The Ratel - Scan Artist_大貫妙子 Taeko Ohnuki

The Ratel - Scan Artist_大貫妙子 Taeko OhnukiTokyo based alternative rock band The Ratel's long awaited first album is now available on LP. A five piece band whose 2018 debut Focus EP, a dark psychedelic sound full of melancholy and gothic romance like early 4AD, drew a lot of attention in various places. After a year and a half in the making, the five piece band has finally completed their masterful first album! In 2018, former Yohhei Yoshida group members Wakana Ikeda on flute and Aya Naito on

lies a series of sound stories steeping in the head of beat navigator Paul Movahedi

let alone had the chance to buy a copy

performed by the Sinfonia Varsovia and the Silesian Philharmonic choir

and a funk-oriented rhythm section made up of Paul Jackson

so what better way to go out with than a nuclear meltdown

from time to time the listener can hear understated ambient drones

to neo-classical and more

London has long been a hotbed for experimentation for music from West Africa

SFSE uses their music to beautifully paint a picture of societal woes

they are beautiful documents of the exploratory music made by a close-knit collective of musicians

They sold over three thousand tickets over the three days performance both year and released the original sound track and DVD of the performance from their own label “microAction”

in what Chop calls a “mutant modern way of editing things