SINCE ITS BEGINNINGS 9 MONTHS AGO AT YELLOW YUK HAS BECOME ONE OF THE BEST WEEKDAY EVENTS TOKYO HAS EVER SEEN. NO SURPRISE REALLY WITH QUALITY LINE UPS INCLUDING THE LIKES OF LOCAL HEROES HITOSHI OHISHI, DJ SODEYAMA, MIKU, DR SHINGO, MAYURI, TOBY, TSUYOSHI, Q HEY PLUS INTERNATIONAL TALENTS LIKE SHANE BERRY FROM TRAPEZ LTD & MOST RECENTLY ANDREA FERLIN FROM DUOTEQUE. NOW MOVED TO WOMB, DJ MAG'S 2ND BEST CLUB IN THE WORLD 2005, DAVE TWOMEY, RESIDENT AND ORGANISER IS VERY MUCH LOOKING TO THE FUTURE & CAPITALISING ON THE NAME HE HAS STEADILY BUILT. COMBINING HIS YUK EVENT WITH THE WEEKEND KONZEPT MAUS IMPRINT HE IS SO WELL-KNOWN FOR, THIS ONE LOOKS TO BE THE BIGGEST ONE YET & AFTER THE LAST EVENT AT WOMB THIS WILL BE NO MEAN FEAT. WELL RENOWNED TALENT SHUKO WILL LIVE PAINT, PROJECTING HIS PAINT ONTO THE BIG WOMB SCREEN, AI-HZ FROM PARIS WILL PROVIDE VISUALS WITH A LOCAL TEAM PLUS THE SIETE! CREW WILL BE PROVIDING THEIR USUAL ROCKING BREAKDANCE PERFORMANCE. WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US FOR THIS MUSIC, VISUALS, DANCE & ART SPECTACULAR. WATCH OUT FOR YUK VOLUME 10 FEAT DJ MIKU & SHIN NISHIMURA NOV 30TH TOO.
DJ MAYURI
80年代後期をイギリスで過ごし、現在のダンスミュージック・カルチャーシーンに重大な影響を与えた一大ムーブメント、セカンド・サマー・オブ・ラブを実体験する。帰国後、91年よりDJ活動を開始、同時にパーティオーガナイズも手掛ける。現在主宰しているパーティは、毎年夏に開催される大型野外音楽フェス「メタモルフォーゼ」、山中湖畔で新しく始動する「Mt.Fuji Calling in 山中湖」、奄美大島のプライベートビーチでの「奄美けぃんむんマンディ!」等など、日本のダンスミュージックシーンの重要な牽引役を果たしている。DJとしては、現在移動式の「REBOOT」、西麻布カラーズスタジオの「ガーデン」のレジデンツを始め国内外の多数のパーティでプレイ。シーン黎明期から常に第一線で活躍し続け、日本人女性テクノDJとしては、実力・人気ともトップの座に君臨し続けている。
SPENDING THE LATTER HALF OF THE 80S IN THE UK, IT WAS THEN THAT SOON TO BE JAPANESE FEMALE SUPER DJ MAYURI HAD HER FIRST TASTE OF DANCE MUSIC CULTURE DURING THE SECOND 'SUMMER OF LOVE' MOVEMENT. AFTER HER RETURN TO JAPAN IN '91, SHE STARTED HER CAREER AS A DJ AND PARTY ORGANIZER. SHE IS CURRENTLY CO-ORDINATOR FOR SOME OF THE MOST PROLIFIC OUTDOOR PARTIES IN JAPAN, SUCH AS MASSIVE “METAMORPHOSE,” “MT. FUJI CALLING IN YAMANAKAKO” FESTIVAL AND THE “AMAMI KINMUN MANDI!” HELD ON A PRIVATE BEACH IN THE FAR AWAY ISLAND OF AMAMI OSHIMA. AS A DJ, SHE IS RESIDENT TO THE ON-THE-ROAD PARTY “REBOOT” AND AT NISHI AZABU COLORS' “GARDEN,” AS WELL AS PLAYING AT NUMEROUS PARTIES IN AND AROUND JAPAN. AS ONE OF THE ONLY JAPANESE FEMALE TECHNO DJS WHO HAS BEEN A PART OF THE SCENE SINCE ITS BIRTH IN JAPAN, MAYURI CONTINUES TO STAY AT THE TOP OF HER GAME WITH HER ECLECTIC MUSIC SELECTION AND TECHNICAL SKILL.
TOBY HAS HAD A LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GERMAN TECHNO SCENE SINCE 1990 AND HAS SINCE BEEN THE ACTING “GERMAN TECHNO AMBASSODOR, ” INTRODUCING GERMAN TECHNO ARTISTS FROM THE LOVE PARADE AND OTHER GERMAN TECHNO ARTISTS. HE STARTED HIS OWN DJING CAREER IN 93 AND HAS BEEN PLAYING AT THE NOW CLOSED MANIAC LOVE, MICROOFFICE, WIRE AND OTHER CLUBS AND EVENTS IN JAPAN. ON TOP OF THIS, HIS SKILLS AND TALENT HAS TAKEN HIM AS FAR AS PLAYING AT OMEN IN FRANKFURT, TRESOR IN BERLIN PLUS MANY OTHER TOP CLUBS IN GERMANY, AUSTRIA, CZEC REPUBLIC, FINLAND, RUSSIA AND OTHER EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. QUITE THE LEGEND.