egoistic 4 leaves

egoistic 4 leaves is a Japanese instrumental six-piece band formed in 2002 with its configuration of a keyboardist, guitarist, bassist, percussionist, and two drummers. After some rotations, they released their 1st album “aluva” a decade later in 2012. Each players' broad backgrounds ranging from jazz, punk, latin, afrobeat, house to metal enabled genre transcending tracks with deeply linked diversified rythm structures and intricate melody elements. These nine “long and tangled, but catchy and time-warping” songs achieved domestic recognition.

In July 2020, their sophomore album “debris” was released from THANKS GIVING. It reflects their inspirations and experiences through the eight years of individual performances.

Hiroki Morisaki, percussionist, played with Taiji Sato, the Dresscodes, Yoshikuni Dochin, Miho Fukuhara, Naoto Inti Raymi, Kazuoki Umezu, Yuri Miyauchi, fox capture plan, and Azumi Inoue while joined Amon Miyamoto’s musicals. Reiichi Hayashi, drummer, is a member of DOIMOI, Japanese nerd metal band. Another drummer Yuichi Fukaya played in native and Remigai, and joined Kaho Nakamura BAND.