Tokyo's Coolest Sound

On Friday April 22 was a fun event held at Asagaya GaMuSo, of the Farm Party series organized by the great Tokyo Gig Guide. Started just last year, it was the 6th time the event was held. This time were featured Abikyokan, Hosaka Akane, Young Fratellis and N'toko.

First on were resident international band Abikyokan who gave their original mix of rocking psychedelic synth-pop, with members occasionally switching positions.

Last Wednesday was held a charity event organized by Kaji Hideki, with the help of Harajuku Astro Hall where he has been doing regular events for a long time. The event also featured Chabe (aka Cubismo Grafico) with Kushibiki Sayaka, Harvard, and Love and Hates. I was really pleased with the line-up! The place ended up quite packed too!

The event was held to raise funds for the disaster victims, and all ticket sales (2525yen each) go directly to charity minus the electricity used during the event. For that reason, all artists tried hard to save energy by giving an acoustic show using mainly just microphones and one amp (and a tad of lighting). This was a good opportunity to see a different side of these bands. Kaji Hideki spoke at the beginning explaining these things, and also that since we're lucky to be healthy he wanted us to cheer up and enjoy the evening.