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Usagi-chang Night Fever!! -Chapter01 Final- report

Tonight was Usagi-chang Night Fever!! -Chapter01 Final-, said by the label's owner to be their last yearly event of this format. It was the first time that it was held in the evening rather than all-night, and didn't feature Inocchi who was organizer and MC until last year.

I met up with friends Miwa and Haruna, and there we met Tsugumi, and a lot of other people such as Per (who was there to film the whole event), Jens, Antonin, David, Takashi, ... I also got to finally meet Craig briefly.

We arrived just in time for sono na wa Spade (aka The Lady Spade), who gave a groovy and sexy show wearing 60's-ish dresses. They sang and danced along to some original songs and covers, including a great one of "Break-A-Way". Even their funny DJ did the dance moves along with the girls.

Next up was macdonald duck eclair for a mini-live on the small side-stage. They performed as The Electronic Tomato, pseudonym they used before for an Italian remix album of their works. The show was fun, and much more pop than their recent rock sound. They mostly played older songs, probably ones that had appeared on that Italian release.

Then, back to the main stage, Micro Mach Machine gave a rockish show, with heavy guitars and drums over which a policeman cosplay girl sang in a cute and almost inaudible voice.

After a short break with DJ wantarou, action was back to the main stage with Aprils who performed as Aprilspoko. They had a different drummer than usual, and the band also featured Hase of solange et delphine on piano, with which the band sounded nice and fresh!
Before the show they passed 3D glasses to everyone and opened with their recent song for DoCoMo, for which they have a 3D video. Then they told us to remove the glasses but keep them carefully and give them back afterwards, as they try to reuse them. They then played a good selection of their released songs, including Pan·da for which the large Gloomy panda joined on stage.

After again a short DJ set, Misswonda came on stage and sang a selection from her first album, and also one or two new songs from her upcoming album to be released this winter. Despite the heat she wore a sort of furry hat that she said she bought to cosplay Maetel of Galaxy Express 999, of which she's a big fan.

Then, Hazel Nuts Chocolate got on the small stage for a mini-live. Yuppa was accompanied by a strange so-said French chef who played percussions on kitchen pans and such. She sang a few songs including of course the food-themed "yasai no Soup", and the chef told of his Japanese curry secret tricks.

Last, EeL took the stage, and like last year she gave a loud and crazy show featuring a bunch of her silly "dancers" who kept throwing all sorts of junk at the crowd. I need to remember to watch from far away to avoid broken record pieces and other dangerous stuff.

At the end was the usual closing call, and it was the first time that label boss Aki did it himself. Actually it was the first time that he talked on stage and he said he was a bit nervous. "Usagi-chang Night...?" "FEVER!!!!"

I hope it will continue next year! Summer isn't summer without Usagi-chang Night Fever!

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Posted on August 27, 2006 at 01:16 | Tweet |

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