Saturday, May 15, 2010
Unit, Daikanyama
B2 (Main Floor)
Gelmatica Guest Artist Showcase
B3 (Saloon)
Gelmatica Party of Parties
Open: 23:00
Admission: 3500 yen
(3000 w/flyer)
Unit
Za House Bld. 1-34-17
Ebisu-nishi, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo
www.unit-tokyo.com
(03) 5459-8630
Unit, Daikanyama
B2 (Main Floor)
Gelmatica Guest Artist Showcase
B3 (Saloon)
Gelmatica Party of Parties
Open: 23:00
Admission: 3500 yen
(3000 w/flyer)
Unit
Za House Bld. 1-34-17
Ebisu-nishi, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo
www.unit-tokyo.com
(03) 5459-8630
Gelmatica Party of Parties
(Saloon) DJ/Live artists:
Alex Einz
(Phonika)
Tokyo, Japan
Aosawa
(Red Box)
Tokyo, Japan
Ditch (Chaos)
Tokyo, Japan
Pi-Ge
(Organza)
Tokyo, Japan
Raha
(Oooooze)
Tokyo, Japan
Salmon (WC)
Tokyo, Japan
Tez (Raft)
Tokyo, Japan
Alex Einz
(Phonika)
Tokyo, Japan
Aosawa
(Red Box)
Tokyo, Japan
Ditch (Chaos)
Tokyo, Japan
Pi-Ge
(Organza)
Tokyo, Japan
Raha
(Oooooze)
Tokyo, Japan
Salmon (WC)
Tokyo, Japan
Tez (Raft)
Tokyo, Japan
Unit (main floor) live artists:
Lusine
(Ghostly International)
Seattle, USA
Jin Hiyama
(Asian Dynasty)
Tokyo, Japan
Joseph Nothing
(Third Ear)
Tokyo, Japan
Mitsuto Suzuki
(Square Enix)
Tokyo, Japan
Unit (main floor) DJs:
Reynold
(Trenton Records)
Berlin, EU
Glmn®
(Studio Glmn®/Gelmatica)
New York/Tokyo
Lusine
(Ghostly International)
Seattle, USA
Jin Hiyama
(Asian Dynasty)
Tokyo, Japan
Joseph Nothing
(Third Ear)
Tokyo, Japan
Mitsuto Suzuki
(Square Enix)
Tokyo, Japan
Unit (main floor) DJs:
Reynold
(Trenton Records)
Berlin, EU
Glmn®
(Studio Glmn®/Gelmatica)
New York/Tokyo
Visual Artists:
Aya Takano
(Kaikai Kiki)
Tokyo, Japan
Jin Hiyama
(Asian Dynasty)
Tokyo, Japan
Masato Tsutsui
(adsr.jp)
Tokyo, Japan
Takcom
AKA Takafumi Tsuchiya
Tokyo, Japan
Aya Takano
(Kaikai Kiki)
Tokyo, Japan
Jin Hiyama
(Asian Dynasty)
Tokyo, Japan
Masato Tsutsui
(adsr.jp)
Tokyo, Japan
Takcom
AKA Takafumi Tsuchiya
Tokyo, Japan
Jeff McIlwain has been producing his visceral, melodic strain of abstract electronic music as Lusine for 10 years now. Originally a Texas native, Jeff attended CalArts in 1998, studying 20th-century electronic music and sound design for music and film. Soon after, he met Shad Scott and put out his self-titled debut as Lusine for Isophlux. Since then, McIlwain relocated to Seattle and began steadily releasing his music on Ghostly International (home to 2004’s landmark Serial Hodgepodge as well as its successful followup remix album Podgelism), Hymen, and U-Cover. McIlwain has also contributed tracks to various compilations and remix releases on Mute, !K7, Kompakt, Asthmatic Kitty, and Shitkatapult. His Language Barrier full-length on Hymen Records was something of a departure, as McIlwain focused less on jagged rhythmic detail and more on the layers of ambience that lay beneath the percussion of his previous releases.
www.lusineweb.com
www.myspace.com/lusinespace
www.lusineweb.com
www.myspace.com/lusinespace
Sam Rouanet started playing violin and classical guitar at a conservatory at the age of 6. Despite early exposure to jazz through his dad and growing up with soul music, by the 90s Sam developed a keen interest in producing his own music and that started with an Atari and a Synth. After living in Chicago, London and Barcelona in the 90s Sam then moved back in France where he met Phil Stumpf and the Canvas / Duplex100 and Minimal Dancin' (Parisian 8 years long party at Nouveau Casino) adventures got started! His solo project -- Reynold -- also began developing around that time. After signing several 12” on labels such as Morris-Audio citysport, Out of Orbit, Curle and Dumb Unit, he released a full CD album on Stewart Walker’s imprint, Persona. He also started his own label called Trenton records in 2003 and signed artists like 3 Channels & SLG, Nooncat, Touane, Till von Sein & Aera, P.toie, Theodor Zox, Der Thal and himself. The new digital catalogue includes new artists like the Venezuelan Garnica, Giovanni Verga and Cosmic Cowboys or the Mexican Duo Signal Deluxe. Early on this year, Sam Rouanet arranged and produced Mima Osawa’s full-length album, Kirameki Highlight, and recorded an album with his father Jacques Rouanet and their electronic free jazz band called Kigo.
