It Came From Japan presents:
KIMONO RECORDS EUROPE TOUR 2011
Electronically enhanced pop from Tokyo
Featuring:
Tokyo Pinsalocks
Hondalady
GalapagosS
15 Oct LONDON
Japan Underground
@ Bloomsbury Lanes Kingpin Suite
Bedford Way, near Russell Square Tube
7pm-3am; £10 adv from wegottickets.com; rock/indie/electro DJs, plus karaoke!
www.facebook.com/JapanUndergroundClub
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=197186073682033
17 Oct PARIS
Star Cafe (avec Ramen Events)
11 rue du théâtre 75015
8pm; €10
starcafe.fr
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225101630878244
18 Oct LE HAVRE
Magic Mirrors (avec O’san Productions)
Quai des Antilles 76600 Le Havre (en face piscine des Docks)
8:30pm; €8
www.facebook.com/magicmirrorslehavre
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=255861411124983
19 Oct BRIGHTON
The Prince Albert
48 Trafalgar Street
8pm; £5 adv, £6 on the door
www.facebook.com/ThePrinceAlbert
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225353024180225
TOKYO PINSALOCKS are a psychedelicious three-girl groove-pop outfit who have toured the UK and US several times. In step with the Tokyo music scene, their latest album, ‘Kurukuru To Guruguru’, takes on a more electronic sound, and the trio’s fun live show pits bass and drum grooves against Naoko’s energetic vocals.
www.pinsalocks.com
www.myspace.com/tokyopinsalocks
GALAPAGOSS is the brand-new project of Sharaku Kobayashi, from internationally successful chiptune unit Floppy. The new group’s name reflects Japan’s increasingly insular and unique nature, tapping the zeitgeist to inform their 8bit-soaked electronic sound. They perform as a full band, giving blisteringly aggressive live shows.
http://galapagoss.syncl.jp
Techno-rock unit HONDALADY have history stretching back to 1996 but have performed as a two-man outift since 2002. Their 8th album, ‘Sneaker Mon Amour’, has been an underground hit in Japan, and the duo have also written music for videogames on Nintendo Wii, growing them a fanbase among gameheads in Europe and the US.
www.hondalady.net
www.myspace.com/hondaladyjapan
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