On May 9, Onzieme sees the king of progressive house, John Digweed, return to Osaka once again. As a frequenter of world top 100 DJs in DJ Mag (#9 in 2008), this legend needs no introduction but just in case you are living under a rock, let’s do one anyway. Having started DJing at local school parties in his early teens, pigweed was influenced by the house sensation ‘Second Summer of Love’ in the late ’80s (as were other DJs, of course). He’s been on the global scene for quite a while and his list of achievements is groundbreaking to say the least. However, highlights would be the first proper DJ mix compilation from the acclaimed UK house label Renaissance, done with Sasha. He was the first British DJ to hold a residency at Twilo, the club in NYC. He has remixed tracks by big names such as Danny Tenaglia, Underworld and New Order. Not only a DJ/producer, he runs the quality progressive house label Bedrock and also hosts a weekly radio show called Kiss 100 which features world famous DJs and new talents. Last time he played in Osaka, over 800 people showed up even though it was on a Tuesday evening. It is going to be another big night so be sure to get there early.
Door: ¥3,500/1D, ADV: ¥2,800/1D • Time: 9pm • Guest DJ: John Digweed. • DJs: Mike McKenna, Ko-Matsushima, Yashima, Nao Nomura • www.johndigweed.com
Swedish minimal techno duo Minilogue will be back in Triangle. Marcus and Sebastian played their first all night DJ and live set of in Osaka last November and it turned out to be a very special night. They will play both dj and live sets again and promise an their atmospheric musical journey. In addition, the rising techno star from Jena, Germany, Mathias Kaden will also join the fiesta. Having number of smash hits and remixes, his is one of the most in-demand DJs at the moment. Mathias respects Minilogue productions and he often selects Minilogue tracks for his DJ charts. Minilogue's deep hypnotic sound meets Kaden's minimal house with a happy Latin flavor... it sounds quite interesting. Let's see what kind of chemical reactions they can make.
Door: ¥4,000/1D, ADV: ¥3,500/1D • Time: 11pm • LIVE: Minilogue • DJs: Minilogue(Sebastian Mullaert & Marcus Henriksson), Mathias Kaden • www.minilogue.com • www.mathiaskaden.de
Club Listings May
2(SAT)
SPACE01 feat. ALTER EGO
@ TRIANGLE
Techno. Guest Live: Alter Ego. DJs: Hajime, Matsumura, Kunimitsu, Dora, Sho. 11pm.
¥3,500/1D
RADIO SLAVE JAPAN TOUR
@ LUNAR CLUB
Techno. Guest DJ: Radio Slave. DJs: Heki, Q + more. 10pm.
¥3,000/1D(ADV: ¥2,500/1D)
THREAD @ CLAPPER
Techno. DJs: Ree.K, Hero, Take. 12am.
¥2,000(After 5am: ¥1,000)
MIDNIGHT REQUEST @ ONZIEME
Electro/House. DJs: Dex Pistols, Juse, Freak Menu, Wolfcats. 9pm.
¥3,000/1D
VINO @ UNION
House. DJs: Yabu, Uoshima, Kino, Toshimi. 9pm.
¥2,000/1D
CLUB SNOOZER @ KARMA
Rock/Pop. DJs: Soichiro Tanaka, Ryota Tanaka. 11pm.
¥3,000/1D(ADV: ¥2,500/1D)
WE LOVE SATURDAYS - SPRUNG @ WORLD
Techno. DJs: Takkyu Ishino - Special Long set, Sunseaker. 10pm.
¥3,500/1D(ADV: ¥3,000/1D)
3 (SUN/NAT HOL)
WORLDOUT presents AURORA @ HILTON HOTEL OSAKA
House/Electro. Free entrance for the birthday boys&girls. DJs: Towa Tei, Shinichi Osawa + more. 9pm.
¥4,000(ADV: ¥3,000)
BUSH X SAW. RECORDING
@ TROOPCAFE
House/Techno. Guest DJ: Satoshi Tomiie. DJs: Telly, Junior. 10pm.
¥3,500/1D(ADV: ¥3,000/1D)
UNDER GRIND meets MARGINAL RECORDS @ LUNAR CLUB
Drum’n’Bass/Dub step. DJs: Tuttle, Yutaka, Massive, Kazu. 10pm.
¥2,500/1D(WF: ¥2,000/1D)
SUNSHINE KAKE @ KARAMA
House/Electro. Guest Live: Gekkan Probowler, Killer Condols. DJs: Bluetree, Naoto, satoo, Taiki, Rossi. 11pm.
