Tokyo Bass | Boiler Room & Native Instruments

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This summer, Boiler Room & Native Instruments took Kode9 to Tokyo to explore the full spectrum of Japanese bass culture. As a pioneer who has spent the last decade at the frontline of heavyweight club sonics (and a Japanophile, to boot), there were few better fitted to be at the centre of this exchange. "Tokyo Bass" is a short film that documents the experience, featuring a number of important voices in Tokyo's club underground. A project that hoped to reach across the aisles, it touches on everything from the traditions of early Japanese drum culture to the futurist footwork of modern Tokyo.

Above all, the central focal point of the film is Kode9's introduction to the ancient discipline of taiko: the enormous tree-hollowed drums used in Japanese culture for thousands of years. Originally used as fearful instruments in the theatre of war, it's only in the last half-decade that they've been used for performance. As an academic in sonic warfare and the theoretics of bass, Kode9 was our ideal candidate to tackle their cultural magnitude. Over the course of a few days, he set out sampling various taiko and took them into the studio with Osaka-based footwork producer DJ Fulltono.

To listen to their collaboration, head here: blrrm.tv/kode9-fulltono

To find out more about Tokyo Bass, head over here: blrrm.tv/tokyobass

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Music in order of appearance:

ENA "Intro" | 7even Recordings [2013]
ENA "Community Space" | 7even Recordings [2013]
ENA "City Lights" | Samurai Horo [2014]
ENA "Realization" | 7even Recordings [2013]
ENA "86 Loop" | 7even Recordings [2013]
Kode9 "Ping" | Rephlex [2004]
Foodman "Mori He Go" | Self-released [2014]
Wata Igarashi "Far Away" | Unreleased [2016]

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Production Credits:

Director
Alexis Wuillaume

Producer
Will Davenport

Associate Producer
David Dicembre

Executive Producer
Harry Benson

Editor
Alexis Wuillaume

Translations
David Dicembre
Mike Sunda
Alisa Yamasaki

Camera Operators
Alexis Wuillaume
Ichi Watanabe

Film Production
SET Japan

With Special Thanks To

Yevgen Kovalenko
Tomo Yoshizawa
Yuko Ichikawa
Tsutomu Noda
Yoshihiko Miyamoto
Kan Hayashi
Ōkunitama Shrine
Sawatari Jun
G-ROKS Studio
Contact
Dommune

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