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Go Kurosawa
Soft Shakes
Guruguru Brain - Cat No: GGB-038LP
- updated:2026-05-26
Go Kurosawa, known for his geometric patterns, plays drums, bass, and sings—and now his solo album, released by one of the founders of Guruguru Brain, has arrived. It sounds great.
Track List
first solo album by Go Kurosawa—head of Guruguru Brain and drummer of Kikagaku Moyo.
This is Go jamming by/with himself. Best suited for dancing alone in your room, hanging outside, and doing something for the first time.
Artist bio
Go Kurosawa is multi-instrumentalist, producer, and co-founder of the independent label Guruguru Brain. Best known as drummer of Kikagaku Moyo, Go has spent the past decade building bridges between east and west, sound and silence, rock and ritual. soft shakes is something different—his first solo album, made entirely by himself, and made mostly for fun.
Go has a rare kind of musical instinct: he can play anything, hears everything, and still doesn’t take himself too seriously. For a long time, solo music wasn’t even part of the plan—after years in a band, it felt strange. Music, to him, was something to do together. Over time—while traveling, collecting instruments, and eventually setting up Guruguru Brain studio in Rotterdam—he started jamming alone. Slowly, it grew.
What comes is playful, layered, rhythmic, and surprising. Just like Go.
This is Go jamming by/with himself. Best suited for dancing alone in your room, hanging outside, and doing something for the first time.
Artist bio
Go Kurosawa is multi-instrumentalist, producer, and co-founder of the independent label Guruguru Brain. Best known as drummer of Kikagaku Moyo, Go has spent the past decade building bridges between east and west, sound and silence, rock and ritual. soft shakes is something different—his first solo album, made entirely by himself, and made mostly for fun.
Go has a rare kind of musical instinct: he can play anything, hears everything, and still doesn’t take himself too seriously. For a long time, solo music wasn’t even part of the plan—after years in a band, it felt strange. Music, to him, was something to do together. Over time—while traveling, collecting instruments, and eventually setting up Guruguru Brain studio in Rotterdam—he started jamming alone. Slowly, it grew.
What comes is playful, layered, rhythmic, and surprising. Just like Go.
Based on jam sessions at Gurgle Brain Studio, which he founded in Rotterdam, this is Geometric Patterns’ first solo album following the band’s breakup—and the artist’s first solo release. Evoking various influences—including krautrock, space rock, Asian psychedelia, reggae, and bossa nova—the album features polyrhythms, sequenced tracks, and dynamic songs, all interwoven with vocals and storytelling. It paints a fantastical and unique world. (Original Japanese text by Saito)