¥2,500/1D(ADV: ¥2,000/1D)
ESSENTIAL @ WORLD
Hip hop/R&B. Guest: Doushi-T feat. Ben, Yu-a. DJs: Sancon, Danbo, 2g Rice, Ne-nyo. 10pm.
¥3,500(ADV: ¥3,500/1D)
4 (MON/NATHOL)
TONES - SUNDAY EVENING SPECIAL @ TRIANGLE
House/Downtemp. DJ: Calm. 6pm
¥3,000/1D(ADV: ¥2,500/1D)
10(FRI)
5 YEARS OF GREAT STUFF WORLD TOUR IN OSAKA
@ TRIANGLE
Techno. Guest Live: Lutzenkirchen. Guest DJ: Tomcraft. DJs: Setsuna, Watalu, Shu, Piro. 10pm.
¥3,500/1D(ADV: ¥3,000/1D)
GARAGE @ TROOPCAFE
House. DJs: Glenn Underground, Kohji Matsuda, Acid Brothers, Acid Roze. 10pm.
¥3,000/1D(ADV:¥ ¥2,500/1D)
DANCE DANCE DANCE
@ WORLD
House. Guest Live: Kat. DJs: Daishi Dance, Kaeru Kacho. 10pm.
¥3,500/1D(ADV: ¥3,000/1D)
SOCIAL INFECTION @ WHOOPEE’S
Techno. Live: Ryo Murakami. DJs: Mieko, Spot, Ooshima Shigeru, Kihira Naoki. 11pm.
¥2,500(WF: ¥2,000) INFO: www.whoopees.net
5 (TUE/NAT HOL)
TETRALOGISTICS presents D-NOX JAPAN TOUR @ LAB.TRIBE
Techno/House. Guest DJ: D-nox. DJs: Kunimitsu, Yasuhisa. 11pm.
¥3,000/1D(ADV: ¥2,500/1D)
CECILLE LABEL NIGHT
@ TROOPCAFE
House/Techno. Guest DJs: Nick Curly, robert Dietz. DJs: Arika, Guchi + more. 10pm.
¥3,000/1D(WF: ¥2,500/1D)
UPPER!! @ TRIANGLE
Electro. Guest DJs: Glidas, Beni. DJs: Kussun, YY, Tatsuya, Taku-hero. 10pm.
¥4,000/1D(ADV: ¥3,500/1D)
CULTURE @ LUNAR CLUB
Techno/Drum’n’Bass/Electro. DJs: Ko-ji Zerro Three, George, Koma, Maxhine, Kenzi, O-man aka BeYond + more. 10pm.
¥TBA
7 (THU)
ANGLE @ METRO
Techno. Guest DJ: Mathias Kaden. DJs: Baiyon, A.I. 10pm.
¥2,000/1D
8 (FRI)
HOLLYWOOD @ ONZIEME
Hip hop/R&B/House. DJs: Kango, bento, Yoga, Kento, Giann + more. 9pm.
¥2,500/1D(WF: ¥2,000/1D)
O.S.G @ UNION
House. GUEST DJ: Yummy. DJs: Hamanaka, Takatoshi, Sugimoto, Mitchy. 9pm.
¥2,000/1D
MAKAI “LEGEND” RELEASE PARTY @ WORLD
House. Live: Ryohei, Shimanouchi Emi, Kagami Seira. DJs: Makai, Kaeru Kacho. 10pm.
¥3,500/1D(ADV: ¥3,000/1D)
9(SAT)
MASANORI MORITA 5 HOUR LONG SET @ GRAND CAFE
House. DJs: Masanori Morita, Ichiro. 10pm.
¥3,000/1D
JACK de CHIKAKEI @ CLAPPER
Techno. DJs: Meiko, Ten, Kihira Naoki, Handa. 11:30pm
¥2,500/1D(WF: ¥2,000/1D)
SPARK STAR @ TRIANGLE
Techno. GUEST DJs: Testuya Hiroyama, Yusuke Hiroyama, Kagami. DJs: Syu-Henkiki, Starbros, Fu-tsuka, Naotaro. 10pm.
¥3,000(ADV: ¥2,500)
MXJUICE @TWICE CAFE
House/Techno. DJs: Setsuna, Yabu, Wakana, Cassy, Nao-Hirata, Pepe, Kaori. 10pm.
¥1,500/1D
15 (FRI)
4RAPTURE @ UNION
House. DJs: Hikaru, K-suke, Masaaki. 9pm.
¥2,000/1D
KIFFEN @ CLAPPER
Techno. DJs: Dora, Ido, Katsu, Coke, Die. 11:59pm.
¥1,500/1D
DETOX @ TROOPCAFE
Techno. Guest DJ: Takkyu Ishino. DJ; Hilock. 10pm.
