Satoshi & Makoto

Satoshi & Makoto are identical twins, born in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, in 1970. At the age of 15, they acquired a Casio CZ-5000 digital synthesizer, which they began using to create original demo tapes. Around 2009, they uploaded a selection of these accumulated demo tapes to YouTube. They were soon discovered by Young Marco, a DJ and creator based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2017, they released their full-length album, CZ-5000 Sounds and Sequences, and the 12-inch single, In a Corner of Asia/Tous Les Jours, on Young Marco's label, Safe Trip. The album exclusively features electronic new age and ambient tracks created solely with the CASIO CZ-5000. Following this, they released their second album, CZ-5000 Sounds and Sequences Vol.II, in 2020.