Sabbath is a DJ-only version of the underground subculture event Lunatic Sabbath, and I’m honoured to be playing a guest set at vol.2 next weekend!

This is a perfect chance to introduce NRG/Freeform to a new crowd, which will probably be made up of goths, ravers and rock/metal/industrial fans. My trip to Rituals last weekend was something of a scouting mission to see what kind of tunes a similar crowd might enjoy, and after a bit of thought I’ll probably be starting off slower than usual. As RYO (the other guest DJ on the night) will be playing GrindCore/Death Metal (!), I might try to out-evil that with some very fast and nasty stuff towards the end.

I’m also excited about the venue – Decadance Bar in Shinjuku, which is run by the organisers of world-infamous subculture extravaganza Tokyo Decadance. It’ll be fantastic to meet some more of the crew connected with that scene, after playing NRGetic Romancer with Sisen and Takuya Angel a while back. Incidentally, KA-NA was the guest at the first event (also at Decadance Bar), and there’s a really nice photo report up on the Lunatic Sabbath site.

No news on a timetable just yet, but here’s the full info for the Japan crew, complete with my own (unexpectedly quoted verbatim) promo text. More details as and when, but hopefully some of the Romancer ravers will turn out for some support – I now have a week to come up with the best set possible, and there’s already some brand-new NRG lined up for the early stages.

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Lunatic Sabbath presents

-ＳＡＢＢＡＴＨ- vol.2
http://www.lunatic-sabbath.com/

DATE …………2011.9.10(SAT)
PLACE ………新宿キリストンカフェ内 Decadance BAR(http://profile.ameba.jp/decadancebar/)
OPEN …………23:00
START …………24:00
TICKET…………Door\2000(1drink)/Decabar Member\1500(1drink)

※特にドレスコードなどは設けておりません。
皆さん、思い思いのファッションでお越しくださいませ。

前回のパーティーの様子などはOFFCIAL WEB SITEでチェック！！
http://www.lunatic-sabbath.com/

■Guest DJ■

【PlasmaDancer】 (NRGetic Romancer)

２００７年よりDJ活動を開始。
２００８年よりFINRG（フィンランドのハードダンスレーベル）のメンバーとなる。東京のHard NRG イベント ”NRGetic Romancer”でレジデントDJ活動している。プレイスタイルは攻撃的・哀愁的なHard NRG/Freeform Hardcore。

【RYO】 (SEX POT ReVeNGe)

パンクスタイルの常識を壊し続けながら、SEXPOT PUNK STYLEを生み続けるファッションブランド『セックスポットリベンジ』から
RYOが出演決定！Grind Core/Gore Grind/Death Metal/Black Metal/New School Hard core…等、アグレッシブな音をSABBATHのフロアでスピン！

■Resident DJ■

ac-key*damb head (Lunatic Sabbath)
Dubstep/DubStyle/Grime/Breakcore/Jungle/Drum`n Bass/DigitalHardcore/LoudRock

Siki (Lunatic Sabbath, Rituals THS, Android+)
DarkPSY/Schranz/Darkfullon/Industrial/DarkElectro/PowerNoise

■Live Paint ■

☆Body Painting Show☆

將 (Lunatic Sabbath)

Model：TSUMUGI　衣装協力：三上鳩広

■Booth ■

CHILL OUT(水タバコ)

TRIBE OF CHAOS (ヘアピース販売)

★Lunatic Sabbath OFFICIAL WEB SITE★ http://www.lunatic-sabbath.com/

★Lunatic Sabbath mixi community★　　http://mixi.jp/view_community.pl?id=4536548

Last night I wandered along to the latest installment of Rituals, a music/fashion event run by singer/DJ/designer KENZO-A. I was mostly interested in seeing Siki’s set, but the mixed (and very friendly) crowd of industrial fans, goths and the occasional raver made for a really interesting night.

I arrived just as KENZO-A’s electro-rock group Gabriels Stiletto were finishing their set, leaving the rest of the night to the DJs. Siki made a heroic effort at playing something for all the different groups in the crowd, getting through dark psy, schranz-with-vocals and industrial in her hour-long set. I took a quick video as she played her last couple of tunes, with NRGetic Romancer’s Kokekakiikii responsible for the visuals in the background.

The spectre of work on Sunday meant that I wasn’t able to make it to Destroyed High after all, but thanks again to Soham for a great video of AT’s set. He told me last week that it was going to be quite an oldskool track selection, but here he’s playing NRGetic Romancer anthem Venla, Alek Szahala’s Ziggurat and the beginnings of a Lost Soul-style tune (which sounds familiar, but I can’t remember right now). Anyway, it looks like it was an excellent set – I really have to get to next month’s event, where Kanon will be guesting.

Also, Happy Birthday to both Guld and KA-NA!

I’ll be out at Destroyed High next weekend, so the next ustream session will be coming up on Wednesday instead. This time it’ll be something of an NRGetic Romancer Special, as I’ll be starting off with my own set, then trying a mixed version of Betwixt & Between’s Live PA. I didn’t record my set (as there were too many promos for it to be posted online), so this’ll be a one-off chance to hear some brand new stuff!*

*Plus a couple of mixes that the regular ustream crew have heard a million times before.

I’m a bit late posting this up, but Alabaster is playing a set on ustream right now. He’s already been at it for 30 minutes or so, but has said that he wants to play some freeform eventually, so this could keep going for a while yet. Some lovely mixing so far…

Guld has done an excellent job of sorting out a very busy timetable this time around, and somehow I’ve ended up with a 50 minute set to open the event. It looks like my original idea of running through the past 7 years’ worth of freeform might still be doable…let’s see how many I can fit in!

23:00 PlasmaDancer
23:50 COGI
00:30 Betwixt & Between
01:00 SATOSHI HONJO
01:50 Shriekerz
02:40 DJ MUNETICA
03:10 Full Circle DJs
03:40 Einhander
04:10 GULD

First of all, many apologies for TYFTH being out of action for the past week (a delay far, far longer than expected), but we’re up and running again now. I hope everyone took the chance to stock up on dressage horses, bridles and stables?

Let’s get back into the swing of things with a quick reminder of NRGetic Romancer’s 7th Anniversary event, coming up this Saturday. We’ve got an amazing lineup of guest DJs this time, with NRG, schranz and hard trance all covered, as well as the usual NRG, freeform and dark psy from the regulars. The set times will be pretty short this time around, but I’ll see how many promos I can squeeze in alongside some Romancer anthems to (quite probably) open the event. Here’s the full promo text for the Japan crew:

NRGetic Romancer

田町駅から、3名以上でタクシー(1メーター以内)を利用してCUBE326までご来場された方へ、700円のキャッシュバックが適応されます。
*他のディスカウントサービスとの併用はできません。(移動に問題がなければ、w.f.もしくはディスカウントサービスをご利用ください。
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*3名以上・1メータでのみ適応されます。
*下車時に”領収書”を受け取り、入場時にエントランスでご提示下さい。
*3名以上の”1グループ”に対して700円のキャッシュバックが適応されます。各1名1名へ700円がキャッシュバックされるものではありません。 

Incidentally, I’m in the midst of some hardcore set-planning at the moment, so there probably won’t be a ustream session this week – apologies for that too, but there’ll be plenty of cool stuff to show you once Romancer is all finished.