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

End-of-year DJ schedule:

I've got a few appearances lined up, mostly just playing a few songs inbetween bands, but generally pretty good bands, so it's worth coming along.

Event: Vision Quest
Date: December 27th
Place: Higashi-Koenji UFO Club
Time: Midnight-5:00am
Cost: 1500yen adv./2000yen door

LIVE:

- moja
- New House
- thatta
- Friends
- Give Me Wallets
DJs:

- Yuchi

- Keiichi Misawa

- Timutaku

- Ian Martin

Event: YIW X'mas and new year party "Don't countdown"
Date: December 28th
Place: Koenji One
Time: 6:00pm-11:50pm
Cost: 1000yen

LIVE:

- Girls Pancakes

- Fidel

DJs:

- NAH&SUE (Youth Is Wasted)
- 510373 (WEEKEND NEVER DIES / Youth Is Wasted)
- Gosuke (Youth Is Wasted)
- komlasaki (CLUB iNBETWEENERS / Youth Is Wasted)
- Tack Terror (Youth Is Wasted)
- Ian Martin (Call and Response / Fashion Crisis)
- Yuta Sekiyama (ACCOMMO / from england to me!)
- EISUKE (les qwells)
- tantan to tantan
- ABE (Girls Pancakes / smilelove)
- Keiichi Misawa (Friends)
- Aik & Prince Ness
- Minna no Ototo Kikurin

Event: Switched On! Bonenkai
Date: December 29th
Place: Kichijoji Ichibee
Time: 6:00pm-11:00pm
Cost: 1000yen

LIVE:

- (M)otocompo

- V/order

- The Lady Spade

DJs:

- Ian Martin

- Kovacs

- Takayuki Tonegawa

- Kato Catherine

- Gachamuku (Choshinsei ver.)

- Shiroyamada Yo Orchestra