If you’re into trance music, you’ll probably know them as Son Kite, whereas Minilogue
will sound more familiar to lovers of minimal. They are actually the same two Swedish
guys, Sebastian (Seb) Mullaet and Marcus Henriksson. Both ‘Kite and Minilogue are
famous for releasing some cracking tunes and putting on great live performances but
they’re both extremely talented behind the turntables too and this gig sees them playing
DJ sets for the first time in Osaka. Marcus will be playing a four-hour tech-house set with
another great producer/DJ Karl-Axel Bissler, aka KAB, who has released a few EPs with
Marcus and Seb as Minilogue vs KAB. Seb, on the other hand, will be keeping things
a bit more down tempo on the lounge floor with some fabulous freestyle tunes. Being
the owner of a chill out label, he should have no shortage of these. Being a violinist (but
not tonight) he should have a good ear for a tune too. All in all, it looks set to be quite a
night. Drop by for a fascinating musical journey.
Club Listings September
1 SAT
HOUSE NATION @ SAZAE.
House. GUEST DJ: Mutiny. DJs: Yoku, Asahara, Kawakami.
8pm. ¥3,000/1D.
KRAUSS @ SOUND-CHANNEL
Techno. DJs: YodaHaruka, Masami, Hiroko, Abrock, Bun, Leo.
10pm. ¥2,500/1D.
PUBLIC CAFE @ NOON.
Rock/Pop. DJs: Aoyama, Nakamura.
9pm. ¥2,500/1D(WF:¥2,000/1D).
SKURGE JPN TOUR @ KANON.
Techno. DJs; Skurge as UR064.
11pm. ¥TBA.
HYPNOTIC @ PURE.
Hip hop/R&B. Weekly event. All you can drink all night.
DJs: Satochin, Zen, Takuya + more.
10pm. M:¥3,500, W:¥2,500.
2 SUN
THA QUEENS @ GRAND CAFE.
Reggae. Weekly event. MUSIC: Hiroto Da Yankee. 10pm. M:¥2,500/1D, W:¥2,000/1D.
SOUL FREE @ ONZIEME 11.
Hip hop/R&B. Weekly party.
DJs: Minami, Benkay, Kaz001, Masumune.
7pm. ¥2,500/1D.
DEEPER @ SAZAE.
Reggae/R&B/Hip hop. DJs: GWS.
8pm. M:¥2,500/2D, W:¥FREE!
4 TUE
LEGEND @ GRAND CAFE.
House/Garage. Weekly event.
DJs: Yoku, Ge-hi Mania, Ko Matsushima, Ageishi + more(change weekly).
10pm. ¥1,000/1D.
6 THU
ROCK'2'ROCK @ KANON.
Rock. Bi-weekly party. DJs: Nakamura Kazumoto, Kondo Shuichi, Umeki Yoshihito.
10pm. ¥1,500/1D.
EVERYONE @ SAZAE.
House/Techno. DJs: Mameha, Yashima, Yokouchi.
8pm. ¥2,500/2D.
7 FRI
DEFECTED presents SUPER WICKED! @ SAZAE.
House. GUEST DJ: Simon Dunmore Jazztronik.
DJs: R(erre) del Mondo, Isohama, TOn.
8pm. ¥3,000/1D.
SESSION @ KANON.
House. DJs: Ackin', Shimazu, Fuji, Tetsu + more.
11pm. ¥2,000/1D.
E2B @ CLAPPER.
Techno. LIVE: On*cen, A Shit Bass. DJs: UnknownDJteam, Midori.
MACA @ SOUND-CHANNEL.
House. DJs: Daisuke, Maiko, Akihiro, Ge-hi Mania.
11pm. ¥2,500/1D.
WHAT'S POPPIN' @ PURE.
Hip hop/R&B. Weekly event. All you can drink all night.
DJs: Minami, George, $Crew, Satochin.
M:¥3,000, W:¥2,000(W:¥1,500 before midnight).
8 SAT
FOR PARADISE @ GRAND CAFE.
House. GUEST DJ: Ron Trent. DJs: Ge-hi Mania, Tokusaburo,
Daisuke Ito, Ikeuchi.
10pm. ¥3,000/1D.
99.99-NEO PROGRESSIVE SOUND PARTY @ HIGHLAND
PARK.
Prog house/Prog Trance/Techno. Outdoor party.
LIVE: Taishin Inoue, Metalob, Y.Nayuki + more. DJs: NoB, Kiyomasa, K-Ji, Synya, Nogami, Atsuji, Inai, Amano+ more.
4pm. ¥4,000(ADV:¥3,000). INFO: 99-99.jp.
OUJO @ CLAPPER.
Techno/House. DJs: Takuma, Ido, Chocola, Hide2.
11pm. ¥2,000/1D+1tequila shot.
BOSSA NOVA UNDERGROUND@ NOON.
Bossa/House. LIVE: Copa Salvo, Immigrant's Bossa Band, Mirford Sound. DJs: Sakurai, Iwase, Tokuda, Mikiko + more.
