Artist Info: Sawagi

Departing the club scene of Osaka, a western part of Japan, to the world---this exciting instrumental band plays dance music mixing up Jazz, Funk, Hip-Hop, and Electro.

The band name, Sawagi, sounds dashing to start with. Sawagi means “exited”, “stirred”, and “agitated” in Japanese. “We wanted our band name to be a Japanese word that sounds original and interesting for foreign people to hear.”

Drummer Nico and keyboardist Koichi [read more...]