Two New Live Sets Up for Download.

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Last week I played two live shows for Summer Sounds Vol 2.

The first set was live to web via USTREAM on Thursday the 19th of August and was part of a promotion campaign for the main event the following Sunday the 22nd.

Since I was going to do a relatively short set at Summer Sounds (40 mins) I decided it might be cool to split a 90 minute set over the two occasions; play the first half live to web and play the second half at the main event.

It worked well but I had to make some minor adjustments to the set in real time because Summer Sounds is not strictly a Techno crowd and I decided to ride it out for quite a while in the intro to the second set. DJ Wada set the tone perfectly (as always) but I felt the need to just get a groove riding — to build some trust with the audience — and I feel it worked extremely well. I used a rolling vocal sample and some hypnotic drums vs droning synths, holding and building tension and then twisting everything into some large wobbly bass lines and intense breakdowns and breakups.

I have also started experimenting with the idea of an alias — Akatokuro — for my more minimal excursions so as an introduction a lot of the tracks featured in the Webstream are from this new project.

For the first time in a while I am really happy with the flow of the sets, I feel more focused and on target this time around, it helps immensely that I introduced software control via iPad to the controller set up and I simplified everything else to the bare essentials — simple is best (not to mention destroying one of my main controllers during rehearsals.)

I had a fantastic time, big thanks to DJ Tamaki Maruta for getting me to and from the venue, and promoter Shinoki Takeyoshi for organizing the web stream and booking me to play.

Last and certainly not least, a huge thanks to everyone who came to the event and /or logged onto the live show on the web. Your support, your moving bodies and your smiling faces are all really appreciated.

Links:

UStream Channel: Sancha TV

iPad Software: Griid Pro

Exclusive, Shane Berry Live Online at 21:00 Japan Time.

As part of promotion for the upcoming Summer Sounds Volume 2 I will be performing an exclusive live set via the Internet from Sangenchaya TV on Thursday evening the 19th of August at 21:00 Japan Time. (12:00 GMT).

I am very excited as this will be my first foray into streaming live on the web.

What I have decided to do is play one set over the two occasions – starting out deep and minimal online and then finishing the set large and dirty at the party on Sunday the 22nd of August at Laputa Garden, Aoyama.

The two sets should seamlessly blend into each other when laid back to back.

Well that’s the theory anyway.

I have a ton of new tracks I have been working on, super simple and hypnotic and I’m also thinking of adding a drum machine to the mix but I’m undecided on that front.

Joining me online will be DJs Ryo Tsutsui and Satoshi Otsuki.

Links:

Watch The Stream Here (21:00 JPT)
Sangenchaya TV

DJs:
Ryo Tsutsui (Eden/WeekendWarriorz)
Satoshi Otsuki (Tresvibes)

Event:
Summer Sounds Vol Two
Laputa Garden

Next Shane Berry Release on GCW out 20th August.

My next release with Greta Cottage Workshop has already been kicking up dust in the UK as Sasha has been dropping it into his sets the last couple of weeks and he has given it a big thumbs up.

If you would like to be included on the promo mailing list and get a copy ahead of the release date to review or chart please contact me at info@shaneberry.com.

Here is the text from the one sheet.

Greta Cottage Workshop

Release Date: 20th August 2010

GCW015 – Shane Berry

Plugitin
Putiton
Pullitout

How to use a Turntable E.P

Fresh from remix duty for the Little White Earbuds Download of the week, Shane Berry brings his latest E.P to the table. The man takes a swerve in a slightly different direction this time around, but its still 100% Shane, and still Electronic Music from the Soul directed at the Dancefloor. We at Greta Cottage are pleased to see him going from strength to strength as an Artist, and it’s our pleasure to give him the creative freedom he deserves. (the role of the label has changed, but this remains the same)
Plugitin : Micro house wriggler from Captain Berry. Foraging harmonious repetition and digitising bass stabs deliver to industrious effect. Strutting flecks tie in with light whistles of acid taking this into a deepened Detroit flow (This has the potential to swiftly blow ones socks clean off)

Putiton : A proper psytech warbler that touchingly shares a piece of it’s ever evolving self. A maze of 303 oddities reach out with pulsating melody and slick charm. Play it out & about, then watch people wriggle with joy.

Pullitout : A sinister synthesized induced rustler encapsulates a sense of virtual empathy and analog dismissing togetherness, with interweaving filter manipulations attributing to an eventual warm spontaneous combustion. Hi tech soul from Tokyo resident Shane. Can you feel me?

This has been a Sasha Secret Weapon for a month or so, its time to spread the love.

(Jamie “winkle” Slater on the track descriptions. the man is a lunatic. It was his birthday this weekend. He is still lost in East Prawle)

Feedback

‘A very strong release – will support fully. Particularly like Pullitout’ – Sasha

Links.

Greta Cottage Workshop

Shane Berry Live at Soup – Free Download.

