Uplink Factory in Tokyo, Shibuya, is one of the top places for electronic music. It's indeed far more, they have lectures, independent film and even their own DVD outlet.
So I was very surprised that they welcomed my proposal for a turntablism performance.
The evening was soley dedicated to noise turntablism, which made me quite proud, for this is not a too recognized genre.
We had from Japan 'sukora' and 'KIKI MUZIEK', - and from Australia the female noise duo 'kunt', who gave a stunning noise performance, though not mainly by turntables.
For a first impression of the performance, here's a video [
RealVideo |
MPG]
And here's the
sound only (MP3 from video)
The evening was, as I think, co-organized by Mr. Koji Tano, a guy who runs a remarkable noise music shop in Sendagaya. See more of the shop.
Uplink Factory is not very big. I've been warned before. I'd say 80 people maximum. So they have a very tight schedule with sometimes two events on the same day.
Here's a
page from the Uplink magazine showing my picture for the event of which I'm very proud.
![Stefan Beck scratching the records at UPLINK factory Tokyo](picts/uplink/uplink%20(0.02.11.15).jpg)
Start carefully by placing the needles onto the surface of the records. Begin with some gentle scratching...
![scratch beck at UPLINK factory](picts/uplink/uplink%20(0.01.40.07).jpg)
After a while you may push the cartridge with a little bit more force, keep an eye on the effects as well....
![scratch beck at UPLINK factory](picts/uplink/uplink%20(0.02.51.17).jpg)
Go wild by adding more feedback, use additional sound sources and flip the records back and forth.....