Fashion Crisis (October 2014)

Regular Fashion Crisis DJ James Hadfield is off to the mother country this Friday, but there'll still be no shortage of musical goodies for you to enjoy. Guest DJs this time round are DJP (from The Mornings), long-term friend of the event Ayaco, and Battle Princess (from Tacobonds).

Place: Koenji One
Date: October 3rd (Fri)
Time: 8:00pm-midnight
Cost: ¥500+1 drink (FREE before 9:00pm)
DJs:
- DJP (The Mornings)
- Ayaco
- Battle Princess (TACOBONDS/transkam)
- Ian Martin

Fashion Crisis (June 2013)

June's Fashion Crisis is very excited to feature the frazzled electronic dreams of Shizukanoumi playing live, as well DJ sets including the Teutonic industrial moods of Sascha Mandler and mutant disco tag team duo Judgment Cats.

(Please note the slightly earlier finish time, the result of complaining neighbours, and try not to make a noise outside the venue)

Date: June 7th (Friday)

Place: Koenji One

Time: 8:00pm-midnight.

Cost: FREE!

Live:

- 静かの海 (Shizukanoumi)

DJs:

- Sascha Mandler

- Judgment Cats (DJ Rally & DJ P from the mornings)

- James Hadfield

- Ian Martin

Fashion Crisis (March 2013)

Super special guests at the March edition of Fashion Crisis, with the one-man fireball of synth-noise wonder that is Kitsch Hitori Gakudan joined by a special solo performance from Dokkun of old friends of the event Living Astro. Joining us on the decks are DJ Romantic Harp and Flute with Dolphins and later on in the night an appearance by DJP (a.k.a. Ponta) from the mornings.

Date: 3/1 (Fri)
Place: Koenji One
Time: 8:00pm-last train
Cost: FREE
Live:
- Kitsch Hitori Gakudan
- Dokkun (Living Astro)
DJs:
- Romantic Harp and Flute with Dolphins
- DJP (the mornings)
- James Hadfield

- Ian Martin

Dancing After 1AM - Kyushu release tour January 2013

One of the notable features of the Dancing After 1AM compilation was that it was well supported by artists from Kyushu, with five bands in total from the westernmost of Japan's main islands contributing tracks. As a result, in January we're bringing the noise and doing a short release tour in Kyushu.

There are three dates, although the lineups are still to be decided:

Call And Response Records: IMMORAL DISCO TOUR!
(Dancing After 1AM compilation release tour)

1/25 (Fri) Kagoshima IFF Studio:
Open 7:30pm / Start 8:00pm
Cost: ¥1000
LIVE: Hysteric Picnic (Tokyo) / Futtachi / Gesui Maru / The Murder Case / Lopitals + more

1/26 (Sat) Kumamoto Navaro (all-night event):
Open 8:00pm / Start 8:30pm
Cost: ¥1800
LIVE: Hysteric Picnic (Tokyo) / The Mornings (Tokyo) / Futtachi (Kagoshima) / cynicalsmileisyourfavorite / Kobayashi Dorori / Hyacca (Fukuoka) / z/nz (Fukuoka) / Ishiatamazizo / Doit Science / Cultos
DJs: TKC (macmanaman) / Ian Martin (Call And Response)

1/27 (Sun) Fukuoka Utero:
Open 5:30pm / Start 6:00pm
Cost ¥1800
LIVE: Hysteric Picnic (Tokyo) / Mir (Tokyo) / Kobayashi Dorori (Kumamoto) / Nakigao Twintail (Saga) / Hyacca / DELTAS / Gunjouiroyue
DJs: TKC (macmanaman) / Ian Martin (Call And Response)

New Call And Response compilation album this autumn!

Call And Response Recordsは9月下旬～10月上旬に日本のポストパンク/オルタナ/ニューウェーヴなバンドを集めた、コンピレーションCDをリリースします！

Call And Response Records are preparing a new compilation of Japanese postpunk, new wave and alternative music for late September/early October release.

CDタイトルは「Dancing After 1AM」。東京はもちろん国内における、現在のインディー/アンダーグラウンドシーンからのエキサイティングなサウンドが集結。

Entitled "Dancing After 1AM", it will feature some of the most exciting sounds of the current indie/underground scene from Tokyo and around Japan.

