Novela, an Osaka band active between 1979 and 1986, born from the merger of Schéhérazade and Sansuikan, with keyboardist Toshio Egawa as a key figure of Japanese symphonic progressive rock.
Profile
- Origin
- Osaka, Japan
- Formed
- 1979
- Founding members
- Hisakatsu Igarashi, Terutsugu Hirayama, Mototsugu Yamane, Toshio Egawa, Yoshiro Takahashi, Eijiro Akita
- Current status
- Disbanded in 1986; Toshio Egawa continued in Gerard and Terutsugu Hirayama founded Teru’s Symphonia
Members through the years
- Hisakatsu Igarashi — vocals (1979–1986)
- Toshio Egawa — keyboards (1979–1986)
Discography
| Year | Release |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Novela in the Night |
| 1980 | Miwakugeki |
| 1981 | Paradise Lost |
| 1985 | From the Mystic WorldLive |
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