C0MP0STELA - WADACH1 (1997)

One of few recorded documents of a Japanese trio active in the early 1990s. This disc covers the 1991-92 period, up until the death of Shinoda Masami which effectively ended the band. This group plays public music, in public places. They fuse jazz, rock, European folk music and the Japanese tradition of Chindon (in which bands dressed in traditional garb create a festive aural backdrop for the opening of new shopping malls and businesses as well as assorted advertising events). From oompah to dirge to Ayleresque spiritual, this band offers a range of material for reverie, climaxing with "Sign of 1" which, if you're human, should put you in a mood.

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