Genki Tour
100% Genki brings four of Japan¹s best contemporary music acts over to tour the UK¹s main music events for the first time.
Starting May 15th, 80Kidz, De De Mouse,
Tucker and Riddim Saunter will
hit the UK’s main events in May – including Great Escape in Manchester (May 15th and 16th), Manchester Futuresonic on May 17th, a private party at the Strummerville yard on the 19th, stag and dagger at the Queen Of Hoxton on the 21st and Liverpool Sound City at the Chameleon on the 22nd.
Full dates and venue details can be found at www.newmusicfromjapan.com and www.strummerville.com
But enough of that. Here’s the
bands, in their own words, with the first of our exclusive artist blogs…
80kidz
Hello, We are 80kidz – Mayu,
Ali& and Jun, we’re based in
Our style sits in the same box as people like Justice, Hot Chip and CSS,
who we’ve been very privileged to play alongside! We’ve remixed for
labels like Kitsune and Southern Fried. We make dance / electro music but perform
with the energy of an Indie band. In
we’re looking forward to finally eating some real fish and chips, and to
watching Exlovers at The Great Escape,
in
and would love to meet Sir Alex Ferguson in
De De Mouse
The link between the musical and the visual world in my work is
important, and I work with artists including Midori Kawano, Mr. Iwai and
Diagram, who create visuals to my music. My melodies are like the
cosmos drawn on an animation cell, or like an old camera film. This tour
will be my first visit to
As a teenager I was obsessed with Warp
and Rephlex records, so I’m excited about coming to the home of electronic music! I’d like to make a rock
performance with real emotion.
http://www.myspace.com/dedemouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmDjbntsJk0
Tucker
My style doesn’t fit into any category. The good thing is I can enjoy playing
at different types of parties, from hip hop to hardcore punk. The bad thing is,
I can’t describe my style within these 100 words. My dear mum doesn¹t
understand my style (at all – she thought I might have taken acid, but no). All
I can say is just DON’T MISS MY SHOW! I played at Fabric the last time I was here, for Scratch
Perverts in 2006, which was crazy. I hope this
with Beardyman will be exciting for the
audience and myself!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8A5lnLnvQA
http://www.myspace.com/tuckerelectone
Riddim Saunter
We’re Riddim Saunter from
various rhythms from hip-hop from the viewpoint of a Japanese artist, and spit
out genre-less Japanese urban pop. It’s out first time playing abroad, so we’re
looking forward to introducing this sound as far as possible to
looking forward to meeting you fine folks, to having lots of interesting
conversation, and will be absorbing as much as possible! Thanks very
much!
http://www.myspace.com/riddimsaunter
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