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Schaft is a Japanese musical side project of Fujii Maki, of Soft Ballet,
and Imai Hisashi, of Buck-Tick. Schaft formed in 1991 and released the song
"Nicht-Titel" on the compilation release Dance 2 Noise 001. The two
musician friends (Imai Hisashi and Fujii Maki) collaborated for a song in
1991 and a few live shows. The enjoyed it so much they went on to do an
album. For the album, Fujii recruited his friend Raymond Watts, known for
his solo work as PIG, and collaborations with KMFDM. Fujii was able to get
many guest musicians to work with Schaft. On August 9 1993 a five date tour
called "LSB" began. This featured the bands Luna Sea, Soft Ballet,
Buck-Tick, and sometimes Schaft (w/o Raymond Watts).
Schaft went on to play a few shows in Tokyo and Osaka with Raymond Watts
and Motokatsu (The Mad Capsule Market's) guesting on drums. Other musicians
that appeared on the album appeared on stage via pre-recorded tape. Schaft
released two albums: Swit
