release date: December the 13th
“ Relentlessly inventive, energetic and definitely recommended.” ― Eric Hill, Exclaim!
“ These two seemingly disparate musicians seem to have formed a comfortable musical bond.” ― Robert Iannapollo, Signal to Noise
“ The music that comes out of the space between rock and contemporary classical music.” ― Masayuki Baba, Musee
Fifteen years after their last recording together, pianist-composer Satoko Fujii and drummer Tatsuya Yoshida reignite the burning intensity of their Toh-Kichi duet project on Baikamo (December 13, 2019 via Libra). Merging art-rock muscle with free jazz and contemporary classical abstractions, Fujii and Yoshida make music that is both gleefully playful and in-your-face energetic.