W+K東京LAB presents Tokyo.Ten : Live
Posted on July 5, 2008
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W+K東京LABは2003年の立ち上げ以来、HIFANA、高木正勝、AFRA、DJ Uppercutの作品を、ほぼすべてのタイトルで、DVD＋CDという形態でリリースしつづけている。ハイブリッドをコンセプトに、さまざまな要素を融合させた音楽をリリースするだけにとどまらず、早くから音楽を軸としたオーディオビジュアル体験を創出することに着目。今、ここ東京でしか生まれない表現を追求しつづけてきた。レーベル設立5周年、記念すべき10枚目のリリースはDVD+BOOK+BLOG で構成された“TOKYO.点”。このリリースをセレブレイトするライブイベントを、LIQUIDROOMで開催する。ここで、新しい体験を垣間見ることができる。ここから、新しい旅がはじまる。つぎの“点”へ。
Since W+K Tokyo Lab was launched in 2003, we’ve continued to produce CD+DVD releases for our artists Hifana, Takagi Masakatsu, Afra, and DJ Uppercut. Embracing the concept of hybrid, all our releases have been experiments in audio-visual expression and beyond, while striving to create a new experience that could only be born in Tokyo. Now that we’ve come 5 years along in this journey, this month we present our tenth release, a DVD+Book+Blog, called Tokyo.点, and to celebrate it, we’ll hold our biggest and best party at Liquidroom, featuring live performances by five of our artists. Come and share this experience with us as we kick off a new phase in the journey of W+K Tokyo Lab.
Tokyo.Ten : Live
W+K Tokyo Lab 5th Anniversary
2008/07.24/THU
Liquidroom
OPEN : 18:00 START : 19:00
Ticket : ￥3,000 (tax in, no drink)
Live Performances by:
Hifana
DJ Uppercut
Afra & The Incredible Beatbox Band
Jemapur
鎮座DOPENESS + Kochitola Haguretic Emcee’s
Thanks to our sponsors:
Amana Group, Claska, and special visual technology partner, Crescent.
Tokyo.Ten : Ten To Sen Live Performance
Posted on July 5, 2008
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Tatsuya Yamada staged a live performance, entitled Ten To Sen, for Tokyo.Ten. In the book, he contributed a photograph of the event, but here you can see it edited together in its entirety. Thank you Tatsuya!
Tokyo.Ten Opening Party
Posted on July 1, 2008
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Last Friday night, we all gathered at the recently reopened Claska Hotel and gallery space to celebrate the opening of the Tokyo.Ten exhibition, as well as the forthcoming release of the book+DVD. As you can see from the photos, this party was a blast, and we heard that around 700-800 people came through in the course of a few hours. DJing and live music was provided by our own Woog, Jemapur, Shingo (Merce Death), and UC / DJ Uppercut. The art exhibited is by Tokyo Lab and all our collaborators who graciously took part in this project just for the sheer love of creating something new and special together.
A big thanks to all who were involved in making this party happen (there were many volunteers from inside W+K Tokyo) and of course to all our creative collaborators who contributed their artworks. Without our collaborators and their work, there would be no book, no exhibition, and WKTLAB would not exist as it does today!
For those who didn’t make it to the party, you can still check the Tokyo.Ten exhibition which will be ongoing through 07.27 at Claska. The Process exhibition featuring personal works of +cruz, Woog, Shane Lester and Sun An will also go up at Claska starting this Saturday, 07.05–07.18.
WKTLAB.10 EVENTS
Posted on June 4, 2008
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It has been a few months in the making and as we head closer to the July 16th release date, we are pleased to announce and inform you all of some activities we have lined up to promote the WKTLAB.TEN release…
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TOKYO.TEN : EXHIBITION
2008 06.27 / FRI – 07.27 / SUN
GALLERY & SHOP “DO”
OPENING 06.27 / FRI / 7pm - 11pm
CLOSING + LIVE AFTER PARTY 07.24 / THU / 12am – 4am
URL : claska.com
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An exhibition of our upcoming BOOK / BLOG / DVD release. This event is our first exhibition in Tokyo. It will showcase a visual remix of our 9 WKTLAB hybrid CD/DVD releases and feature the 42 artists who participated in the TEN project. It will also world premiere our latest musician / music video for Jemapur’s Maledict Car, directed by Kosai Sekine.
