Metro 13th Aniversary Special!

5/30(Fri) @ METRO. ¥3500/1D. DJ: Ishino Takkyu. SUPPORT DJs: Asai Kunio, Fulltono. www.takkyuishino.com

Takkyu Ishino

The centre of the Kyoto club scene and a Kansai legend in it's own right, Metro celebrates it's thirteenth year with the now-legendary Japanese king of the groove, Takkyu Ishino, manning the knobs. A very happy birthday indeed.

RING "Reality Drift" Tour

5/24 (Sat) 23:00 @ MOTHER HALL. ¥5000/adv.¥4000.
LIVE: Tim Schuldt (Aurinko Rec./GER).
HYBRID LIVE & DJ: Holeg & The Spies (Aurinko Rec./FR).
DJs: Andrew Till (Psy Harmonic/AU), Jun (Ring).

Ananda

Ring continues with it's manic party schedule again this month, this time bringing Holeg, aka the Black Knight, to Japan again. He'll play (live and DJing) in his own unit Spies this time though, and will doubtless air plenty of new tunes from their recently released album as well. Joining him will be Tim Schuldt from Industrial Metal Rock Sounds and Andrew Hill, boss of Australian label Psy Harmonic and a good friend of Holeg. With all this mateyness behind the 'tables it's likely to be fun on the floor too.

Truby Trio Japan Tour
1st Album Elevator Music Release Party

5/16 (Fri) @ METRO, 5/25 (Sun) @ CLUB DAWN. ¥3500/1D (adv. ¥3000/1D). LIVE: Truby Trio (Compost Records). DJs: Okino Yoshihiro (Kyoto Jazz Massive), Sakajiri Kenji (Especial Records).

Truby Trio

Truby Trio are one of the original inventors of the crossover style: that blend of jazz, brazilian, latin, downbeat and house music that at worst is merely inoffensive and at its best sublime. This gig however is part of a tour to build up the hype for their soon-to-be-released album, so expect some new directions from this unit -- known to their bank managers as Rainer Truby, Christian Prommer and Roland Apple -- who also make music under names like Fauna Flash, Voom Voom. A party for grown-ups with seriously good musical taste.

May club listings

2nd - Fri

SOLSTICE MUSIC presents TWISTED TOUR 2003 @ MATHER HALL. Psy-trance. LIVE: Hallucinogen (UK), Prometheus (UK). DJs: Tristan (UK), Isao. VJ: Viteq. Open 22:00. ¥5500 (adv.¥4500). www.blissdom.com

CHAOS @ ROCKETS. Techno. LIVE Twerk, Portable. DJ: Tanaka Fumiya. Open 23:30. ¥4000/1D (w/flyer:¥3500/1D). www.fumiyatanaka.com

BOSSANOVA UNDERGROUND @ CLUB DAWN. Bossa nova/Jazz. LIVE: Copa Salvo, Dorlis, Asa Festoon. DJs: Sakurai Zenjiro, Chiaki, Yagi Seiichiro. Open 21:00. ¥2500/1D (adv.¥2000/1D).

SUPER SOUL SHOW GOLDEN SP @ WORLD. Soul/Disco. DJs: Otsuki Atsushi, Hisada, Matsui, Enoki, Show5. LIVE: Bustin' Loose. Open 21:00. Man: ¥2500(1D), Woman: ¥2000(1D).

3rd - Sat

ESSENTIAL 8th ANNIVERSARY PARTY @ WORLD. Hip hop. GUEST LIVE: Rhymster, Kohei Japan. LIVE: Monkeyken feat. DJ Shrk. DJs: Sancon, Tomishi. Open 21:00. ¥3500 (adv.¥3500/1D).

REFLEX @ UNDER LOUNGE. Techno. GUEST DJ: John Selway. DJs: Y.Matsuoka, Astro. Open 20:00. ¥3000/1D.

PUBLIC CAFE @ CLUB DAWN. Indie rock/Guitar pop. Weekly event. DJs: Aoyama Toshiharu, Nakamura kazumoto. Open 20:00. ¥2000/1D(Foreigners: ¥1000/1D, Students w/ID before 22:00: ¥1000/1D).

