"Naoki Kita was born in Iwate prefecture, Japan, in 1972. He started to learn the violin from 8 years old, and studied classical music at The Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo. After the college, He studied composition, arrangement and jazz improvisation at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in the UK. His graduation work, "The Sunspot", was performed by members of The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 1999. After the UK, he stayed in Buenos Aires for four month, and studied a way of playing Tango under Fernado Suarez Paz, who used to be a violin player of Astor Piazzolla quintet. During the stay, he performed with local musicians in several tango shows. He began full-scale musical activities as a professional violin player from 1999. He presided over a Tango group "The Tangophobics" from 2000 to 2004, and made live performance in all parts of Japan. Besides this activity, he participated in recordings and concert tours of many tango musicians residing in Japan. Engaging in the activities as a tango musician, he simultaneously extended his field of activity, such as Jazz, improvised music, Arabic music and so on. And he played together with performers from different artistic fields, such as Japanese traditional music, contemporary art and dance. As a turning point, he produced an album "Viohazard" in 2006, focusing on original music. He wrote lyrics for several songs recorded in this album. He has recently performed mainly in jazz clubs situated in Tokyo. Contents of the performance include a blend of original music and the improvised music. He has tried to create his own musical expression. In spite of the Tango based music roots, he has pursued his own music, without over-depending on specific musical style."

"Was born 1988 in Lisboa, Portugal and started playing cello and trumpet at Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa at the age of 7. In 1999 joined Conservatório Nacional de Música de Lisboa to study classical and music theory and in the current year recorded his first album - Multiples - with Ernesto Rodrigues and José Oliveira out on Creative Sources Recordings.

Apart from work in music ensembles ranging for contemporary classical to free improvisation, also works with live music poetry, theatre and film-music. After lengthy residency in Lisboa, (1988-2016) moved to Berlin and has been active as composer and improviser in the scene.

Worked with some international and renewed artists like Ernesto Rodrigues, Jean-luc Guionnet, Margarida Garcia, Manuel Mota, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Sei Miguel, Tim Goldie, Jeffrey Morgan, Oren Marshall, Gerhard Uebele, Klaus Kurvers, Gabriel Paiuk, Nicolas Field, Jaime Fennelly, Blaise Siwula, Will Guthrie, Pawel Grabowski, Michael Thieke, Wade Matthews, Leonel Kaplan, Diego Chamy, Gabriel Paiuk, Barry Weisblat, Joe Giardullo, Jassem Hindi, Tisha Mukarji, Masahiko Okura, Taku Unami, Toshihiro Koike, Sharif Sehnaoui, Christine Abdelnour, Alexandre Bellenger, Carlos Zingaro, Romaric Sobac, Nuno Rebelo, Nuno Torres, Naoto Yamagashi, Heddy Boubaker, Gerhard Uebele, Guillermo Torres, Tomas Gris, Carlos Santos, Bruno Parrinha, Miguel Leiria Pereira, Miguel Ivo Cruz, Alberto Cirera, Nuno Morão, Mark Sanders, Dennis Gonzaléz, Alípio Carvalho Neto, Raymond Macdonald, Neil Davidson, David Stachenas, Lisa Ullén, D'incise, Cyril Bondy, Miguel Mira, Rodrigo Amado, Abdul Moimême, Monsieur Trinité, João Madeira, Álvaro Rosso, Gil Gonçalves, Marian Yanchyk, Filipe Passos, Rodrigo Pinheiro, Christian Wolfarth, Thanos Chrysakis, Bechir Saade, Kurt Liedwart, Miguel A. Garcia, Ilia Belorukov, Andrew Lafkas, Gao Jiafeng, Eric Wong, Johan Moir, Casey Moir, Magda Mayas, Matthias Muller, Alexander Frangenheim ...

Has performed and toured in all Europe. Released more than 30 albums of his own projects."

"Naoto Yamagishi is a drummer, percussionist. Born in 1979 in Japan. He is performing with various artists regardless of genre, and is active as a soloist or group support drummer. He is living in France currently. He has played with Masahiko Ota, Shintaro Takasugi, Hugues Vincent, Isabelle Duthoit, Heddy Boubaker, Nusch Werchowska, David Chisa, Franz Hautzinger, Renato Ciunfrini, etc."