Pochakaite Malko

Japanese avant-prog outfit Pochakaite Malko formed as a quintet in Tokyo in 1996, and featured bassist Shigekazu Kuwahara and keyboardist Kazuo Ogino. Kuwahara had been a member of drummer Tatsuya Yoshida's Magma-influenced group Koenji Hyakkei, appearing on the 1994 album A Hundred Sights of Koenji, and in 1995 played with Ogino in a Magma tribute band led by Yoshida. Pochakaite Malko underwent a number of lineup changes in their first few years, and even a hiatus as Ogino joined Masaki Batoh's psyched-out Ghost, but re-formed in December of 1999, this time featuring Kuwahara...