Grammy-nominated duo DOMi & JD BECK have announced they will bring their WHO ASKED? Tour to Australia this November, playing intimate theatre venues across the East Coast on their return visit.

An instrumental keyboard and drum act known for their hyperactive, future-shock blend of progressive jazz, hip-hop and R&B, DOMi & JD BECK will land at Melbourne’s 170 Russell on Tuesday 10 November, followed by stops at Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Thursday 12 November and Brisbane’s The Triffid on Friday 13 November.

Released last week through Anderson .Paak’s APESHIT and Blue Note, WHO ASKED? is the anticipated sophomore album from one of music’s most mind-blowing acts. The follow up to 2022’s debut, NOT TiGHT, which was produced by .Paak and received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, WHO ASKED? continues to expand the duo’s mix of jazz, funk, hip-hop, electronic music, and improvisation.

With more contributors than ever across 15 tracks, a strikingly beautiful orchestral vision comes to life, as DOMi & JD BECK sing on almost every track. It might almost resemble chamber pop, if chamber pop had 50 times as many notes, shifty time signatures, and an overall vibe of jazz-born indietronica cut with verdant flower-child freedom.

"the virtuoso jazz-and-beyond duo re-emerges with ever more intricate songs” – The New York Times

“meticulously pieced-together, simplistic, and bold sophomore effort” – Glide Magazine

Comprising French-born keyboard phenomenon Domi Louna and drumming prodigy, Texas native JD Beck, the duo has garnered acclaim from music fans, critics and audiences around the world. 

Forming in 2018, they bowled over buttoned-up jazz fans with a cover of a Coltrane classic that they renamed ‘Giant Nuts’, they wowed heads with a dizzying 4 minutes and 20 seconds of live medley of Madvillainy by MF DOOM and Madlib, and they rearranged the rules of pop by jamming with Ariana Grande and Thundercat on a pandemic-era livestream — Domi on keys, head bobbing to the beat while using all four limbs to make a band’s worth of sound, and JD on drums, looking like he’s having the chillest time of his life at roughly 1,000,000 BPM. 

Their incredible NPR Tiny Desk Concert has accrued close to 2 million views, and they have appeared on US television The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – joined by Mac DeMarco for ‘TWO SHRiMPS’, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! With Anderson .Paak for ‘TAKE A CHANCE’.

Returning this November for the first time since 2024, Australian audiences can expect an unforgettable evening of jaw-dropping musicianship, unpredictable improvisation and the genre-defying sound that has made DOMi & JD BECK one of the most celebrated live acts on the planet.