SONORE NEWS - DECEMBER 2008

applehead- ILCQ

After the release of Akane Hosaka’s debut album, Niko Niko Denki Muzic, on SONORE last June, now comes the brand new first album from Tokyo electro-fur trio applehead!! Titled ILCQ (I Love Chikyu), it contains 11 tracks of crispy electro pop that fall somewhere between techno and new wave (Devo, YMO). Mayutan is an extra-terrestrial android landed on earth by some curious coincidence. She met Fredy and Candy at the local R40 convenience store and together they started applehead. Based near Akihabara, applehead are part of the new techno pop movement currently taking over the Tokyo scene.

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DODDODO - European Tour 2008

SONORE would like to introduce DODDODO’s European tour. DODDODO is a young artist from Osaka who raps (in Japanese) while triggering samples of heavy break beat loops and Casio synths. She will play at the Alternativa Festival in Prague together with Akane Hosaka on November 27th, and then will tour Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France and the UK. DODDODO live comes with a health warning; she’s surprisingly explosive. The tour schedule is available here. DODDODO will also be appearing next year at the LEX 2009 festival in Nîmes (France).

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Chocolate Chiwawa x SONORE

We’ve just opened a SONORE corner in an awesome but tiny, select Tokyo (Koenji) fashion outlet called Chocolate Chiwawa. Sumakyu, the hugely talented and slightly warped Chocolate Chiwawa owner, has some really unique pieces on sale. From crafts and casual girl outfits to full-power drag queen extravaganza, Chocolate Chiwawa is also one of Tokyo’s 8bit music hubs. We at SONORE are proud (to say the least!), to be able to beam ourselves down at last in one of Koenji’s most mysterious and appealing clothes shops: Chocolate Chiwawa! (Map)

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SONORE - Blog&SNS

We created SONORE Blog&SNS in order to get up close and personal with you. Many SONORE enthusiasts have already joined the project (listeners/readers, journalists, artists, promoters, etc.) and we want you there too! We will provide up-to-date information about our activities as well as in synch news about the Tokyo art and music scene. The site has all the normal features of a blog plus social networking facilities. You can customize your own page and participate on the SONORE “Main” page where we’re handing over space for you to react, post and comment.