DUB MASSIVE 003 @ FIREFLY. Dub. GUEST LIVE: Coma 5. Live: U-lala. DJs: Daito Hideyuki, Fancy's Leaf, Dre.

ELEVEN @ WELSANPIA ISE in MIE. House/Techno. Open air party. LIVE: Goro. DJs: Eye, Kensei, Utsumi Izuru. Open 14:00(until the noon of Sunday). ¥4000(adv.¥3500). more info: scarface@mxl.harmonix.ne.jp. URL: homepage2.nifty.com/musicform/11.html

STAFF NIGHT @ SAM&DAVE NAGAHORI. All kinds of party music. Bar staff get in free. DJ: Beans. After hours till 8am! Men:¥2000/2D, Women :¥1000/1D.

4th - Sun

MONOCHROME OF NUANCE @ CLUB KARMA. UK Hard house. DJs: Shinkawa, Ludmira, Foxy-O. DIVAs: Madam coco, Rui:z, Foxy-O + more. Open 23:00. ¥2500/1D (adv.¥2000/1D).

STYLUS @ WORLD. Jazz/House. GUEST LIVE: Monday Michiru (from NYC). GUEST DJ: Yanai Kenichi (Soul Source). DJs: Ageishi, "Napalm" Tadokoro, Ban. Open 21:00. ¥3000/1D (adv.¥2500/1D).

ROCK DO 4th ANNIVERSARY @ ROCKETS. Indie rock/Pop. GUEST DJs: Nakamura Kazumoto, Nakkan. DJs: Jin, Yo-1, An-chang. Open 23:00. ¥2500/1D (adv.¥1500/1D & DJ selected CD, w/flyer:¥2000/1D).

SOUL FREE @ UNDER LOUNGE. Hip-hop/R&B. Weekly event. DJs: Minami, Benkei. MC: Moggy. HOST: Keisuke. Open 20:00. ¥2500/2D.

SPREAD-X @ STUDIO PARTITA. Hip hop/R&B. LIVE: Dabo, Tyler, Sea-monater&DJ Tkai-Shit, God's Child + more. Open 20:00. ¥3500 (adv.¥3000). venue info: www.sunphonix.co.jp/osaka/partita/partita.html, party info: www.spread-x.com

5th - Mon

JORI HULKKONEN JAPAN TOUR @ WORLD. House/Techno/French house. GUEST DJ: Jori Hulkkonen. DJs: Shinkichi, Ohsima, Akashik, "Napalm" Tadokoro. Open 21:00. ¥2500/1D(adv.¥2000/1D).

K.O.K. @ GRAND CAFE. Jazz/House. GUEST LIVE: Monday Michiru. GUEST DJ: Yanak Kenichi. DJs: Miyamoto, Inaizumi Hidehito. Open 2O:00. ¥3000/1D (adv.¥2500/1D).

9th - Fri

ARCADIA @ NENOUE KOUGEN CAMPING VILLAGE in GIFU. Psy trance. Three days outdoor party:5/9(fri)-11(sun). Live: Tamalasca, Dark Soho, OMB + more. DJs: Full Moon Mondo, Xavier Morel, Kotaro + more! Open TBA. ¥8000:for 2days (adv.¥6500). www.arcadia-music.net

BUTOH, SALSA AND DRAG QUEEN COLLABORATION PARTY! @ B-LIFE CAFE. Butoh: Ken Mai, Azalea. Salsa: Andres, Raquel. Drag Queen: Evaforeva. DJ: Hot Latin DJ Julio, Tetsuo, (birthday boy) Ken Mai! Open: 21:00. Door ¥2000 (1D).

OSAKA SAFARI @ GRAND CAFE. R&B/Hip-hop. DJs; George, Shimotaku. Open 20:00. ¥2000/1D (w/flyer: ¥1500/1D).

