Masa of Audio Active has gone AWOL. I'm at the new offices of his management company, Beatink, in Shibuya. Tae, who arranged the interview, is refilling my coffee cup and apologizing, telling me that the main man is not answering his keitai and nobody knows where the hell he is.
This doesn't bother me 'cos the last time I interviewed Masa, in April last year, he was 30 minutes late and rushed in muttering "traffic." And, here we go, dead on time, kind of, Masa breezes in, precisely 30 minutes late and huffing, puffing and murmuring "jet lag." Not an excuse that's gonna blow the house down, but more rock 'n' roll than "traffic," right?
He sits down. Stands up. Mumbles something. Rushes out of the room. Is back in a minute. Sits down. Tae pours him a coffee. He's as ready as he's gonna be.