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.27 Weekly revue: 2020 weeks #36-38 (September 5 to 25)
.05 Weekly revue: 2020 weeks #34-35 (August 22 to September 4)

September 27, 2020

Weekly revue: 2020 weeks #36-38 (September 5 to 25)

Music events online:

- "Virtual Hostel Sound Vol.5": Kent Valley / YeYe & more
- Sunny Kubota & Old Lucky Boys (Archive)
- "Internet Guzen Club vol.2" w/ O'CHAWANZ, 7 Segment, Zettai Wasureruna
- Tokyo Dance Music Week Day 5: "Major Force to sono jidai"
- Tokyo Dance Music Week: Music Friday "Jazz from Ginza" w/ Sunaga Tatsuo

- The Pen Friend Club (via Twitcasting)

The Pen Friend Club set list (partial): Darlin' / Do I Love You / Flying Days / New York's A Lonely Town / Please Let Me Wonder / Soda-sui no sora / ippon no ongaku / Rainy Day In August / Don't Run Away / Don't Take Your Time / Love Will Keep Us Together / Good Lovin' / Fun Fun Fun
Encore: Wichita Lineman

- Busujima Orochi / Suzuki Kokone
- "YAVIBE": DJ Fukutake
- Tokyo Dance Music Week 2020 - #MDL Renewable energy of music in Tokyo Tower -
- "DJ Plays KRAFTWERK ONLY" w/ Yoshinori Sunahara / Kazunao Nagata / Moodman
- Kaede (Negicco) free acoustic live
- shima fes SETOUCHI 2020 (Sokabe Keiichi, Kaji Hideki, SAWAGI last live) (Archive)
- "Video Game Music Disc Guide 2: Diggin' Beyond The Discs" w/ hally / DJ Fukutake (Archive)

- Monari Wakita 4th anniversary live (via Streaming+)

Monari Wakita set list: In the City / Love Timeline / Est! Est!! Est!!! / Thinkin' About You / Peppermint Rainbow / Friend In Need / Espadrille de tsukamaete / Plastic Love (Takeuchi Mariya cover) / 3MOTION / Deflated Balloons (fūsen) (Toshiya Arai Remix) / I'm with you / Boy Friend (Extended mix) / Callin' You (Nite in the Groove remix) / seppun (Original Love cover) / (New song)
Encore: passing by

- Philosophy no Dance "Don't Stop the Dance" release event
- Yoshiyuki & Megumi (Archive)

- Maki Nomiya request mini-live (Archive) + Fan club-only request live

Maki Nomiya set list: Sweet Soul Revue / bokura ga tabi ni deru riyū (Ozawa Kenji) / Nata di marzo / Mon Amour Tokyo (Intro) / Message Song / Triste / On the sunny side of the street / Such a Beautiful GIrl Like You / Baby Portable Rock / The night is still young (Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji)

- Kindai Hasami Dan (a.k.a. Modern Choki Chokies) (Archive)

Radio: The 9th episode of my radio show was aired on September 23 on La Face B (Montréal-based Internet radio)! This time my selection went towards new wave-y sounds. Lots of fun and surprising songs! Enjoy!

- "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.9 (September 23, 2020): Listen on Mixcloud and read more about each song and artist here.

With music by: Masakosan, Novko Hasebe, (M)otocompo, CTO LAB., Chiroline ver.2, Bakubaku Dokin, Mira Parameter, Frenesi, Emiri Kanou, Kai, FINAL SPANK HAPPY, nakayoshi group, Isoda Osamu, Francis avec HARUKO .

Music release news: ikkubaru, Nickey, Kaede, ROVO, Perfume, Tokyo Beethoven, SAKA-SAMA, Haruko Tajima, ZEUS a.k.a. Kensuke Okuda, VIDEOTAPEMUSIC, MANON, the oto factory, Emiri Kanou, RSD Drops Day 2 (PIZZICATO ONE, Toki Asako, Avec Avec)

This week's video:

Cheer For Art: Reina Nosa "kotori no Love Song", DJ Comoesta Yaegashi "Zekkei DJ"

Kindai Hasami Dan (aka Modern Choki Chokies) live performance (2 songs: "Tom no iru kokage" & "jitensha ni notte")

Denki Groove "Set you Free"

Haruko Tajima "Still Summer" (Download)

valknee "Super Kawaii Oshi"

September 5, 2020

Weekly revue: 2020 weeks #34-35 (August 22 to September 4)

Music events online:

- Drive In Festival 2020 vol.1 (Day 1)
- Ei Wada ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS! presents "Electro-Magnetic Bon-Dance Returns! 2020"
- Saki Takaoka (Archive)
- DJ Comoesta Yaegashi "Lunchtime music"

- Kaji Hideki

Kaji Hideki set list: Semi-Tropical Girl / B&W Marble Chocolate / Cecil Cut (of the Summer End) / Here Is Our Street / White Shoes / Cider Blues (w/ Kaseki Cider) / The Old Radio Cassette (w/ Kaseki Cider) / Ice Cream Man (w/ Kaseki Cider) / Tropical Girl (w/ Kaseki Cider) / La Boom -My Boom Is Me-
Encore: ja natsu nande (w/ Kaseki Cider) / Tu-Tu Boom Boom / Footballing Weekenders

- "Park Live": OLAibi + KOM_I
- Toru Okada Historia Talk + CTO LAB. Mini-live (Mini-live archive)
- kotringo Special Live with Soeda Naomu (Archive)
- "The Pied Piper Hour: Shibuya Pied Piper House 4th Anniversary Special" (Archive)
- DJ Comoesta Yaegashi from Caravan Serai
- "Music Friday: Jazz from Exbar Tokyo" w/ Sunaga Tatsuo

Radio: The 8th episode of my radio show was aired on August 26 on La Face B (Montréal-based Internet radio)! This time I was inspired to choose songs with great guitar. There was also a special preview of two songs from The Pen Friend Club's upcoming first live album "In Concert"! Happy listening!

- "Tokyo's Coolest Sound" vol.8 (August 26, 2020): Listen on Mixcloud and read more about each song and artist here.

With music by: Saigenji, The Pen Friend Club, Sunny Kubota & Old Lucky Boys, KASHIF, NUBACK, Ryōmei Shirai, playtime rock, Reina Nosa, Sloppy Joe, Salome no Kuchibiru, Tokyo Killer, SOLEIL .

Music release news: Cosa Nostra, Ushio Kensuke (agraph), chelmico, The High, Denki Groove, The Pen Friend Club, Little Anthony & The Imperials / The Dells (Readymade Oldays), Shuta Hasunuma Full Philharmonic Orchestra, Rocketman, Childish Tones feat. Beni Usakura, RSD Drops Day 1 (Sunaga t Experience, DÉ DÉ MOUSE, Ken Ishii feat. Pac-Man, cro-magnon, Muro), 963, Perfume, Fujin Club, Tsudio Studio feat. HALLCA, Okino Shuntarō, Bakubaku Dokin, tofubeats