Ché-SHIZU has been played on NTS in shows including Fractal Meat On A Spongy Bone, featured first on 3 October 2014. Songs played include 葡萄園 = Budoen, Festival Song and A Journey 2.

Ché-SHIZU (シェシズ) is a Japanese avant-folk / free improvisation group consisting of Chie Mukai (向井千恵) and others. The group's sound is dominated by Mukai's vocals and her haunting erhu playing. The group was formed in Tokyo, Japan in 1980, but is currently inactive. Many notable musicians from the Japanese underground have played in the group at one time or another, including Tori Kudo (工藤冬里), Masami Tada, Masami Shinoda, Yuriko Mukojima (向島ゆり子), and Ikuro…