JAPANESE SINGER SAKI MINAMIMOTO MET NASHVILLE-BORN MUSICIAN JON ESTES WHILE BOTH WERE LIVING IN BROOKLYN IN 2008, AND THEY IMMEDIATELY STARTED MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER.
AFTER A YEAR OF EXPERIMENTING WITH SOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS AT A WEEKLY GIG AT A SUSHI RESTAURANT, THEY DEVELOPED A TOTALLY UNIQUE SOUND AND STARTED TO RECORD THEIR IDEAS IN THE STUDIO.
THEIR 2010 EP "HELLO HELLO" MESHED SAKI'S ETHEREAL JAPANESE LYRICS OVER ORGANIC, LO-FI ELECTRONICA, DRAWING COMPARISONS TO BJORK, STEREOLAB, BEACH HOUSE, AND TUJIKO NORIKO.
THEIR NEW EP "SINFONIA" (2013), TAKES A NEW DIRECTION: WITH SAKI USING ENGLISH LYRICS, AND ESTES BUILDING THE PRODUCTIONS USING ONLY THE INSTRUMENTS INSPIRED BY HIS RELOCATION BACK TO NASHVILLE: ACOUSTIC BASS, PEDAL STEEL, MANDOLIN, VIOLIN...AND THE EAST-MEETS-WEST RESULT IS ENTIRELY UNIQUE, ORGANIC, RAW, AND BEAUTIFUL.
* SINFONIA * BY * PONCHO PONCHO *
COMING JUNE 18...