9pm. ¥3,000/1D.
12 WED
FANTASIA @ METRO.
House/Crossover. DJs: Mamezuka, Tan Ikeda, Ban.
10pm. ¥2,000/1D(WF: ¥1,500/1D).
GATHERING @ 11.
House/Techno. DJs: Bento, Ange + more.
10pm. 1,000/1D(Foreigners:¥FREE!).
13 THU
LOVE&ROCK @ KANON.
Rock. Bi-weelky party.
DJs: Kondo Shuichi, Umeki Yoshihito, Fukunaga Minoru.
10pm. ¥1,500/1D.
14 FRI
LIVE AT PACHA IBIZA @ 11.
House. GUEST DJs: Richard Grey(Pacha Ibiza), Sugiurumn.
7pm. ¥TBA.
FRESH & DIESEL BOY JPN TOUR @ TRIANGLE.
D'n'B. DJs: Fresh, Disel Boy, Evolintent. DJs: Toyo, Kenzi feat. Red Reborn. 10pm. ¥3,500/1D.
CHAOS @ SUNSUI.
Techno/House. DJs: Fumiya Tanaka, Zip. 10pm. ¥3,5000.
OSAKA SAFARI @ GRAND
CAFE. R&B/Hip hop. GUEST LIVE: Km-Markit, Simon. DJs: George, Shimotaku. 10pm. ¥2,500/1D.
MOMENTS @ SOUNDCHANNEL.
Deep music. DJs: Juzuz aka Moochy, Marco. LIVE: Sound
on Sound aka Akio Nagase. 11pm. ¥2,500/1D.
X-LIVE @ KANON.
Hip hop/Breaks/House DJs: Hara Q, Flip, Miyamoto, Waxman + more. 11pm. ¥2,000/1D.
UNITED @ TROOPCAFE.
House/Techno, GUEST LIVE: Tomomi Ukumori. GUEST DJ: OMB. DJs: Telly, Y-Bu, Yumico, Sayaka + more.
10pm. ¥3,000/1D.
15 SAT
KOMPAKT NIGHT @ CLAPPER.
Techno. GUEST LIVE: Lawrence.
GUEST DJs: Superpitcher, Lawrence.
DJs: Toshiya Kawsaki, Luke Le Mans, Spot, YodaHaruka.
11pm. ¥3,000/1D(WF:¥2,500/1D).
LAST SUMMER GATHERING @ KARMA.
House/Techno. DJs: Space Cowboy, Teenage Bad Girl, Takayuki Serino + more. 11m. ¥4,000.
LIME @ SAZAE.
Prog house/Trance, GUEST DJ: Andy Moor. DJs: Yashima, Kvox. 8pm. ¥3,000/1D.
GILLS PETERSON JPN TOUR @ METRO.
House/Nu Jazz. GUEST DJs: Gills Peterson, Toshio Matsuura.
DJs: Yoshiharu Okino, Mikihisa Fujii.
10pm. ¥3,500/1D.
LEEK @ KANON.
House. DJs: Asahara, Misa, Naoto Nakanishi, Ineyama, Toyofumi. 11pm. ¥2,000/1D.
NO.228 @ GRAND CAFE.
House. DJs: Sawa. 10pm. ¥3,500/1D.
PUBLIC CAFE @ NOON.
Rock/Pop. DJs: Aoyama, Nakamura.
9pm. ¥2,500/1D(WF:¥2,000/1D).
GOLDFLASH @ TROOPCAFE.
House. GUEST DJs: Takahiro Takahashi, Yoshitaka Morino. DJs: Junya Suzuki, Daishi, Yusuke Ikemiya + more.
10pm. ¥2,500/1D.
16 SUN
COOKIE @ CLAPPER.
Techno. DJs: Mayshi Yanagawa, Hashimoto, Shogi, Monkey, 920, Jun Nishihara. 11pm. ¥2,500/1D.
20 THU
UE ROCK @ SAZAE.
House, DJs: Kvox, Kat, Nat, Nishito, Muracho.
8pm. ¥2,500/2D.
21 FRI
LAURENT GARNIER JPN TOUR @ GRAND CAFE.
House. GUEST DJ: Laurent Garnier. DJ: Masashi Osaku.
10pm. ¥3,000/1D.
GIFT(N) @ CLAPPER.
Techno. GUEST DJs: Andrea Ferlin, Kunio Asai.
DJs: Pco, Famicom. 11pm. ¥2,500/1D.
TRIBE CALLED WEST @ SOUND-CHANNEL.
Dub/Reggae. LIVE: Sound Fire, Compsticks.
DJs: Altz, Taiyo, Tiger West, Hamatai.
11pm. ¥3,000/1D.
15th ANNI OF RAM RECORDS @ TRIANGLE.
GUESTs: Andy C & MC GQ. DJs: Kenzi, Dogg, Toyo.
11pm. ¥4,000/1D.
CLUB SNOOZER @ METRO.
