led by guitarist seiji hano the jazz group om released only one album — solar wind a landmark work that stands as one of the greatest achievements in japanese ethnic jazz. now this masterpiece is finally being reissued. their sound seemingly a response from japan to ecm artists such as oregon and codona active during the same period is refined yet imbued with a distinctly japanese sense of wabi-sabi — melancholic nostalgic and deeply resonant. from “windmill” featured on studio mule’s compilation midnight in tokyo vol.2 to every other track solar wind is a flawless album with not a single weak moment — a true masterpiece of japanese jazz.