KAIJU vs MODULARKAIJU vs MODULAR

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Advance Tickets available online from: e+ (eplus) [PC / Smart Phone / mobile](http://sort.eplus.jp/sys/T1U14P0010843P006001P002184884P0030001) and over the counter in Family Mart and Seven Eleven convenience stores LIVE MUSIC & VISUALS: CeVIN KEY & DJOTO with PAUL KAIJU & liquidbiupil KK NULL (laptop, electronics) with VJ YOUSUKE FUYAMA HATAKEN (modular synth) with liquidbiupil MITSUHISA SAKAGUCHI (keyboard, synths) + DARREN MOORE (drums) + DAVE SKIPPER (modular synth) with VJ AI KOMURA Additional VJs: PAUL KAIJU (video modular synth), ETHAN DROWN HURLBURT (video modular synth) MODULAR SYNTH DEMO BOOTHS: Tokyo Festival of Modular [http://tfom.info](http://tfom.info) Hikari Instruments [http://www.hikari-instruments.com/](http://www.hikari-instruments.com/) Sputnik Modular [http://sputnik-modular.com/](http://sputnik-modular.com/) ...more? 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Key is the sole owner and operator of Subconscious Communications, a California-based record label, musicians collective, remix team, 32-track digital studio and analogue synthesizer collection. [www.subconsciousrecords.com](http://www.subconsciousrecords.com) DJOTO [subconscious]  djoto is a Martian psychadelic noiz alchemist with the rank of 5 into 6, providing psionic basswave synapse reprogramming for earthlings and their pets since 418 B.C. [www.facebook.com/djoto](https://www.facebook.com/djoto) [djoto.bandcamp.com](https://djoto.bandcamp.com/) KK NULL  (real name : KAZUYUKI KISHINO) was born in Tokyo, Japan. Composer, guitarist, singer, mastermind of progressive hardcore band ZENI GEVA (releasing five albums produced by STEVE ALBINI and a few more on other labels such as NEUROSIS’s Neurot Recordings. One of the top names in Japanese noise music and in a larger context, one of the great cult artists in experimental music since the early 80’s. All the while, KK NULL has worked on his solo career and collaborated with other musical innovators and has been invited to perform at countless international festivals. After playing the guitar as his main instrument for nearly thirty years, KK NULL has gradually moved towards a more electronic approach. Since the late 90’s he has concentrated his efforts on his solo & collaborative recordings, exploring the outer territories of electronica, creating intense clashing wave of noise, structured electro-acoustic ambience, broken down rhythmics, scattered pitch sculptures, droning isolationist material which could be described “cosmic noise maximal/minimalism” [kknull.com/videos](http://kknull.com/videos) HATAKEN  Hataken is an Electronic Musician and Composer from Japan with a span of worldwide live performances throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. He is a Spiritual Experimental Electronic Music creator specialising in both analogue synthesizers and software. Active since the early 80s, Hataken has collaborated with renowned producers from all over the globe including Greg Hunter (as Waveshaper), Gio Makyo, Richard Sharpe of the Shamen (as Ken Machines), as well as with many jazz and traditional musicians. In 2012, Hataken was the featured chill-out artist at Portugal’s BOOM Festival, performing LIVE for 6 hours straght, followed by festival performances in 2013 at Sonica Gaia stage 4 hours and Ozora for 3.5 hours. To attain the highest level of consciousness for his audience, Hataken tunes the energy of the moment in order to focus both mind and soul. Slowly he shakes the listener into a higher vibration for positive waves of inspiration. Then, the soul of the machine can speak, harnessing human skill and knowledge, yet with no ego. Only then do the performer and the listener become one. There is only one moment, and that moment is upon us. [hataken.info](http://hataken.info/) MITSUHISA SAKAGUCHI  Active as a keyboard/synth player in Tokyo since 2008, Sakaguchi is involved in a wide range of improvisational and experimental projects (including Stand-Alone 404, Guru Host, Teneleven, and countless caollaborations), utilising multiple keyboards and synths simultaneously. He released his second solo album "Aerophotonic" in 2012. A prolific performer, Sakaguchi's keyboard skills and capacity to mesmerise and astound through his electric improvisations always verge on genius, and frequently cross that divide into realms of mystery. enjyaqu.main.jp](http://enjyaqu.main.jp/) [www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Y-yo8xnv0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Y-yo8xnv0) DARREN MOORE  Born in Scotland, raised in Australia and based in Tokyo, Darren Moore (b. 1974) is a drummer and electronic musician who is driven by his passion for artistic expression to continually challenge himself to explore new territory. Creative improvisation is central to his practice maintaining a through-line in his approach to varying projects and activities. His current projects include free-improv group Game of Patience, audio-visual duo Black Zenith, Carnatic rhythm based percussion duo of Darren Moore/Suresh Vaidyanathan, free jazz unit the Tim O'Dwyer Trio, as well as bio-art project 'cellF'. In 2006 Darren moved to Singapore, which saw him expand his activities and network to become active on the jazz and experimental music scenes in South East Asia and Japan. In Singapore, Darren was a driving force in the jazz and experimental music scenes performing regularly and organising events. Darren moved to Tokyo in mid-2015 and has since been active playing with many of the Tokyo scene's more adventurous improvisers and has quickly established himself as an exciting new voice on the Tokyo music scene. [www.darren-moore.net/](http://www.darren-moore.net/) DAVE SKIPPER  UK born / Tokyo resident since 2010. Live performances revolve around analogue modular synthesiser equipment. Psychedelic / Noise / Abstract / Solar-radiation-brain-melts. Organiser of "TOKYO FESTIVAL of MODULAR", "HEAVIER THAN JUPITER" noise series, and many small noise/experimental/underground events in Tokyo. [www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUAWNumly8s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUAWNumly8s) liquidbiupil  A lightshow stage productions specialist, using a technique called Liquid Light, liquidbiupil is a light magician who projects a psychedelic world with overhead projector and slide projector. Visual collaborator with many foreign and domestic psychedelic/noise/jazz/dance/etc artists. [liquidbiupil.blogspot.jp/](http://liquidbiupil.blogspot.jp/) YOUSUKE FUYAMA  Fuyama is an artist, composer, programmer, visual and graphic designer, and VJ. He has been studying musical research and sound art and completed Master’s Degree in Media Science at Tokyo University of Technology Graduate School of Bionics, Computer and Media Sciences. His main focus on the expressions through data interconversion using various interfaces and programmes. Fuyama won the first prize at LAPTOP BATTLES TOKYO Vol.4 (2008) and has performed live at many concerts and festivals both inside and outside Japan, alongside releasing his sound and visual works through various labels. He also works as a researcher of Brain Machine Interface Department in National University of Electro-Communication Japan. [yousukefuyama.com](http://yousukefuyama.com/) AI KOMURA  Ambient/electronica/drone artist and painter of colourful sounds and shapes, Ai specialises in the abstract. Aside from her visual-only projects she also produces CD jackets and performs as an invigorating live paint artist, collaborating with many different textures of musicians. [comuroai.tumblr.com/](http://comuroai.tumblr.com/) ETHAN DROWN HURLBURT  Prepare yourself for a psychedelic journey. Live modular video synthesis intertwines with the music to create a synergistic experience. Turn on, tune in, and drop out.