Artists
- Giotis Damianidis
- poketto (松丸契as 日高理樹gt 山本達久dr)
OPEN 19:00 / START 19:30
Former 売¥3,500 Same day ¥4,000 (+1drink order)
Friday, May 2, 2025
Giotis in the poketto
19:00open / 19:30start
adv ¥3500 / door ¥4000(+1drink order)
Performances
Giotis Damianidis gt
poketto (Kei Matsumaru as Riki Hidaka gt Tatsuhisa Yamamoto dr)
Giotis Damianidis
Greek guitarist, bassist, improviser, and composer. He grew up in Thessaloniki, Greece, and has lived in Brussels since 2006, where he continues to explore music, guitar, and bass to this day.
He plays various styles of music including free jazz, free improvisation, afro-beat, funk, and psychedelic rock, and has performed throughout Europe, Japan, South America, and Africa.
Akira Sakata, Masahiko Sato, Sakis Papadimitriou, Christos Yermenoglou, Jeroen Van Herzeele, Eric Vermeulen, Oghene Kologbo, Tony Allen, Baba Ani, Balazs Pandi, Gonzalo Almeida, Peter Jacquemyn, and others.
Since 2015 he leads the chameleon quintet Punk Kong and is co-founder of Don Kapot, Tape is rolling, Akira Sakata Entasis, Dark Ballads & The Miracle, Man on Fire, World Squad, He is also a sideman for bands such as Giovanni Di Domenico's Abschattungen and Aufheben & Ruth Tafebe's Afrosoulmessengerz.
In 2013, he founded his own label, Mr. Nakayasi, which is dedicated to presenting unique and diverse music.
Matsumaru Ki
Born in 1995 in Papua Niuguinea. Saxophonist and composer. Currently based in Tokyo. While playing with various artists and bands, he is also actively engaged in solo production and live performances. Released "The Moon, Its Recollections Abstracted" in the fall of 2022.
Riki Hidaka
Riki Hidaka has independently produced several albums since around 2010, and has also released several albums from STEREO RECORDS in Hiroshima. In addition to his solo work, he has also performed with GOD, betcover! Minami Deutsch, and poketto.
In 2021, released the album "Oki Oishi" with Jim O'Rourke and Eiko Ishibashi in a trio formation from STEREO RECORDS.
In 2022, released a 3 CD album "Music For 12 Painters, A Calendar And Toru Kuwakubo" featuring 12 songs created for 12 paintings by Toru Kuwakubo, presented at Tomio Koyama Gallery and Chigasaki City Museum of Art.
In 2022, he made his first EU tour, performing with Rafael Toral, David Maranha, and others.
In 2023, released the LP "Potato days / Angry tortoise".
In 2024, they will release "Spine".
Tatsuhisa Yamamoto
Tatsuhisa Yamamoto is mainly in charge of drums.
He has been active in various activities with Jim O'Rourke and Eiko Ishibashi, as well as in bands such as Kafka snore, Eiko Ishibashi and the Dead, Akira Sakata and Bonjin Tan, Forbidden Wing Building, Ohanami, NATSUMEN, etc., based on his creative solo and improvised performances. ex.
Many recordings and live support for singers such as Ichiko Aoba, UA, Takuro Okada, Kahimi Karie, Shinsuke Sasakura, Tabito Nanao, phew, Sakura Fujiwara, Kenta Maeno, Seiichi Yamamoto.
As a live accompanist and musician for theater performances, mainly in Tokyo, including Marm and Gypsy.
He has performed and recorded many overseas performances, including an invitation to perform solo at the Barbican Centre in London in 2011.
In 2020, he released "ashioto" from Black Truffle Records in Australia and "ashiato" from Newhere Records in Japan on LP and DL respectively.
ashioto was well received, winning first place in the Best underground record of 2020 in the UK's MOJO Magazin magazine.
His activities are diverse....
https://www.tatsuhisayamamoto.com/
https://tatsuhisayamamoto.bandcamp.com/
poketto < Matsumaru Ki/Hidaka Riki/Yamamoto Tatsuhisa
Since around 2021, they have been active mainly in two independent projects and solo live performances.
The first project ~in the poketto~ has featured Armen Nalbandian and Eiko Ishibashi, and the second project Aniki in the Pocket has featured Kentaro Nakao as a guest.
Two CD-R works and T-shirts have been released so far.
A studio LP is scheduled for release this spring.
We are looking forward to having you join us.