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Music | Sound Off Nov 1, 2018

SuperDeluxe provided a safe space for experimentation that Tokyo will miss

by James Hadfield

For the past 16 years, Tokyo's SuperDeluxe has been a place where it felt like almost anything could happen, and it quite often did. So when the venue announced a few weeks ago that it would be closing in January, after its building was ...

Music Apr 18, 2018

Koshiro Hino's 'Geist' summons spirits with sound and light

by Erik Luebs

Despite being a fraction of the size of Tokyo, Osaka boasts a long history of underground music that pushes boundaries. The tradition is being kept alive by experimental musician Koshiro Hino. His newest project, "Geist," is a multisensory sound-and light-show that features 13 performers, live ...