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The town of "Kaza" is located in the remote Spiti Valley in the western Himalayas in the Lahaul and Spiti district of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.Kaza, situated along the Spiti River at an elevation of 3,650 metres (11,980 ft) above mean sea level.

The epic saga "Kaza" is an experimental collaboration effort with Subcontinental Record label owner Arun N, AKA IcosTech.

Smooth textures of ambiance and melody lead into a much unexpected violent passage of noise and drone.

Kaza EP also features one bonus track from Kondo's IMA project, which gained critical and commercial success in the 90s, now fast-forward 20 years into the future, here is a single from IMA's re-union album, resurrected in 2018 as Kondo San turned 70.

Toshinori Kondo (Electric Trumpet & Programming)
Taizo Sakai (Electric Guitar)
HAL-Oh Togashi (Keyboards)
Hideo Yamaki (Roland V-Drums)
Kakuei (Electric Percussion)
Arun (Electric Bass : Ambiance, Field Recordings)

Cover Art by Arun N (Icosa Consultants)
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All tracks composed, performed and mixed by Toshinori Kondo at Kondo soundbody laboratory, Japan.

www.toshinorikondo.com

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released May 2, 2019

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video by Pierre Bouchilloux.

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Toshinori Kondo 近藤 等則 Kyoto, Japan

Toshinori Kondo is a Japanese electric trumpeter who is highly acclaimed not only in Japan but also in Europe and the United States and in Africa. He has been playing all over the world with musicians. He has been involved in many projects with Bill Laswell [bass], John Zorn [saxophone], Derek Bailey [guitar], Herbie Hancock [keyboard], Peter Brotzmann [saxophone], DJ-KRUSH to name a few. ... more

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