KIOKU - BOTH FAR AND NEAR (CD)

"it's rare these days to find a musical outfit that defies categorization. kioku is one such group, as they draw upon such diverse worlds as free jazz, folk melody and modern electronic composition. with the use of taiko, electronics, and saxophone, kioku blurs the lines across cultural boundaries and illuminates new musical possibilities inside of them. on both far and near, you will find rolling fountains of percussive rhythms accented with articulate, harmonically rich free jazz sax playing, all while sheets of electronic texture motivate both movement and stasis." (label info)