Events

Proteus Hardcore set @Sade vs MINDCORE

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 19, 2009
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Lately I’ve been getting back into hardcore – DJ Aemi played a really good set at that Trance Halloween event a while back, and I was re-listening to Alek Szahala’s amazing Mania set, too. Here’s Proteus playing his own hardcore set at what looks like a special Sade vs Mindcore event.

Listen out for a pitched up (!) Order Chaos in the middle – it’s such a great tune to use in a mix, the outro is mixable with just about anything, letting you go even harder or bring in the breakdown from a more melodic tune. Another great set from the big man, seems like he can get a crowd going with pretty much any genre.

Technorch @Jikkenkyoushitsu

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 15, 2009
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Proteus has been using a few tunes from Meccano Twins in his recent sets, so Ive been meaning to check them out myself. Here’s a clip of DJ Technorch playing Pure Intentions at the last Friday’s Jikkenkyoushitsu event (Laboratory/Experimental Classroom). I think he’s pitched the track down quite a lot here, it would easily fit into a hardcore set at normal speed.

The event itself looks like it was really experimental, with genres from all over the place – not necessarily a bad thing, but most were a lot slower than Technorch, from what I can see on YouTube.

Alek Szahala @Konemetsä 2009

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 8, 2009
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It’s always hard to find good video of Alek Szahala, but the other day I came across this 5 minute clip from this year’s Konemetsä. It looks like it was a great set, but listen out especially for the track at 1.40 – it’s the first time for me to hear this one – classic Alek, complete with another beautiful breakdown.

NRGetic Romancer, 23rd October

Posted by PlasmaDancer on November 2, 2009
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Last week was the special free edition of NRGetic Romancer (featuring Adrenaline), and the turnout was pretty good. We were worried beforehand that Friday would be difficult for most people, and although again a lot of the regular ravers were missing, the numbers were eventually made up by a big group of unfamiliar faces. If they keep coming to future events, then that’ll be a real result.

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Alabaster @Cradle to Grave, 3rd October

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 30, 2009
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I’m always meaning to check this event out, as Alabaster usually plays a lot of Finnish tracks alongside his own productions. The tracklist for this one was a little different though, with a lot of schranz/hard trance to start things off before he used Ruins of Jade (above) as a link into the freeform. Angel of Hell is another of his favourites, and this is a really nice mix between the two, continuing in the video down below.

The rest of the set included Dryad Machine and Pain on Creation’s Lush – good to see that the older FINRG sound is alive and well in Tokyo, and not only at NRGetic Romancer.

Tokyo Hardcore Construction, 2nd November / Everfree, 13th November

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 28, 2009
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Two very hardcore events coming up, the first being Tokyo Hardcore Construction at Studio Cube. This time sees Zio making his debut, probably playing a Hardstyle set, and most of the regulars will be there too. It looks like Lala will be absent though, which is a real shame as his sets are always one of the highlights. Anyway, I’ll probably be going along to this one.

Lunch is playing at about 4 or 5 events in the coming weeks, and one that caught my eye is Everfree, a Goth/Lolita/Cyber/Fetish/electronica mashup. Kanon will be playing too, along with live guests AkiraDeath and m1dy, so it definitely won’t be one for the fainthearted. NRGetic Romancer is sort of on the edge of some of those scenes, so it might be interesting to see what the atmosphere’s like… Rounding things off is the venue – Chelsea Hotel in Shibuya. I’ve been there once before for one of Kangu’s live gigs, and it’s a pretty small place with a tiny dancefloor, so if this one attracts a crowd it could be insanity in there.

Operation Karma 3rd Revolution @Kawasaki Tsukiakari Yume Terasu, 29th November

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 25, 2009
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The next edition of Operation Karma is coming next month, in Kawasaki once more. For the 3rd edition THC’s Kanon will again be making a guest appearance, along with Gothic Bar Heaven’s TETRA (who I haven’t seen play before). Get on the guest list and entrance is only 1500yen, which is very reasonable for an event that is usually 90% freeform – though of course most people have to factor in the trip to Kawasaki, too.

Another thing worth mentioning is the newly up-and-running Karma site. It’s looking very pro already, and has some video, profiles, and also a promo mix by (I’m guessing) DJ MT. I haven’t got a tracklist yet (I forgot some of the track titles, to be honest), but it’s the perfect showcase for the Karma sound. Very melodic freeform with a strong anime theme, it starts off with Operation Stardust and Endstille (the classic mix combination), before going into the most melodic end of the Finnish sound. There are a lot of anime samples added during the long breakdowns etc, which does a very good job of tying the set together. If you don’t understand Japanese it should sound very cool, but I forgot how incredibly corny the dialogue is in a lot of these things… Still, it’s very well chosen/mixed, and highly recommended.

LSO Radio, 4th November – Android Lime vs Proteus

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 22, 2009
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A couple of weeks away, but Android Lime’s next LSO radio show is definitely worth mentioning early. Following on from Guld and BRK comes Proteus himself! I’m really looking forward to this, any set from Proteus is guaranteed to inspire, and he’s on fire with his recent production, too.

Android has also announced a few of the upcoming guests on his recent FINRG topic – they include Alek Szahala, DJ Rx, Hellraiser….and yours truly! What an honour to be in that sort of company – even if it’s a good way off yet, hopefully we’ll come up with some real NRG madness when the time comes. Big thanks to Android!

NRGetic Romancer, 23rd October – Timetable

Posted by PlasmaDancer on October 22, 2009
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No need to explain the topic of this post, so here we go:

23.00 – PlasmaDancer

00.10 – COGI

1.30 – Full Circle DJs

2.50 – Betwixt & Between

3.40 – GULD

So, I’ll be opening an event for the first time – the plan for my set is to start off relatively slowly, but it’ll be full-on freeform by the end, I think. Still a bit stuck about what sort of thing to play, but having too many ideas is better than none, I suppose…

Don’t forget, it’s free entry this time!