Koto was an Italo disco group that originally consisted of Anfrando Maiola and Stefano Cundari,[1] later with the Dutch composer Michiel van der Kuy.
[2]) teamed up with Stefano Cundari and Alessandro Zanni and released their first single "Chinese Revenge" on Cellophane Record (Studio Veronica's label).
The same year, Maiola and Cundari released another single "Japanese War Game", under the Koto name, which became another hit.
Containing samples from the 1983 video game Dragon's Lair,[4][5] the song proved a minor hit in the Netherlands, peaking at No.
They asked Dutch composer Michiel van der Kuy (of the spacesynth band Laserdance, best known for their 1986 hit single "Humanoid Invasion") to follow the steps of Maiola and Cundari.
In the following years, he released more singles, including "Acknowledge" (1990), "Mechanic Sense" (1992) and "Mind Machine" (1992), the main melody of which was clearly inspired by the song "Disco Maniac" by Baby's Gang.
In 1992, Michiel van der Kuy published another Koto album, From the Dawn of Time, composed entirely by himself.