リリースパーティは2012年10月6日(土)に東高円寺二万電圧(Higashi-Koenji 20000V)で開催！She Talks Silence、Hysteric Picnic、Anisakis、Extrudersほか出演予定。さらにこれらのバンドに加え、Tacobonds、Pop Office、The Mornings、Otori、百蚊、New House他の新音源がコンピCDに収録されます。

A release party will be held at Higashi-Koenji 20000V (Den-Atsu) on October 6th, featuring She Talks Silence, Hysteric Picnic, Anisakis、Extruders and more. In addition to these bands, the album will also feature new recordings from Tacobonds, Pop Office, The Mornings, Otori, Hyacca, New House, and much more.

今後さらなる詳細をアナウンスしていくのでお見逃しなく！

Keep your eyes on this space for more details to be announced over the coming month!

Kyushu x Nagoya Electric Pop Festival (June 2nd-3rd 2012)

Call And Response Records has been organizing the Kyushu Pop Festival at Shinjuku Motion for the past three years, but this year, with the help of fellow event organizers Style Band Tokyo and Teenage Riot the event has expanded into a two-day alternative/postpunk/no wave music festival bringing in some of the best bands from Nagoya as well as some fantastic local Tokyo bands.

DAY 1: KYUSHU NIGHT (Call And Response Records)
Date: 6/2 (Sat)
Time: 16:00
Place: Shinjuku Motion
Cost: 2000yen (3000yen for a two-day pass)
Live:
- Hyacca/百蚊 (Fukuoka): New/no wave disco blitzkrieg.
- cynicalsmileisyourfavorite (Kumamoto): Uncompromising dance-punk funkcore.
- MacManaman/マクマナマン (Fukuoka): Propulsive instrumental post-rock.
- Miu Mau (Fukuoka): Conceptual new wave avant-pop.
- Hakuchi/白痴 (Saga): Broken hardcore/postpunk.
- Kobayashi Dorori/小林どろり (Kumamoto): Poker-faced, angular, erotic new wave.
- z/nz (Fukuoka): Offbeat alternative/lo-fi rock.
- Zibanchinka/地盤沈下 (Kagoshima): Garage-punk through the looking glass.
- Chainsaw TV: Hack and slash post-hardcore.

DAY 2: NAGOYA/TOKYO NIGHT (Style Band Tokyo & 十代暴動社)
Date: 6/3 (Sun)
Time: TBC
Place: Shinjuku Motion
Cost: 2000yen (3000yen for a two-day pass)
Live:
- 6eyes (Nagoya): Tebasaki-funk.
- The Mornings (Tokyo): Jittery 400km/h spazzcore.
- Sika Sika (Nagoya): Fierce, heavy punk rock.
- Less Quantic (Tokyo): Post-Gang of Four disco-punk.
- Plasticzooms (Tokyo): Goth.
+more?

January 29th: An Embarrassment of Riches

There are three magnificent events going on this Sunday, all of which have Call And Response's firm seal of approval. Anyway, here they are in reverse order of cheapness and ascending order of opening time:

Firstly, I'm going to DJ at the event Style Band Tokyo are doing for Bo Ningen, who will be touring in Kyushu with Zibanchinka and Hyacca next month (details coming soon).

Place: Shibuya Club Asia

Time: 15:30

Cost: 3000/3500

Bands: Bo Ningen / Guitar Wolf / N'Shukugawa Boys / 6eyes / Psysalia Psysalsis Psyche / Tadzio / Moja

DJs: Tomo (Style Band Tokyo) / Taigen Kawabe (Bo Ningen) / Yamada (Knew Noise Recordings) / Sumire & Methyl (Twee Grrrls Club) / Soccreboy / Gypsy Badman (Control) / Le Champ (Control) / Sam & Mark (Tokyo Indie) / Tommy (Boy) / Tommi (Dancer Danger) / Yuta Sekiyama (from England to me!) / Kenta Hirano (Love Action) / Judy (Throw that beat!) / Ian Martin (Call And Response) / wizzjones / hahas disco / Full Circle / Black Neon Party / si oux (Vive Vagina) / Y Brando (Passione+) / Apu (Afterdark) / Sho (Plasticzooms) / Boys Get Hurt

Also, Hyacca will be playing at the Next Music from Tokyo tour finale, with all the bands they toured Canada with last October.

