Monday, April 24, 2006

Tokyo: The Neobaroque Scene

Japanese + English + Spanish↓↓↓

日本語\\\\東京ネオバロークシーン
ボクたちは"それを"一月の終わりにいった。。去年の終わりにかけて避けることのできないハプニングが増していることを。。
ボクたちは思った。この"津波"はクリスマスホリデーのような幸福感に溢れた爆発だったと。しかし、運よくこの一ヶ月間、勢いは永遠に終わらないように思えた。
それは事実だ。もっとも魅惑的でうっとりさせている東京の夜は異質なんだ。驚きはしない、音楽はスタイルの裏側にはっきりと力強いものを感じる。実際に60年代のガレージトラッシュポップがそうだ。しかしながらアンダーグラウンドの中には最も世界の中でおそろしい人類の統計にのぼる。それは最も変化にとんだそしてインパクトをもたらす要因からなるファッションだ。ボクたちはその長さについて話そうと思う。僕たちは東京ネオバロークシーンのいくつかの選択肢を短く紹介することにする。
キッシュな.....MEAT,Fancyhim
破壊的な....LINDA
ロックな....HARDTOEXPLAIN,Niteperform,Licks
クラシックな...notokyo
さまざまな...Teenage Kicks,Escalator
ダークな...Hells Yeah...
AndVanity?...いやまって、Vanityはもうすでに有名なパーティだ。。。。そうだから何がボクたちの結論だ???そう、東京は一番のエクレクトィックパーティになっていっているってことなんだ!!!

English\\\\We said it back in January: The end of last year.s current of indispensable happenings came in crescendo…and ever so voluptuously since…
We could have thought that this 'tsunami' was a euphoric outburst of Christmas Holiday spirit, but fortunately in a matter of months, this momentum seems to be a never-ending story.
What is the result of all this??? For it is definitely a NEOBAROQUE scene...
It is a fact that the most fascinating Tokyo nights are heterogeneous. Not surprisingly, music is a defining force behind the styles- an array actually from trashpop to 60.s garage. However, within the underground with the most terrifying amount of HOMO-AESTHETICUS-ACTIVUS in the world, it is the fashion that has become the most varied and impacting factor... We'll talk at length about that later. In short, we can count several options the Tokyo neobaroque has to offer: there is kitsch @ Meat and Fancyhim, destroy @ Linda, rock @ Hard To Explain, Nite Perform and Licks, classic @ the new No Tokyo, variaté @ Teenage Kicks and Escalator, dark @ Hells Yeah... And Vanity? Well, Vanity is already famous so... This said, what is our big conclusion? Tokyo is on its way to becoming the most eclectic PARTY capital ever!!!


Español\\\\Ya lo habíamos dicho en enero: desde fines del año pasado la corriente de happenings indispensables venía voluptuosamente in crescendo . Se pudo haber pensado que este 'tsunami' era un arrebato eufórico de fiestas pascuas, mas felizmente parece el 'cuento de nunca acabar'...
A fines del primer tercio del 2006 ¿¿¿cuál es el resultado de todo esto??? Pues definitivamente una escena NEOBARROCA.
Es un hecho: las noches tokyotas más fascinantes son heterogéneas. No sólo la música define(?) el estilo -para esto podemos hablar desde trashpop hasta garage de los 60-s. Dentro del underground con la cantidad más aterradora de HOMO-AESTHETICUS-ACTIVUS en el mundo, es la moda lo que se ha convertido en el factor más variopinto e impactante... Nos explayaremos más adelante, pero resumiendo la escena podemos decir que en Tokyo ya contamos con varias opciones: hay kitsch en Meat y Fancyhim, hay destroy en Linda, hay rock en Hard To Explain, Nite Perform y Licks; hay classic en la nueva No Tokyo, hay variaté en Teenage Kicks y Escalator, hay dark en Hells Yeah... ¿Y Vanity? Vanity ya es famosa... Así las cosas, ¿cuál es nuestra gran conclusión? ...que Tokyo va en camino a convertirse en la más ecléctica capital mundial de la FIESTA!!!!

