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長野からそのまま東京入りして数日間東京に滞在してました。その時にSound&Recording誌に『PARABOLICA』に関してインタヴューをしていただけました。ありがとうございました！なかなかメディアに出る機会が無いので、本当に嬉しいです。来月ぐらいに出るそうですので、是非チェックしてみてくださいね。
その翌日に僕が以前から大ファンだった上村アキヒロさんにお会いする事ができました。上村さんは鍼灸師・柔道整復師としての本業の傍ら、模型誌などで世界規模に作品を発表されておられるモデラーの方で、主に1/43っていう小さいスケールの自動車模型を作っておられます。その完成度はもう信じられないぐらい精巧で、とにかく志が高い。今回初めて実物を見せていただけたんですが、、自分の目がおかしくなったのかと思うぐらい精密に実車の感じを表現されています。ダントツですね。凄い！上村さん、今回は本当にありがとうございました！まさかお会いできるとは思ってなかった！
I visited Tokyo after Nagano, and I met Mr.Akihiro Kamimura who makes models of small cars which is in 1/43 scale. You can check some of his works at his web. It's incredible.. They're all super small but also super precise. He brought one of his works when we met, and when i saw it, there were no words.. You can also check some of his working diary. Please check it when you have time. I'd like to say thank you to Mr.Kamimura for giving me a chance to talk to you and thank you for showing me your works. They were amazing.
この凄さは僕が撮った写真では絶対に伝わらないと思います。。これ、めちゃめちゃ小さいんですよ。マジで。
I don't think you can feel how small this is from my bad photo.. This is super small. for real.
大阪に帰ったその日に、京都のclub METROで行われてたテクノパーティー" P I C A S S O "に行ってきました。このパーティーは僕のテクノ先生でもあり、僕のprofileやアルバムのプレスリリースも書いてくれている親友のkohei君と、以前からずっとお世話になってるKO-JAXさんが二人で毎月やってるイベントです。この日は結構疲れてたんですけど、いやー、ホンマに行って良かった！僕ってクラブには自分が出る時ぐらいしか行かないけど(タバコ臭くなるのが嫌)、でもこのパーティーは特別。kohei君のDJプレイは本当に素晴らしい。品があって、丁寧で、構成も文句ないし、選曲も最高。KO-JAXさんのDJも男！って感じのテクノで最高に踊れました。二人とも全然チャラくなくて良い、それに志が高い。僕は普段パリにいるからなかなか来れないけど今回やっと行けました。こんな良いパーティーに気軽に行ける関西のみんなが羨ましい。。パリではこんな上質のテクノパーティーはあり得ないですね。もっと大味。僕の音が好きな方はきっと楽しめると思いますよ。次回は12月19日です。是非！あの場にいた人達はセンス良いなー。
Right after i came back to Osaka, I went to club METRO in Kyoto to go to the techno party called " P I C A S S O " which is organized by two Japanese DJ kohei and KO-JAX. Kohei is like my techno teacher and also he writes my profles and press releases everytime. He's one of my best friends and I respect him as a DJ very much. I really really love his set all the time. Please check it if you live in Kyoto or somewhere around there. KO-JAX is also my favorite DJ. I think people who likes my music can appriciate what they do. Their next pary will be on 19th of December.
Kohei + KO-JAX
明日っていうか今日(18日)かな、は仙台です。是非来てくださいね。
I'll have a LIVE show in Sendai on 18th. Please come when you have a chance.
Wow, hisashiburi ya nen! I saw you perform at METRO back in November 1999. It was an amazing show, and I still tell people about it. Your sound was purely digital yet sounded so warm and organic. The DJ who followed you was really good too - was that DJ kohei ?
I wish I lived in Europe or Japan so I could see you perform again, but I'm in Los Angeles. Please consider performing in the States sometime...
Posted by: jefurii at November 18, 2006 4:13 AMjefurii
thanks for your comment.
Wow! You've seen my LIVE in 1999! That's really long time ago..
I don't even remember if i did LIVE at METRO at that time.. But I'm so glad that you still remember what i did at there. thanks.
I wish i can come to the States to perform someday too. Please tell your friends about me ;-) so that I might be able to come to your city in the future. thanks again.
Posted by: AOKI at November 18, 2006 11:32 AMYep, you played Metro, and it was a great gig. They had carpet on the floor, and you and another guy (he played your rhythm sounds?) played sitting down. I've always loved electronic music, but I'd never seen anyone perform just with laptops. So it made an impression on me. The visuals were also really interesting.
I remember asking you about your software, and you told me about Max. I bought it when I came home to California and really enjoyed trying to learn it, but it was too difficult for me. Ableton is easier for me to work with.
If you're thinking about playing North America, there are good electronic music scenes in Chicago, Vancouver, Toronto, Portland (Oregon), and of course New York and San Francisco. It's difficult for me to find experimental electronica in Los Angeles, but there are a couple goood places.
How do you find your gigs? Do you have promoters that you work with? Do you send demo CDs to clubs? I'm not a promoter, but I could suggest some places here in LA. In San Francisco, you could check with the Cycling74 people, a great store called Robotspeak.com, and a record store called Acquarius. There is also the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival every summer.
Gambatte kudasai! I hope to see you perform again someday!
--g
jefurii
thanks for your comment.
and also thanks for telling me about booking in the US.
I'll try it someday.
>Do you have promoters that you work with?
I have somebody who promote in Japan but i don't have anybody in Europe. and I haven't send demo CDs to the clubs yet. So many things are not ready at the moment, and I'm sure i'll do it soon. thanks for your advice.
Posted by: AOKI at November 20, 2006 12:59 PM
