Asa-Chang & Junray

Asa-Chang & 巡礼

Website Formed: 1998, Tokyo, Japan Genres: Avant-garde, electronic, percussive music Introduction: Asa-Chang & Junray is the band of the Japanese percussionist ASA-CHANG, who was the founder and original bandmaster of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. After leaving that group in 1993, he formed ASA-CHANG & Junray in 1998 with programmer and guitarist Hidehiko Urayama. Biography: ASA-CHANG commenced activities as a solo unit in 1997, while 3 years later, the Tabla wizard U-zhaan joined, and the group began staging live performances with Junray Tronics. Its music is imbued with a distinctive vibe…