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vanity @ la fabrique, shibuya

abikyokan

received this email from my buddy sev in brisbane about a party in shibuya. i like this international cosmopolitan coolness of getting stuff in my mailbox - all the way from brisbane - about cool stuff happening in my neighbourhood!

"...dont miss the broken glass, crashing airplanes, cities burning, and the best (and only) no wave party in the big smoke." (FROM ROKIT MAGAZINE)

ABIKYOKAN play vanity at La Fabrique in Shibuya Tokyo JULY 24th - doors open 23.00pm
(supporting Stockholm Film Group)

Abi and Kyokan are two of the eight burning hells in Buddhist mythology - an accurate description of this uncompromising Tokyo 4 piece. A fluid loopbased electro shock soundclash between Can, Suicide and the Talking Heads . . .

ABIKYOKAN are
Jake Arntson - guitar
Ben Frost - vocals
Grant Mcgaheran - synthesizer/samples
Tatsumi Ochai - sequencer/guitar


STOCKHOLM FILM GROUP (NEIGHBOURHOOD THREAT)
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NEW ORDER AND CHICKS ON SPEED WITH A VELVET UNDERGROUND AESTHETIC: DEADPAN FEMALE VOCALS AND RIFF GUITAR MEETS SYNTH PUNK/POP AND NUELECTRO BEATS (rokit magazine)

with DJ's :

DUCK ROCK (DUCK ROCK MUSEUM)
"ALL THE ROCKERS LINE UP ON THE DANCEFLOOR"

THE NARCISSIST (EDDIE VAN NARC)
"HE WEARS SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT. DEATH DISKO FROM NEW YORK"

ROMANCE FOR CASH (NEW82)
"DFA ROCKERS VS. NOW WAVE NEW GLAM"

NICE
"TOKYO'S ELECTRO GOLDENBOY"

VANITY is a monthly gig at La Fabrique - visit the site for directions, details and DISCOUNT ENTRY code words

ABIKYOKAN LIVE at VANITY
SATURDAY
JULY 24TH, 23:00 doors open
LA FABRIQUE (shibuya)
Door-3000円/1D W/Flyer-2500円/1D
1500/1D DISCOUNT!!!!
don't forget NO ID no ENTRY !!


frangipani wrote this on July 11, 2004 08:02 PM
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nicole said:

hi Martine,
that sounds like fun!!! damn i will be on a plane back to oz land. oh well. currently in hiroshima en route to kyushu. just had a fab weekend with atsuko in takamatsu - a beautiful part of japan!!! will be back in tokyo on 19th...so maybe we could meet up sometime if you:re free for a beverage of sorts??
Nicole.

July 12, 2004 06:44 PM
frangipani said:

sure, sounds grand. email me when it gets a bit closer, so we can hook up.

July 13, 2004 01:36 AM