[Machine Translation] The approach to Latin music from Rock music continues a long line of Spanish artists such as Joe Strummer ( The Clash ), Manu Chao, Fermin Muguruza and others. Senor Coconut's mix CD features baili funqui, reggaeton, and cumbia. The American Very Be Careful, who plays authentic cumbia, performed at last year's Asagiri Jam and this year's FUJI ROCK. EKD, who is also a member of the DJ collective "Future Century Mexico" in Japan, and ZOOT16 and Caribbean Dundee .... If you only listen to the major charts in the U.S. or Japan, you may not realize it, but many artists around the world are actually into music from south of Mexico. This may be due to the ongoing level of music caused by the unstable political situation, the vast rhythmic fertility, or the somewhat melancholy melodies. Anyway, ANTS MOTOKI emerged from Osaka in the same vein. He has played in rock, blues, ska, and Latin bands, and was a key figure in Ramo Nakajima's band, "Ramo Nakajima & Mother's Boys," and is now releasing a solo album as the culmination of his career. Latin, Gypsy, Afro, Macaroni Western, etc... The 14 songs on this album are all about the spirit of "Breaking Borders Rock," which he advocates. The bottom line is the spirit of "out-of-border rock" that he advocates, or the musicality of "somewhere other than here". Osaka has long been known for its outlandish ideas and advanced performance techniques (or originality that cannot be measured by performance techniques? With their outlandish ideas and advanced performance skills (or originality that cannot be measured by performance skills?), many musicians in Osaka have expanded their activities overseas without regard to the Tokyo media, and ANTS MOTOKI may also be recognized in unexpected places by the powerful currents flowing in the depths of the world music scene.