aTak - Zasu Artist_John Morales This is also the first

This is also the first time that the live track of the hit song "Bokutachi no shippai" can be heard

like the dots of colour

It takes the anthemic garage rock licks of The Strokes and the dance-punk grooves of The Rapture and blends them into one of the catchiest songs of the era

and the earthiness of acoustic instruments like singing bowls and a range of wooden percussion

aTak - Zasu Artist_John Morales This is also the firstLed by trumpeter Takuya Kuroda, "aTak" is a big band consisting of 15 of the scene's leading players. The band consists of 15 members, including two baritone saxophones, two guitars, two percussionists, and two vocalists, and is based on the formation of the Afrobeat band "Akoya," which Kuroda is a member of in Brooklyn. The band features important figures from the Japanese music scene, and they shake the floor with Afrobeat, funk, and soul music.