www.myspace.com/babyreynold
www.myspace.com/babyreynold
Jin Hiyama started out studying Japanese painting, but switched over to creating club sounds in 1996, and has been DJing ever since. He releases primarily through the Tokyo-based techno label Asian Dynasty Records.
www.myspace.com/jinhiyama
www.asiandynasty.net
Joseph Nothing (aka Tatsuya Yoshida) is known for his amazing selection of samples that surprise listeners as they tend to come from the least expected sources.
www.myspace.com/josephnothing
Mitsuto Suzuki started out releasing electronic music as a solo artist, and then later founded the techno unit Overrocket in the late nineties. In 2006 he joined the game studio Square Enix -- his most recent game soundtrack is for Final Fantasy XIII.
www.myspace.com/mitsutosuzuki
www.squareenixmusic.com
www.audiooo.com/mit
Alexander Gelman (aka Glmn) is a renowned New York DJ, producer, designer, and media artist. He's been DJing since 1983 and throughout the 80s, and in the 90s produced music for fashion shows, commercials, and experimental audio-visual installations, as well as ambient events and raves. From New York to Paris, Detroit to London, his collaborations include projects with Warp Records, Domino, Minus, Ghostly, 4AD, as well as a number of classical musicians, composers, artists, and bands. He's a sponsor of Minimal Tokyo events and host of "Gelman Lounge."
www.glmn.com
www.gelmanschess.com
Alex Einz produces high-energy techno grooves for the dance floor, fusing all of his varied influences from growing up in both Russia and Germany.
www.alexeinz.info
www.myspace.com/alexeinz
Aosawa started organizing parties in the early nineties, and is now one of Tokyo's leaders in the tech-house scene. Previously working in the A&R division of Tokyo-based dance music label KSR House, he has now been collaborating with Redbox since 2007.
www.redboxproject.com
Ditch (aka Shinichiro Kono) has been DJing minimal house/techno since 2001, and has quickly gained a reputation as a remarkable producer of music for both on and off the dancefloor.
www.myspace.com/ditchshin
Pi-Ge kicked off his DJ career in Osaka in the late nineties, and later launched the groundbreaking resident parties Organza (at Colors Studio) and Tres Vibes (at WOMB) in Tokyo. He is currently working on the launch of a new label, Pan Records.
www.myspace.com/djpige
Raha is a legendary dancer with over 20 years of experience in the Tokyo dance/club scene. He is the man behind celebrated parties such as Ooooze, Boogie Nights, and Main Street.
Salmon (aka Kenji Kikuchi) kicked of his music career in 2004, and since then has turned into a prolific and head-turning proponent of minimal techno and click house. He runs his own Tokyo-based label, WC Recordings.
www.myspace.com/salmon999
www.wc-r.com
Tez was born and raised in Osaka, and started DJing in the late nineties as part of the kansai area's RING. He's currently a resident DJ of the RAFT parties in Tokyo.
www.myspace.com/raftokyo
Aya Takano is a long-standing member of Takashi Murakami's KaiKai Kiki artist collective, and is associated with the "Superflat" movement of Japanese pop art. Her manga-influenced works are usually done in ink and acrylics.
www.kaikaikiki.co.jp
Masato Tsutsui is the conceptual creator of "HDVJ," in which high-res visuals are produced in realtime during performances. Also works on promotional videos, movie production, websites, and as technical staff at alternative event space SuperDeluxe. He also produces workshops with Dance and Media Japan.
www.adsr.jp
www.super-deluxe.com
www.dance-media.com
Takcom (aka Takafumi Tsuchiya) is a Tokyo-based video artist, mostly producing single channel video art through live shows, mixing recorded sources as part of his performances.
www.takafumitsuchiya.com
www.myspace.com/tak_com
Credits
Producer:
Mayuri Akama
Editor:
Jean Snow
Photographer:
Mark Oxley
Marek Okon
Design:
Studio Glmn®
Coordination:
Kyefa Park
Producer:
Mayuri Akama
Editor:
Jean Snow
Photographer:
Mark Oxley
Marek Okon
Design:
Studio Glmn®
Coordination:
Kyefa Park