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TOKYO.TEN : PROCESS
STUDIO CLASKA
2008.07.05 / SAT – 07.18 / FRI
+CRUZ / WOOG / SHANE LESTER / SUN AN
URL : claska.com
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An two week sub-exhibition featuring process works behind the LAB activities as well as personal works of the WKTLAB members.
Mad PROPS!!! and Super shout outs to Dan Ushikubo and Akira Horiuchi (pictured here) as well as Takeo Okuma and Kyoko Sengoku from CLASKA for hosting our exhibition.
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TOKYO.TEN : BOOK RELEASE
ABC ROPPONGI
2008.07.01 / TUE - 07.31 / THU
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Aoyama Book Center is one of Tokyo’s premiere design book shoppes. We were invited to make a small “Talk Show” / Lecture to present our book and… do a BOOK SIGNING. Funny. A Design/Music Book signing. Don’t think we have ever seen this happen before. We will also do a takeover of the bookstore.
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TOKYO.TEN : LIVE
HIFANA / UC a.k.a. DJ Uppercut / AFRA & The Incredible Beatboxers / Jemapur / chinzaDOPENESS + Special Guests
LIQUID ROOM
2008.07.24 / THU
OPEN : 18:00hr
START : 19:00hr
TICKETS : ¥3,000
AFTER PARTY @ CLASKA 12am – 4am
INFO : 03.5464.0800
URL : liquidroom.net
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A rare event at Liquidroom in Ebisu featuring our artists performing live back to back. The last time our artists performed together was when we launched the label 5 years ago. This event will be LIVECAST on the internet.
We hope you can all join us in one way or another.
We’ll keep you posted on the events as the dates come closer.
Digital Flyer to come.
We want to also thank our sponsors…
CLASKA and AMANA for their extremely kind support in helping make this exhibition happen. LIQUIDROOM for keeping the music alive!!!
Tokyo.点 x Jemapur + Kosai Sekine : Maledict Car PV.05 : The Teaser
Posted on May 29, 2008
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This is the teaser for the upcoming Jemapur video for Maledict Car. We hope you like it.
Tokyo.点 x Zongy
Posted on May 26, 2008
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Two distinct Tokyos exist for me. But it is its initial mark that has forever made an impression on me.
My first introduction to Tokyo was coupled with my launch into adolescence. Under the influence of pubescent energy and its unbridaled tendency for discovery, I navigated the spaces and shapes of both the city and the topography of my own self.
The aesthetic experience of being in Japan submerged my imagination with everything exquisite, from the garish colors and sounds of pachinko parlors to the placid nature and european city guide NHK programs set to classical music, from the perfect packaging at every purchase to the hyper-pure, cosmetic-only advertising and publishing industries. I grew with the swelling of the Bubble – unaware of the affluent economy and its emerging society ravaging the status quo of economic prowess, its own cultural integrity and sense of identity – until it burst, and I coincidentally left. And for nearly a decade I managed to maintain not merely nostalgia but a real archive of all that Tokyo had provided me with who I am and what I do. When I watch Marker’s Sans Soleil or Wender’s Tokyo-ga or read Barthe’s Empire of Signs, I feel they are my memories recorded.
I think if making something particular to Tokyo means returning to my original experience of it, then I will return to my original if not innocent and unguarded source of inspiration and expression: words.
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Posted on May 17, 2008
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seeeeing dots all over tokyo…
Tokyo.点 POSTER WIP
Posted on May 15, 2008
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We are in the midst of making a poster for the book. Here are some sketches.
Tokyo.点 × Genki Ito II
Posted on May 13, 2008
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Tokyo.点 x +cruz_v2
Posted on May 10, 2008
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