Ruins

Ruins produce a unique fusion of punk and progressive/noise rock, with elements of jazz fusion, math rock and zeuhl, with all material composed and written in a score form by Tatsuya Yoshida. French band Magma was one of the group's most important influence, such as Ruins' original lyrics were mainly written in an invented language similar to Kobaïan language, invented by Christian Vander of Magma.

On their first recordings, Ruins teamed up with NYC experimental sax-icon John Zorn, who would later release their albums on Tzadik. Ruins have collaborated with several other musicians, including prominent avant-garde figure Derek Bailey, auteur guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Keiji Haino and Ground Zero alumnus [a=Kazuhisa Uchihashi]. They released a number of albums on Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik, Yoshida' own Tzadik and other prominent labels. Ruins have toured around the world numerous times, most notably as part of the Japanese New Music Festival.

After the last bassist a=Sasaki Hisashi] left the band, Yoshida went on a 'Bassist Wanter Tour' in 2005, performing his material solo with a task to recruit a new companion for the project. Since then, he decided to pursue a solo unit as Ruins alone. For instance, he was invited to perform at All Tomorrow's Parties 2010, curated by Matt Groening. He also performs as Sax Ruins with alto-saxophonist [a=Ono Ryoko].

Ruins' Bassist Hall of Fame

● Hideki Kawamoto – bass, vocals (1985–1987)
● Kazuyoshi Kimoto – bass, vocals (1987–1990)
● Ryuichi Masuda – bass, vocals (1991–1994)
● Sasaki Hisashi – bass, vocals (1995–2004)