Cyclamen on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

We are currently 3 piece band based in London, UK writing and recording songs. Hopefully hopefully we will be performing live soon too. If you like what you hear here, we're very happy that you do. Most of our songs can be downloaded free from the link below. If you'd like to get in touch with us please email Hayato at hayato.imanishi [at] gmail.com.

Duncan Lee

Olly Steele

Hayato Imanishi

Reviews:

Rock Midget Review: (4/5)
Cyclamen is the brainchild of London-based Hayato Imanishi, and this frantic assault on the eardrums is his first EP. The tech-metal fury of Dreamers has been highly influenced by the sorely missed Sikth - but a mere copyist would not have impressed Mikee Goodman enough to appear on previous one-off digital single, 'Sleep Street'. Here, Imanishi hints at his own identity; bringing a more melodic aspect with epic intentions. Doing everything himself, Dreamers' three tracks all fit together well, despite the stylistic difference between the frenetic onslaught of 'Djent Djent' and the more ethereal, dynamic 'Forgotten Sky'. While elements may bear a strong resemblance to the band that influenced him, the potential is clear; it takes one run through of 'Never Ending Dream' to realise this. It may be early days yet, but with another EP planned, further development could lead to wonderfully noisy things.

UK Metal Underground Review: (7/10)
I must admit, I do love a good bit of proggy hardcore. I have always been drawn into the genre and have been finding myself listening to more and more of it over the years. Bands like Converge and Burst having totally captivated my attention with their amazing technical craftsmanship and skill. It, like anything in music, is an exceptionally difficult thing to pull off well. Cyclamen are a band with very little written about themselves on their MySpace. With an obvious Japanese aesthetic, and a very nicely designed page, it is hard to figure out exactly where these chaps hail from. With band members named Olly Steele, Duncan Lee and Hayato Imanishi, one would assume they were not based in Japan, but somewhere more western. Nevertheless, the band manage to bring their aesthetic for the Far East together musically as well. With some quite nice and tasteful Japanese style vocals. This works sometimes better than others however, and one of the things the band should be wary of is making this their "Gimmick" - use the vocals when you feel it necessary, don't overdo it at any point. Save it for the best possible moments.

That being said, the band do strike a good balance between the melodic and hard "djent" of their more hardcore moments. The rest of the music is very well written, technical and challenging, but again can sometimes fall into that stagnant pool of crazy riffage. The hard part in writing technical music is making it listenable. Making it truly great is finding the balance between the technicality and the song writing (as I have mentioned in my reviews many many times before). But overall, their sound is a winner with some nice tunes, good production and general all round good presentation.

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