¥3,500/1D(ADV: ¥3,000/1D)
16 (SAT)
ELECTROJUNKIE @ ONZIEME
Techno/Electro. Guest DJ: Damian Lazarus. DJs: Ko-Matsushima, Taku-Hero, Takashi Sakai, Vortech’s + more. 9pm.
¥3,000/1D(ADV: ¥2,300/1D)
GROOVEROOM @ UNION
House. DJs: Uiroh, Chu, Fujio. 9pm.
¥2,500/1D
22 (FRI)
MINUS CONNECTED @ WORLD
Techno. GUEST LIVE: Barem. Guest DJ: Troy Pierce. DJs: Techriders + more. 12am.
¥TBA
GRASSHOPPER @ CLAPPER
Techno. DJs: Ko-jax, Yoshiki. 11:30pm.
¥1,500/1D
BEAT JUNKIE @ UNION
House/Breaks. DJs: Kenji Marui, Mizuta, Marginalman aka Tuttle. 9pm.
¥2,000/1D
23 (SAT)
06 @ ONZIEME
Techno/House/Electro. Guest Dj: Cagebaby. DJs: Mike McKenna, Kenji Marui, Kiccolee, Koichi Sato. 9pm.
¥3,000/1D(ADV: ¥2,300/1D)
ODD @ TROOPCAFE
Techno. Guest DJ: John Tejada. DJ: Doiike. 10pm.
¥3,000/1D(ADV: ¥2,500/1D)
OLIVER SCHMITZ & DJ SHUMA JAPAN TOUR @ UNION
House. Guest DJs: Oliver Schmitz, Shuma. DJs: Saijo, Takatoshi Sugimoto, Takafumi Nakano + more. 9pm.
¥3,000/1D
NOON 5th ANNIVERSARY
@ STUDIO PARTITA
House/Techno/Jam/Abstract. ACTs: Ego-wrappin, Goma ‘ Jungle Rhythm, Kireek, Damage, Krush, Tuttle, Kihira Naoki + more. 8pm.
¥5,000(ADV: ¥4,500)
HIBIKI @ RED LION
Techno/House. DJs: I-bec, Dan Elliot, Joey, Dahi Byrne, Shawn Basik. 10pm.
¥1,500/1D
TASAKA X ALTS @ CLAPPER
Techno. DJs: Tasaka, Altz. 11:30pm.
¥2,500/1D(WF: ¥2,000/1D)
READYMADE WEEKEND
@ KARMA
House. DJs: Kubo Takeshi, Yasuharu Konishi, Groove Anchan, Orange Records Crew. 11pm.
¥2,800/1D(ADV: ¥2,300/1D)
WE LOVE SATURDAYS - FEARLESS @ WORLD
House/Electro. DJs: Shinichi Owasa, Masatoshi Uemura, Golden. 10pm.
¥3,500/1D(ADV: ¥3,000/1D)
29 (FRI)
OTOASOBI feat. ITALOBOYZ
@ TRIANGLE
Techno. Guest DJ: Italoboyz. DJs: Hiloco, Kunimitsu, Himee, Saki + more. 10pm.
¥3,000/1D(ADV: ¥2,500/1D)
BOMB! @ UNION
House. DJs: Watsui, Isohama, Tokumoto, Ton. 9pm.
¥2,500/1D
ONDO @ CLAPPER
Techno. Guest Live: Metrope. Djs: Unknown DJ Team, A Shit Bass, Tessi + more. 11pm.
¥TBA
YUKSEK JAPAN TOUR @ WORLD
Electro. Guest DJ: Yuksek. 10pm.
¥3,500/1D(ADV: ¥3,000/1D)
30 (SAT)
EMMA HOUSE @ GRAND CAFE
House. DJs: Emma, Osakaman aka Yagyu, Nao Nomura + more. 10pm.
¥3,000/1D
HOUSE NATION @ ONZIEME
House. Guest DJ: Jazztronik. Guest Live: Maki Goto. DJs: Kanbe, neroDoll. 9pm.
¥3,000/1D(WF: ¥2,500/1D)
DJ PERRO aka DOGG x MC STATE RELEASE PARTY
@ CLAPPER
Hip hop. Casts: Perro aka Dogg, MC State aka Nava Rasa, Dulo aka DJ Kiyo, Guido aka DJ Takuma, Tell, Racy, Endrun. 11pm.
¥3,300(ADV: ¥2,800)
WE LOVE SATURDAYS - MOTIVATION @ WORLD
House. DJs: Towa Tei + more. 10pm.
¥3,500/1D(ADV: ¥3,000/1D)
