It's been 10 full years since we played our first live show in Japan as ASPIDISTRAFLY in 2007 and one year later, Ricks founded our record label KITCHEN. LABEL. It's slightly overwhelming for me that on our 10th anniversary of debuting in Japan, we played at a 3-day festival together with the rest of our KITCHEN. LABEL artists which makes it an extra meaningful milestone. I was so very excited to play a couple of new songs for our Japanese audience from the upcoming album, and to finally introduce my (reluctant) senpai Sean Lam (Hanging Up The Moon)'s music to our Japanese KITCHEN. LABEL fans. It's slightly ironic how this was a Singapore-Japan cultural exchange event :D and i was more than proud that other local artists like HOKO and Josiah Chua could showcase their amazing work.
With gratitude to P*dis/Inpartmaint Inc for their unwavering support, the organisers and staff of Singapore Inside out and friends and fans who came and listened.
Images by Ryo Mitamura, Takeshi Yoshimura (TKC), Sim Christopher and Kazuhiro Nakamura (ITTA).
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"THE DRIFT OF MUSIC BETWEEN ISLANDS"
25 - 27 August, 2017
BANK GALLERY, Tokyo
Produced by Ricks Ang (KITCHEN. LABEL)
In collaboration with Singapore: Inside Out
Artists:
Haruka Nakamura, Janis Crunch, Junya Yanagidaira, Yu Isobe, Sean Lam, Miu Sakamoto, ARAKI Shin, Rie Nemoto, @AOKI,hayato, Sawako
Singapore: Inside Out Tokyo team:
Clara Yee, Jia Yee Tan, Sheere Ng, Miki Charwin
Photographers:
Ryo Mitamura, ITTA, TKC, Christopher Sim
Sound:
Katsunori Fukuoka (株式会社Fly sound)
Lights:
Takashi Watanabe
Support:
Masami Shimomura (Inpartmaint Inc. / p*dis)