10th - Sat

AREA G JORI HULKKONEN JAPAN TOUR @ CLUB KARMA. House/Techno/French house. GUEST DJ: Jori Hulkkonen. DJs: Kihira Naoki, Fujimoto Kenichi, Luke le man. Open 23:00. ¥2500/1D (adv.¥2000/1D).

POP & SHAKE @ B-LIFE CAFE. All mix. DJ: Kiyo, Kengo, with guest VJ. Open: 23:00. Door ¥1000 (1D).

SEXY TRAX-powerd by Under Lounge @ WORLD. UK Hard house/Trance. DJs: Ise, Yutaka.K. Open 21:00. ¥2000/1D.

ZIMA NIGHT @ SAM&DAVE UMEDA. All kinds of party music. Zema is ¥500 all night. DJ: Akira. Open 19:00. Men: ¥2000/2D, Women: ¥1000/1D.

16th - Fri

HYBRID FRIDAY "RADIO FRIENDLY" @ TRIANGLE. All mix. DJs: Nakajima Hiroto (FM802), Nishida Shin (FM802), Oonuki Takuto (FM802), Ogawa Junzo. Open 21:00. ¥2500/1D.

LOFT IN PARADAISE presents "FLAMINTO" @ WORLD. House/Cross over grooves. GUEST DJ: K-Suke. DJs: Alita, Noda, Kumagai, Tohru. Open 21:00. ¥2000/1D.

17th - Sat

DEEP SOUTH RECORDS presents BRILLIANT @ ROCKETS. Techno. LIVE: Echoplex (from POLAND). DJ: Kunio Asai. Open 23:30. ¥3000/1D (w/flyer: ¥2500/1D). www.deepsouthrecs.com

LITTLE BITCH @ CLUB KARMA. Rock/Pop. DJs: Ichiro Rider, Ryo, Tetsu, Nakkan, Kazuya. Open 23:00. ¥2500/1D(adv.¥1700/1D, w/flyer:¥1700/1D).

SEXY TRAX @ UNDER LOUNGE. Hard house. DJs: Ise, Yutaka.k. Open 20:00. ¥2500/1D.

BLACK JUICE @ GRAND CAFE. Black music. DJs: Hiyoco, Ban-chan, swing. Open 20:00. ¥2000/1D.

G.I. JOE IN THE JUNGLE COSTUME PARTY @ SAM&DAVE NAGAHORI. All kinds of party music. Open 20:00. Men:¥2000/2D, Women:¥1000/1D.

23rd - Fri

LADIES NIGHT @ SAM&DAVE UMEDA. All kinds of party music. A glass of bubbly, a rose a free drink ticket, free nail artists and more for ladies! DJ: Akira. Open 19:00. Men: ¥2000/2D, Women: ¥1000/1D.

LOVE ATTACK! @ GRAND CAFE. All mix. DJs: Ogawa Junzo, Harko!? Open:20:00. ¥2000/1D.

HYBRID FRIDAY "HOUSE JAM" @ TRIANGLE. House. DJs: Amamya Tatsuro, Choco, Kenichi Kotani. Open 21:00. ¥2000/1D.

24th - Sat

KO KIMURA @ UNDER LOUNGE. Progressive house. GUEST DJ: Ko Kimura. DJs: Ko Matsushima, Hamanaka. Open 20:00. ¥3000/1D.

GROOVE ROOM WEST @ CLUB KARMA. House. DJs: Konishi Yasuharu, Ikeda Masanori. Open 23:00. ¥2800/1D(adv.¥2300/1D).

SALSA EN LA CIUDAD [EL Big Boy de la Salsa] @ B-LIFE CAFE. Salsa, cuban, new york, puerto rican, meregue, latin pop. Including 'Amazon of Peru' photo exhibition opening party. DJ: Hot latin DJ Julio & guest. Salsa dancer: Andres, Raquel. Open: 22:00. Door: ¥1800 (1D).

