Mute Beat has been played on NTS in shows including Tuff Shed , featured first on 16 February 2021. Songs played include After The Rain, Downtown and After The Rain.

Mute Beat was an influential dub reggae band from Japan. Their first release was a self-titled cassette on New York's Roir label.

Members: Kazufumi "Echo" Kodama - trumpet Akihotp Masui - trombone Hiroyuki Asamoto - keyboards Takayoshi Matsunaga - bass Hideyuki Imai - drums Izumi "Dub Master X" Miyazaki - dub mix

Discography

Albums:

* Japanese Dub (Cass) (1986) * Lovers Rock (Cass) (1987) * Live (CD) (1989) * In Dub (CD) (1996) * No. 0 Virgin Dub (LP) (1996)

Singles:

* (1984) Mute Beat * (1986) Still Echo (LP) (Wackies) * (1988) Sunny Side Walk