ahhhhhh

ahhh I'm so sick, I have the worst fever I ever had in two years, thank you Tokyo :)
time to go back home.....

My Tokyo

It's good to be back !

At the OK FRED launch party: a lot of fun with friends


Midori, in green (of course), Yuko and Patrick. Where's Jean ?!


Tokyo Fun Party in da house ! Takashi with Fumi.


Rob's hair and Haruna.


Mister T.


Ueno/Shinjuku/Harajuku/Aoyama/Shibuya/Ginza/Naka Meguro I'm not (too) lost anymore !
I found all the places I were looking for: next step: moving there ?


We went to the Kitty Ex exhibition in Laforet, another excuse for more Kitty shopping. You have to pay to get into the shop and buy goods ! very clever :)


My favorite Okinawa restaurant in Koenji.


At the Uzumaki exhibition.


A bike and a keitai and I'm ready to live here !

In Kobe
Watch me now !!
live broadcast from CUE

Currently in Kobe, sitting next to Kazuya Ishigami, waiting to play at CUE.
*stress stress !*

an apple a day

me loves the Apple store Ginza.

Dans le club: surprise me, don't

Ahh, clubs.
This is may be the reason I don't often DJ in Paris, but I have a love/hate relationship with 'night'clubs. I sometimes feel very comfortable in clubs, and sometimes I just can't stay in the place for more than 5 minutes. The funny thing is, this relationship is very much related to Japan as I'm more often experiencing this when I'm there.

I don't go to clubs in Paris anymore, or maybe twice a year. I don't see any reason to spend a few hours in a bad environnement with bad music. And of course I don't see why I would have to PAY to survive that !

I think my main problem with club culture is the 'club' music. I have lost almost all interest in 'house', filtered, 'let's cut the mid range and drop the bass' sound. Or at least that kind of sound for 4 HOURS, non stop. And no, replacing 'house' with 'punkrock' is not the solution. Well, anyway...

Wednesday night in Osaka was my first 'club' event this year, and I have to say it went better than expected. I was worried when I heard the kind of music the other 'DJ' was playing (bad punk rock non stop), and I wasn't feeling too well after a McTeriyaki, but everything changed when Nick arrived and gave me the occasion to leave the place and get some good food.

Momus' description of the event is very good, but I have to add that his set was the best one of the evening. I really enjoyed his selection of Sakamoto meets Summerisle, with field recordings and Toog all mixed together.

And what about Digiki ?
Well, the usual !
I still don't feel comfortable enough to drop the beats and do an all-quietness set in a club setting, but I think playing with Reich and Oval sounds was a good thing.

Thanks to everyone who came to the event (and stayed till the end!). It was a strange and interesting night.

Next: Tokyo !

Digiki - Pancaked feat. MC Cat Genius & Sarbøchron

Channing, you make it happen !! I will play that in Tokyo on Saturday.

Kobe under the rain

hot weather ? no, rain !
record shopping (Huckleberry is one of the oldest record shop in Kobe)
Kitchentalk at Lucie (super oishii)
on the phone: Audrey (super nice, chat about OK Fred, Tokyo and...TTC shoes) and Aoi-chan (`i~"I'm going to the biggest party ever in Roppongi"`>i~ hum...)
no nightswimming

Medulla

Even if I'm tired of the usual Bjork tricks (Vespertine is not that good now) I can't help but simply LOVE piano track Ancestors, Rahzel's beatboxing and the Robert Wyatt song Submarine. BUT the best track is the amazing Dokaka produced Triumph Of The Heart: oh my !!!

A day in Osaka

Tetsuya promotion for HATTRICK events
My weekly (daily?) T shirt fix
a new DAT Politics album ! surprise !!
a future Apple store
more cats (for you Channing)
famicom x super mario
and of course, a very HOT weather

In Japan

11 hour+ flight in Boeing Triple 7
super hot weather
meeting people
good food everywhere, anytime
trains, trains, trains, subways
cats

More TYO

Digiki in Tokyo...again

++ Friday, August 27th 2004 in Tokyo ++

"Laisse Tomber Les Filles DX"
(Musumetachini Kamawanaide DX)

at Shibuya Aoi Heya

Open 19pm / Close 23:00

[LIVE]
Suitcase Rhodes
ISSAYmeetsDOLLY?vocal:ISSAY?piano:MARI FUKUHARA?
NORO

[DJ]
DIGIKI
kiupee

[FOOD]
MINT TEA

[VJ]
Atsushi Yamane

[performance]
Kenzo Saeki

more info soon.

