I don’t have much time for posts tonight, but here’s something I couldn’t let pass – regular Horser raqhow’s experience event is having a 2.5 edition this evening, and it’s currently streaming live! Sadly raqhow himself isn’t playing, so there might not be much/any freeform on show, but for the J-Core crowd it’s already looking like a fun event, and well worth checking out.

Finally a spare moment this week to mention next month’s Destroyed High, where I’ll be playing a guest set on the main floor. Thanks to September’s Sabbath set, more people seem to be aware that I’m still DJing, and it’s fantastic to finally get a booking from another hardcore event.

Although I couldn’t make it to last month’s Destroyed High, it’s turning into a really quality event that has brought back some of the ravers who have been drifting away from the scene over the past year or so. Massive thanks to Dairin and KA-NA for the invitation to play – I’m planning a set heavy on promo/brand-new NRG and freeform, as well as the kind of harder tunes I can’t get away with when opening NRGetic Romancer.

This time there’s an unusual lineup on both floors, with some less-familiar names guesting, while most of the regulars struggle with the horrendous PA on the 4th floor. You’d think that splitting the event might mean that there’s a danger of thinning out the crowd on both floors, but we’ll see…at least I’ll have a chance to catch my first Zio set for a year or so.

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Another non-hardcore event (before Destroyed High next weekend), yet again including the Rituals crew, but this time in collaboration with infamous goth event Tokyo Dark Castle. With DJs and bands alternating on stage, it was very different to what I’m used to, but there was plenty of interesting/inspiring stuff to listen to.

The video at the top was actually the penultimate set, from a Prodigy-inspired/tribute group somewhat painfully called The Kusogigy –  ‘kuso’ usually translating most gently as ‘damn’ or something similar. They were surprisingly good, even if their original tunes weren’t a patch on the ‘tributes’. The video was taken right at the end of their set, and is obviously their version of Smack My Bitch Up.

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Last Friday I went along to the latest installment of Rituals, and had a great time meeting some of the crew of this super-niche fashion/music event. The early sets were pretty left-field, with a tribal set followed by a totally unexpected piano/synths live performance, but I was mainly there to see Siki and P.R.D. They both came up with some excellent stuff, and P.R.D’s set in particular was an awesomely atmospheric mix of slower but darker genres.

Designer/DJ/Vocalist Kenzo-A’s set was also great, leaning towards electro and rock, while the encore also had some quality tracks, like the demented Mario sound effect-ridden tune that I seem to be hearing everywhere these days.

I ended up spending the following night in a tiny visual kei (!) bar in Kabukicho, and at some point managed to commandeer the PC/sound system to play a few FINRG tracks from SoundCloud. I went for Private Demon, Maruuk and Voices of Babylon – the elegantly gothic decor of this fantastic little place fitted the tunes perfectly.