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Tokyo... The Neobaroque Scene
Photos & Text by Gallermic Tanaka* {featuring Aiko.Nakano}
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As soon as Yusuke heard there was going to be a new shindig, he tore his clothes and stole some money from his parents. Then in the dark, he was seen dancing all night long... From NITE PERFORM @ Wire - Shinjuku アイ.アム.クレージー.フォー.ユスケ。。。
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L: We deserve it... すごいDrag Queen @ FancyHIM. R: Interesting Red @ Nite Perform - Wire, club underneath a budhist shrine. あかいおもしろい。

L: Simple and extravagant Dj Chaki, the most desired skinny @ FancyHIM. みな.ラヴ.チャキ! R: Galliano, so bohemian @ Escalator-s bar よっぱらい!
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All the kids are talking about NO TOKYO. Its concept, a refined blend of trash and luxury, has turned into the new fashion challenge... Just imagine Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tifanny-s, but in the Tokyo neobaroque scene!!! More than darling, it-s Neodarling! オー ダーリン!!!At the top, Maitress Yuria in Vivienne Westwood sat in her blondie slave Simon.s lap! ユリア.ザ.ベスト!
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L: Meat kids the Prom King and Flash, we got our legs out for their dj set @ No Tokyo. チュ! R: Superb Aiko, our Japanese editor supermodel @ No Tokyo!!! アイ.アム.クレージー.アバウト.ユー!

L: We found this tuxedo kid running a life @ No Tokyo. We suport him タカシクン! R: 20.s glamour by Sarah Potplant. With bf Kazu, they were the most idiosyncratic postmodern romance.

L: The ever orgasmic James.With Sarah conform the God.s Postmodern Aristocracy, they make No Tokyo! R: Two of hearts Fumi and Yuria, they are siamese sisters! ウー.ラ.ラ!

L: Lost in Tokyo TV star Colleen and Jhonny Depp... Two of hearts @ No Tokyo. R: Aphrodisiac Fanny, the heiress to a small fortune. Marry her @ No Tokyo チュ!
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They could not explain the musical epiphany only in their magazine. They had to make a party, CLUB HARD TO EXPLAIN, that is to celebrate the rock {new & legendary} in a misunderstood level of dementia... At the top, PHI, Hard To Explain magazine-s editors and the most famous Tokyoite DJ couple as well.


L: Another couple, the partyholic couple @ CLUB Hard To Explain. まじかれたちはクレージー! R: He knew his naïf attitude would seduce us @ Hard To Explain チュ! 

L: We saw his Peepee... it was so HARD To Explain! でもかれのピピはスタイリッシュ!R: So tight jeans. SO tight queue! They also love making threesome on the HTE dancefloor は!

L: Come to Club HTE and look for Misako... she is the best Tokyoite dancer ever! チュ! R: We don-t know her yet. But her hair is beautiful and Hard To Explain! かこい!
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TEENAGE KICKS has turned into the new launch pad for bands, dj.s and music trends. We enjoy this party so much. Here you get the right amount of nervousness that every teenager needs... At the top, Lesbians, discopunk dj duo conformed by Dorothy 'Longest Legs' and Aiko Nakano, TheFashionRamone.s editor/supermodel and famous masochist!!! {in the back, lovely Teenage Kicks organizer Kazu}
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L: Linda-s Takakhan in white and cool amateur photographer @ Teenage Kicks
R: hot kid on his own, hoody + white stripesf @ Teenage Kicks ニアウ!

