The Japanese have a knack of doing fun seriously in order to make it even more fun, but nobody does that as brilliantly as ICHI. He's the craziest one-man band you'll ever see, with a ridiculous toolbox of mad musical instruments and a supersmart child's shrewd take on the history of pop music. By contrast former Zun Zun Egui vocalist and keyboard player Yoshino Shigihara's solo project Yama Warashi promises artfully composed electro-acoustic music with a much more grown-up face.