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Rest in peace Michael... August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009

Warp.net has been redesigned by Universal Everything recently.
The founder Matt Pyke used to be a member of Designers Republic. Their DNA exists still around the UK design scene, although Designers Republic has closed its doors unfortunately.
Warp's websites were built by Kleber for long time, but I couldn't find their name on the credit anymore. It means Universal Everything and Kleber are building a really close relationship, I guessed.
The production company for this website was Remote Location which is a obviously cool creative boutique.
Anyway, I really love UK web design industry's Ajax fundamentalism style! Very cool, mate!! =)

This below is "Warp Playlist". They're not only great artists, but also awesome business people!! Haha

Yamaaaan!!!
My man Kireek won DMC World DJ Championship again! Congratulations golden boys!!!
I don't know the details yet, but unfortunately DJ Coma couldn't get the first place for the solo division, by the way. I really wanted to see the 1-2 finish by Japanese DJs... Why foreigners can't understand about Coma's fantastic routines? :S Whatever...
Well, I'm planning to make Kireek TV 3 soon. Just wait a while dudes!

I've bought an application for my iPod touch lately. This software is really great! Try it!

Intua

I really love this video. Yeah, I know it's not a fresh idea though. But the quality is very high, innit?
I like the part of using default visualizer of iTunes, especially. lol
And the ending is fxxkin' awesome!!!! Soooo funny!!!!! :-}
...But you might not understand what's happened in this video, if you ain't using Leopard OS and CS3, unfortunately.
The list of featured functions and applications in this movie. (From Gizmode)

This is the brand-new style of dance club. Yeah, I could tell that usually normal "party people (especially spiritual headz)" are very interested in being (or just pretending) a Eco person indeed. So there should be a good synergy between Eco and the venue of parties. Very simple.

But you know, Japanese are still thinking about Eco is something like just kinda fashion or just something cool, seriously. This is a deep cultural lag.
But same time, somehow we are aware that we have to start something for the earth from just right now.
We have to build own solutions by ourselves. I respect you Dr. Earth! ;-)

Club4Climate

Very characteristic and beautiful sounds... But how do you think about the design? It's simple and...yeah, not bad. But I dunno why I can't say that it's prefect... unfortunately. Expected too much, I think.

The Moog Guitar - Paul Vo Collector Edition: $6,495.00

It doesn't sound great, as it's not supposed to.

It's lovely! Amazing work!! ;-)

James Houston
Radiohead / Remix / Nude

"What would it be like to know the vast majority of Generation X and Y has seen you naked? When I saw this photo I was blown away. This is Spencer Elden, the infamous baby chasing a single from Nirvana's Nevermind album cover. He is now 17 and finishing up his final year of high school in LA. It is amazing to think of the part he played in music history without ever having experienced it."

So funny!

Via: nzherald.co.nz "Nirvana baby talks about famous album cover"
Via: CamelTap

Interviews with Derrick May, New Order, and Frankie Knuckles!

C2C rocks! Very nice and smooth. The quality of French Hip Hop is gettin higher and higher, day by day.
My first contact to French Hip Hop was the movie "La Haine" by Mathieu Kassovit. I can't forget the scene that a boy was setting up his speakers face to outside by a window, turn up the volume, and starting the very nice juggling.
At that time, I knew only MC Solaar in the French Hip Hop scene though, but when I watched the movie, I totally realized that Hip Hop is very popular in France too.

C2C DMC 2003
C2C DMC 2004
C2C DMC 2005
C2C DMC 2006
Drum Brothers

I'd joined Nagisa Music Festival yesterday. It was enjoyable very much!
Techno, Hip-Hop, Trance, Reggae, Rock... many kinds of genres were mixed up at that party.
Do you know especially Trance music is very very popular to younger generation in Japan lately, so many Trance headz were there. (I was already too old to enjoy Gore-Trance anymore, though. lol)
Well, this kinda big party is very rare in Osaka. Gimmi mo' pls!!

Nagisa Music Festival

Why do all guys get nervous when they look at these kinda interface design, but women don't give a fxxk at all?

A genius actionscripter Andre Michelle from Germany has made such an amazing synthesizer simulator which is worked by flash player.
Actionscript 3.0 has enlarged the web technology a lot.

hobnox Audiotool Demo

Funny. I could tell that he really loves tape. Nice shirts. lol

Here comes the newest Kireek TV right now!!!!! Che-che-che-check it out YO! Bomboklaaaaat!!!!

Sooo good. I didn't realize that this was a commercial film at the first time. Incredible lyrics. Good job!

