Sean Roe may have departed these shores, but the spirit of JuNkroom lives on! Our friend Bridget says, I hope you have been enjoying your summer. I came back from two weeks volunteering in Tohoku with IDRO, a Kyoto based NGO. It was a very fulfilling experience. Now I'm back in Kyoto my dance life begins again with a performance at Urbanguild on Friday, September … [Read more...]
Images from the JunKroom Special Event
My apologies to all for the tardy posting of these images. I was trying to retrieve some footage I took on my i-phone but for technical reasons beyond my ken it appears to be GONE. I do however have a lot of photos and some video clips I took with my regular camera. Sean Roe deserves congratulations for organizing yet another very successful and enjoyable event. A lot of people … [Read more...]
JunKroom Vol. 16 – This Friday!
Sean says... So The next JunKroom event is coming soon - on the 10th September to be precise, and at the usual place, Urbanguild on Kiyamachi dori in Kyoto. We have a great line up for the evening: Lorenzo Senni - the man behind Presto!? Records will be visiting us from Italy- A description of his latest release “Dunno” describes his music as “...vintage … [Read more...]
Mitsu Salmon & ryotaro’s “Restaurant Gig”
I managed to catch the tail-end of Mitsu and ryotaro's performance at Urbanguild on Tuesday evening. Here it is: I think ryotaro needs to come out of the dark and show us all his handsome face! Spotlight please! Mitsu and ryotaro will be performing next at The "Not A Word" Dinner Show on the 18th, and are also organizing another event (details to follow!) for the 7th of … [Read more...]
Photos from JunKroom Vol 12
Here are some pictures from last night's journey into the strange. … [Read more...]
JunKroom Vol 12
Sean Roe's next JunKroom event will take place on Friday December 18th at Urbanguild. I dropped him a line via facebook. Deep Kyoto: Your last event (For Gaza 2) was jam-packed. Are you expecting similar crowds? Sean Roe: Usually we get a good crowd at the JunKroom events (about 80-90 people) The last For Gaza event had crowd of about 130! Thanks to everyone who came to … [Read more...]
Zac Baran
I first met Yoshida Koichi in the music bar Hawkwind. A shakuhachi player, he told me he plays in many styles, not just traditional, but jazz, folk, avant garde, new age, pretty much anything. In Hawkwind we were listening to some hip-hop. "How about this then?" I challenged him with a grin. And do you know, he stood up immediately, he played, and it was wonderful. I was very … [Read more...]
In Search of… Vinyl
I have previously written about the record shop Prototype, managed by my good friend Yoshida-kun but I've been thinking it's time I added a few more Kyoto record shops to the list. I asked friend and collector Nana H. (that's her on the left spinning discs at Joao) to give me some pointers and she recommended the following stores. Bootsy's A pure, minimalist store without … [Read more...]
