Koenji Pop Festival 2013 (November 2nd, 2013)

Call And Response Records is having its annual anniversary extravaganza a bit later than normal this year, but expect all the usual raw excitement and postpunktastic, indielicious, alternavisceral delights.

As usual, we'll have cheap, disgusting wine available for ¥100 a pop (believe me, it's worth less), or proper drinks available at the bar.


Place: Higashi-Koenji 20000V
Date: 11/2 (Sat)
Time: 15:30-22:00
Cost: ¥2000 adv / ¥2300 door (+ drink)
Live:
- Extruders
- DYGL
- Deltas (from Fukuoka)
- Worst Taste & Special Magic
- otori
- 左右
- Half-Sports
- Hysteric Picnic
- Umez
DJs:
- Kaname K (3TE1)
- DJ Rally (The Mornings/Han Han Art)
Food:
- eetee食堂

Koenji Pop Festival ("Dancing After 1AM" release party) -- October 6th 2012

Futtachi

To celebrate the forthcoming release of Call And Response's new compilation album, Dancing After 1AM, as well as providing an early opportunity to get your hands on the CD, we've managed to rope in nearly half the bands off the album for an epic live extravaganza at our favourite venue, Higashi-Koenji 20000V.

Extruders

Event: Koenji Pop Festival ("Dancing After 1AM" release party)

Date: 10/6 (Sat)

Place: Higashi-Koenji 20000V

Time: 4:00pm open/4:30pm start

Price: ¥2000 adv/¥2300 door

Live:

- She Talks Silence
- Hysteric Picnic
- Jebiotto!
- Extruders
- Anisakis
- Slow-Marico
- Futtachi/経立 (from Kagoshima)
- Mir
DJs:
- Tomo (Style Band Tokyo)
- Methyl (Twee Grrrls Club)
- Ian Martin (Call And Response Records)

She Talks Silence

We're also having a special after-party at Koenji One from midnight, hosted by Call And Response's good friends (and pretty much our house DJs over the past year or so) Youth is Wasted.

Hysteric Picnic

Event: Youth is Wasted presents "Dancing After 1AM" after-party

Date: 10/6 (Sat)

Place: Koenji One

Time: MIDNIGHT!

Price: Free

DJs:

- NAH&Sue
- Tack Terror
- Komlasaki
- Juan (Scum School)
- Izumi (Slow-Marico)

- Masatoo (drwng)

"Dancing After 1AM" compilation album update

Call And Responseによる新たなコンピレーションCD「Dancing After 1AM」は予定通り、リリースに向けて制作進行中！
徐々に音源も集まってきてまして、早速Pop Office、Anisakis、Puffyshoes、She Talks Silenceの素晴らしい完成版トラックが到着しました！
Work on Call And Response's new "Dancing After 1AM" compilation is ongoing, and parts of it are starting to come together. Excellent tracks from Pop Office, Anisakis, Puffyshoes and She Talks Silence have already been delivered with more currently being mixed.



また、熊本からcynicalsmileisyourfavorite、小林どろり、東京からはMirとスロウマリコ もコンピ参加決定！
さらに、鹿児島からアングラ・スーパーグループの経立(Lubic Cave House、Wood、地盤沈下のメンバーによるバンド)や、東京シンセパンクトリオのJebiotto!の音源も収録されます。経立とJebiotto!はコンピリリースパーティーにも参加します。
In addition to the bands already announced, cynicalsmileisyourfavorite and Kobayashi Dorori from Kumamoto will feature, as well as Mir and Slow-Marico from Tokyo. Kagoshima underground supergroup Futtachi (featuring members of Lubic Cave House, Wood and Zibanchinka) are also taking part, as are Tokyo synth-punk trio Jebiotto!, both of whom will play the album release party at Higashi-Koenji 20000V on October 6th.


これからも引き続き詳細や参加バンドなど、お知らせしていきますので、お楽しみに！
There are still some details to be finalised, and more bands to be announced, so keep your eyes on this space!

Event: Koenji Pop Festival ("Dancing After 1AM" release party)
Date: 10/6 (Sat)
Place: Higashi-Koenji 20000V
Time: 16:00-23:00
Cost: 2000yen adv/2300yen door
Bands: She Talks Silence / Hysteric Picnic / Extruders / Jebiotto! /
Anisakis / Futtachi (Kagoshima) / + more
DJs: Tomo (Style Band Tokyo) / Methyl (Twee Grrrls Club) / Ian Martin
(Call And Response Records)

Event: Youth is Wasted presents: Dancing After 1AM After-Party
Date: 10/6 (Sat)
Place: Koenji One
Time: 24:00-05:00
Cost: FREE!
DJs: Youth is Wasted (NAH&Sue, Gosuke, Komlaski) / Masatoo / Juan Hasegawa

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!

Connect And Receive, December 2011

I skipped last month because I was too busy with various bands’ tours but I’ve made the December one into a sort of end-of-year review focussing on some of my favourite bands and releases of the year, as well as a couple of things from previous years that I either only discovered recently or came back to in a big way this year. Anyway, here’s the pod:

Or download it from Archive.org.

And here’s the track list:

1. cynicalsmileisyourfavorite: Crazy Disco (self-released 2011 CD/R)
2. Kobayashi Dorori: Pickles (Yarukoto Yattara Kaette yo, 2011)
3. Hakoiri Kibun: Hakuchuu Sosou (Fudoutoku Pops Kouza, 2010)
4. Bossston Cruizing Mania: Low Down (Loaded Lowdead Rawdead, 2011)
5. Extruders: Vertical Point (Neuter, 2007)
6. Lihappiness: Eikoku ni Tsutawaru Dance (Drums & Lihappiness, 2011)
7. Hysteric Picnic: Persona (Hysteric Picnic EP, 2011)
8. She Talks Silence: Dead Romance (Some Small Gifts, 2011)
9. Uhnellys: Subliminal Orchestra (To Too Two, 2011)
10. Mothercoat: No Music Yes Life (Egobag, 2011)
11. Sloppy Joe: Still Be a Little Roof (With Kisses Four, 2011)