The album is the imaginary soundtrack to a future distopian world where acoustic instruments have been outlawed by the ruling machine overlords. Jazz musicians form underground cells to continue the old ways, risking life and limb every time they play. New beings called ZoiDs have evolved, who can play music, unlike the machines. Being robots, they are not yet accepted by the wary humans. Following a group of jazz musicians, a ZoiD watches them play, learning, and hopes one day to play with them... www.zoidan.net