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(Clicka qua per la versione Italiana)
Formed in Osaka in 1982 by female singer Haco, and debuting
with the single
After Dinner/ Cymbals at Dawn (Kagero, 1982),
the After Dinner were sort of the Japanese equivalent of
the
Art Bears.
After Dinner (RecRec, 1984) and especially
Paradise Of Replica (Recommended, 1989 - Recommended, 2001)
defined their experimental art of tapes and extended instrumentation,
with touches of
Kurt Weill's cabaret.
Haco sings like a Dagmar Krause under haiku's influence.
They disbanded in 1990.
Haco then released Haco (ReR, 1995), a largely improvised work that uses
pre-recorded tapes of cellist Tom Cora, percussionists Samm Bennett and
Peter Hollinger, plus studio work from three Japanese musicians
(mainly on traditional Japanese instrumentation).
it includes the heavily syncopated new-wave dance Unguarded,
the surreal trio of voice, flute and percussion Would You Like Some Mushrooms,
the exotic lieder A Fragment,
the nocturnal lounge croon of Ice,
the swampy lullaby Oil And Water.
Haco's Dagmar Krause-ish vocals also dominate
Happiness Proof (P-Vine, 1999 - Detector, 2000).
Ash In The Rainbow is Haco's collaboration with cellist Hiromichi Sakamoto.
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