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Chromee: Oh!
Last night I went with Tsugumi to Vice Japan's 1st Anniversary Party at Shibuya Womb. It was my first time at Womb, an impressive club with a large 3-story cubic room holding a giant mirrorball (comparing it to stuff I measured it to be about 2m!), where Ishino Takkyū (Denki Groove) spins regularly.
We didn't go there to celebrate the Vice anniversary though, but rather to see Montrealers Chromeo who were performing in Japan for the very first time! After about 2 hours of hard house and such stuff, Chromeo came on with their super cool set. It seemed strange to fit them in the middle of that event, but them being signed to Vice Recordings in the U.S. explains it.
The guys seemed in good shape despite the long flight, and proved to be great entertainers — inserting "Tokyo" throughout their songs ("Me and my man on a plane / Fly away to a better place Tokyo!"), Dave 1 having the audience respond "Oh!" whenever he said "Chromee?", and P-Thugg filling-in with "Chrome~o in Toky~o" talkbox adlibs.
They played a good bunch of songs from their album: "Woman Friend", "She'z N Control", "Rage!" (video), "Destination: Overdrive", "Needy Girl" (video), "Me & My Man", etc., and as an encore the great "Mercury Tears".
As I expected to see some Escalator people in the crowd (Escalator Shop has been really pushing Chromeo, and is the best source in town for all their 12"'s), I witnessed Chabe (Cubismo Grafico) who passed between us during Chromeo's set with a big grin on his face.
After Chromeo finished playing around 2:30, we didn't stay around much longer. On our way out we were given Vice T-shirts, a special anniversary present, which made the entrance fee of ¥1500 seem even more ridiculous than it already was. Thanks to Vice for bringing Chromeo to the big city! Oh, I can't wait for another album!
To those who have yet to check out Chromeo, I recommend first watching their EPK in the audio/video section of their site to get a good idea what they're all about!
Update (2005/7/11 10:10): Chabe's Chromeo picture and review.
Posted on July 10, 2005 at 00:28 | Tweet
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I saw Chromeo shopping in Tokyo Hands on Friday night. We, of course, were too lazy to actually hit the Vice party and went home to play Japanese shogi-style Stratego.
Posted by marxy on July 10, 2005 at 20:04
Cool!! :) Didn't know you guys liked Chromeo!
Posted by Patrick on July 10, 2005 at 20:53
Oh, btw I noticed Kiiiiiii in the latest Vice I picked up there! :)
Posted by Patrick on July 10, 2005 at 22:12
I watched the video from a link on your site, and I thought they looked familiar.
Posted by marxy on July 11, 2005 at 02:05