FLO Union Spring Special!

by craig

The next Flo Union on Sunday April 19th will feature an interesting variety of special international guest musicians and artists:


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For this month's dose of analog-electro punk-disco violence we have Syndrome WPW from Switzerland.

For French folktronica, there'll be Morel, a project of Will from Selvaluna.

And from Australia, catch The Hubble Telescope, a project of David of Like Chandeliers / Cartwheel / Cruiseboat fame.

Not strangers to Flo Union, RightMind, who have recently released their 1st album, will be delivering their trusty electronic-rock.

Visuals will be provided by Flo Union's own VJ David Roy.

Displaying her original nail art will be Pink Cherry from Italy.

On the decks between sets will be DJ Joe Kern.

For guffaws, there will be Chizue and friends doing some comedy.

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Things kick off at 8:30pm on Sunday April 19th at The Pink Cow in Shibuya and entry is FREE! (Details at TGG)


Flo Union Media Lounge is a (very) relaxed monthly music, media and art event where all types of artists, musicians, performers and filmmakers have up to 20 minutes of stage time to perform, display or present their stuff. If you would like to participate in an upcoming event, or to join the mailing list, email flounion@gmail.com

Flo Union Summer special

Flo Union is a monthly event which has been happening at different venues and with different organisers since 2004. It has morphed from a book exchange to an arts showcase to its current incarnation as a Media Lounge, organised by the VJ, David Roy (Modius Cafe) with the help of Craig Exton (Tokyo Gig Guide).

The July Flo Union on July 20th, will focus on live music with some very special international guests: Mixtune For Cully, visiting from Denmark, Cigarettes For Ping Pong from Australia, as well as local, Eri Makino.

Like every month, there will also be VJs and artists showing their work.
In fact, any kind of artist is free to perform or show their work. Live painting, short films, DJs, VJs, performance art, dance, poetry, live projection, animation, design, photography... Just let us know in advance if you can. flounion@gmail.com

Between performances, DJs Mr Craig e, Bamboozled, Stick Close Like Dogs, Dolly and more will play DJ tennis.

It will be held on Sunday, July 20th at The Pink Cow, a cool loungeroom-like event space/restaurant/bar in Shibuya.

Entry is free and it starts at 8:30pm.



Mixtune For Cully
Aage Hedensted; the man behind the previous Danish indierock successes such as Yellowish and Slowburn is back on track with his most ambitious project so far, Mixtune For Cully. A singer/songwriter with a preference for the traditional shoegazer scene, Hedensted, with his beautiful and piercing voice, masters to muster a fragile thoughtfulness in his lyrics. The noise of the guitar has been tuned down and replaced by insisting, acoustic elements. We Know Where The Aircrafts Hide is released in Denmark the 6th of October by GoodTape Records in collaboration with Playground Music. Aage will bring the new album with him to Japan and play some of the songs from it live.

Cigarettes For Ping Pong
From Melbourne, Australia, Carol Micallef's (Cartwheel, Like Chandeliers) new project Cigarettes For Ping Pong play music which conveys both tenderness and charm like that of a new foal attempting to stand on it’s own. We hope you will be fond of it.

Eri Makino
Eri Makino is “Piano and vocal and something” style musician, with snare drum, with many toy, with laptop, with impromptu, with sampler, with orchestra, with band, with idol unit, with i-pod, with a teddy, with my friends, etc.

Eri Makino and Cigarettes For Ping Pong will also play on the afternoon of Saturday, July 19th at Stax Fred in Koenji for a special lunchtime live show with electronic duo lotusloop. Details here.