AJATE - Galar

Buy LP & digital at Taken from the “Alo“ album by Ajate. Three years after their critically acclaimed and sold out Abrada LP the great and joyful Japanese afro groovers Ajate are back with their much awaited brand new album Alo! Ajate is a Japanese band who plays a unique blend of afro-groove dance music mixed with Japanese traditional festival music called “Ohayashi“. Formed in 2011 by the band-leader John Imaeda, Ajate consists of 10 Japanese musicians. Another unique feature of the band is the use of hand-made bamboo instruments as well as traditional Japanese percussion. The “Jahte“ is a bamboo-made xylophone or balafon with a piezo pick-up mic attached to each key, connected to a pre-amplifier to obtain a loud sound and to add some touch of dirty distortion to its warm and natural acoustic sonority. The “Piechiku“ is also a bamboo-made string instrument inspired by the west-African “Ngon