HITS @ WORLD. Hard House/Trance. DJs: Yatsu Tomohiko, Ko Matsushima, Yahima. DRAG QUEENS: Coco, Jojo, Herena + more. Open 21:00. ¥2500/2D (w/flyer: ¥2000/1D)

MUKOGAWA AFTER PARTY @ SAM & DAVE UMEDA. All kinds of party music. DJ: Akira. Open 19:00. Men: ¥2000/2D, Women: ¥1000/1D.

25th - Sun

ESSENTIAL 8th ANNIVERSARY Vol.8 "SUICY MUSIC TOUR 2003" @ WORLD. Hip hop. GUESE LIVE: Lisa (ex m-flo). LIVE: Mari Kohrogi. DJs: Sancon, Toshimi. Open 18:00-24:00. ¥3000 (adv.¥3000/1D).

30th - Fri

COMPILE-SWAYZAK JAPAN TOUR 2003 @ CLUB DAWN. House. LIVE: Swayzak(!K7). DJs: Kihira Naoki, Tuttle. Open 21:00. ¥3000/1D (adv.¥2500/1D). www.swayzak.com

DISCO FRESH! 2nd ANNIVERSARY @ UNDER LOUNGE. Disco. DJs: *Groovy Workshop, Ban Chan. Open 20:00. ¥2500/1D.

24 HOUR PARTY POEPLE MOVE EVENT @ SAM & DAVE NAGAHORI. All kinds of party music. Open 20:00. Men:¥2000/2D, Women:¥1000/1D.

31th - Sat

WARP DA DISCO @ UNDER LOUNGE. UK Hard house. DJs: Shinkawa, Co-hey, Kaptain Krazee. Open 20:00. ¥2500/1D.

REALIZE-ANANDA PROJECT "MORNING LIGHT" RELEASE TOUR @ GRAND CAFE. House/Cross over. GUEST LIVE: Ananda Project. GUEST DJ: Chris Brann (from Ananda Project). DJs: Ito Daisuke, Komatsu. Open 20:00. ¥3000/1D.

BEACH PARTY @ SAM & DAVE UMEDA. All kinds of party music. Bikini and swim wear fashion parade. DJ: Akira. Open 19:00. Men: ¥2000/2D, Women: ¥1000/1D.

HYBRID SATURDAY "IBIZA RAVE" @ TRIANGLE. Trance/ Techno/ Drum'n'bass. DJ: Shiro Amamiya. Open 21:00. ¥2000/1D.

Club contact details

328 (SAN-NI-PA) B1, Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-3401-4968. http://www.02.246.ne.jp/~azabu328

ACID TOKYO B1F Kowaa, Shinjuku 2-3-12, Shinjuku-ku.
Tel: 03-3352-3338. http://www.acid.jp

ACE 2-14-6-B1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku. Tel: 03-3352-6297. http://www.akiplan.com/ace

Ageha @ Studio Coast, 2-2-10 Shinkiba, Taito-ku. Tel: 03-5534-1515. http://www.ageha.com

AIR 1F Hikawa Bldg Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-5784-3386. http://www.air-tokyo.com

BAR AOYAMA Daikyou Bldg B1F, 4-5-9 Shibuya-ku. No phone. Nearest station: Omotesando or Shibuya.

BED B1F Fukuri bldg, 3-29-9 Nishi Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku. Tel: 03-3981-5300. http://www.ikebukurobed.com

BULLET'S B1F, 1-7-11 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku. http://www.bul-lets.com

CLUB ASIA 1-8 Maruyamacho, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-5458-1996. http://www.clubasia.co.jp/asia/

CAY Spiral building. B1, 5-6-23 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo Tel: 03-3498-5790. http://www.spiral.co.jp/event/

CLUB CITTA 1-26 Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa.
Tel: 044-246-8888 (12:00-19:00). http://clubcitta.co.jp/

CUBE B1F 3-4-11 Azabudai, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-3589-0933.
http://www.mp-cube.net/

CHIC B1F Hikida bldg, 1-14-2 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-3796-1661. http://live-dj-chic.ksci.co.jp/

DIFFER ARIAKE 1-3-25 Ariake, Koto-ku. Tel: 03-5500-3731. http://www.differ.co.jp/

FURA 3-26-25 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku.. Tel: 03-5485-4011. http://www.fura.co.jp

FAI B2 Hachihonkan Bldg, Minami-Aoyama 5-10-1, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-3486-4910. http://www.fai-aoyama.com

CLUB HEAVY SICK B1 2-27-4 Nishihara, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-3466-1445. http://www.heavysick.co.jp/club/

HACHI Aoyama Bldg, 4-5-9 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-5766-4887.