Place: Shindaita Fever

Time: 17:30:18:00

Cost: 2500/3000

Bands: Hyacca / Natsumen / Merpeoples / Akai Koen / Chiina

Finally, Anatopia will finish up their Japan tour in style at an excellent event The Mornings are putting on over the other side of town.

Place: Akihabara Club Goodman

Time: 18:00

Cost: 2000/2500

Bands: Anatopia / The Mornings / Ultra Bide / Emily loves Tennis / Umi no Te

Connect And Receive, September 2011

A week late, but here's Episode 3 of Call And Response's Japan music podcast:

It can be downloaded from its host at Archive.org

1. Nezishiki: Quatre Ans (From the 2008 CD/R EP 6 Songs)

2. Pop Office: 300 Castles (From the 2011 CD/R mini-album I Was Killed Here)

3. The Mornings: Mad Cheergirl (From the 2011 album Save The Mornings)

4. Her: Her no Mirror (From the 2007 CD/R mini-album Her no Music Phone In)

5. Pq: Channeling (From the 2011 CD/R mini-album Hausdorff)

6. Buddy Girl & Mechanic: UltraWitchCraftyFab (From the 2011 CD/R EP 4tracks Demo)

Hyacca in Tokyo (August 2011)

Hyacca will be back in Tokyo on August 6th and 7th, with a couple of very exciting shows.

The first is "Denko Mangetsu Matsuri", an all-night event that Call And Response are organising in collaboration with our friends Tessendoriko and DJ Rally from The Mornings.

Date: August 6th (Sat)

Time 23:00-Morning

Place: Kichijoji GOK Sound

Cost: 1500yen (adv.) / 2000 (door)

LIVE：
- N’toko (from Slovenia)
- Hyacca (from Fukuoka)
- Velocityut (from Nagasaki)
- pq
- Tessendoriko
- Dotsuitarunen
- DJ Puri Puri ［Real Kintaro]

DJ:

- Rally (The Mornings)

- Ponta (The Mornings/Dickerve)

- Ian Martin (Call And Response)

VJ:

- HUH

The second Hyacca show will be the release party for Style Band Tokyo's excellent compilation album at Club Asia.

Time 14:30-23:00

Date: August 7th (Sun)

Place: Shibuya Club Asia

Cost: 3000yen (adv.) / 3500 (door)

LIVE：

- Bo Ningen

- Lillies and Remains
- Plasticzooms
- 6eyes
- moja
- Hyacca

- Sekaitekinaband

- Pop-Office
- Purple

DJ:

- Tomo (Style Band Tokyo)

- Yamada (File-Under Records)

- Twee Grrrls Club

- Taigen Kawabe (Bo Ningen)

- Fujiwaramone & Minoruelvis (Cannabis/Lillies and Remains)

- Tommy (Boy)

- Wizz Jones

- Nites (CMP)

- Lotus & 373 (Weekend Never Dies)
- Gypsy Badman (Control)

- Black Neon Party

- si oux

- Yusaku Brando (Club Passione)

VJ:

- Maruty+

- Yuki Maeshima

Telephone Club in Fukuoka (November 20th 2010)

A quick note on tomorrow's Telephone Club event in Fukuoka, just to say there are six fantastic bands, including several CAR favourites and that anyone in town on that day should definitely make it down.

Place: Yakuin Utero
Date: November 20th (Sat)
Time: 6:30/7:00
Cost: 1800yen + drink

Bands:
- Nontroppo
- Hyacca
- MacManaman
- Zibanchinka (from Kagoshima)
- The Mornings (from Tokyo)
- Cynical Smile is Your Favorite (from Kumamoto)

DJs:
- DRGN
- Ian Martin (Call And Response Records)

Koenji Pop Festival 2010 Timetable

The timetable for the 2010 Koenji Pop Festival on September 18th (Sat) is sorted now, and if things go according to plan, should run like this (note: things almost never go according to plan).

