Tententen: Kill Your Sempai! 2 (March 16th, 2014)

The March edition of Tententen features live performances from synthpop kitten Gloomy and hip hop beat-hounds Communication Breakdown. The whole Tententen crew will be behind the decks and Ian and Ralouf will offer a sequel to their crypto-situationist 2012 "Kill Your Sempai!" expo. It will, as usual, be rad.

(Note the earlier-than-usual opening time and get down there EARLY!)

Date: 3/16 (Sun)
Time: 7:00pm
Cost: ¥500+1 drink
Live:
- Communication Breakdown
- Gloomy
DJs:
- Gotal (Lo-shi)
- Ralouf (Lo-shi)
- Ian Martin (Call And Response Records)
Expo:
- Kill Your Sempai!

Fashion Crisis (March 2014)

First an apology. Unfortunately we aren't able to keep Fashion Crisis as a free event anymore, and so it's become necessary to set a first-drink fee of ¥1000 (¥500+1 drink).

However, Koenji One is allowing free entry for any guests arriving before 9:00pm. We hope to still see you all there and have a good time with the usual mix of top tunes. COME EARLY!

Place: Koenji One
Date: March 7th (Fri)
Time: 8:00pm-midnight
Cost: ¥500+1 drink (FREE before 9:00pm)
DJs:
- BGM捕鯨 (スロウマリコ)
- Soh (Hysteric Picnic)
- James Hadfield
- Ian Martin

N'toko March 2014 Japan tour details

Here are the full dates and lineups of the N'toko "Mind Business" Japan tour. We'll update this as any last-minute details or additions are finalised, so check below and see if we're gonna staycate your area!

12th (Wed) - Tokyo, Shibuya Home

20:00

¥1000/¥1500 + drink

LIVE: N'toko / Nature Danger Gang / Boys Get Hurt

DJs: Tomo (Style Band Tokyo) / Rally

13th (Thu) - Yokohama 試聴室

19:00

¥500 + drink

LIVE: N'toko / Come To My Party / 左右

DJs: Ian Martin (Call And Response Records) / gou (picnic)

15th (Sat) - Nagoya Bar Ripple

21:00

¥1500 + drink

LIVE: N'toko / ロック墓場 / ONOBLK

DJs: Ian Martin (Call And Response Records) / Halsion & Substance (Boredom)

19th (Wed) - Kumamoto Navaro

20:00/20:30

¥1200/¥1500 + drink

LIVE: N'toko / ニューワハイ / 冠GROOVE / KenVolcano

DJs: RYUHEI

20th (Thu) - Fukuoka Utero (DJ set)

19:00

no charge (1 drink order)

《SPECIAL PLAN!!》　21時まで飲み放題 ￥1000 /イベント終了時まで飲み放題 ￥2000

DJs: N'toko / Ian Martin (Call And Response Records) / 吉田 (パニックスマイル/THE LISTENING MACHINE) / Tetsuro (Otonoha/temperamental) / 100HIP (百蚊/ALICE) / to-ya (z/nz / liminal)

21st (Fri) - Fukuoka Utero

18:00/18:30

¥1800 + drink

LIVE: N'toko / 経立 / accidents in too large field / AmrFas / the perfect me

DJs: Ian Martin (Call And Response Records) / TKC (マクマナマン)

22nd (Sat) - Kagoshima Word Up

20:00/21:00

¥1000 + drink

LIVE: N'toko / 経立 / 泰尊 / Dew

23rd (Sun) - Saga Rag-G

15:30/16:00

¥1500/¥2000 + drink

LIVE: N'toko / 経立 / ジョニー大蔵大臣 / 白☆星 / 白痴 / Horrows / The amber tortoise / ダークネスショベルカー / yaoyoloz / siebold's

27th (Thu) - Takamatsu iL

20:00
¥1000/¥1300 + drink
LIVE: N'toko
DJs: Ian Martin (Call And Response Records) / oka / COCOEH

29th (Sat) - Tokyo, Koenji 20000V/二万電圧

18:00/18:30

¥2000/¥2300 + drink

LIVE: N'toko / Jebiotto / 無呼吸過呼吸深呼吸 (from Skyfisher) / group A / dubideb (from Groundcover. / numbs)

DJs: タナカカイタ (Worst Taste) / Ian Martin (Call And Response Records)

N'toko: "Mind Business" on iTunes

N'toko's new album Mind Business is now available internationally via iTunes. You can just search for it in your local iTunes store, but here are a few links to get you started:

Slovenia
UK
USA
Taiwan
France
Italy
Germany
Brazil
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Russia
And, um, Japan

Basically, it's available everywhere except China, where for some reason we can't sell it.

