Artist: Mas
Album: Turn
Label: Flyrec
Format: CD
Price: $15.00
Order: flycd-05

Tracks:
1. A Beauty
2. Tick [mp3]
3. Smood
4. Hokama Bass [mp3]
5. Cave's Gynnek [mp3]
6. Cael
7. Griph "Miroque's Edit"
8. Turn [mp3]
9. The Key [mp3]
10. Flat

Total time: 65:38

About:
Mas is the first live band to be released from Flyrec, and is based around the leader of the group, Tatsuya Yamada. After numerous live shows and sessions, the band's instrumentation has come to incorporate bass, trumpet, drums, sax, Chinese fiddle, and computer. "turn" is an album of 10 songs featuring a diverse array of guests such as Tujiko Noriko of Mego/Tomlab, Miroque of 360'/ cachamai, and Tetsuro Yasunaga of Minamo. Their expansive live playing and detailed edits create an emotional and driving world of sound.

Tatsuya Yamada grew up listening to alternative rock, hiphop, dub, jazz and formed Mas in '99. The band consists of 5 members, and the instrumentation includes Chinese fiddle, sax, bass, trumpet, drums, computer, and keyboards. Performing live has been an important aspect to the band since its inception, and they have been known to blow away audiences with their merging of live playing and dub mixing. They have also produced tracks for the Flyrec compilation "Out", as well as the "UR" compilation for domestic label Mao, and also the magazine AFTERHOURS. (Flyrec)