Tententen: Yonaguni (October 20th, 2013)

October's edition of Tententen welcomes back the psychedelic sounds of Mars & Eye and the kayou-kraut adventures of Fancy Numnum. As usual, we'll be running from 8pm till late: come one, come all...

Date: 20th Oct (Sun)
Place: Koenji Art Bar 天 (Ten)
Time: 8:00pm-1:00am
Cost: ¥500+1 drink
Live:
- Mars & Eye
- Fancy Numnum
DJs:
- craig eee
- Gotal
- Ian Martin
Expo:
- Ada Flores-Vidal

Fashion Crisis (October 2013)

The next Fashion Crisis welcomes back friends of the event and deadbeat Koenji scene reprobates DJ Rally of The Mornings and Gotal of Lo-shi. Come, enter The October Country with us...

Date: 11/4 (Fri)
Place: Koenji One
Time: 8:00pm-midnight
Cost: FREE!
DJs:
- Gotal (Lo-shi)
- DJ Rally (The Mornings)
- James Hadfield
- Ian Martin

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

Dondondon (September 15th, 2013)

Because of a one-off change in venue, this month's Tententen is temporarily becoming Dondondon. This month we welcome the disconcerting tones of Servals and the discount tunes of Nevernevereverland as live guests.



Since we're doing it at a studio, you're free to bring your own booze from the convenience store, or you can buy drinks reasonably cheaply from the staff at the studio if you don't fancy the walk.



Place: Koenji Studio DOM (A & B Studios)
Date: 9/15 (Sun)
Time: 8:00pm-1:00am
Cost: ¥1000 (no drink charge - bring your own or buy cheap from the studio)
Live:
- Servals
- Nevernevereverland
- Hitodama
DJs:
- Sue (Rewind Tapes / Rhyming Slang)
- Gotal (Lo-shi)
- Ian Martin (Call And Response Records)

Fashion Crisis (September 2013)

We're very proud to have as guests at September's Fashion Crisis old friends Satoru Ono and Sumire. This was our last chance to grab them before they leave town in October, presumably on some sort of Bonnie & Clyde-style cross-Japan crime spree, so come along and wish them well on their adventure. Satoru will be playing a live set, while Sumire will no doubt be DJing all manner of indie tweeness.

Place: Koenji One
Date: 9/6 (Fri)
Time: 8:00pm-midnight
Cost: FREE!
Live:
- Satoru Ono
DJs:
- Sumire (Twee Grrrls Club)
- James Hadfield
- Ian Martin

Tententen: Fire Walk With Me (August 18th, 2013)

After my experiment doing a show at Koenji's Art Bar Ten in May, it went well enough that in collaboration with good friends Gotal and Ralouf from instrumental kraut&bass duo Lo-shi, we'd try to make it a regular thing, so starting in August, the third Sunday of every month is hopefully going to feature two bands and a handful of DJs. Think of it as a more live-orientated companion to Fashion Crisis.

Our first show is a Twin Peaks-themed event with Lo-shi performing live, along with indie duo She Talks Silence as well as art by Camille Bui and the mysterious "Toru Yamadera".

Date: August 18th (Sun)
Place: Koenji Art Bar Ten/天
Time: 8:00pm-late
Cost: ¥500+1 drink
Live:
- She Talks Silence
- Lo-shi
DJs:
- Soh (Hysteric Picnic)
- Gotal (Lo-shi)
- Ian Martin (Call And Response Records)

Fashion Crisis (August 2013)

OK, so Fashion Crisis came and went last week, but just as a marker for what happened and mostly for my own personal reference, the event went like:

Place: Koenji One
Date: 8/2 (Fri)
Time: 8:00pm-midnight
Cost: FREE!
Live:
- Gawd
DJs:
- Carl Freire
- 3TE1
- James Hadfield
- Ian Martin