The TRAVELLERS with
Special Guest Naoyuki Fujii

■The TRAVELLERS Keiji Takeda (b) / Shinji Takeda (t.sax) / Kensaburo Ishihara (vo, g) He started full-fledged performance activities in 1998, and released the 1st single CD "TRAVELLERS" that year. The following year, we conducted a tour of the West Coast of USA and the UK. Performed on LA's MTV "CD Hightway", the world's largest R&R Weekender "Viva Las Vegas", "Rhythm Riot". Since 2004, he has performed in Asia's largest music event "Fat Festival" in Bangkok, Thailand for four consecutive years. We are developing world-wide activities not only in Japan but also in Japan. Based in Kurume, the sound created with respect to jump music and swing music is a cool, powerful, danceable, and a band that proves that music has no borders. ■Naoyuki Fujii Born in Fukuoka Prefecture on December 27, 1964. Debuted as a checkers in 1983. After the dissolution of the band in 1992, he produced a soundtrack for Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.'s "Birth of Kiso" and started solo activities in earnest. Since then, he has been involved in music activities such as releasing single albums, holding national tours, and providing music. In 2011, he released the first collaborative album "RUBBER TOWN" with The TRAVELLERS, and in 2013, the second album "El Camino". Apart from solo activities, he has also been active in live activities with The TRAVELLERS. In addition, there are many releases in units with various artists, including F-BLOOD (Fumiya Fujii), Abrases (Toru Takeuchi, Yuji Odoi), Non Chords (Tsugutoshi Orchestra Goto, Nobuo Asamoto, Makoto Saito), SLUG & SALT (Gota Yashiki, Nobuo Ariga, The Keiji Matsumoto, Io.