Hiroki Chiba Contrabass Solo, Daisuke Fujiwara Sax Solo

Hiroki Chiba (contrabass, electric bass)

He launched his career as a jazz bass player in 2004.  Since then he has worked in a variety of  musical contexts and regularly performs with Kinetic, Jim O'Rourke, Sangatsu, Shuta Hasunuma Philharmonic Orchestra, FilFla with Keiichi Sugimoto (minamo, Fourcolor), and Akiko Yano.  His past performances include with Kyoka (Raster-noton), Giovanni di Domenico, Taku Unami, Tenniscoats, Yoshihide Otomo, Axel Dörner, Tetsuzi Akiyama, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Muneomi Senju, Seiichi Yamamoto, Taku Sugimoto, Yoshio Ootani, Atsuhiro Ito, and ASUNA.

Daisuke Fujiwara (tenor saxophone)

He started playing the tenor saxophone at the age of nineteen.  Graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1996 and studied with George Garzone, he is a licensed teacher of Lydian Chromatic Concept, a theory developed by George Russell.  He returned to Japan in 1997 and formed his own band, 'phat'.  Characterised by the introductions of rhythms inspired by minimal techno and electronic filters and effects on acoustic instruments, the group released two recordings on Blue Note/EMI Records that established him as one of the leading players in Japan.

His interest in bringing improvisation together with electronic music resulted in three solo recordings which include collaborations with the Detroit techno musicians such as Jeff Mills and Underground Resistance.  Currently he leads a trio with Nobuyoshi Ino (bass) and Akira Sotoyama (drums) that aims to accumulate various aspects of free jazz, improvisations, and noise, and is also active in various ensembles such as Orquesta Libre, led by drummer Yasuhiro Yoshigaki.