You might have heard of Boredoms, the anarchic noiseniks from Osaka who toured with Nirvana, signed to major label Warner's and became the most written-about Japanese band in the West in the 1990s.
You may also have heard of Rovo, who regularly play their self-styled "man-driven trance" to sellout crowds in Japan.
But you probably haven't yet heard of PARA, a quartet that has survived the death of a founding member, and who explain the arty concept behind their "chamber music" in arcanely Baroque terms.