Real Grooves X Red Box

RG33

Saturday February 28

@ UNIT

Live: Alex Smoke(Hum+Haw, Soma, Vakant, Glagow, Scotland/UK)

Dj: Mike Shannon(Cynosure, Wagon Repair, Plus 8/Canada, Germany)

Tech Booty Funk(Red Box)

VJ:

VEXTAQ(DADA KINGZ)

Spielfilm

Masato Tsutsui

ART:

Rinpa Eshidan


SALOON:

Sisi(Timothy Really, Real Grooves)

Maxxrelax(Real Grooves, Tripster)

Tatsuya(Minimal Tokyo)

Ozmzo aka Sammy(Real Grooves)



UNICE (THE BOILER ROOM):

Phonica Lounge

Aosawa(Red Box)

Alex Einz(Phonica/DISKOBISKiT)

Groove Patrol(Phonica)

herba(bein)

Pernod(Virgin)

english follows japanese

4000 yen/3500 yen with flier


www.realgrooves.com
www.redboxproject.com
www.phonica.diskobiskit.com
www.adsr.jp/profile
www.rinpaeshidan.jp
www.unit-tokyo.com




Real Grooves vol.33はRed Boxとの共同開催！名門レーベルPlus 8からのアルバム
“The Memory Tree”のリリースが記憶に新しいMike Shannonが再登場。また、精巧
かつ大胆なエレクトロニックサウンドで世界中にファンを生み出しているAlex Smoke
が初登場。まさしく旬な二人のアーティストによる刺激的なサウンドに溢れる一夜を
お見逃し無く！！



Mike Shannon

カナダ、キッチナー出身のDJ／プロデューサー／レーベルオーナーとして10年以上に
渡り国際的に活動を展開しているMike Shannon。

若干12歳の頃よりhouseやtechnoといったエレクトロニックミュージックに触れ、15
歳で地元のクラブでプレイしていたというMike。やがて、レコードショップのバイヤー
として働くことで、ヨーロッパ各地からカッティングエッジな作品を仕入れ、カナダ
に紹介し、シーンを牽引する役割を担って行くこととなる。

また、99年に設立した自身のレーベルCynosureや、盟友Jeff Milliganとともに手が
けてきたRevolverからは、これまでに自身の曲だけでなく、AkufenやDeadbeatといっ
たカナダ人アーティスト、さらにはPier Bucci、Monolake、Brett Johnsonといった
国外アーティストも含めた多くの才能を世に送り出してきている。

プロデューサーとしては、01年にForce Incからリースしたファーストアルバム、
Slight of Handで国際的に名を知られるようになり、これまでに様々な名義で多くの
シングルをリリースしている。08年9月には、Richie HawtinのレーベルPlus 8より自
身3枚目となるアルバム“Memory Tree”を発表し、トップアーティストとしての地位
を確立している。

レコードショップのバイヤーとして、また、レーベルオーナーとして新たな音楽、新
たなアーティストを発掘し、人々を結びつけることでカナダのシーンに貢献してき
たMike Shannon。ドイツ、ベルリンへと拠点を移した現在も、同様に移住してきた多
くのカナダ人アーティスト達と共にコラボレーションし、精力的な活動を展開してい
る。




Alex Smoke

02年、S.U.D.からのリリースでデビュー以降、常に斬新なエレクトロニックサウンド
を送り出してきたAlex Smoke。名門Soma Recordsよりリリースした2枚のアルバム
“Incommunicado”と“Paradolia”により瞬く間にトッププロデューサーへの階段を
駆け上がって来た気鋭のアーティストである。代表曲“Chicca Wappa”や自身のヴォー
カルを収録した“Don't See The Point”など、Alexの作品は既存のジャンルのくく
られることのない独創的な世界観を創り出している。

音楽の先生である母親の影響により、幼少からトレーニングを続けてきたクラシック
音楽をバックグラウンドに、Basic ChannelやModel 500といったtechno、さらに
はchicago house、hip hopといった多様なダンスミュージックを吸収してきたAlexの
サウンドは、精巧さと大胆さが同居した独自のスタイルに仕上がっている。

リミキサーとしてもオファーが絶えず、これまでにSteve Reich、Depeche Mode、
Mylo、Junior Boys、Funk D’Void、Jay Hazeといった多様なアーティストの作品の
リミックスを手掛けている。

プロデューサー／リミキサーとしてのAlexの才能の奥深さ、幅広さを存分に体感でき
るライブセットは世界中から評価され、多くの人々をトリコにしてきている。


(VJ) Masato Tstsui

アートマネジメントカンパニー「Dance and Media Japan」においてソフトウェア
「Max/MSP/Jitter」のワークショップ講師として所属。その後、六本木のオルタナティ
ブイベントスペース「Super Deluxe」に技術スタッフとして勤務中。

VJとしての活動の他、PV、各種webサイトムービーの制作や、チームとして所属する
「aircord」にて、上記ソフトウェアを使用した映像演出・空間演出などを手がける。
2004年以降、毎年世界各地でワークショップ、パフォーマンスなど行っている。

VJとしての活動コンセプトは、「ＨＤＶＪ」。リアルタイムに生成されるその高解像
度は、フルＨＤ（1920×1080）はもちろん、フィルムサイズにまで拡張することが可
能。テクノロジーの恩恵を最大限に利用する先駆的なアプローチで、映像表現が不変
とするものの良さを追求。

Real Grooves Volume 33, entitled Red Box X Real Grooves features two very special artists. Mike Shannon returns to lay down one of his amazing dj sets in celebration of his recent album release on Plus 8 – “The Memory Tree” We are proud to welcome Alex Smoke to the series for the first time to perform one of his sizzling live sets. Please join us for an incredible night of music and people.

