MTDM, SID - EARLY RECORDINGS OF MDTM IN KULTUR SCHLACHTHOF DÜSSELDORF 2005-2006 (K7)

MTDM (acronym from the Chinese name mei tui de ma, "horse without legs") is the duet of Jun-Y Ciao and Tao Yi, both born in 1978, Year of the Horse. Tao Yi plays drums and trumpet, and Jun-Y Ciao, woodwinds, including different sizes of saxophone and clarinet. Around 2008, MTDM returned to Shanghai from Europe, and straight away got involved in the local experimental music scene, giving entirely improvised performances using only acoustic instruments. From their overall musical style, to their approach to things like timbre and technique, it felt like something completely new had arrived.