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Mamoru Motooka's fifth album "Urushi - Shichi," themed on a return to his roots in harmony, is a duo album with a piano and taiko, which is not often seen elsewhere, and the thrilling interplay is exquisitely tense and accomplished.
He began his professional career as a pianist and keyboardist An allrounder who defies genre boundaries he has served as a pianist on music programmes for Japan national broadcaster and has been active in accompanying session work and studio work for numerous major artists In recent years his focus has been on overseas performances primarily in Europe with his own shamisen rock band URUSH and the shamisen&piano duo Shamipia To date he has performed 38 shows across 17 countries composing all the music himself Since the onset of the pandemic he has also focused on his solo work releasing six albums and five music videos to date Four of these albums were recorded at venues such as the Austrian Musikverein and his six solo albums have collectively recorded over 60 million views on UGC and short videos as well as over 7 million streams
HONKY MONKEY MUSIC INC.