Saturday, Nov. 5

Sirius Records presents "Complicated Boys Tour" at Differ Ariake in Tokyo's Odaiba. Live acts Absolum, Paranormal Attack and Psysex, plus an exclusive special DJ set by Goblin (Psysex).

DJ Miki starts the music at 10 p.m., followed by Sirius chief Tokage, then Christof. Tickets are 6,000 yen at the door.

Sirius Records has put together a real brain-burner of a lineup, picking up Absolum -- a longtime favorite in Japan -- and reuniting heavy hitters Paranormal Attack and Psysex from the full-moon Blast this summer. This party is going to be hard to walk away from.

Fortunately, Ariake Differ is less than 10 minutes on foot from Kokusai Tenjijo Station (Rinkai Line) and Ariake Station (Yurikamome Line).

Saturday, Nov. 12

Twinetrax presents "01::Autumn Jade Release Party" at Mazel (formerly Spiral) in Roppongi. This event has a bit of everything -- psy-trance, psy-techno, psy-dub, psy-avantgarde, psy-chill. Artists include: Drap Drop (live) and DJs Masa, Ree.K, EL-5 and Ray Castle. Starts at midnight. Tickets are 2,500 yen in advance, or 3,000 yen at the door, with captivating Bali dance and belly dance performances by Mia and Maknatis. The lush new "twinetrax::autumn jade" CD (2,625 yen), will be available in stores Nov. 2. Watch this column for a special offer next week. (Use Exit 4 at Roppongi Station. If you get lost, find Velfarre and ask the security guards outside to point the way.)

Saturday, Nov. 12

Sigma Records presents "The Sound Fiction final episode Tanosikatta?" at Differ Ariake in Tokyo's Odaiba. Live acts Eskimo, Trinitix, Dickster and Bliss. DJs include John Phantasm vs. Junya Eskimo and Kei. The VJ will be Tokyo X-Ray, with lasers by B-Magic. This party starts at 11 p.m. Advance tickets are 5,500 yen (or 6,000 yen at the door)

The trick to the Sigma Web site is to click on the orbiting balls. Mobile users can access Sigma at www.sigmarecords.org/i/ or by using the square code, found by clicking on the chubby i-Mode symbol. (Why do people keep calling these ubiquitous critters "bar codes" anyway?)

Saturday, Nov. 19

Solstice Music presents "TIP World Tour 2005" at Zepp Tokyo in Odaiba. Psychedelic godfather Raja Ram (DJ set) will be joined by live acts Johann Bley, formerly of Juno Reactor, and Bio Tonic, plus DJs Lucas and Ryo (Tokyo party), or Takashi (Osaka party). The tour goes to Zepp Osaka on Nov. 26.

Advance tickets for both events are 5,000 yen, or 6,000 yen at the door. Start times are 10 p.m. Zepp Tokyo is located beneath the big Ferris wheel in between Tokyo Teleport (Rinkai Line) and Aomi (Yurikamome Line) stations. See the Web site ( www.solstice23.com) for details and other party dates on the tour.

Saturday, Nov. 26

Mother Records presents "X-Stream" at Club Citta in Kawasaki. Live acts X-Noize, Pop Stream and Logic Bomb. Mother resident Ta-Ka and Daijiro (Digital Block) provide the DJ sets. Advance tickets are 4,500 yen (or 5,500 yen at the door).

This should be a really fun gig. Mother gets a kick out of making the kids smile and has a lot of experience at Club Citta. Ta-Ka has been an excellent representative for Mother this summer, scoring high on his sets at S.O.S., The Gathering and Nagisa Music Festival. Access to Citta is easy from both JR Kawasaki and Keikyu Kawasaki stations.

Mother will celebrate its 3rd anniversary on Dec. 17 at Differ Ariake. Check the Web site (www.mother.bz) for details TBA.

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