N'toko has also been reviewed recently in a few places, so why not have a look at what some people have said about it (it helps if you can read Slovenian -- English and Japanese speaking journalists, pull your bloody socks up!):

- Odzven (Slovenian)
- Cookie Scene (Japanese)
- Radio Student (Slovenian)
- Mladina (Slovenian)
- Hrupmag (Slovenian)
- Slovenia Times (English)

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's a special Valentine's gift for you...

Call And Response Records presents 「チョコくれるのはいいが・・・、何を企んでるんだぁぁ！？！？」 ("Thanks for the chocolate… What's your agenda!?!?"), a compilation of covers by our musical friends of the song Paranoid by Black Sabbath. You can download it free (it's a hefty file at 114mb so may take a long time).

DOWNLOAD 「チョコくれるのはいいが・・・、何を企んでるんだぁぁ！？！？」 FREE HERE (114mb so might take a long time — sorry!)

I've written in detail about it over on my personal music blog Clear And Refreshing, so check over there if you want to read more about the background and information about the bands and tracks.

「チョコくれるのはいいが・・・、何を企んでるんだぁぁ！？！？」(CAR-75)

1. Fidel Villeneuve

2. ロア/Loa

3. 経立/Futtachi

4. Human Wife

5. Client/Server:Q

6. Abikyokan

7. うるせぇよ/Uruseeyo

8. Han Han Art, featuring Fukusuke (Owarythm/Nature Danger Gang)

9. Under

10. Artless Note

11. Umez

12. スロウマリコ/Slow-Marico

13. Trinitron (featuring Gloomy and Ryotaro Aoki)

14. Carl Freire

15. Kaki16. Loser & Ribbons

17. Oa (featuring Hatsune Miku)

18. Jahiliyyah

19. 人魂/Hitodama

20. Voided By Geysers

21. Tiny Tide

Hysteric Picnic live in Shibuya (February 12th, 2014)

Hysteric Picnic will play a show at the "New Vibration" event at Shibuya Home on Wednesday February 12th with industrial duo group A. New Vibration organiser Tomo will DJ alongside Ian from Call And Response Records. group A are back to their official lineup after sickness saw violinist Sayaka Botanic replaced temporarily by sax player Ryota Komori of Miila and The Geeks for our show at Koenji Ten last month. Hysteric Picnic are playing as a full band for the second time so it should be heavy and loud.

Date: 2014.2.12 (WED) 
Event: STYLE BAND TOKYO presents: NEW VIBRATION #17
Place: Shibuya HOME 
Time: 20:00 ～ 23:00 
Price: adv.1500yen / door.2000yen (including 1 drink)
LIVE:
- Hysteric Picnic
- group ADJ:
- TOMO (STYLE BAND TOKYO)
- Ian Martin (Call and Response)

Tententen: Paranoid (February 16th, 2014)

February's Tententen celebrates the release of Call And Response Records' Valentine's gift 「チョコくれるのはいいが・・・、何を企んでるんだぁぁ！？！？」("Thanks for the chocolates… what's your agenda!?!?"), an album of covers of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" that will be available to download for free on the 14th.

Starring on the night (and hopefully on the album too) are avant-popsters Abikyokan and post-punkers Uruseeyo, while Ryotaro Aoki will be bringing his metal hammer to the decks.




Date: 16th Feb (Sun)
Place: Koenji Art Bar Ten/天
Time: 8:00pm-1:00am
Cost: ¥500+1 drink
Live:
- Abikyokan
- Uruseeyo/うるせぇよ
DJs:
- Ryotaro Aoki
- Gotal (Lo-shi)
- Ian Martin (Call And Response Records)
Expo:
- Liaisons Mètalliques