Nomis "Damn Boots" Credits

Production Company: Nexus
Director: Woof Wan-Bau
Executive Producer: Chris O?Reilly,
Charlotte Bavasso
Producer: Isobel Conroy
Director of Photography: Philipp Blaubach
VFX Company: Framestore, London
Post Production: The Mill
Music/Sound Design: Amber Music
Composer: Will Bates,
Phil Mossman
Executive Creative Director (Music): Michelle Curran

Nomis Sports Innovations

2 February, 2008 | 12.45AM * Written by: Yuko Asanuma
Another shocking and extremely sad news hit Tokyo on Friday, February 1.
Space Lab Yellow, the city's one of the longest running dance clubs and the world's top DJs' most favoured spot, has officially announced it's closing in June 2008.
The place, widely called as 'Club Yellow' or just 'Yellow,' opened in Nishi-Azabu, Tokyo in '91, and they just had huge parties last December, one with David Morales and Frankie Knuckles, to celebrate the 16th anniversary of the club and also the 20th anniversary of Def Mix together, and another one with Moodymann.
Regardless of its rather small capacity of approx. 800, Yellow has been hosting the nights with the world's A-List DJs and artists. From Francois K to DJ Premier, Laurent Garnier to Mad Professor, Chicks On Speed to Joe Claussell, Lee Perry to Carl Cox... and it has been the most established, quality club in town throughout its history. Read More...

This was a very shocking news for everyone who loves dance music in Tokyo... ;-(
Via Tokyo's Club Yellow ends its 16 year history in June | Beatportal

Nice, man! I love your red cap, especially!

Those ones are unbelievably silly but pretty funny, arn't they? lmao Can you guess the meaning of this expression? I like this one best. hehehe This video is the answer. You know what I'm sayin'?????

Beatport has started to support some other languages, recently. Includes French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese.
And just lately, Native Instruments has released a free DJ mixing software.
Let me say once more again, this software is FREE! Can you believe it?
Supported audio formats:
MP3, MP4, WAV, AIFF, Audio-CD, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, non-DRM WMA and AAC
System requirements:
Mac OS 10.4™/10.5™, G4 1 GHz or Intel Dual Core™ processor, 512 MB RAM
Windows XP™/Vista™ (32 Bit), Pentium™/Centrino™/Athlon™ 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM

Beatport SYNC lets you instantly mix tracks by drag and drop. Simply load your tracks into the playback decks and use the crossfader to mix between them. Advanced functions like beat detection, auto sync, and loudness optimization let you create professional-sounding mixes immediately. With Beatport SYNC, anyone can be a DJ.
I've not tried yet but must be so nice, innit? What is the most different part of Beatport Sync and Traktor?
Anyway, Native Instruments is one of the most important companies around the digital music industries.

So cute!!!

I went to a party yesterday. The DJ was Foolish Felix from Life Force / UK. He's very famous of Disco Dub music and was so great! This was the second time for me to listen to his playing, and I was very enjoying all the time. Thanks geezer! ;)
You can download some mixes by Foolish Felix from this site.
Cynic Records Downloads Mixes

Here is the DMC world team champion Kireek's original video! I shoot and edited it. We're gonna drop more movies sooner or later. Don't miss it! Bomboklaaaaaat!!

This is the champion routine! Yahman!!!

Those pronunciations of Japanese and Korean sound very similar. So funny.

I was zapping through Youtube and found this movie. Computer love!
My first memorial computer was PC-9801UV when I was 15 year old.
I was really into drawing some very simple graphics by Basic at that time.
Now, I don't know how many computers I've ever used, but I wouldn't forget about PC-98 seriese forever... (So what?)

Okay, I introduce these three awesome websites today. Recently, I've not been buying any CDs and music datas at all, but I'm downloading a lot of mixes, instead. Almost those mixes were recorded in clubs, or by (internet) radio programs for example BBC - Radio1's "essential mix" and Kiss100's ones from London or something like those from the whole world.
Well, so it's really easy to get those high quality mixes for FREE, of course.
This fact is gonna totally change your music life, I guess, like me.
Actually, there are many other websites like these below, so let me know if you know others.

New Mixes
This is my most favorite downloaing site lately. Must listen the Josh Wink's one. Minimal!
Notice : If you have any problems with downloading - try Firefox.

sashasretroemporium
Massive illegal! Don't give a fxxk!! lol

And you know Beatport has been planning to sell mixes, but that is deferred until now for long time. I think this plan has broken down already...