More cats

The D!G!K! megamix (how 90's !) of the Cat Jams label known as Muy Neko is now available for download here.

Japan no-tour

more info on the digiki schedule for august: Osaka, Tokyo and Kobe !
and maybe more in Tokyo but it's just a rumor, right ?

++ Wednesday, August 18th 2004 in Osaka ++

HATTRICK + CASTELLANE present
"VACANCES"

Club STOMP
18:00 start
1000yen (1 drink incl)

*D/LIVE*
DIGIKI (CASTELLANE)

*GUEST DJ*
Momus

*DJ*
Tetsuya Matsukawa (HATTRICK)
bobbie gillespie hairstyle

club STOMP
Takara building B1F, 1-13-32
Higashi-Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka
TEL 06-6245-0889

supported by Velvet Moon



++ Saturday, August 21st 2004 in Tokyo ++

OK FRED OO4 RELEASE PARTY!

from 6P.M. TO 9 P.M at ICC
FREE ENTRANCE!!!!!!!!!!!

with a performance by French artist Mathieu Briand / Cercle Rouge
Japanese unit TYME+TAPS
DJ DIGIKI (FRANCE)
DJ MILQUESTOAST (USA)
AND GUESTS.

all performances played in sound installation of MAthieu Briand.

COME CELEBRATE THE NEWEST ISSUE OF OK FRED WITH US !

NTT Intercommunication Center [ICC]
Tokyo Opera City Tower 4F, 3-20-2 Nishishinjuku
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1404 Japan
Telephone 0120-144199
Hatsudai Station East Exit on the Keio New Line


++ Monday, August 23rd 2004 in Kobe ++

Live from Far East Vol.52

18:00 open / 19:00 start
1000yen (1 drink incl)

Digiki (from France)
with very special guest Robert Glitchslap Duckworth

Kazuya Ishigami

Sunao Inami


C.U.E.
cue@cavestudio.org
CAPHOUSE #314, 3-19-8
Yamamoto Dori, Chuo-ku
Kobe,Japan 650-0003
Tel & Fax : +81 (0)78-241-9389

digi Kobe

added: August 23rd in Kobe at CUE
Digiki with Kazuya Ishigami
more details to follow.

I'll play some brand new stuff and do a special sound architecture DJing. For what it means....

Koolhass



Rem's Beijing manifesto on Wired News (adapted from the great Content catalogue and exhibition in Berlin last winter).

update
thanks Jean for the info:
apparently the project is currently on hold, or cancelled !

Kitchen: Digiki vs. Ookie Cookie

currently listening to the 11-track(!!) remix CD Charles Hatcher and Reggie Chamberlain-King from Belfast sent me for the Kitchen remix project: this is super crazy. More on this soon !

Muy neko

Even with a brand new blog I forgot to write about this - I've been asked by the great Cat Jams label to work on a label sampler, Digiki style. With complete freedom and access to the whole catalogue I created (yep it's done already) a 36 minute-non-stop anti-mix called Muy neko which will hopefully be available somewhere sometimes in the near future. Tracklist and details coming soon.

I got two turntables and a microphone

guess who's back ?

August 18th (wed): Osaka Club STOMP
HATTRICK + CASTELLANE: Vacances Japan
with
DJ/LIVE: Digiki
Special mp3DJ/selector: Momus
DJs: Tetsuya Matsukawa and Bobbie Gillespie Hairstyle

START: 6 PM
Y1000
more info

August 21th (sat): Tokyo ICC
OK FRED issue #4 launch party
Feat. Mathieu Briand, Tyme, Dj Milquetoast, Ok Fredders...
...and Digiki

START: 6 PM
FREE !!
more info

The "You should play this" anti-mix CD will be available in strictly limited edition, catch it while you can !

more if there's more, as usual.