L: Dj Kanno and girlfriend, they are always a 60-s mod show, we loved them @ Teenage Kicks. R: This is Teenage Kicks Thank You party, a small homey shindig for friends, free, very relaxing @ Punk Rock Bar. きもち!
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FancyHIM is an electrotrash 'hentai' fashion party. It could be said this shindig is gay, but no way! This shindig is for every homo aestheticus sexual!!! ...At the top, Dj Mondo, running away, just because!!!
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L: Not only the longest legs of the scene, Dorothy also got the most fashionable breast @ FancyHIM セクシ R: Fancy creatures, Yusuke in red & Hachi in Bernhard Whilhelm
L: Siamese vamps @ FancyHIM {isn-t it a perfect name?} ファンシヒムかこいなまえね R: i-D cover girl Rachel, we loved her @ FancyHIM, of course we are sending this pic to i-D さいこ!
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They say there are fashion moments. Well come to HELLS YEAH and live the most traumatic fashion moment ever! Who is in the black of this party? No other but Tokyo Bopper, the most feared fashion gang in the übereclectic Harajuku, say the BEST OF. At the top, industrial chic, sort of Blade Runner muse by Hells Yeah habitué @ Hells Yeah fête!!! すごいファッション!
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L: Our supermodel Nakao, always expiating her sins @Hells Yeah. スパーモデル! R: FashionMafia leaders Yama and fulanita with mask. ヤマちゃんチュ!

L: Tokyo Bopper.s Shima and fulanita fashion designer, we loved them @ Hells Yeah!シマシマアイ.ラヴ.ユー! R: Savage and beautiful underground kid, meet her@ Hells Yeah!
L: This kid is naked. And another kid is touching his tits @ Hells Yeah! へんたい! R: Voyeurism, sensuality and narcisism @ Hells Yeah backstage, the best! しんごすごいセクシ
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MEAT! ...They have achieved a terrifying amount of fans with only 5 volumes. For this Meat is fresh, exotic and very sexy. As they say, the 'yummiest party of the scene'... We would eat them for ever, if they don-t mind {only for gourmet kids}. At the top, Flash in all his blonde splendour @ Meat Vol.5
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L: Meat girl and Linda.s Yoshirotten, Linda crew is djing everyparty! And indeed Linda loves Meat! R: Another Linda supporter, our japanese doll Emiko @ Meat リンダとミートラヴ.フォー.エヴァー
L: Tokyo naïf girl, from the bed to Meat party! かわいい R: Jessyand Sarah Potplant, amost siamese twins @ Meat!
L: Honey bunny Taeko and blondie fulanita, we loved them @ Meat! R: Indispensable E-galliano, drunk for ever, if u dontmind @ Meat!
L: Two of hearts Yuria and Sonia, you can eat them @ Meat! おいしいそう R: So edifying Meat girls Nabe and Yuka, our faves babes @ Meat {big hair} party. すごいたのしかった!!!


We said it all about VANITY. It came into scene as the first tokyoite underground party, it worked really well, became so famous, now it already emerged to the overground, the cool side indeed... In fact, Vanity will be our first love for ever. At the top, Yuria again, cause we also loved her @ Vanity 80.s! ファースト.ラヴ.フォー.エヴァー
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L: Fanny, thinking about men, money and whatever you want @ Vanity 80.s チュ! R: Underground ballerina Eri, buy her an piña colada @ Vanity 80.s かわいい
L: Adorable MaiMai and Yusuke having a photographable break @ Vanity 80.s ユー.アー.マインマイン!R: Madonna hat by Popo and net neon arms by Yuka @ Vanity 80.s チュ!
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R: They were @ the last Teenage Kicks on live... Incorridors, winter season-s most remindable underground gig in Tokyo. クール! L: Spank girls Maga and Sayuri with nonchalant Kazu, all of them adorable creatures leading a technicoloured tokyoite style! イエアー!R: Linda Linda! We dedicated a complete party report about this amazing event, the electroshocking one, so this is just a link, a heretic link of course! Linda is for us an exceptional shindig, can u imagine all of us loving each other, wanting each other, with heart, body and gullivera??? That-s Linda!!! リンダめちゃくちゃさいこ!L: Escalator Records Party is another must-go-event in Tokyo. We had an amazing time last nite, and the venue is something to remember, think about a rough bauhaus. Definitely a party with structured feeling! マジでかこい! R: It-s a known fact, we are good, lovely kids. Because we love them we want to thank all of our postmodern romances for inviting us and giving us their love, their food and their exotic drinks. We thank you with this neobaroque photo taken @ Hells Yeah backstage XX チュ!Also special thanks to ビデオテレビ。。。