1981 by high school friends Dan Wexler (guitar), Stephen Clifford (lead vocals) and Tracy Wallach (bass). They were joined by Dave Henzerling (guitar) and John Covington (drums). In 1984, Icon was signed to Capitol Records. By this point, Henzerling and Covington had left the band and were replaced by John Aquilino (guitar) and Pat Dixon (drums) (former drummer for Loosely Tight)

2) A German Death Metal band that formed in 2002. In 2005 they released their first album "Blindzone". Their second album "Pain Trust Lies Disharmony" was released in 2009, limited to 521 copies.

3) A Sludge Metal band from Spain. Formed in 1999 releasing their "Icon Demo". The band changed their name and is now Ekkaia.

4) A 90's German Trance project of Gerard Beraya

5) A Korean Hip Hop duo. Their first album "ICONtact", track song featuring Eun Ji won (G-ONE)

6) A Korean artist and actor, whose real name is No Min Woo and was formerly in a Korean band called TRAX.

7) Icon was a musical collaboration between John Wetton and keyboardist Geoff Downes. Wetton/Downes were the song-writing duo behind the Asia catalog including the mega hit 'Heat Of The Moment'.

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Icon A.D.

Icon A.D. has been played on NTS in shows including Yesterday's News, featured first on 21 April 2021. Songs played include Face The Facts and Fight For Peace.

There are at least 7 bands of this name:

1) An American Hard Rock band from Phoenix, Arizona. Originally known as Schoolboys in 1979. Icon was formed in 1981 by high school friends Dan Wexler (guitar), Stephen Clifford (lead vocals) and Tracy Wallach (bass). They were joined by Dave Henzerling (guitar) and John Covington (drums). In 1984, Icon was signed to Capitol Records. By this point, Henzerling and Covington had left the band and were replaced by John Aquilino (guitar) and Pat Dixon (drums) (former drummer for Loosely Tight)

2) A German Death Metal band that formed in 2002. In 2005 they released their first album "Blindzone". Their second album "Pain Trust Lies Disharmony" was released in 2009, limited to 521 copies.

3) A Sludge Metal band from Spain. Formed in 1999 releasing their "Icon Demo". The band changed their name and is now Ekkaia.

4) A 90's German Trance project of Gerard Beraya

5) A Korean Hip Hop duo. Their first album "ICONtact", track song featuring Eun Ji won (G-ONE)

6) A Korean artist and actor, whose real name is No Min Woo and was formerly in a Korean band called TRAX.

7) Icon was a musical collaboration between John Wetton and keyboardist Geoff Downes. Wetton/Downes were the song-writing duo behind the Asia catalog including the mega hit 'Heat Of The Moment'.

Original source: Last.fm

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