I'm still going to the scratching school by DJ Yasa on every Monday.
Yesterday, Yasa taught two of drumming patterns to me. Whatever, this entry is just kind a memo for myself. I know that I am a selfish man.

This drumming sounds so cool. Yasa said Mixmaster Mike plays this kinda drumming a lot.

This drumming is very simple, but nice and smooth. I luv it.

Yasa, you did your best! You'd supposed to try again next year! 'Nuf respect!! ;-0

2007 DJ Championship World Final Results:
1st: RAFIK (Germany)
2nd: YASA (Japan)
3rd: FLY (France)

2007 DJ Championship World Final:
1st: RAFIK (Germany)

2007 DJ Championship World Final:
1st: RAFIK (Germany)

2007 DJ Championship World Final:
2nd: YASA (Japan)

2007 Battle For World Supremacy:
1st: SHIFTEE (USA)

2007 Battle For World Supremacy:
2nd: OR D'OEUVRE (France)

2007 World Team Battle:
1st: KIREEK (Japan)

Showcase
KIREEK (Japan)

2007 World Team Battle:
2nd: EXODUS (Germany)

My men YASA and HI-C won!!!!!!!! I'm soooo proud of you guys!!!!!!!! Japan got the Team Championship at last!!!!!!!!!! Awesome, man!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Free style! Sorry, I know that I gotta practice more and more...

Damn!!!! Look at the red shirts girl behind Stevie. She's sooooo cute! :O

I'll Do What I Want!
I went to the rave party named "Sea of Green" at Hyogo Japan, on last weekend. It was so much fun! I was very very enjoying. Mixmaster Morris rules yo!! Nature let me be so relaxed and refreshed, always. Summer has come at last!! Hee-Haw!!

Dee Jays
MIXMASTER MORRIS (NINJA TUNE)
ARTMAN (QOOKI records)
ENITOKWA (KLIK record)
DOUNUT (flower of life)
NAKAMOTO (sea of green)
KOBAYASHI (motherplant)
INBE (newtone record)
GROUND (mt.chill / sound channel)
YOKOTA (sea of green)
MONGOOSE （newtone record)
and more and more

Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O, Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Fruscinate, CSS's Lovefoxxx and MIA are to feature on a new album together.

'The People Tree' (featuring David Byrne, Chail 2na, Gift of Gab and Z-Trip)
'Nasa Music' (ft. E-40, Method Man and DJ Swamp)
'Way Down' (ft. RZA, John Frusciante and Barbie Hatch)
'Hip Hop' (ft. KRS- One, Fatlip and Slim Kid Tre)
'Four Rooms, Earth View'
'Money' (ft. David Byrne, Seu Jorge, Ras Congo and Z-Trip)
'Strange Enough' (ft. Karen O, Ol' Dirty Bastard and Fatlip)
'Samba Hey' (Portuguese Version) (ft. Seu Jorge)
'A Volta' (ft. Lovefoxxx, Amanda Blank and Sizzle)
'The Ultimate' (ft. Fatlip and Gift Of Gab)
'Spacious Thoughts' (ft Tom Waits and Kool Keith)
'Electric Flowers' (ft. RZA and Nina Persson)
'There's A Party' (ft. George Clinton)
'O Pato' (ft. Kool Kojak)
'Whachadoin?' (ft. MIA, Spank Rock and Nick Zinner)
'Samba Soul' (ft. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and DJ Obert)
'I Am God' (ft. Kool Kojak)
'Outro'

Must be so powerful album! I'm really looking forward to listening to this shit! Yeah!

News | NME.COM

Heeeeee-Haw!! Thanx Kamo! Damn hot!!!

Recently, I buy music files almost from this website. A lot of Djs and composers based on electric music scene are uploading their own brand-new singles onto this website, before press vinals nor Cds. Very very fresh stuffs you can find in there.

And the compressing quality is very good. Of course the file weight is a little bit heavier than the other Mp3 stores' ones, whatever.
Many my Dj friends in Tokyo, buy a lot of music files from this website, everyday. And djing by Traktor, of course.
I'm practicing Traktor recently, but I don't have the console, so gotta control that by a fxxking small track pad by my shaky finger.

I really want this console, Vestax VPC-100. Cuz the genuine one's design is the worst.
Whatever, I really wanna convert my every music from vinal to digital. If someone has good idea to do that, let me know, please.

