\”Postrock with jazz influence for fans of Esbjörn Svensson Trio and for those who want to discover new, fresh music far away from any genre clichés!\” Finally the first full lenght of these japanese masterminds.

Mouse on the Keys is a jazzy instrumental trio from Tokyo, Japan. They partly used to play in \”\”Nine Days Wonder\”\” (a leading band of the Japanese post-rock scene) some years ago: Akira Kawasaki (drum, keyboards) and Atsushi Kiyota (piano, keyboards), along with Daisuke Niitome (piano, keyboards), who has played drums and composed music for jazz-funk/hiphop bands.

The unique sound of the band’s drums, two pianos and two keyboards combines the urgent \’90s American posthardcore with early/contemporary classical, jazz and various electronic dance music. At their concerts, the band projects a variety of images chosen to match their soundviews of Tokyo, geometric symbols, 3D objects, and abstractions. Residents of Tokyo, the members of Mouse on the Keys bring the haunting restlessness of their home city to their live appearances.

They even will transform a venue in Germany or France into a kind of virtual Tokyo. “The drums are fantastic, the piano smooth and the other instruments masterfully used; it\’s great to see that a band is able to live up to the amazingly awesome fusion that jazz and post rock entails in my head. I give this record 10/10, which I don\’t do very often at all so, for the love of god, check out this album.”

LP version on (180g) with a 12 page matte with varnish effects booklet and thick printed innersleeves.