Paul Sakai is a Japanese American drummer and improviser based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Born in Berkeley, CA and raised as a part of the international community in South East Asia, his music focuses on place, self, family and cultural history. Current collaborations are with visual artist and guitarist Danny Lulu (Providence, RI), guitarist and improviser Mark Chinen (Seattle, WA) and solo project, Roy Kiyo. Paul Sakai studied at the University of Washington under John Bishop and Cuong Vu, and more recently has come under the mentorship of Akira Tana.

Nathan Chamberlain is an indigenous/Latinx guitarist, composer, and improvisor who currently is a student at the New School College of Performing Arts in New York City where he is studying with Mary Halvorson and Miles Okazaki and pursuing a Master's of Music. His music has been performed by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, the Living Earth Show, Lucian Pixley, and David Yang. As a performer, Chamberlain has collaborated with artists such as Paul Sakai, Josiah Branaman, Shinya Lin, Olivia Jones, Jane Lee, Dup Crosson, Nick Monaco, Dave Kim, and Audrey Chau. His music has been performed at Hertz Hall at UC Berkeley, Z-Space, the Flight Deck Theatre, the Luggage Store in San Francisco, and Pro-Arts Oakland.

Sakai and Chamberlain were first collaborators when they formed the Pinbokeh Trio, an Oakland-based trio that performed improvised ambient soundscapes. In 2019, Sakai and Chamberlain began to perform as a duo.