“In 1987, SoSaLa released the LP ALEF “Hajime!” under his old artist name Sadato on his independent label, Kampai Records….Sadato and his fellow musicians were, in addition to pioneering free jazz‑punk in a Japanese music scene that had no precedent for it, masters of ichion jobutsu. This translates as “one sound, achieving Buddhahood” – a quality in traditional Japanese music wherein the Zen Buddhist concept holds that a single, perfectly realized note contains the potential for spiritual awakening. It is the practice of producing a single tone as a meditative act, seeking enlightenment in the sound itself rather than in a sequence of notes. Sadato took this idea and fused it with a hybrid of Western musical forms. This band created something that never existed before, and may never exist again.” – Dawoud Kringle (DooBeeDooBeeDoo NY), April 8th, 2026

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