Blog - Weekly revue: 2013 week #7 (February 9 to 15)
Weekly revue: 2013 week #7 (February 9 to 15)
Food: - Pizza at Massimottavio, Eifukuchō
- Gyōza at Anda Gyōza, Yoyogi-Uehara
- Dinner at Los Barbados, Shibuya
- Cookies from Susucre, Sangenjaya (but bought at S.P.B.)
- Chocolate cheesecake with cherries, from Sunday Bake Shop
- and... I got (and bought) some chocolates and cake for Valentine's Day!! :)
Events: - We dropped by Shibuya Girls Pop (Parco Part 1, 6th floor) to see The Lady Spade who weren't singing and dancing but instead giving away cake samples, during a live painting show by manga artist Shinjuko (sometimes showing up disguised as her Mizoka-chan character).
- Went to a market event in Omotesandō where I got a T-shirt by ESOW!
- We went to see Gangpol & Mit, with La veuve moustachue and 2080, at Shibuya WWW!
La veuve moustachue (ヒゲの未亡人) featured Kishino You-cihi (one-man musical), Gary Ashiya (piano) and SphinkS (visuals). A fun and touching show as always!
2080 is a French guy who uses retro game sounds to make some quite serious techno. His set was good! He surprised the audience with a cover of YMO's "Rydeen".
It was our 2nd time seeing Gangpol & Mit (the previous time was in 2007 at SuperDeluxe), and their stage has evolved a lot since. The 1000 people band was great fun to see live! I also had the occasion to pick up their 2009 DVD "Faits divers" that comes as a nice hardcover book.
- On Thursday was the opening reception for "Digital Choc", part of which is Gangpol & Mit's tour. We had also become friends with visual artist Caty Olive at Sylvain/Gangpol's welcome DJ event the week before, so we went to the Institut to see the free exhibition that includes various interactive installations, games, etc. We also got to see a video performance by unit HP Process, and yet more DJing by Sylvain. Caty's mesmerizing light installation is located outdoors in the garden. I'd like to go again to spend more time looking and playing with each piece of the exhibition.
New music: - I got FPM's new album "Scale". It's quite good with a lot of FPM's fresh and playful new sounds. Many instrumentals, some of which are a bit lengthy and repetitive (half of the tracks clock over 6 min.!), still making for some great BGM. My favorite tracks so far are the vocal ones, "Daremoshiranai" feat. rapper Tamaki Roy and "I Was In Love", and a techno instrumental called "Tokyo".
- At the same time I picked up Negicco's first 7", which was made after Konishi Yasuharu told producer connie that he should release some Negicco on vinyl. On the packaging is also a sticker with a praise comment from Konishi-san. This record actually contains both of my favorite Negicco tracks so far, "attōteki na Style" (YouTube) and "gatta-! gatta-! gatta-!" (which samples P5's "Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji" ("the night is still young")). :) Unfortunately this is only sold in some Tower Records stores (not even online).
Playlist: bluenö, Nakatsuka Takeshi, FPM, Aprils
Music release news: Kaji Hideki, Denki Groove, Tarte Tatin
... I'm sad to learn that both singers of Tarte Tatin are quitting. I never got to see them live (except for an appearance with Nosa Reina). There are auditions to find replacements.
This week's videos:
Negicco "ai no Tower of Love"
Denki Groove "Missing Beatz"
16cha tea commercial with local mascots from all over Japan
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 01:09 | Tweet
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