Pop/Rock. DJs: Soichiro Tanaka, Ryota Tanaka.
11pm. ¥3,000/1D.
22 SAT
AGEHA TOUR IN OSAKA @ ZEPP OSAKA.
Techno/House/Trance. DJs: Yoji Biomehanika, Emma, Disco Twins, Sugiuraumn, Yoku + more.
9pm. ¥4,500(ADV:¥3,500).
S2 aka SANTIAGO SALAZAR JPN TOUR @ CLAPPER. Techno. GUEST DJ: S2 aka Santiago Salazar.
DJs: Compufunk, Kazuma + more.
11pm. ¥3,000/1D.
ZETTAI-MU 12th ANNI. @ BLACK CHAMBER.
Abstract/Hip hop. ACTs: Tha Blue Herb, Krush, Dry&Heavy, Kodama Kazufumi with 1945 aka Kuranaka, Goma Da Didgeridoo, Calm, Hikaru + more. 9pm. ¥TBA.
SEED @ TRIANGLE.
Techno. DJs: Tanzawa, Dora.
10pm. ¥2,500/1D.
MASH UP @ SAZAE.
Hard dance. DJs: Shinkawa, Co-hey, F.Goto.
8pm ¥3,000/1D.
NIGHT SCORP @ KANON.
Hip hop. DJs:Scratch Nice, Junior, K-Flash + more.
11pm. ¥2,000/1D.
MADSCHOOL @ TROOPCAFE.
House. DJs: Ave, Ikebe, Pee.
10pm. ¥1,500/1D.
23 SUN
KYOTO MUSIC FESTIVAL 2007 @ METRO.
LAB,TRIBE, WORLD, All mix.
DJs: Kyoto Jazz Massive, Off The Rocker(Shinichi Osawa + Masatoshi Uemura), Fantastic Plastic Machine, Taku Taahashi, Masanori Morita + more. 8pm. ¥6,000.
BRILLIANT* @ SOUNDCHANNEL.
Techno. GUEST DJ: Jeff Milligan. DJs: Kunio Asai + more.
11pm. ¥TBA.
GRASSHOPPER @ CLAPPER.
Techno. GUEST DJ: Daniel Bell. DJs: Ko-jax, Yoshiki, Masda, Yone-ko. 11:30pm. ¥3,500/1D.
SUMMIT @ TROOPCAFE.
Techno/House. GUEST DJ: Fumiya Tanaka. DJs: Tely, Masaki, Doiike, Muracho.10pm. ¥3,000/2D.
PLAYER @ TRIANGLE.
House. GUEST LIVE: Coldfeet. GUEST DJ: Takeshi Nakazuka. DJs: Isohama, Ton, Kicchom.
9pm. ¥3,000/1D.
27 THU
HU: VIBRATION JPN TOUR @ METRO.
World music. GUEST LIVE: HU Vibrational, aMadoo.
DJs: Ageishi, Donuts, Takuma.
10pm. ¥3,000.
28 FRI
WE LOVE MUSIC 2007 @ TRIANGLE & FAN J TWICE &
NAMBA HATCH.
Techno/House. DJs: Ryukyu Disco, Ben Sims, Zero DB, Dex Pistols + more. 9pm. ¥5,000/1D.
B.N.K PROJECT THE KINGS @ TROOPCAFE.
D'n'B. GUEST DJ: Aki. DJs: Shun-Jack + more.
10pm. ¥2,500/1D.
OSAKA SAFARI @ GRAND CAFE.
R&B/Hip hop. GUEST LIVE: Km-Markit, Simon.
DJs: George, Shimotaku. 10pm. ¥2,500/1D.
29 SAT
MIDNIGHT REQUEST @ SAZAE.
Electro. DJs: Dexpistols, Juse, Yoshionakahara, Ab-rock + more. 8pm. ¥3,000/1D.
FREEDOM TIME @ NOON.
Nu jazz/Crossover. DJs: Yoshihiro Okino, Yoshihisa Fujii, Jules, Brett. 9pm. ¥TBA.
BANQUET @ GRAND CAFE.
House. DJ: Orienta-Rhythm.
10pm. ¥2,000/1D.
30 SUN
EDEN @ NOON.
House. Sunday afternoon party.
DJs: Yoku, Koma, Daisuke, Ackin' + more.
4pm. ¥2,800/1D.
Nagisa Music Festival in Osaka is having its second installment this
September. This big open-air rave features house, techno, jam-band
and even some ambient music … basically, it can satisfy everyone’s
musical appetite. It is slightly techno friendly this time though:
Japanese techno god Ken Ishii, Osaka-born techno producer/DJ
Fumiya Tanaka and brainstorming minimal queen Ree.K will all
be making an appearance. For those who need trance to enjoy
an outdoor festival, DJ crews from all the major trance organizers
will be playing their most energetic tunes too. All the stages are
generated by earth friendly(er) bio-diesel and the organizers are
putting in much effort to reduce festival-generated trash. Bringing
your own cup and chopsticks will be highly appreciated for sure!