Mike Shannon

It’s been 10 years since Mike Shannon started making a name for himself on the international techno scene as a DJ, producer and label owner. Now, having relocated to Berlin from Valencia via Montreal in 2007 he’s about to crown his first decade of active service with Memory Tree, his third full length to date, and his debut for another notable Canadian export - Richie Hawtin’s Plus 8 Records. Over the years, Mike has well proven that it’s not just his music that makes him such a valuable asset to the techno community, it’s his total dedication to the cause. Whether finding him standing behind a record shop counter or searching out new talent for his labels, it’s always been about bringing people together and investing in the future of the scene.

Mike first got the vinyl bug at the tender age of 12, buying house and techno tunes at Play de Record in Toronto and by 15 his turntable skills were already landing him gigs at local underground parties and clubs. From then on, Mike’s musical world expanded rapidly thanks in no small part to Detroit’s influential WJLB radio station which turned him on to U.R., Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson - influences that still play a big role in his approach to music today. To satisfy his appetite for all things Techno, he was soon managing the orders at Speed Records in his hometown of Kitchener, Ontario where he continued his education; importing cutting edge sounds from across Europe.

Throughout that time, Mike was out DJing and clubbing from Detroit to Toronto, making connections and building up a solid network of producers and artists, which led to the inevitable formation of his own label Cynosure in 1999. A couple of years later, he teamed up with Jeff Milligan on the more experimental Revolver Canada imprint. Both labels have since developed into highly respected and trusted sources, subsequently raising the profile of Canada’s electronic music scene by providing then unknown producers such as Akufen and Deadbeat an international platform to spread their distinctive sound throughout the world. Beyond developing homegrown talent, both imprints continue to invite an inspired selection of international artists including Pier Bucci, Monolake and Brett Johnson to name a few.

For Mike it’s always been a question of choosing uncompromising artists who possess a unique and original voice - an attitude that also defines his own work whether recording as John Shananigans, The Sunaj Assassins or under his own name. There’s a distinctive feel to his music that’s both dark and soulful, that stays true to his roots while embracing the future and never fails to deliver a flurry of kick-ass, funk infected beats easily proven by a volley of timeless singles over the years and his two previous full lengths. Take 2001’s Slight of Hand on Force Inc - an album that cemented his reputation as an up-and-coming Minimal Techno producer and 2005’s Possible Conclusions to Stories That Never End - a collection of chilled-out Electronica inspired by his musical odyssey through out Chile in 2003.

Mike’s recent move to Berlin represents the fulfillment of another chapter in his musical career and with so many influential Canadian producers having taken up residence in the German capital over the last few years, it’s a chance to hook up with old friends again and start collaborating on new plans and ideas, just like the old days. Then of course there’s the new album, the accompanying remix projects and the immediate matter of fatherhood to make 2008 something of a milestone both professionally and personally.

Alex Smoke

Alex Smoke is a Scottish talent making electronic records that blur together European minimalism, pop structures and emotional strings and pads. He has released two full length albums, ‘Incommunicado’ and 'Paradolia' [Soma Records] and a slew of singles and remixes, many of which have arrived on Soma and German label Vakant.

His debut release ‘Random As’ came out in January 2002, but Smoke has always been immersed in music. In his youth he sang in a choir for four years (a far cry no doubt from the mournful tones on his ‘Don’t See the Point’ or ‘Never Want to See You Again’), his parents are involved in classical music, and he has classical training in cello and piano.

Smoke’s own productions are often described as moody, a reputation he doesn’t shy away from. His debut on Soma was the euphoric ‘Chica Wappa’, described by Smoke as “undoubtedly the most optimistic track I'll ever write. My music will never be this upbeat again.” His wish might have come true: recently Smoke’s remix work on Vakant and especially his reedit of Junior Boys ‘In the Morning’ have focused heavily on melancholic electronica, although Smoke has a noisy, brash side too, evidenced on big tracks such as ‘Meany’ and ‘Brian’s Lung’.

Smoke both performs live and DJs, and his agenda as a spinner is perhaps well represented by ‘Sci-Fi-Hi-Fi Vol. 3’ from 2006. His debut DJ mix combined a fascination with dub techno, classic Detroit (Smoke is not averse to playing old records at all) and new European minimal techno.

Masato TSUTSUI(http://adsr.jp)

belong as a workshop teacher of the software "Max/MSP/Jitter" in art management company "Dance and Media Japan".
after that, working as a technical staff at alternative event space "SuperDeluxe" at Roppongi.
works on another of the activity as VJ,Making PV,webMoives and The image production,the space production,handled by "aircord" that i'm belong.

The activity concept as VJ is "HDVJ".
The high resolution in real time generated can be enhanced even to the size of the film to say nothing of full HD(1920Å~1080).
Goodness is pursued though it is assumed that the image expression is invariable in pioneering approach that uses the favor of the technology to its maximum.