Everything about sonodaband is unusual, even by Japanese standards. The sextet broke into the Japanese indies scene with their thunderous performances mixing elements from the music they listened while growing up in Kobe, Takamatsu, and Hokkaido, all presented through an unusual lineup consisting of keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, violin and cello. The core of the group met as high school students in Kobe, and met the other members at Tokyo University, the top university in Japan that the members still attend. Read more on Last.fm