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)

"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

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?

Call And Response bands with Bo Ningen in Kyushu

This coming weekend, UK-based psychedelic rock quartet Bo Ningen are on a short three-date tour of Kyushu, with Call And Response bands Zibanchinka and Hyacca supporting them on all dates, along with some other good friends of the label.

Date: Feb 10th (Fri)

Place: Kumamoto Navaro

Time: 8:00/8:30pm

Cost: 2000/2500yen + drink

Bands: Bo Ningen / Zibanchinka / cynicalsmileisyourfavorite / The Fruits / Ecology Kannon

DJs: Tomo (Style band Tokyo)

Date: Feb 11th (Sat)

Place: Saga Rag-G

Time: 5:00/5:30pm

Cost: 2000/2500yen + drink

Bands: Bo Ningen / Zibanchinka / Hakuchi / Strawberry Chocolate's Surf Club Band / Yaoyoruzu / Freaks / The Crunch Dog

Date: Feb 12th (Sun)

Place: Fukuoka Utero

Time: 6:00pm

Cost: 2000/2500yen + drink

Bands: Bo Ningen / Hyacca / MacManaman / The Fridays / Chainsaw TV / Nekuraman

DJs: Tomo (Style Band Tokyo) / Ian Martin (Call And Response Records)

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)

Zibanchinka Kyushu Tour (November 18th-20th 2011)

Zibanchinka are embarking on a three-day mini-tour of Kyushu from the 18th to the 20th of November, playing alongside a few Call And Response favourites, with me joining them as a DJ for the first couple of shows, and Nagoya's Sekaitekina Band will join us for the Fukuoka show.

Place: Fukuoka Utero

Date: 11/18 (Fri)

Time: 18:30

Cost: 1500yen (+drink)

LIVE:

- Zibanchinka

- Hyacca

- Sekaitekina Band

- tepPohseen

- 2907831

- 100fragments

DJ:

- Ian Martin (Call And Response)

Place: Kumamoto Navaro

Date: 11/19 (Sat)

Time: 20:00

Cost: 1500yen (+drink)

LIVE:

- Zibanchinka

- Kobayashi Dorori

- z/nz

- cynicalsmileisyourfavorite

- Markets

DJ:

- Ian Martin (Call And Response)

Place: Kokura UN

Date: 11/20 (Sun)

Time: 17:30

Cost: 1500yen (+drink)

LIVE:

- Zibanchinka

- Youkina Wally

- Jonathan's Dramatic Tits

- Yogi

- The Mamalede

Kyushu Pop Festival 2011

Hyacca

After the success of last year's Kyushu Pop Festival, Call And Response Records is very happy to present another evening of mentai-rock, kurobuta-punk and kabosu-pop, now with added basashi-disco.

All bands at this event are either travelling down from Kyushu for the show (the event features bands from Fukuoka, Kumamoto and Kagoshima), or they are Tokyo-based bands with key members hailing from Kyushu.

Date: May 21st (Sat)
Place: Shinjuku Motion
Time: 16:00-23:00Cost: 2000 adv/2300 door

Zibanchinka

Bands:

Zibanchinka (Kagoshima)
- Avant-garde garage-punk from the dark side of your imagination: video

Hyacca (Fukuoka)
- Dance-oriented post-punk/alternative. Metal bees attacking your brain: video

MacManaman (Fukuoka)

- Explosive post-rock instrumental quartet:video

cynicalsmileisyourfavorite (Kumamoto)
- Disco-hardcore scream freaks: video

bctnx (Fukuoka)
- Fukuoka's newest indie/alternative avant-pop stars: video

She Talks Silence

- Lo-fi indie fuzz-lullabies: video

Dotama-Kachi-World
- Picopico new wave techno-punks: video

Jebiotto
- New wave synth-punk: video

Fallopian Disco Force
- Improvisational avant-disco duo: video (dating from group's previous days as a trio)