La Planete Quartet is one of Aki Takase's newest ensembles, arising from her partnership with the French clarinetist Louis Sclavis. Right from the start Aki Takase envisaged realizing Flying Soul with an instrumental palette comprised of strings. 'On Flying Soul Aki Takase manages to shape the proportions in her music... with impressive ingenuity, without restraining the sounds... ' - Julia Neupert, from the Liner notes.