Cover art by A.L.
OJP086-OUI093 : trio export 63 / locomotive
'locomotive' by trio export 63 is an experimental and challenging album.
In addition to the improvisation of jazz, it also aims to incorporate elements of contemporary music such as Poulenc, Bartok and Reich and current music such as noise music.
Most importantly, their music adopts the unique element “ Ma a i ” seen in traditional Japanese music (such as Noh music).
“ Ma a i ” means an arbitrary time interval between the sound and the sound that occurs during the performance.
Close your eyes for an internal sounding journey.
Keisuke, Heitetsu and Masatsugu
Heitetsu Rin: pianist composer
Started playing the piano at the age of four, and studied classical piano and music theory at the Tokyo College of Music until the age of fifteen, when he won the Encouragement Prize at the 1988 Mainichi Newspaper Student Music Competition.In 2001 he moved to the USA to study Jazz Composition at Berklee College of Music, where he continued his studies in Jazz Piano and Music Theory. Since then, he has been involved in a wide range of musical activities.
Performances with Vincent Herring & Eric Alexander at jazz live houses across Japan and Tokyo, BLUE NOTE Shanghai and Beijing in 2023.
Played the piano accompaniment when the performance group "Theater Triangle" won the Grand Prix at the Czech International Puppetry Competition in 2004.
Media appearances (NHK-FM J-Wave, etc.).
Keisuke Furuki: bassist
Born in Kanagawa prefecture in 1990 in a musical family ( his mother is a singer and his father a pianist), he grew up listening to jazz and world music and started to participate in the live sessions held at his parents' restaurant.
He studied double bass with Koji Yamashita and jazz piano with Gohiro Iinuma. He taught himself the music theory necessary for improvisation and began his professional career in his teens and is known for his deep understanding of each person's composition and musicality.
He has gained the trust of musicians from a variety of genres, although his main focus is jazz.
Some collaborators include:
Kit Downs(p), Danny Grisett(p), David Barkman(p), Davy Moony(Gt), Adam Unsworth(hl), Gene Jackson(Ds), Shunzo Ohno(tp), Masafumi Yamaguchi(sax), Junko Onishi(p), Fumio Karashima(p),
Shingo Okuhira(dr), Yoshiaki Masuo(Gt), Kazumasa Akiyama(Gt),
Wataru Omura(ds), Yasumasa Kumagai(p), Hideaki Hori(p), Keishi Matsubara(gt) etc.
Masatsugu Hattori: drummer
Born in 1979, After studying at MI Japan in Nagoya, he started his career while still at university.
He plays mainly jazz music but is also active in a scene that demands radical aesthetic sense of the times.
Some collaborations:
In 2014 he appeared as Sugadairo trio in TV Asahi's "Ongaku-kai with no title" and in 2015 he participated in the Japanese premiere of B.A. Zimmermann's "A Requiem for a Young Poet", conducted by Kazushi Ohno and also in the ISSEY MIYAKE Spring Summer 2016 show at the Paris Collections.
In 2020 he participated in the music for the movie "Sasaki, In, My Mine".
Participated in Sugadairo's works such as Sugadairo Trio.
As a recording and live support, he has worked with Bakurocho Band, Hiroko Seibu, Taisei Iwasaki and many others.
Some collaborators include:
Kit Downes(p), Roy Campbell(tp), Laurent Larcher(b), Sugadairo(p), Yosuke Yamashita(p), Eiichi Hayashi(as), Shinpei Ruike(tp), Hiroshi Minami(p), Motohiko Ichino(g) , Naruyoshi Kikuchi(ts), Aimer, K-BOMB, SHING02, Eriko Hashimoto (Chatmonchy), Hidenori Mukai (ZAZEN BOYS), Ei Wada (Open Reel Ensemble) and many others.
Digital release on the 30th of October 2026.
Track listing:
1: ao i heya
2: locomotive
3: spiral
4: there's what to be
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