Taeko Kurita - Taeko Kurita Akira Sotoyama Duo

The first album by the duo Taeko Kurita (piano) and Akira Toyama (drums). Recorded live in the summer of 2023. It features the interplay between the two of them playing with the songs as material. The piano and drums intertwine, singing, dancing, and rolling like one living thing. Recording, mixing and mastering were done by Mitsuo Sakaguchi, a musician whom the two trust. The art direction of the jacket was done by Akiko Fukuhara. The recording took place at the 'Listening Room' in Jimbocho, Tokyo. On the day of the recording, just like a regular live performance, there was no meeting, just the two of them playing together, enjoying everything that happened on the spot with the audience.