hello friends, I've been reading this list for a few months and thought I
would say hello. Right now I'm doing a second semester abroad (originally
from Syracuse, NY) in Japan, at a university called Kansai Gaidai. I'm
living near Hirakata, which is basically right between Kyoto and Osaka.
This country's public transportation system is really excellent, so that
whenever we get bored we can just hop a 30 minute train in one direction or
another and be in the middle of a big city. And there zillions of tiny
clubs, which I'm trying to get out to more this semester. Last night I saw
Cylob, Freeform, LYO25 and many others in a club called the Metro in Kyoto
and it was a really fantastic show. I'll post a review of it later on. But
I'm writing this email wondering if anyone else on the list is currently
living in japan? Its very hard to find out what's going on at the clubs, as
you have to rely on randomly finding flyers outside stores. I found the
pile of Cylob/Freeform flyers on top of a gumball machine outside a tiny
clothing store, and didn't see them anywhere else. It was a lucky find, so
I'm afraid there are tons of shows that I'm missing here. Are there any big
IDM fans in japan? Any suggestions of clubs worth going to and shows worth
seeing? Also, can anyone recommend any japanese IDM/electronic groups worth
listening to? I go to record stores and see rows and rows of japanese
artists I've never heard of, and I'm sure I won't be able to find them when
I get back to the US. What should i look for? I'm going to be in japan
until the beginning of june, so if anyone on this list is in japan, drop me
a line and maybe we can get together sometime. Gaikokujin or nihonjin, lets
get together and bump some ongaku! :) Peace
tim
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