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"a place in the sun vol.6" report

Last night I went to Shibuya O-Nest for an event called "a place in the sun vol.6". Artists playing included i robot and proud, Petset, Yucca, and a few others though these three were the ones I went there for.

Petset were playing for the first time in quite a long while it seemed. The band's three members, Moriyama Shinsaku (vocals and guitar), Honda Yūko (vocals, saxophone and keyboards) and Ichida Yūki (drums), were accompanied by support keyboardist and bassist. They played about 6-7 songs, including 3 or 4 that I knew from their album "Sound-Sphere" that I love. I'm especially fond of their syncopated beats and melodic guitar riffs, and it was great to hear those performed live.

I had heard Yucca's first album "laboratory products" before, and their show came as a great surprise. Their lively and very tight set often reminded of Cornelius' recent works (or not so recent, as I mean "Point"), with breaky beats, slappy bass and sharp guitar. Most of my attention was on drummer/singer Shinada Ayako whose powerful and precise play quickly brought her to my list of favorite drummers alongside the likes of Yoshié and Migu. There was almost no breaks between the songs, leaving about no chance for the amazed crowd to applause.
Their set list can be found on their blog.

Last to play was i am robot and proud, a guy from Toronto (Canada), whose album "the electricity in your house wants to sing" I've been enjoying lately. He got the most reactions from the crowd, with his soft click beats from his computer and his [what seemed to be] skillful live keyboards. Songs evolve from beatless and quiet to soft beats and then sometimes speed up until an abrupt surprising end. He was called back for an encore, and he said it was the first time that happened, and being out of his own songs he played some great and hilarious cover of some really major track, couldn't quite put my finger on it though since I don't know much about that stuff. :)
Unfortunately I was standing a bit far back and couldn't see much more than his face, and of course his projected and sometimes sync'd videos which were very nice.

Three very good shows that I'd see again. Actually, i am robot and proud can be caught for free in-store at Warszawa in Shibuya next Sunday (7/30) from 17:00. Better get there early though.

On my way out, Petset's Yūko happened to stand in front of me, so I told her that the show was great and asked about the rumored upcoming album (it's been 4 years since "Sound-Sphere"!), she said that they're working on it. I keep my fingers crossed!

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