Seawater EP was born in a studio session we did but there were many more songs we wanted to show you. Here comes vol. 2, still inspired by the greatness of the ocean – we hope you enjoy it.
Kazuki Isogai & GORO KUMAI
THE RELEASE
Oct 15th - Suncat
Nov 5th - Seawater, vol. 2 EP
Japanese guitarist Kazuki Isogai & producer GORO KUMAI return to Stereofox for the 2nd part of their famed Seawater EP, which has amassed 5M+ streams across DSPs & a feature on Bandcamp’s homepage.
Vol. 2 continues the theme of the ocean – paying tribute to both its calming effects & immense power, with a couple of tracks inspired by the Mediterranean coast.
Sonically, the EP carries their already signature blend of neo-soul guitars & boom-bap beats, and a surprising addition – a more vocal-led tune (Grow), which is also the lead single of the project.
THE ARTIST
Kazuki Isogai
Kazuki Isogai is a renowned Japanese neo-soul guitarist with more than 400k followers on Instagram and YouTube and 40M streams across DSPs. He’s also the guitarist for Japanese pop star Kaela Kimura & MC-producer duo Def Tech.
- Kazuki Isogai is a guitarist for Japanese pop star Kaela Kimura (500k on IG) & MC-producer duo Def Tech (323k followers on Spotify)
- Featured on Spotify editorials like lofi beats, Road Trip to Tokyo, Smooth Jazz Beats, and Shimmer
- Featured on Apple Music's BEATstrumentals, Lo-Fi Jazz, Jazz Scene: Japan, Lo-Fi Japan, etc.
- Featured on Deezer's Lofi Japan, snooze lofi, etc.
- Radio support on BBC Radio 6 (Focus Beats show) and SBS Australia Top 100 Chill Tracks of 2021
- Appeared on the cover of D’Angelico New York guitar magazine
- Collaborated with edbl, Osamu Fukuzawa, GORO KUMAI, Otis Ubaka, Casiio & more
- 300K+ followers on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok
- Featured on TIDAL's LoFi Dreaming editorial
GORO KUMAI
GORO KUMAI is a versatile artist - an MPC player, beatmaker, and DJ. He's known for touring with Def Tech (together with Kazuki Isogai) & the renowned Japanese rapper KREVA. He is also the winner of the 2011 GOLDFINGER'S KITCHEN BEATCROSS MPC battle.
- DMC Champion, DJ, beatmaker & MPC teacher
- Touring/working with legendary acts like Def Tech, KREVA, Emi
- Collaborations with Kazuki Isogai
- Added to Apple's BEATstrumentals, Lo-Fi Jazz, Jazz Scene: Japan, Lo-Fi Japan, etc.
- Featured on Spotify's Road Trip To Tokyo
