vinyl stores and meeting a legend

Alrightyyyy, time for another post!

I went to Shibuya again, cuz I heard its got some great record stores, and damn that's an understatement!

First I went to this little joint (forgot the name...), and I was really really impressed with what they were carryin'. Especially the hiphop selection was real dope:



Guess they don't really like Serato DJs over there tho haha:



Next up I went to RecoFan....damn this has to be the biggest recordstore I've ever been to. Massive collection of all genres, and even tho I hardly mess with vinyl anymore, I felt the money burning in my pockets. I did get some second-hand CDs, which I can rip easily for my Serato Scratch Life thingy. 9th Wonder's Dream Merchant 2, for 1100 yen, thats like 8 euros haha. And the 'Life and Dept' soundtrack, a movie about Jamaica's financial problems for 700 yen. Cheapo Cheapo! Cop that documentary by the way, if corporate power and globalization didn't make you sick to your stomach before, this one will:

Check out 'Life and Dept' here

anyways, check out the vinyl up in that bitch:




Then I went to Manhattan Records, really dope and clean lookin' store with all the latest club bangers on 12". I got 2 CDs tho, Ghostdeini the Great and 88 Keys - Death of Adam (I downloaded it before, but I don't really roll like that as a DJ....support the artists!!!)

Then 2 Japanese dudes walked in with somebody I've seen before, the man the myth, the legend Percee P! He was doin a couple of shows in Japan, and since I know his boy Creature from NYC really well (I DJ-ed on his Dutch tour last year) that broke the ice quite nicely. I'm stoked people are still feelin that real NYC hiphop and he's still able to tour the world! In true Percee P style, he sold me a CD. We exchanged math in case he needs some help around Japan. Imma cop his show this Thursday...hyped! Of course we took a pic. I know, I'm tryin to look real hard, throwin up the Scissor Gang Mafia sign!



This is my favorite track from his last album Perseverance, 2 Brothers from the Gutter feat. Diamond D. 'The handbag on your girl is not Prada!'

Scratch sessions @ Vestax Headquarters

My man DJ KEN-ONE, who I met on Myspace to try and help him with gigs in Euroland, invited me to come and join the 1st Scratch Session on January 6th at PACO, which is at Vestax Headquarters in Tokyo.

Man, it was sooo fun. I'm not that nice on the cuts, but sessioning with these guys, 5 different set-ups hooked-up at the same time, it was my funnest day here so far. These dudes got skills! That session room had the complete Vestax history there displayed on a wall. I copped a nice set of blue Serato control vinyl as well! Afterwards, we went for some grub at Denny's! I gotta tell ya, Denny's over here is nothing like in the US, where I would only go after a night of heavy drinking.

They videod the whole thing, and I found this one on Youtube, I'm not in this one, but that don't really matter.









Then we went to Power DJs, a store in Shibuya, where KEN-ONE used to work. Really dope store! I met this dude DJ Shu-G, who invited me to come party this Saturday.



Thanks go out to all my new friends DJ LAN, DJ Shintaro, DJ Yone, DJ Hakane, DJ Shu-G and the other guys, who's name I don't remember now (sorry bout that)

WTF?!

Notice: I seriously do not condone this, it freaked me the ef out! But still, the food at that place was amazing, and I told my friends that I had a little trouble dealing with it. This is Japan!!! and I am still lovin it.

moved into my new appartment!

Today I got the keys to my appartment, which is located in the Minami-Asagaya district, about 20 minutes from Shinjuku, a well-known district.

It's big enough, and it's in a really quiet neighborhood, which I like. Free superfast internet, and a washing machine. I'm all set!
I'm pretty stoked I've been able to get my own place within 5 days.

check out the pics:

the street:



my building:








Sean P!!!!!

FYI

In the Shibuya district. Normally shoplifting is fine over here I guess. And what the the hell is 'No Tout?'

Lost in Translation

I bet Tommy was too.

ohayo gozaimasu!!!

that's 'good morning'

I'm going into my 3rd day here, and I am almost over my jetlag, even tho getting up at 8 in the morning isn't something I would normally do when I don't have any place to be that 'early'. I'm a night person.

Still lovin it here. I deliberately chose to stay in a hotel the first week, I am kind of a loner and this is the best way for me to get used to my new surroundings.
I'm gonna check out the town a little bit today, Shinjuku and Akihabara, imma try and get a cellphone.

quote of the day: 'the easiest way to predict the future is to invent it'

I read that one in a Japanese mag over a cup of coffee.

product of the day: warm green tea from vending machines!!!