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2010.November.19 (Friday)  "Groove Alchemist"


When we were on tour in Nagoya we did a show with SPEAKER SGT.
On the 19th they'll be organizing a jazzy music event in Kichijoji.
Lo-Fi will be playing at 20:30-21:00!




Where: MANDALA (KICHIJOJI) http://www.mandala.gr.jp/man1.html
〒180-0003 Minamimachi 1-5-2 Kichijoji, Musashino-shi, Tokyo
TEL：0422-48-5003


2 minute walk from Kichijoji station

Entrance: ¥2000 + 1drink order, Door ¥2200 +1 drink order

Time Table:1.Sifaka 19:00-19:30　http://www.myspace.com/sifakafis
2.SNATCH 19:45-20:15　http://www.myspace.com/snatchinfo
3.Lo-Fi 20:30-21:00
4.Speaker Sgt. 21:15-21:45  http://www.myspace.com/speakersgt
DJ Ryohei  http://www.myspace.com/djryoheiart


for questions and reservations:  news@lofi-net.com



2010.11.20(Sat)  "Forest Jam Grande 2010"

The last outdoor music festival in Japan this year... Forest Jam
It's a two day event from the 20th to the 21st at the Nakadai Art Village!


Where:  NAKADAI ART VILLAGE (Chiba prefecture)

Entrance: 5,500yen (Door 7,000yen)

Online ticket sales: e++ http://eplus.jp/sys/T1U14P0010163P0108P002047337P0050001P006001P0030001


For English assistance in purchases please contact news@lofi-net.com

Artists:
The Sunpaulo
Spina B-ill
Kingdom☆Afrocks
cro-magnon
Hypesessions
Majestic Circus
Hale Bale
Dachambo
UCOCA
DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite.jp
Lo-Fi


Official HP: http://grande.forestjam.net/

2010.November.19 (Friday)  "Groove Alchemist"


When we were on tour in Nagoya we did a show with SPEAKER SGT.
On the 19th they'll be organizing a jazzy music event in Kichijoji.
Lo-Fi will be playing at 20:30-21:00!




Where: MANDALA (KICHIJOJI) http://www.mandala.gr.jp/man1.html
〒180-0003 Minamimachi 1-5-2 Kichijoji, Musashino-shi, Tokyo
TEL：0422-48-5003


2 minute walk from Kichijoji station

Entrance: ¥2000 + 1drink order, Door ¥2200 +1 drink order

Time Table:1.Sifaka 19:00-19:30　http://www.myspace.com/sifakafis
2.SNATCH 19:45-20:15　http://www.myspace.com/snatchinfo
3.Lo-Fi 20:30-21:00
4.Speaker Sgt. 21:15-21:45  http://www.myspace.com/speakersgt
DJ Ryohei  http://www.myspace.com/djryoheiart


for questions and reservations:  news@lofi-net.com



2010.11.20(Sat)  "Forest Jam Grande 2010"

The last outdoor music festival in Japan this year... Forest Jam
It's a two day event from the 20th to the 21st at the Nakadai Art Village!


Where:  NAKADAI ART VILLAGE (Chiba prefecture)

Entrance: 5,500yen (Door 7,000yen)

Online ticket sales: e++ http://eplus.jp/sys/T1U14P0010163P0108P002047337P0050001P006001P0030001


For English assistance in purchases please contact news@lofi-net.com

Artists:
The Sunpaulo
Spina B-ill
Kingdom☆Afrocks
cro-magnon
Hypesessions
Majestic Circus
Hale Bale
Dachambo
UCOCA
DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite.jp
Lo-Fi


Official HP: http://grande.forestjam.net/

Wow... the Halloween party was really great.
It's always great performing with all these different artists.

It was also my first time seeing SATO TAIJI do his solo thing.
Really cool rock'n roll stuff.

Lo-Fi will be doing our next show in KICHIJOJI.

1.Sifaka 19:00-19:30　ttp://www.myspace.com/sifakafis
2.SNATCH 19:45-20:15　http://www.myspace.com/snatchinfo
3.Lo-Fi 20:30-21:00　http://www.lofi-net.com/
4.Speaker Sgt. 21:15-21:45 http://www.myspace.com/speakersgt
DJ Ryohei
http://www.myspace.com/djryoheiart

Open18時半Start19時
料金 前売り2000円、当日2200円ドリンク別
http://www.mandala.gr.jp/man1.html


詳細： http://events.myspace.com/Event/8140590/Speaker-Sgt-Presnts-groove-alchemist#ixzz1413eOpK9




We met the band SPEAKER SGT. a while back in Nagoya when we were out there on tour.
It's great to have them invite us this time to their show.
We've got some great bands lined up so look forward to the show

The Halloween party/ RENO ANNIVERSARY party at the end of this month is an event you don't wanna miss! Lo-Fi will be doing a full show (with new songs!) and we've even got some of the members from the TSUNAGU EVENT and coliberation event's Lo-Fi has hosted in the past!

This time we weren't able to get deeply involved in the planning of the event but the musical and paint content will be awesome so don't miss out!!!

RENO EVENT LINK

Lo-Fi on iflyer:
http://iflyer.tv/5/

The "Darker Than Blue 2010" event this weekend was great! it isn't over yet though. today is the is the last day of the event.



We've played on the beach and in the forest before, but never SO deep in the wilderness. We started playing at dusk and by the time we were into our second song it was dark enough to see the stars.



between songs you could hear the crickets singing too.
it was a really great experience. I must say that aside from the incredible beauty of the forest and autumn atmosphere, the speaker system that was being used for the main band stage was the best system we've ever played through!!!



It was a monitor test for Meyer Sound labs and even the stage monitors were top class. we were actually able to do a rehearsal next to the DJ stage blasting away at full volume...



Next next week we've got the Halloween party coming up on the 31st. The sound design for Darker Than Blue is coming for this show too, so look forward to the sound as well as the mixture of art!


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Tonight Nori is doing a solo show at Tsukimiru near Gaienmae.

she's done shows here in the past with Lo-Fi too, but tonight they have a grand piano on stage for her show. I'm really looking forward to her special guest Asazaki-San, who is going to do a song with her tonight.

I've attached some photos of what the stage looks like tonight.


will update info from the show when her stage ends!




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Last week I spent some time in Nagoya and took two days off to spend with my family. I decided to drive, even though it's not actually cheap to do that as part of my trip. Long drives for me are strangely a way to get away from my daily life, where I am unfortunately driving to many of my gigs.. the difference is the traffic though!

Last time we went to play in Nagoya we visited the Phil Jones Bass gear importer in Japan cause their office was close to where we were staying. this time I didn't have the time to visit their office but did check out some gear since I had some extra time while I was there.

I've always been unhappy with many distortion pedals for the bass, maybe because distorted bass is just not so widely used in music... but anyway I tried out the Aguilar Agro stompbox and it was one pedal I actually liked a lot.

It kept the lows intact even when the drive was high, and it was really versatile letting me dial in lots of drive to amp crunch with different mid frequencies and attack.



Also wanted to compare so tried out the level of drive on their DI pre-amp the Tone Hammer. it was a great sounding DI and pre-amp complete with boost and lots of tone shaping capability, but didn't satisfy my want for a drive pedal.


My style of playing.. especially live, requires all kinds of sound variations to be the right lead instrument and bass depending on the situation.

I've updated my board so plan to upload that on my blog soon too


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