Cicala Mvta

Cicala Mvta (pronounced shikala moota) are one of Japan’s most exciting and original groups. Like other innovative musicians, their music is hard to define; “punk chindon jazz”, “world and noise band to clarinet in a chindon group. Colorful chindon groups used to be a common sight in Japan, marching in the streets noisily banging a chindon drum, while saxophones or clarinets would pick out the melody to the hits of the day. Cicala Mvta includes tuba