Cutting-edge beats from:
Epstein & La Mano Flia of Betabodega
Orga from Vibrant Recordings

DJs including:
Auto, DJ Seimo, and Jin.

Entry 2500yen (1d) W/F 2000yen (1d)
This is all going off @ BAR Dragonball in Motoyawata (Chiba Chiba, baby)

Tokyo’s finest (and largest) roots reggae soundsystem featuring Shaggy Itack Tojo on melodica and percussion. As always it’s rockin the sub-basement of Saloon in Daikanyama.

Starts from 6pm and runs till 11pm. 1000 yen on the door, and, as usual, there will be a selection of special 500 yen cocktails and tasty treats.

Sheriff Rawhide here with this month’s CD roundup. Got two fine dawgies here, from different ranches of the electronic music prairie, but both feisty fillies nonetheless, and of course, both running free and easy in Tokyo.
First up is Monochromatic Sunlight from Joseph Auer.

This 4-track EP is available from those nice folks over at smallfishrecords. If you like good, solid beats with warm, melodic overtones then don’t travel without this in your saddlebag. Auer moves away from the sweat stained dancefloor and into a chilled, members-only club with mood lighting and lots of very well-dressed people. A heady cocktail of house sensibilities and techno productivity.

Next up is DJ Funnel with [Moments Of]. This is part of the Mix Project from Vibrant Recordings.

A mammoth workhorse - this 29-track mix CD trots effortlessly and smoothly over lush, green fields of downbeat and hiphop. It’s the kind of CD that makes you want to extend summer for a couple of years, just so you can listen to it with the sun on your face. You can put your dollars down for this one at DiskUnion

Right, I’m off to oil my sixgun.

Whilst we at FC are dedicated to bringing electronic music to the streets of Tokyo, sometimes we like to send one of our agents further afield, to reconnoiter the lay of the land in other parts of Japan. After returning from the frozen north, namely Hakodate undergoing an unusual heatwave, Agent S. had this to say about the town’s nightlife: “Fuckin shit, mate.” Once we’d warmed his poor frozen hands with a bottle of beer, he began to tell a different story - the story of one man, his record collection and love of soul.

Soul Kitchen is about the best bar in Hakodate, our man reports. Not only does the owner, Kawasaki-san have hot and cold running booze on tap, he also has a massive collection of soul, funk and old school hiphop records.

And the decor is remarkable:

So the next time you’re in Hakodate, bump your good self over to Soul Kitchen.