DATE Tomoyoshi and Corey FULLER, both currently residing in Japan, met in 2006 through their mutual friend and collaborator, Chihei HATAKEYAMA when FULLER was invited to play a show with Opitope in Tokyo. Living in separate places at the time (DATE in Tokyo, and FULLER in Bellingham, WA) the two began collaborating when DATE first visited the Pacific Northwest in 2008. Since then they have gone on to release several albums on 12k including “Shizuku,” “Interstices,” “Akari” and “Perpetual” with Taylor DEUPREE and SAKAMOTO Ryuichi. Their new album “Tobira” was released on 12k in September, 2023.