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Interview with Energy Dai Reported by tom / Submitted 10-02-03 16:11 Japanese star Energy Dai visits the UK for a whirlwind tour of the country this week, amongst other highlights taking in the Frantic Valentines Ball this Saturday. HarderFaster had a quick fire Q&A session with him before he hopped on the long haul flight over here. HarderFaster: Yoji Biomehanika is probably the best known Japanese DJ in the UK - is the kind of style he plays representative of the material you'll hear played in clubs in Japan? Energy Dai: I have know Yoji for about 7 years, since he was playing in small underground parties only. Now Yoji is harder and more extreme than a lot of Japanese music; his popularity stems partly from his "character" and his emphasis on performance; although i like some of the stuff that he plays, I think his emphasis is more about "Yoji" (maybe as a minor celebrity) in the dance scene than just a musician. HF: We don't seem to get UK releases of Japanese artist tracks, other than the afore-mentioned Yoji - is there much material being produced in Japan or is a lot of it sourced from Europe and elsewhere. ED: In Japan there is a large amount of imported music from all over the world- more so than the UK, and we get dutch and german etc imports as much, or more than UK ones. There is not the same engineer culture in Japan as the UK so the producers who have the studios tend to be DJ's; Japan is still a little way behind the UK in production culture. HF: Have you played in the UK before? Either way, how do you think the Japanese scene compares to the scene in the UK? ED: Yes, I have played in Inside Out in Scotland with Fergie and Jules, which was great, and at The Fridge for Escape from Samsara, at Heaven and Torture Garden in Brighton... The Japanese scene is smaller than the UK scene; there are less customers; but the clubs are more high tech. My resident event, World Love, brings in customers from all across Osaka, and its sweaty intense feeling is, I hope, a bit like the UK. HF: Describe for us the kind of set we can expect you to play at the Frantic Valentines Ball. ED: Hard House, Hard Techno Breaks and Hard Trance.. HF: What recommendations do you have for UK clubbers abroad to visit clubs in Japan? We've heard about some amazingly high tech clubs over there... ED: It think that they should check out Joule in Osaka, where my resident party World Love is every first weekend of the month and if in Tokyo, Veflarre, Liquid Rooms and Womb. HF: Can you give us three tunes that you're caning at the moment? ED: YdoK- Cyber Steve and the Pranksters - (Snap - Crackle Records) Neutron- Darren Christian - Fergie Remix (Duty Free Records) Energy Dai vs Bam Bam - Breakdown (ACETATE) With thanks to Energy Dai for his time. Energy Dai plays the Frantic Valentines Ball on Saturday 15th February at the Camden Palace - for full details click here. Share this :: : : : Follow HarderFaster :: Other Features By tom: Interview with Guffy Interview with Tara Reynolds Interview with Anne Savage Interview with James Lawson Interview with the Knowwhere crew The views and opinions expressed in this review are strictly those of the author only for which HarderFaster will not be held responsible or liable. Comments: From: Karl Alexander on 10th Feb 2003 18:37.54 I think he's also playing Samsara on Valentines Day. He has a really interesting mixing style and does some very clever stuff mixing different remixes of the same tune over / in & out of each other. Some interesting tune choices though From: RedBullJunkie on 11th Feb 2003 14:29.11 can i carry ur records when you go back to japan?? From: argh_01 on 13th Feb 2003 11:25.31 nice interview, but saturday's the 15th of feb, tom. From: tom on 13th Feb 2003 23:09.18 What did we do without you ant ? From: Dale303 on 14th Feb 2003 01:17.51 Was about to have a benny but good job I checked. Could have sworn that was the photo I took at The Fridge but there are subtle differences. Compare... http://london.sorted.org/photos/energydai/2002_09_09.jpg From: tom on 14th Feb 2003 11:03.21 Interesting... I got sent that by their PR person so not sure where it came from. From: Kamora on 17th Feb 2003 10:04.51 Il be keeping an eye on this guy! looks dodgy! jokes... From: tc turtle biatch on 19th Feb 2003 13:39.57 he's so tiny as well, and really really sweet. he played at mine on sunday and the amount of energy he gives off is crazy, he never stops playing with the mixer. And its cool that he still obviously loves it, he's having fun. From: Jan Korrubel on 25th Feb 2003 08:49.33 I am still "recovering" from living through the 'Energy Dai' experience on Saturday (22/02/03), down here at Club 330 in Durban, South Africa. The wee man delivered a caner of a set - breakdowns, what breakdowns? - pedal to floor all the way. Good to see that he played well past his 4am scheduled stop - hope he was having a good a time as I was. He is / has returning(ed) to the UK - catch him if you can.

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