French group born in 1989 from the chance meeting of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table. Some liked Poulenc and the Canterbury School, others Ptôse, Krautrock and French song, others still Hungarian melodies or the nicely doctored sonic surprises from the FM band...
In 1998, Palo Alto will assert their collective identity, giving up the stilted and humdrum operating of the band in favour of encounters (of the stranger kind, preferably), multiple experiences and the exploring of new territories...