Anatopia (from Amsterdam) Japan tour 2012

Dutch electro-punks Anatopia are a duo comprised of Klaus Plötzlich and Henrietta Morgenstern. They take the slick, electronic techno-fetishism of Kraftwerk, the spiky, irony-laced geek-punk of Devo and the grimy garage rock of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, turning it to the purpose of creating simple, catchy, minimalist pop art nuggets.

巧妙でかつ、エレクトロニック＆テクノ-フェティシズムのKraftwerkのような、するどく尖り、アイロニーで飾られた、ギーク-パンクのDevoのような、汚れたガレージロックのThe Yeah Yeah Yeahsのような要素を兼ね合わせている。Anatopiaはこれらの要素を捏ね合わせ、最終的にシンプルでキャッチー、そしてミニマリストなポップアートナゲッツを創り上げていく。

While their lyrics deal with the duo's obsession with and fear of technology, they contrast this with a live setup that brings a sense of theatre to the stage but also focusses on sounds they can generate themselves in the moment. Henrietta plays synth and attacks a crash cymbal in her spare moments, while Klaus operates a kick drum and hi-hat with his feet at the same time as playing guitar with his hands.

歌詞にはテクノロジーへの執着や恐れが歌われており、そのコントラストはライブセットアップを通しても見ることができる。Anatopiaのステージは舞台さながらの雰囲気だ。もちろんそれだけではなく、エレクトロといいながらも、ステージ上で彼ら自らがその場でサウンドを作り上げていく。Henriettaはシンセサイザーを弾き、その傍らでシンバルを鳴らす。その一方、Klausは足でキックドラムやハイハットを鳴らし、ギターを弾くというように。

2012年1月、日本来日公演決定！Anatopiaのライブパフォーマンスをぜひ生でご覧ください。

18th (Wed): Tokyo, Shin-Koenji, Club Liner

Open 18:00/Start 18:30, :Adv. 2,000/Door 2,300

w/ retolighter / wasted junks / フューチャー / Sputnik

19th (Thu): Tokyo, Aoyama, Tsukimiru/Moonromantic

Ope n18:00/Start 18:30, Adv. 2,000/Door 2,500

w/ Lieselotte / Lotsasignal / JUSTICE OF CANADA / RITOMO

20th (Fri): Tokyo, Shibuya, O-Nest

Open 18:30/Start 19:00, Adv. 2,000/Door 2,500

w/ ユナイテッドモンモンサン / MAHORAGA / H Mountains / PETA

22nd (Sun): Tokyo, Kichijoji, GOK Sound (Call And Response New Year Party!)

Open 16:00/Start16:30, Adv./Door 2,000

w/ Tacobonds / テッセンドリコ / プラハデパート / Hysteric Picnic / Girls Pancakes / tantan to tantan / Youth is Wasted DJs / VJ Terada (HUH)

25th (Wed): Osaka, Sengoku Daitouryou

Open 18:00/Start 18:30, Adv. 1,500/Door 2,000

w/ ヤーマンバンド / Boys of hongkong / 444CAPSULE

26th (Thu): Kumamoto, Navaro

Open/Start TBA, Adv./Door TBA

w/ DIA SYNDICATE / + more

27th (Fri): Fukuoka, Yakuin, Utero

Open 18:30/Start 19:00, Adv. 1,500/Door 2,000

w/ THE LIGHTNING DELIVERY's / AMORPHOUS / Fake doll Nott / Virtual Planets / gigandect

29th (Sun): Tokyo, Akihabara, Club Goodman

Open/Start TBA, Adv./Door TBA

w/ the mornings / ULTRA BIDE / Emily likes tennis / うみのて / + more

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)

Fashion Crisis (January 2012)

Fashion Crisis has its first event of the year this Friday, with a menagerie of musical artists being cut up into a smorgasbord of sonic morsels for consumption by your ears. Live music comes from Mr. Fidel Villeneuve, late of that London, and the broken pop fragments of Living Astro, with vengeful noise spirit Dave McMahon a.k.a. Onryo joining as a guest DJ.

Date: January 6th (Friday)
Place: Koenji One
Time: 8:00pm-Last train
Price: FREE
Live:
- Fidel
- Living Astro
DJs:
- Dave McMahon (Onryo)
- James Hadfield
- Ian Martin

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

Trinitron: Subsidence -- Now online!

Trinitron have finished recording their new mini-album, Subsidence. Why not go and have a listen to it on Soundcloud now?

Subsidence by trinitronjp

On the group's new Soundcloud page, you can also hear their new cover of Edge by electro-idols Perfume:

Edge by trinitronjp

Rummage around the page and you can hear their earlier More Real than News EP in its entirety and their first recording, a cover of the Candies' Heart no Ace ga Detekonai.

Christmas Presents from Canada

According to their web site: "Poulet Neige takes Santa Claus' spot and offers more than 140 albums to the music lovers, of all kinds, and from about everywhere in the world. French, English, from Québec, USA, Canada, indie, folk, rock, metal, hip-hop, known bands, underground bands... But most of all, generous bands. So go make your choice!"

In return for sharing your email with the bands you're interested in, you get a choice of a huge range of free music. They seemed like lovely people and it feels good to be able to do something nice for Christmas, so Call And Response are lending Hyacca's "Hanazono" to their seasonal offer. There are more than a hundred albums on their page, so there's sure to be something to attract your interest. See the list HERE.

They also have a Facebook page and a they made a promotional video (below):

Fashion Crisis (December 2011)

Merry Fucking Christmas, it's 2011's final Fashion Crisis!

Playing live this month, we have a new wave and postpunk double-feature of Lihappiness and Anisakis to ensure that 2011 goes out with a bang-bip-pop!-SKREE! rather than a whimper. Guest DJ will be Tahitian post-nudewave Krautgazer Gotal, along with the regular team.

Date: December 2nd (Friday)
Place: Koenji One
Time: 8:00pm-Last train
Price: FREE
Live:
- Anisakis
- Lihappiness
DJs:
- Gotal
- James Hadfield
- Ian Martin