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Polymoog live at Apple Store Shibuya: report
Tonight after work I dropped by Apple Store Shibuya to check out a mini-live by Polymoog (from Elektel). I was happy to find my friend Kanae-chan there as well and we watched the show together.
The show was similar to the one last month (at the event where I also DJ'd), but in addition to the SX-150, DS-10 and iPod Touch, he also used a new theremin from Gakken (otona no kagaku) that's going to be released just in time for Christmas. Dubbed "Theremin Premium" 
, this one isn't of the usual "build it yourself" type, but it rather comes as a complete product.
He played Elektel songs, the original track he wrote for the SX-150, a new song that he wrote for a female French singer well known in Japan, and closed with "Moon Race", a song from the game Beatmania. You can hear a bit of this one in the video clip below.
As you can see, he was also accompanied by VJ Higuchi Yasuyuki (faction bleu). Very nice little show!
On my way there I went shopping at Ganban in the basement of Parco part 3, it's one of my new favorite record shops (mostly vinyl) as it's got a lot of good electro and hip-hop, very complete on Fool's Gold too. So I picked up A-Trak's new 12" single "Say Whoa" on Kitsuné (a track from his awesome recent iTunes-exclusive mix for Nike 
), and also the latest from his label Fool's Gold, a new 4-song EP by Sammy Bananas of which all tracks are a blast.
I can't wait to see A-Trak next weekend at Diesel XXX! See you there. :)
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Posted on October 4, 2008 at 01:34 | Tweet
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Thx for the clip! I wish I were in Japan that night since I am a big fan of Polymoog-san. BTW, I have that Mini-Theremin released sometime ago from Gakken - Otona no Kagaku, but I didn't know about the new one. Wow I have to get that one, too. The one I currently have is truly a cute little thing, but it is a bit too unstable to use as a real musical instrument.
Posted by N on October 4, 2008 at 02:25