Murakami “PONTA” Shuichi (Drums)
Tatsuo Hattori (6-string base)

[bold] Murakami “Ponta” Shuichi [/bold] In 1972, he joined the folk group "Red Bird". Since then, he has participated in sessions with musicians such as Sadao Watanabe, Yosuke Yamashita, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tsugutoshi Goto, and others, as well as Yosui Inoue, Takuro Yoshida, Tatsuro Yamashita, Yumi Matsutoya, Minako Yoshida, Eikichi Yazawa, Kenji Sawada, Masashi Sada, Shigeru Izumiya, Keisukebuchi, and others. Recording has over 14,000 songs. In 1993, he formed his first leader band, PONTA BOX, and in 1999 he appeared on Fuji TV's "News JAPAN JAZZ GIANTS". In addition, PONTA BOX was in charge of the music of the station "Super News", and since April 2003, he has appeared regularly as the second DOMOTO BROS.BAND of the Fuji TV series "Domoto Brothers". As a leader album in recent years, he released "Welcome To My Life" to commemorate the 25th anniversary of music life in 1998, and the 30th anniversary album "MY PLEASURE" in 2004. In 2006, the work "Rhythm Designer", which tried to interplay with drums for programming sound sources, became a hot topic. Last year, he also released his live video work "Live! Rhythm Designer - Shuichi" PONTA "Murakami Solo Performance 2006@Aoyama Amphitheater". Even now, as a sound producer, he continues to make new sounds with various artists, and also actively focuses on cultivating and teaching younger generations, including drum clinics. He is a top artist representing Japan, engaged in high musicality and wide range of activities that cannot be captured by a drummer alone. [bold] Tatsuo Hattori [/bold] A solo performer who plays an original song with a single 6-string fretless bass. It is a style that plays the base like a classic guitar, and has a reputation for its unique world view created with three-dimensional deep sound and rich expressiveness that stands out for the beauty of the melody. Music that is not bound by genre has many fans overseas, regardless of age or gender, through concerts in the United States, U.K., France, Spain, and Taiwan. He began his career as a six-string soloist in 2001 and has been given opportunities to perform at Chion-in Temple and Honen-in Temple in Kyoto. In 2005, he was invited to play as a headliner at the International Live Looping Festival, a music festival using loop machines held in Santa Cruz, California, United States.
Invited as a special guest in 2006/2008/2010, he has performed throughout Boston and California. In addition to actively holding solo live performances in Japan, he also focused on activities such as hosting 13 loop machine event live performances. In 2013, two CDs were sold nationwide as Viento Azul, a duo with Kahon, and sold out. In the summer of 2013, he was invited to Xuanzang University in Taiwan, Tainan University of Science and Technology, and Tainan University of the Arts to participate in performances and workshops. In the fall of 2013, as a European tour, he performed in France, U.K. and Spain, and held a CD release live in Madrid, Spain. During the tour, he was invited to a special class at St. Louis University Music Department in Madrid and performed. In April 2015, Percussion's Tomoko Ikeda and Duo Arstilé (Alstille) were launched, and a unique nationwide expansion was started. He has repeatedly toured all over the country and has earned a high reputation for his musicality and worldview. In May 2016, Tainan University of Science and Technology in Taiwan invited me to a commemorative performance for the opening ceremony of the Research Society and a workshop at the workshop. From February 2016, Mr. Shuichi Murakami of the drum "PONTA" participated in Arstilé and toured the whole country with Arstilé meet PONTA as a trio version. While trio, he received attention from various fields for the overwhelming and magnificent sound. In July 2016, when we started a six-string base and drum duo unit with Murakami "PONTA" Shuichi as a spin-off project, it was well received for taking on a new approach as a duo pursuing unprecedented music, including a performance tour at seven locations in Hokkaido in November. Currently, in parallel with his solo performance activities, he is actively engaged in performances of [Drum and 6-string DUO] and [Arstilé] with Shuichi Murakami "PONTA" nationwide.