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collaborate#11 (feat. Eri Ito)

SHIN KOKAWA

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Release Date: 2026/07/07

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The eleventh release in 13artists×3works, drummer Shin Kokawa's project of thirteen consecutive weekly collaborations. This time he meets shō player Eri Ito, an improviser who carries the thousand-year breath of gagaku while opening out sustained tones and overtones with a loop machine. On the opening track, Sun-Moon Camellia, shakuhachi player Taro Matsumoto joins them, as two Japanese wind instruments meet the pulse of the drums. From a piece set in Banshiki, the gagaku mode of winter, to The Einstein-Rosen Bridge, which traces the wormhole linking distant points in spacetime, ancient melody and the far reaches of the cosmos become one within an improvisation of breath and rhythm.

Past Playlist In

Sun-Moon Camellia

Apple Music • Jazz Scene: Japan • 31 Jul 2026

Tokikiyo-Banshiki

Apple Music • New in Alternative • 10 Jul 2026 Spotify • New Music Everyday - tuneTracks (curated by TuneCore Japan) • 7 Jul 2026

The Einstein-Rosen Bridge

Apple Music • Jazz Scene: Japan • 3 Sep 2026

Artist Profile

  • SHIN KOKAWA

    In his pursuit of live drum expression, improvisational artist SHIN KOKAWA resonates with Japanese spirituality, including indigenous nature worship and the sublime concepts of Zen. He internalizes a diverse range of genres: free jazz, spiritual jazz, world music, ambient, and hardcore. By infusing the primitive, powerful, and beautiful sounds of his instruments with the raw intuition of the moment, he creates soundscapes that depict the vastness of the universe. Making his major debut as a founding member of the instrumental band jizue (founded in 2006), Kokawa has performed at numerous large-scale festivals in Japan and abroad, including the FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL. Since embarking on a solo career in 2019, he has released his 1st album 'ANIMA' (2020) and a 2nd album 'touch the sub conscious' (2024), which features collaborations with renowned artists such as Seiichi Yamamoto, Shing02, and Shun Ishiwaka. He is also an active member of the Kyoto-based experimental band kott, with whom he performed at FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL 2023. In 2026, he launched '13 ARTIST X 3 WORKS,' an ambitious project featuring collaborations with 13 different artists and 39 tracks to be released consecutively every week.

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