HARLEM Dr Jheekans Bldg 2-3F, Maruyama-cho 2-4, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-3461-8840. http://www.harlem.co.jp

LOOP 2-1-13 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-3797-9933. http://www.harlem.co.jp

LOFT B2F Tatehana bldg, 1-12-9 Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku-ku.
Tel: 03-5272-0382. http://www.loft-prj.co.jp/LOFT/loft.html

LA FABRIQUE B1F Zero-gate Bldg, 16-9 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-5428-5100. http://www.zerogate.jp/lafabrique/

LEXINGTON QUEEN B1F 3-13-14 Roppongi, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-3401-1661. http://www.lexingtonqueen.com/

LIQUIDROOM 7F Humax Pavillion, 1-20-1 Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku. Tel: 3200-6831. http://www.liquidroom.net

LUNERS B1F, Azabu Juban 1-4-5, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-3586-1231 http://www.luners.co.jp

MANIAC LOVE 5-10-6-B1F Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-3406-1166. http://www.maniaclove.com

MIX B1F 3-6-19 Kita Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Tel: 03-3797-1313. http://www.at-mix.com

MILK B1F Roob6, 1-13-3 Ebisu Nishi, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-5458-2826. http://www.milk-tokyo.com

MODULE B1F, B2F 34-6 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-3464-8432. http://www.clubmodule.com

NUTS Shibuya 2-17-3-B2 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-5466-881. http://www.clubnuts.net

OTO 1-17-5-2F Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku-Ku. Tel: 03-3204-7225. http://www.club-oto.com

CLUB QUE BigBen Building, B2F, 2-5-2 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku. Tel: 03-3412-9979. http://www.ukproject.com/que/

THE ROOM B1F, Sakuragaoka-cho 15-19, Shibuya-ku.Tel: 3461-7167

RUBY ROOM Kasumi Bldg., Dogenzaka 2-25-17, Shibuya-ku.
Tel: 03-3780-3022. http://www.moderndining.com

SIMOON 3-26-16 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-5774-1669. http://simoon.net/

SONORA 7-5-11 B1 Roppongi, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-3403-1537. http://www.dj-lounge-sonora.com/

SECO BAR Shibuya 3-23-3, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-5778-4103

STAR PINE'S CAFE 1-20-16 B1 Hon-machi, Kichijoji, Musashino-shi. Tel: 422-23-2251. http://www.mandala.gr.jp

SOUL SONIC BOOGIE B1F 5-18-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku.
Tel: 03-3584-7890 http://soulsonicboogie.com/

VELFARRE Velfarre Bldg, Roppongi 7-14-22, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-3402-8000 http://velfarre.avex.co.jp/

VERTUSHKA 7-15-30 Roppongi, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-5771-2213

VUENOS/P/NEO 2-21-7, Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-5458-5963. http://www.clubasia.co.jp

WOMB Studio Arias 2-16 Maruyamacho, Shibuya-ku.
Tel: 03-5459-0039. http://www.womb.co.jp/

SPACE LAB YELLOW B1, B2F Cesaurus Nishiazabu 1-10-11 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-3479-0690. http://www.club-yellow.com/

YOKOHAMA BAY HALL 3-4-17 Shin Yamashita, Naka-ku, Yokohama.Tel: 045-624-3900.

CLUB ZION 10F Imperial Annex, 5-16-3 Roppongi, Minato-ku.
Tel: 03-6229-2580. http://www.club-zion.com/roppong.htm

66 MODERN Kita-Aoyama 65 Bldg, Kita-Aoyama 2-7-29, Minato-ku.Tel: 5785-3740.

Club section compiled by Shino Kato