Closing Sirocco

So last Sunday we brought the curtain down on three years of regular chill-out parties - thanks to those who came to enjoy the fine tuneage from Johnny, Peter, Ben, Andy and Joseph.

Thanks are due to our hosts Ryo at Nexus, Ken at Beach Bar Asia, Naoki at Nesia, Traci at The Pink Cow, and Taki at Sound Market; to guest performers Ryu, Akane and Iyo-san; to Ethan, Greg and Bev, who performed live as Cat-a-Tonic at our final Nesia evening; and to guest DJs Dan, Johnny, Bev, Andy, Ben, Guillaume, Etienne and Nobu. Last and largest, a big thanks to Adrian for helping us get it going in the first place.

It's been a fun time; we've enjoyed holding Sirocco, and we do hope to continue with occasional one-off events. Peter's belly-dancing friends like the idea of performing at the beach bars over the summer, so watch this space to see what happens with that.

Peace

More Pink Cow

Happy New Year!

Thanks to those who came to Sirocco at The Pink Cow just before New Year's. It was a very groovy night with chilled tunes from Joseph and Peter, live music from Jin and LouStar, and video art by Jesse, and a fine time was had by all.

Peter will be playing there again this coming Sunday for their 'Art Blender' event - Jesse will be there with more video art, there'll also be burlesque dancing from N@n@ and live music too. Plus of course the fine food and drinks from the bar. Directions and details are on www.thepinkcow.com, so please come down and enjoy a relaxed and eclectic night.

Peace.

New Year Sirocco

First, thanks to all those who joined us at Sound Market last month for the autumn Sirocco. It was a fine night with a goodly number of friendly, happy people, and the DJs were able supported by the singing plant on the table near the screen. We took kind of a relaxed attitude towards using the recorder, so Peter and Joseph's sets are lost to history, but they were ace.

Onwards. As we did last year, we're taking Sirocco to The Pink Cow in Shibuya on 29th December for a night of chilled tunes, live music and various other artistic goings-on. The full line-up hasn't been confirmed yet but it'll be a good night, with fine food (Pink Cow burritos are rightly celebrated) and fine drinks in a unique, relaxed setting. Check www.thepinkcow.com for directions and a map, details of the line-up as it unfolds, and a schedule of all their other groovy events. We'll look forward to seeing you there.

Sunday at The Pink Cow

Hello,

Just a quick note to say that Peter will be spinning a few tunes at The Pink Cow on Sunday 14th November for their 'art blender' event. This is an eclectic night of music, dance, spoken word and performance art, and free! See www.thepinkcow.com for more information.

Peace.

November Sirocco

Hello,

It looks like typhoon season has finally ended, so here's hoping we'll for once get a pleasantly warm, sunny autumn.

In a break with the norm, the next Sirocco will be on Monday 22nd November, the evening before the national holiday. Same time, 7:02pm, and same place, Sound Market in Fujisawa, with the same relaxed atmosphere and welcoming vibe as ever.

On a different tip, Peter will be DJing at Japan Music Week's 'UK Bristol Nite', held at Rockwest in Shibuya on Saturday 13th November. The event runs from 5pm to 9pm, and Peter will be playing sometime in the second half, depending on when he gets there.

Hope to see you at one or both. Peace.

Autumn Sirocco 2010

A big thanks to everyone who came and saw us tonight at Sound Market in Fujisawa.

Thanks to Etienne for agreeing to guest DJ for us and thanks to everyone at Sound Market for providing such a cool relaxed place for us to unwind in listening to the chilled Sirocco beats.

For those of you who made it and liked the music, here are the 3 live sets ready for download. For those of you who didn't make it, well feel free to download the music anyway and see what you missed.

Joseph's Set

Tracklist

1. Yasume - Rengoku (Condensed)
2. Autechre - Clipper
3. Legiac - Faex Decimae
4. Kattoo - Place 1
5. Hellfish - Turntable Savage
6. Correctional Facilities - Rock Parrot
7. Sandspider - Levchenko
8. Kettel - Mwoeb
9. Secede - Friday Fall
10. Kettel - Kingscourt Imp
11. Nalepa - Porcelain
12. Subheim - Away
13. Altair - Outsider Looking In
14. Electrypnose - Neverending Story
15. Solar Fields - Staring Into The Nothingness
16. Aligning Minds - Tee-child
17. Aerostatic - Continuous
18. Sgnl_fltr - Limk
19. Autechre - Garbagemx36
20. Good Rester - Dark
21. Alexander Daf - One Point One

Peter's Set

Tracklist

1. Medicine Drum - Shaman's Prayer (intro)
2. Banco de Gaia - Last Train to Lhasa
3. Ingrid Schroeder - Paint You Blue (Peshay remix)
4. Zero 7 - Salt Water Sound
5. Agent 5.1 - Robert
6. Urban Myth Club - Breathe
7. Flunk - Blue Monday
8. Renegade Soundwave - Renegade Soundwave
9. Red Seal - Back One Day
10. Leftfield - Release the Pressure
11. Black State Choir - Personal Growth Merchant
12. The Experiment - Walkaway
13. Finitribe - Off on a Slow One
14. Chris Coco - Rokka
15. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
16. Ulrich Schnauss - Blumenthal
17. Akihiko Matsumoto - Moon Light

Etienne's Set

1. Boards of Canada - Aquarius
2. Underworld - Cowgirl
3. Memory Tapes - Graphics
4. Air Liquide - Liquid Air
5. Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime
6. The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea
7. The Charlatans - Throbbing genesis
8. Four Tet - Smile around the face
9. Gus Gus - Polyesterday
10. School of Seven Bells - Half asleep
11. Au Revoir Simone - Sad song
12. Beirut - No dice
13. Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
14. Laika - Falling down
15. Aphex Twin/808 state - Flow coma

Hope you all enjoyed Sirocco, we enjoyed seeing you there. Enjoy the music.

Peace

September Sirocco

Hello,

Today is the first rainy day for about a month in Shonan, bringing some welcome respite from the relentless heat. You can find more relaxation on a couple of dates this month... first, on Sunday 12th, Peter will be DJing from around 7:00pm at The Pink Cow in Shibuya at their Art Blender event, a gathering of artists, performers, VJs, film-makers and other creative types. There'll also be live music and live painting along with the groovy but mellow tunes: see www.thepinkcow.com for details and directions.

Then, on Sunday 19th, is the next Sirocco at Sound Market in Fujisawa: Peter, Joseph and possibly a guest DJ will dispense chilled friendly vibes, while Taki-san and Miyoko-san provide tasty food and good drinks. We start at 7:02pm, finish around midnight, and the cover is Y500.

Finally, here are some pictures from my summer trip to Okinawa, to create a relaxed frame of mind... peace.