Duo Bleu
<Duo Blue>
member：
Murakami “PONTA” Shuichi (Drums)
Tatsuo Hattori (6-string base)

Murakami “Ponta” Shuichi (PONTA) Murakami Drums　

Since joining the Red Bird in 1972, he has participated in sessions with world-class musicians such as Sadao Watanabe, Yosuke Yamashita, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ray Charles, B.B.King and others, as well as Yosui Inoue, Tatsuro Yamashita, Yumi Matsutoya, Eikichi Yazawa, Kenji Sawada, Keisuke Kuwata, Dreams, and others.
In 1993, he formed PONTA BOX, and in 1999, appeared on Fuji TV's News JAPAN JAZZ GIANTS, and was also in charge of music for the station Super News.
From April 2003, he appeared regularly as the 2nd DOMOTO BROS.BAND of Fuji TV series "Domoto Brothers".
In 1998 he released "Welcome To My Life" to commemorate the 25th anniversary of music life, and in 2004 he released the 30th anniversary album "MY PLEASURE".
In 2006, "Rhythm Designer," an experimental work that tried to interplay with drums for programming sound sources, and his live video work at the Aoyama Amphitheater became a hot topic.
In 2013, he released his 40th anniversary album "Rhythm Monster".
In 2016, he published his second book, "I hit it," which describes Japan's 70's music history from a unique perspective, and was well received.
Even today, as a sound producer, he continues to make new sounds with various artists, while also engaged in high musicality and wide-ranging activities that cannot be captured only as a drummer, and is still a top artist in the world that continues to evolve.

Ryusei Hattori (Ryusei Hattori) 6 string bass 　　

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.
Since 2001, he has been presenting original songs as a six-string soloist, and has been given opportunities to perform at Chion-in Temple and Honen-in Temple in Kyoto.
In 2005, he was the first headliner to participate in the International Live Looping Festival in Santa Cruz, California, United States.
Invited as a special guest in 2006/2008/2010, he has performed throughout Boston and California.
In 2013, two CDs were released nationwide (sold out) in a duo with Kahon.
In the spring of 2013, he was invited to perform commemorative ceremonies and workshops at Tainan National University of the Arts, Hsuan Chuang University, and Tainan University of Technology in Taiwan.
In the fall of 2013, as an album release tour, he performed in various parts of Europe tours (France, U.K., Spain) and gained popularity.
Performed by a special lecture at the Faculty of Music from St. Louis University in Madrid, Spain.
Since 2015, he has started duo activities with percussion player Tomoko Ikeda as Arstile, and has held live performances in more than 20 places nationwide.
In 2016, Tainan University of Technology in Taiwan invited me to commemorative performances, special lectures and workshops for the opening ceremony of the conference.
Since 2016, Mr. Shuichi Murakami of Drums "PONTA" participated in Arstile and held live performances of the trio unit Arstile with PONTA nationwide.
In July 2016, duo performances with Murakami began.　Since then, it has been about one year since its formation, and has held more than 70 performances in Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu Tokai, Shinshu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, etc.
August 2017 A 10-day solo live tour was held in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Currently, in parallel with his solo activities, he is focusing on Duo Bleu, a duo with Drums' Murakami "PONTA" Shuichi, and is conducting a monthly national tour.