Click here for Free Download

Thank you so much to everyone who came down to Soup on Saturday. I had a great time and it looks like you did too. It took me longer than expected to get all the artwork, audio editing and uploading done but here it is, finally, the edited recording of my live set at Soup. There are two parts, the main live set and the 30 minute encore.

The Venue.

Soup is a small underground space located in the basement under a 120 year old bath house in Ochiai, Tokyo somewhere between Shinjuku and Nakano just off where Yamate and Waseda dori intersect.

It used to be a gallery but now the proprietors use it to host music events and the place has steadiliy built a reputation as a “go to” venue to see and hear the best that the Tokyo Underground has to offer.

The sound system is sublime and no stops are pulled setting up each artist so that they can express themselves clearly and strongly, yet never overwhelmingly, in such a small venue.

I could chat with fans and friends without straining my voice or protecting my hearing and all the while the beat was filling my feet and thumping in my chest.

I love spaces that make me love techno even more.

Because it is located smack in Suburbia they have to  close up at midnight and it makes club music all the more accessible to those who cannot regularly brave a full night out on the town but need a fix of loud solid beats and bleeps.

(If you don’t know it may come as a surprise that though Japan has one of the most sophisticated railway networks in the world the trains do not run 24 hours a day. This leads to two scenarios in club land here, First Trainers and Last Trainers. Last Trainers are the (usually large group) of people who will come to a party but leave the event before their last train leaves the nearest station – around 1 am. First Trainers on the other hand commit to a night on the town and will wait until 5 am or thereabouts when the trains start running again.)

The Line Up.

Starting off the event was DJ Takahashi who spun some deep and groovy minimal tunes and set the tone perfectly for the rest of the evening.

Taking over from him was the super cool KeLie who spun funky Tech House and Latinesque grooves.Her sound palette is solid, sophisticated and tight  but she plays with flair and nonchalance, my foot was tapping constantly.

After her set Itaru Yasuda showcased visuals and sound design he created using supercollider. Intense and deliciously digital, his works are deceptively simple and hypnotizing.

My Set.

I had a great time though I wasn’t technically on my game.  For this  set my timing and pacing is a bit sloppy and the transitions and loop jams tend to drag on bit longer than I would  like.

I had prepared for a 90 minute set and when I came to the end I was encouraged to play one more track.

When I started the encore the organizer told me that the venue could take another 30 minutes of music and he asked me kindly to fill it up and I obliged.

The encore is very noisy and created on the fly I was setting loops in real time and fiddling with the noise generator on a soft synth.

Recently I have been a little distracted by my gear. For the last couple of shows my main controller has been showing signs of wear and tear, the buttons are loosening up and the faders are getting temperamental, it results in a small niggling feeling that I can’t fully trust my gear and is not dissimilar to the feeling one gets playing a guitar expecting a string to snap at any moment.

It’s annoying and pulls energy away from me focusing on the crowd and my performance.

This time around I also tried out a new hardware controller I bought and I must say I am not pleased with it at all. I found myself a little lost in some parts of the set because of it and I wont use it again live if I can help it.

Conclusion.

Overall it was a fantastic party, I had an awesome time, the music and visuals were inspirational, and the crowd really made the party come to life. They were ready to rock out despite it being only 21:30 in the evening and their energy and enthusiasm is greatly appreciated.

Links.

Artists.

KeLie

Itaru Yasuda

Software.

SuperCollider

Rare Opportunity To See Shane Berry Live Before Midnight Saturday July 31st @Soup.

For all you old codgers and day trawlers out there who constantly complain that my live performances are always on too late and use the fact as an excuse to never make it out to my shows, pick up your ear horns, lean in and listen close.

On Saturday the 31st of July I will be playing at Soup in Ochiai/Shinjuku at the dashingly reasonable time of  21:30. More than enough time to come down, throw a few beers in your face holes and then still have an evening of crocheting and basket weaving at your leisurely disposal afterwards.

Seriously though Soup seems to be held in very high regards by the underground electronic music scene here in Tokyo and I must admit to having heard of it only a few days before I was booked to play.

From what I can gather it is more an art/music space than a night club and people who know it speak of it in reverant tones. From the video linked below it looks and sounds awesome and I am very excited to play there.

I’m also very interested in the visuals and sounds of Itaru Yasuda who will do a short live set before I start and then he’ll  continue to do visuals during my show.

The event is called:

都市の引力 Toshi-no Inryoku

“The gravity of the city”

7/31(Sat) 18:00-23:00 @SOUP (Ochiai)

¥1500 w/d

Time Table:

18:00 Takahashi
19:50 KeLie
21:10 Itaru Yasuda
21:30 Shane Berry
23:00 end

VJ: Itaru

Links.

Soup
The Atmosphere in Soup (Video Featuring Rom=Pari)
Itaru Yasuda