12.3 sat Tokyo Night 20 Time Anniversary Party SPECIAL GUEST DJ Takkyu Ishino / DENKI GROOVE SHIN NISHIMURA / Plus Records ■Support DJ K2 Nest / Plus Utsunomiya ■DJs BARU & KURI / VJ KIMITO & Ryo ■Entrance 100RMB
A key figure who formed Denki Groove, together with Pierre Taki and other member musicians, back in 1989. Takkyu released his first solo-album “DOVE LOVES DUB” in 1995, and began performing as a professional DJ around the same time. His DJ craftsmanship has been widely demonstrated in the Europe since 1997, and the acclaim from European audiences indeed led him to the honor of the first Japanese who played at the Final Gathering of LOVE PARADE, the biggest dance festival in Europe, in 1998 in front of 1.5 million people. The sphere of his activity covers the various works with the overseas artists as well; the unit “TakBam” made in collaboration with the icon of German Techno, WestBam, would be a good example. Since 1999, he has been organizing the event “WIRE”, which now becomes the biggest indoor techno rave in Japan gathering more than 10,000 people a year, and then, this would be another good case through which Takkyu has been actively introducing DJs and artists from other countries. In 2002, he made some remarkable works such as a remix of “ANTHEM”, the official theme of 2002 FIFA WORLD CUP KOREA JAPAN written by VANGELIS, and also the music producing for the theatrical stand-up comedy “Papa Semplicita” by City Boys, a unit of 3 big-name comedians in Japan (Makoto Otake, Kitaro, Shigeru Saiki). In 2003, Takkyu has started hosting a regular party “STERNE” at the club WOMB in Shibuya, for which he serves as a resident DJ, and one of its live takes was released as a DJ MIX CD “IN THE BOX – Live at WOMB Tokyo-”. Around this time, Takkyu founded an indie label, “PLATIK”, too. His latest works include the albums entitled “TITLE#1″ and “TITLE#2 3″, released in two consecutive months in March 2004, and the international version of this album series, re-named “TITLES” with the tracks selected from the original 2 albums, has been released in Europe and Asian countries such as Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia, etc. The 4th DJ MIX CD “A PACK TO THE FUTURE”, released in December 2005, is also an item to remember among his recent works. In 2006, he formed a unit “InK” with Hiroshi Kawanabe of TOKYO No.1 SOUL SET, and released the original full album “C-46″ from Ki/oon Records under InK’s name. The unit’s second album, “InK PunK PhunK” was released in August 2007 also from Ki/oon Records. 1989年にピエール瀧らと”電気グルーヴ”を結成。1995年には初のソロアルバム『DOVE LOVES DUB』をリリース、この頃から本格的にDJとしての活動もスタートする。1997年からはヨーロッパを中心とした海外での活動も積極的に行い始め、 1998年にはベルリンで行われる世界最大のテクノ・フェスティバル”Love Parade”のFinal Gatheringで150万人の前でプレイするという偉業を成し遂げる。1999年からは1万人以上を集める日本最大の大型屋内レイヴ”WIRE”を主 催し、精力的に海外のDJ/アーティストを日本に紹介している。2004年は約3年振りとなるアルバム『TITLE#1』、4月には 『TITLE#2+#3』(2枚組)を2ヶ月連続でリリース。その海外編集盤『TITLES』はヨーロッパ・アジア各国でもリリースされた。2005年は 4枚目となるDJ MIX CD『A PACK TO THE FUTURE』をリリース。2006年はTOKYO No.1 SOUL SETの川辺ヒロシと新ユニット“InK(インク)”を結成し、オリジナルフルアルバム『C-46』を、2007年にはInKのセカンドアルバム『InK PunK PhunK』を8月にリリース。2010年8月には6年振りとなるオリジナルソロ作品『CRUISE』をリリースした。
■SHIN NISHIMURA Shin Nishimura is, without doubt, one of the current top Japanese DJs. He kick-started has started his career in Shanghai, back in the days when there was absolutely no dance music scene to speak of. Shin ranhis own parties called PLUS, through these introducing various essential artists, and succeeded in building up the club scene there. His first worldwide mix CD release, “Live in Shanghai”, on Technorient, was massive hit and established his name on the international circuit. In 2001, after getting a high-profile gig at Germany’s biggest rave party, MAYDAY, Shin brought his wares including his DJ skills and the PLUS concept – back home to Tokyo. Hence the legendary “PLUS TOKYO” parties were born. In 2002, Takkyu Ishino put together the biggest ever Japanese techno indoor rave party, called WIRE02. Shin was one of the three major headline DJs, along with Ishino and Ken Ishii. Shin also had a track on the classic “Ghost In The Shell Tribute” compilation, released in 2004, that featured Derrick May, Mijk van Dijk and Joey Beltram, and three years later his “Gerpan” EP, released through the famed German label Toktok, established itself as a classic killer signature tune. This year’s release of “Rock The House”, through French label Mezzotinto, has been a huge success, with the track being spun by peers like Dubfire, Chris liebing, John Digweed and Ken Ishii. Shin’s upcoming monster track, “Frustration”, will be released through Dubfire’s label, SCI+TEC, in April 2009! Meanwhile, the prolific DJ/producer has also developed his own label, PLUS Records, launched in 2004. Four years on, the imprint has over 10 powerful releases, and the more recent sub-label, DEKA TRAXXX, has also already unleashed eight quality records.