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One of my favorite DJ/producers ever, who tragically died in 2010. His sound is still so fresh today and this is probably his best recorded set. The disco house coming out of Japan from that era (Frogman Records, Reel Musiq) is criminally overlooked and I think it’s so much more fun and sonically interesting than the French Touch + Italo Disco vibe everybody’s been getting back into lately. If I could go back in time to see one show it would probably be this one. When he gets out of the booth to go play live electric guitar (around 11min in) over the loop I get chills. Very few people are giving this these days!
Mar 29, 2023
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From recent Boiler Room Tokyo. Incredible, frenetic DJ set of highly engaging mixing & contrasts
For all fans of anything heavier and embodied. I recommended being open minded with this one cuz it’s rewarding
Jan 24, 2025
love this article by pitchfork explaining some history of the rave culture in japan. electronic music has a rich history around the world and it's so cool to hear what older electronic tracks sounded like. article linked above :3
Jan 7, 2025
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L.A.'s finest. literally my favorite DJ in this town. Kid spins all the right techno, gabber and hardcore on VINYL.. truly a lost art. Always a treat to see him do his thing. Shout out to my friends holding it down out here - Honorable Mentions: Sevyn, 4Loka, John Bryars, Freeman 713 & Severine... Y'all make my world go round.
May 4, 2023
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If you’ve been living under a rock, let me tell you. This is probably the best game released last year and it’s only $3. My business partners would be horrified to learn how many hundreds of hours I’ve given to this game. After a long day on set, there’s nothing better than posting up horizontal for a few half hour runs through the Inlaid Library while you listen to the new Lana album.
Mar 29, 2023
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I’m trying to bring theatre back to the city! Back in January Sam Rolfes and I directed a huge one-night-only musical show called Diskokina, and I’m currently developing the Club Cringe showcase for festivals. As a result, theatre is seeping into everything else I’m doing right now. I’ve been spending a bunch of time in the Theatre archives up on 64th st, where you can watch the city’s archive of musicals and plays dating back over 50 years - but the catch is you can only view each production once in your lifetime. It’s so depressing that the only shows we see talked about online is shit like Hamilton. Plays used to be such a big part of New York’s cultural export and it feels like it’s kind of been handed off to the tourists. I think performers in general play it very safe and calculated these days, which is why I’m drawn to musicians who get up there and present a whole idea in their live shows. Frost Children and Club Eat come to mind immediately. It’s vulnerable and cringe to get up on stage and start sharing things that used to be just in your notes app, to a whole room full of people. I guess that’s where the name Club Cringe comes from. It’s more about the risk of performing something big and high concept and being okay with potentially seeing it flop or be ill-recieved, “coming off cringe” than it is about the work actually being intentionally cringey.
Mar 29, 2023
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I’m shocked whenever I hear that someone hasn’t watched the Monster Ball. It’s probably the best touring show ever produced. She toured it around the world for two years without stopping. It’s a perfect spectacle of camp, raw talent, and high budget theater. Most people go for the HBO Madison Square Garden filming but personally I prefer another version that’s free on YouTube. Philly, shot right after her five-night Madison Square Garden stint, is Gaga at her loosest. The wigs are unbrushed. The muscle relaxers are flowing. There’s a branded Virgin Mobile part where she calls a fan on a flip phone. She calls herself a tranny and she fucks up some of her keytar solos, but it’s impossible to look away. It’s a masterpiece of improvisation and I’ll take it over the squeaky clean HBO version anyday
Mar 29, 2023