Kengo Sakamoto

Modern progressive rock musician from Japan Kengo Sakamoto announced his first tour to the United States in 2005 (see photos). Living in Japan Bass Player Performance style: Progressive rock, Pop, Dance music, Improvisation Collaboration with another culture The solo performance The solo performance begins as the wide musical mode of expression in 2004. His performance uses multiple effects. The music theme is a wave, a sea, and nostalgia. It performs fantastic at times, and passionate at times. He shows it alone by the improvisation and the live performance

Performance Schedule   May 4, 2005 Point Raise, CA Lake Range May 7, 2005 Fairfax, CA Groove Garden May 16, 2005 Walnut Creek, CA Mt. Diablo Park May 18, 2005 Monterey, CA State Park May 19, 2005 Walnut Creek, CA Tiki-Tom May 21, 2005 Yosemite, CA Yosemite Park May 2x, 2005 San Francisco, CA Pier 39 May 24, 2005 Napa, CA Napa May 28, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Museum At Tokyo June 1, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Star Pines Cafe August 7, 2005 Tokyo, Japan The Doors (Photos) September 9, 2005 Nagoya, Japan Tokuzo September 10, 2005 Osaka, Japan Bridge September 15, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Immigrant's Cafe September 17, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Loop September 18, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Akasaka Prince Hotel December 18, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Aoi Heya January 20, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Penguin House February 10, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Immigrant's Cafe March 4, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Bogaloo June 28, 2006 Tokyo, Japan Quatro (Photos)

Discography of Sakamoto Kengo

Group activity
 
 

	koenjihyakkei (Progressive rock) http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~ruins/
	Salk Vacchin (Pop) http://www.cosmos.ne.jp/~tohlu/salk_vacchine/index.htm
	Gender Sanshin Trio(Ambient of traditional asian) http://town.gosenkobo.net/gst/top.html
	Pipin (Pop) http://www.beyondo.net/pipin/
	Naanaa (Twin bass unit)
	Collaboration Champler (Music, dance, place, ... All mixing of cultures and festivals) http://champler.ld.infoseek.co.jp/

Release

Koenjihyakkei
Jan 25, 1997 2nd Album "Two"
Mar 22, 2001 3rd Album "Nivaym"
Feb 01, 2002 Live DVD "Live at Star Pine's Cafe"

Salk Vacchin
Feb 20, 2003 1st Album "Rock Egypt" (Took first place in Los Angeles radiostation KXLU)
Dec 22, 2004 VA "Hasshe Sogasai Ura-Ryukyu"
Feb 20, 2005 2nd Live Album "Tour"

Pipin
Jan 15, 2005 1st Album "Ao no turugi"

New Releases
Aug 7, 2005 Gender Sanshin Trio/Same
Aug 20, 2005 Kogenjihyakkei /Angherr Shisspa

Etc.
1996 VA@MAGAIBUTSU SAMPLER vol.1
Nov 01, 2004 Kosaka wataru with friends "Live@Groove"

2005 San Francisco trip photos.
More information can be found at:
http://www.punchtop.com (Japanese only)