4:00 open
4:10-4:25 Natasha Forrest
4:40-5:05 Owllights
5:20-5:45 Issei Kuramoto
6:00-6:25 Yamaco
6:40-7:05 Quick Explosion Scratch Hurricanes (Ex. Andersens)
7:20-7:45 Praha Depart
8:00-8:25 The Students
8:40-9:05 Creepy Pop
9:20-9:45 The Mornings
10:00-Finish Zibanchinka

Koenji Pop Festival 2010

This year is the sixth annual edition of the somewhat ambitiously named Koenji Pop Festival and the third at Koenji's venerable and, erm, "intimate" Penguin House. As usual, there will be a cornucopia of musical fucked-uppery, with the messed-up all-girl garage punk of Kagoshima's Zibanchinka, the explosive post-punk of The Mornings, the delicately-formed new wave pop of Yamaco, the quirky alt-rock of Owllights, and various happenings inbetween.

As usual I'll be doing that thing with the horrible wine.

To accommodate all the bands, the event starts pretty early (4:00PM), with my never knowingly over-rehearsed band Natasha Forrest kicking things off, so if you don't want us to be lonely, come by for the start.

Place: Koenji Penguin House
Date: 9/18 (Sat)
Time: 4:00PM
Price: 2000yen (adv) / 2300yen (door)

Bands:
- Zibanchinka (from Kagoshima)
- The Mornings
- Creepy Pop
- The Students
- Praha Depart
- Quick Explosion Scratch Hurricanes (Ex. Andersens)
- Yamaco
- Issei Kuramoto
- Owllights
- Natasha Forrest

Koenji Pop Festival (October 10th 2009)

It's anniversary time again for C.A.R. with the fourth annual Koenji Pop Festival, as usual featuring a wealth of musical debauchery amid fountains of low quality alcohol. In total there will be ten bands performing, including three from the southern rock and roll Eden that is Kyushu, augmented by a wealth of local talent.

Along with a number of familiar faces like MIR, tacobonds, The Mornings, ruruxu/sinn (pronounced "lulue-shin"), Grouncover. and Zibanchinka (地盤沈下), the event will also feature Fukuoka instrumental trio Me I Sashimi (ミー愛さしみ), the fierce and sexy Hemay (悲鳴), the glam rock/kayoukyoku stylings of Momoiro Ageha (桃色アゲハ), not to mention old co-conspirators Abikyokan, who return to C.A.R. to dazzle you with their science.

Info and artist links below:


Place: Koenji 20000V
Date: October 10th 2009
Open: 16:00　Start: 16:20
Cost: 2,000 yen + 1 drink adv. / 2,300 + 1 drink door

Live:
■MIR
■The Mornings
■Hemay (悲鳴)
■Zibanchinka (地盤沈下 -- From Kagoshima)
■ruruxu/sinn (From Fukuoka)
■Abikyokan
■Groundcover.
■Me I Sashimi (ミー愛さしみ -- From Fukuoka)
■Momoiro Ageha (桃色アゲハ)
■tacobonds

Telephone Club in Koenji (July 18th 2009)

After last weekend's show in Fukuoka, Call And Response's live showcase returns to Tokyo and its regular venue of Koenji Roots tomorrow. Hyacca (百蚊) will come over from Fukuoka and Mir will once again be playing alongside them. Also joining the bill at a C.A.R. event for the first time will be The Mornings, bringing their usual burst of unhinged energy, along with quirky indie four-piece Owllights, who first played at Telephone Club this February. Completing the live lineup will be cottonioo, an all-girl pop duo with a kind of eccentric new wave sound and a neat line in sweet melodies and fragile arrangements.

DJs will be myself, as usual, and James Hadfield of Metropolis.

Place: Koenji Roots
Date: July 18th 2009
Open: 18:00　Start: 18:30
Cost: 1,800 yen + 1 drink adv. / 2,300 + 1 drink door

Live:
■MIR
■The Mornings
■Owllights
■cottonioo
■Hyacca (百蚊)

DJ
■Ian Martin (Call And Response)
■James Hadfield