Shoko Nagai and Satoshi Takeishi have been incorporating Piano, Accordion, Organ, Percussion and several other acoustic instruments with electronics to do live performances around the world. Their music is based on both composition and improvisation. Their mission is to integrate all the possibilities of musical elements accessible to them. They music has been described as "almost visible to the listener". They have performed in several cities in US, Japan and Europe. CMA 2021 and NYFA 2010 winner.

" Whether traipsing over a steady, rolling rhythm or swimming through a collage of abstract sound, Nagai, a pianist, and Takeishi, a drummer and percussionist who perform as Vortex-treat every moment as an opportunity for deep synchronicity" -New York Times by Giovanni