Munchen Reviewed In SilentBallet

oaqk formed in 2002. They utilize echos, acoustics, noise, clashing sounds, as well as thundering notes into their music. With their instrumental sound they are able to convey a contrast between stillness and motion. When they were a young band they would often get together with OVUM and do instrumental only events with them and other bands. These events were called "amber dawn". In 2007 they experimented with more events by getting up to 11 bands together where each band would hand out free CDs of their music. In 2008 their events got so big that they were handing out 10,000 CDs for free.

Their reputation grew to the point that they were opening for reputable foreign bands like "KINSKI", "BELLINI" and "SHIPPING NEWS". Recently they have played with "Adebsisi Shank", "Saxon Shore" and have received high marks from all of them. In 2005 they released a song in a compilation on MONO's label human highway records. This compilation is a 2 disc set that features the best of the Japanese scene and is aptly titled, "THE MIXING OF LANDSCAPE". They have released 2 separate EPs and release their first full album on HearJapan on August 26, 2009 through one of Japan's greatest labels for postrock Youth Inc..