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Colette × Daft Punk party
Jean had received an invitation this week to a Colette × Daft Punk special party held at the Hinode Port, and invited me as his guest! The party started at 21:30, there were free cocktails which at first mostly consisted of juice but later turned half vodka. The dancefloor looked fantastic, made of lit-up squares (reminding me of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" video), and was at first being kept for something special. Matsumoto Leiji's boat Himiko was at the port and promised free rides all evening.
After a bit, the dancefloor was opened to only people holding a paper mask that were given at the entrance, and those were forced to take a one-hour dance class from a French teacher who had came for the occasion. It must have been a slightly tiring and hot experience. We watched for a little while and then walked to the port area where we met Audrey (OK Fred).
We really wanted to ride Himiko, which I heard was specially decorated for the event, but we only learnt of the ticket scheme too late and all what was left was tickets for the 0:30 ride, while we were set to leave at about midnight to catch the last train. We had got there pretty early so we could probably have got good tickets if we'd have noticed the booth. Too bad.
It being a party people party, there were plenty of celebrities around! We saw Nomiya Maki up close as she walked past us (I really wish I'd have spoken to her, but I wouldn't have known what to say other than "I'm your #1 fan!"), Matsuda "Chabe" Gakuji (Cubismo Grafico), and even Nigo! Jean also kept pointing out famous models who I couldn't recognize. :) Later we also met Antonin who was with Takashi (Tokyo Fun Party) and Nakanishi Toshio (Plastics).
When the dance class seemed over, we went back to the dancefloor where I think Gildas was DJing very good stuff, including classic hits like "Funkytown" and "Groove Is In The Heart", which had Jean and I going. The best though was when four robotic dancers invaded the space for a one-song performance! I'm quite sure it was two of them I had seen just recently at the Denki Groove live, and it was great to see them up-close!
We then had to leave to catch our train, a slight bit disappointed to not have seen Daft Punk perform, it would have been too good! Still, it was a very fun and free evening at the port! Thanks Jean!!
Posted on August 12, 2006 at 10:42 | Tweet
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yeah even Nomiya Maki was there. The boat was the best part !
Posted by digiki on August 12, 2006 at 11:16
Damn! I want to hear more about the boat, so I'll be looking forward to your report. :)
At least we did see Maki-chan on the port.
Posted by Patrick on August 12, 2006 at 11:16
I'm surprised this blog doesn't get more comments. It really is a great read and I love your constant picture-taking of so many interesting things. Keep it up!
Posted by Jason on August 13, 2006 at 10:26
Thanks a lot!
Maybe it's that I only accept comments by email lately, which must discourage some of posting. I hope to have normal commenting back soon.
Posted by Patrick on August 13, 2006 at 10:28
Wow. I'd LOVE some hi-res photos of these so I can make wallpapers for my Macbook.
If you can hook it up, I got your back. I have tons of excellent media to share
Posted by Jeff Ramos on August 13, 2006 at 18:43
Glad you like them!
Higher resolutions can be found by following the "Larger images at Flickr" links below each photo, and then look for "See different sizes" on the right-hand side of the Flickr photo page, and select the large or original size.
Posted by Patrick on August 13, 2006 at 18:48
Hi , I was there too , was a great party , boat was the best part , really fun , champagne a gogo , cool and fun ... Daft never performed , actually there was only Thomas B. , without his mask , but he only stayed to talk with friends ...very "Coletteish" to just put their names on flyer to have people show up and also to end a nice party like that a 2 AM in the middle of nowhere ! ...And call cabs just for themselves ! Not for the last guests who partyied til the end ! Besides that it really was a nice party , nice people and all ... as always in Tokyo ...
Posted by m on September 1, 2006 at 20:09
I agree that a bus shuttle or such would have been helpful. Then I could have made it to the boat ride...!
This report suggests that both Daft Punk guys were there and took part of the dance class.
http://www.honeyee.com/news/2006/event/022/index.html
Posted by Patrick on September 3, 2006 at 18:09
I was there and didnt see Thomas though :'(
i went on 2 boatrides (dont know how that worked out)
but the party was alot of fun, hype'd me up to want to see daft punk even more...
and im lucky enough of to gotten to see them twice,
Coachella 2006
and Tokyo 2006.
and the dance class was very fun!
and what a video to re-do!
the around the world
by the time i was off the boats, champagne had the best of me, and the $40 cab ride was amazing!
I <3 daft punk.
Posted by Ryan on September 11, 2006 at 09:34
A dance Battle between John Travolta vs. Dance Punk would be great on that dancefloor
-CS
Daft Punk Photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/caesarsebastian/
Posted by Hello CS! on August 21, 2007 at 03:41