"Midori Takada (Japanese: 高田みどり) is a masterful Japanese percussionist whose output over the past 40 years weaves through solo, group and theatrical practices. Her deep quests into traditional African and Asian percussive language are captured on a series of now highly sought after albums including her masterpiece Through The Looking Glass (1981/RCA) and her collaboration with Masahiko Satoh Lunar Cruise (1990/Epic-Sony), both of which will be reissued on WRWTFWW / Palto Flats in 2017.

In chime with the peak period ambient and Fourth World musics explored by Jon Hassell, Don Cherry and Brian Eno, but born of a distinctly Japanese ceremonial and meditative musical sensibility, her work has a crystalline quality that distills rhythms from around the world into transfixing minimalist dreamscapes.

To coincide with the reissues, Midori will be touring her solo percussion performances to festivals and concert rooms around Europe.

She debuted on the scene of Berlin Philharmonic, performing with the RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin just after graduation from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1974. She continued her career with solo concerts in Japan and abroad.

In the 1980s she began to explore the traditional music of Asia and Africa. Her fascination resulted in joint projects with Kakraba Lobi from Ghana, Lamine Konte from Senegal, Farafina Band from Burkina Faso, and Korean musicians: zither player Chi Seong-Ja, flute player Won-Il, and saxophone player Kang Tae-Hwan. She also performed with a free-jazz band, Ton-Klami, and led Mkwaju Ensemble's innovative percussion project.

In the past 20 years, Midori has spent more time in theatres than in concert halls - composing and performing for live music for theater. She has worked with Tadashi Suzuki and his Suzuki Company of Toga on their adaptations of 'Electra' and 'King Lear'.

Midori's compositions have a remarkable way of affecting the imagination. Her minimalist, contemplative music is filled with the concept of infinity and reminiscent of a moon voyage, falling stars, a journey into the ocean, or a walk in the garden. The transcendent melodies, initially simple, begin to loop and splinter, their rhythm breaking and thickening, slowly drawing the listener into another reality."

"Kang Tae Hwan (강태환 (姜泰煥) ) is a Korean free saxophonist, born in 1944 in Seoul, Korea. In elementary school he began playing clarinet, later, while attending art high school, he started on the alto saxophone. In 1978 he formed a free jazz trio and developed experimental improvisations. He is a member of Kang Tae Hwan Trio, and Ton•Klami."