SCHAFT is a Japanese industrial supergroup consisting of 今井寿(Imai Hisashi: BUCK-TICK) and 藤井麻輝 (Fujii Maki: SOFT BALLET, minus(-)), with a rotating group of collaborators. They made their debut on Victor Invitation's compilation DANCE 2 NOISE 001 with the song 'nicht-titel' in 1991, and later released their debut album Switchblade through XEO Invitation in 1994. Contributors to the album include members of Coil, Autechre, Meat Beat Manifesto, and more. [read more...]