《About goat》
goat is an Osaka-based five-piece rhythm ensemble led by composer and musician Koshiro Hino.Treating instruments such as guitar, saxophone, and bass as if they were percussion, the group constructs finely calibrated polyrhythms using the very act of sound production itself, including noise and muted tones, as compositional material.
Each member functions like a human drum machine or sequencer, and the trance and exhaustion generated through obsessive repetition, together with harmonics that fall outside the twelve-tone scale, exert a physical and psychological impact on the listener.
Widely acclaimed across Europe, goat has performed at Rewire 2024 in The Hague and Festival Variations in Nantes, where they also shared a bill with SUNN O))). Last year, they also appeared as a guest act at the Osaka date of Ryoji Ikeda’s Japan tour, continuing to earn strong recognition both in Japan and internationally.
Their 2025 release “Without References / Cindy Van Acker” was commissioned by Swiss dancer and choreographer Cindy Van Acker. The work was composed in response to a dance piece by Van Acker that emerged in the wake of the death of Mika Vainio, her longtime collaborator, and further highlights the physicality embedded in goat’s performance.
Members:
Koshiro Hino
@po00oq
Atsumi Tagami
@0oiiwiio0
Akihiko Ando
@akiandhiko
Rai Tateishi
@rai_tateishi
Akio Jeimus
@akiojeimus
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Performance
Moin
@moin_band
goat
@goat_band_jp
Date
June 6th, 2026
Time
Doors 5:30 pm
Start 6:30 pm
Venue
LIQUIDROOM
@liquidroom_ebisu
Tokyo
Ticket
¥8,000
チケットはプロフィールのリンクより販売中。
Tickets are available via link in bio🔗
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Photography by Nils Junji Edström
@nils_junji
Slide 5
Video recorded at Comédie de Genève, March 27, 2021 by Orsola Valenti
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