BeatPort.com

I really love this kinda animations. And even this kinda music too.
It's impossible to Japanese to make an animation movie which has an atmosphere like this. Very opposite impressions with recent Japanese animations. Of course I know it's pretending the very old-skool style. But still we can't do even pretending, at all. Because we were only watching "Dragon Ball", "Gundam" and "Doraemon" or something like these as very childish ones on TV, every weeks when we were children.
But now, anyone can watch this kinda foreign music videos or animations or any other movies on demand at Youtube. So the next generation will become like very mixed culture peoples, at least more than us.
Now, the young people who are using computers or some network devices everyday, it means that they are able to choose anything from very very huge shopping mall with unbelievably a lot of choices. At least hundred times huger than ours. Recently, many persons in Japanese advertising industry says like "This sounds like an example of 'The Long Tail model'". Yes, the Long tail model proves basically that the young generations' economical actions. Even that means every young people are choosing only things that they exactly want.

Whatever, so drunk... Hehehehe ;-S

Dices versus Lego!

I designed this flyer for a club event which invited a very wicked house DJ called Presslaboys from Italy! I was too fxxxxxg busy recently, so I couldn't spend enough time for the details honestly. That's so sad. Anyway, I might go this event. Let's get drunk!

This is really sophisticated searching service for music videos on Youtube. And if you're a user of LastFM, it might be more fun, I think. But Japanese LastFM service is still a work in progress, so I can't know that. Anyway if you use only the searching function, you still can know that it's a useful service.
I Love Music Video

I did a job with Yasa yesterday. His skratching was awesome as usual, so every staffs in the recording studio were surprised so much! Crossing my fingers to succeed in this job...

I believe so. This rumor about his death must be a plot of the US government.

This is an incredible self-customizable-good-design-internet radio. It's a little hard to find really underground songs, but anyway there are many many songs in here. Of course these songs are full-length, and this service is completely legal, whatever.
But you gotta select 45 songs though (if you push the button "I'm lazy", then the list will be filled automatically).
Try!
finetune.com

Friday night, I went to a party at club Macao which is in Sen-nichimae, Osaka.
Actually, when I was in Tokyo, all my friends who had come from Osaka said about club Macao "There's an unbelievably crazy place in Osaka! You should go there!". So I was really interested in this place, but I'd had no chance to be there.
Then my friend told me that the place's gonna close soon! Yeah, Friday was the closing party (actually, I heard that the party was continuing till 6 PM on Sunday...).

That was a very amazing night. I totally enjoyed myself and met a lot of old friends.
I really regretted that I went there for the first time on closing night!

This is my skratch teacher DJ YASA's routine at the final round of DMC world championship 2006 in London!! Check this out.
The one and only! What da fxxkin' BUMBKLAAAAAAAT style!!!!

I've learned the Crescent Orbit yesterday. Yasa actually uses this combo in his freestyle a lot. The sound is so simple but very dopey yo. If you mix up with the normal Orbit like this diagram, you can make a very funky rhythm. But for me, to insert this combo to a beat perfectly is not easy at all. Gotta practice a lot!

Reference; One Click Orbit

F = Forward
B = Backward
Pink line = Cutting

I went to the second lesson of the skratching skool yesterday. I learned the Orbit and the Flare mainly. The Orbit is still so difficult for me! Yasa said, I should use my wrist for making the cutting sound, and use my finger for only clicking during the cutting. Yeah, this is very very hard to explain, but I finally could understand what the Orbit is. If I use my finger for clicking same as the Flare, I never can make the Orbit very fast.
Well, I made the diagram. Yasa said there are almost 3 different patterns of the Orbit. The 1st one is the easiest. The 3rd is the faster version of the 2nd, or it is the tail-cut version of the 1st.
The 2nd one looks easier than 1st, but so difficult... Like the very slow Flare!

I know my english is fxxked up but gonna try to write my diary by that. This is just like practicing English. Don't give a fxxk about mistakes, alright?
Well, I don't have nothing fun to write recently though.
Just one thang, I've just started going to the "skratching skool" (not "scratching school") from last Monday.
You know my teacher is "Dj Yasa" who got the second place for biggest world skratching championships called DMC this year yo! Check this out!
His skratching is fxxking awesome. Super fast, correctly, and soulful. I'm soooo happy about the opportunity to have lessons by such a greatest Dj in here Osaka.
He said my skratching is not bad, but even I have a lot of heavy habits. I gotta fix these habits first then gotta make basic skills more correct. For example Orbit, Transform skratching, and also Crab and so on.
Actually I've done skratching for almost more than seven years, but I've never got lessons by someone like this. It's so fun! I didn't know that...