HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO... US!

BIGINJAPAN IS THREE!!!!

Come celebrate with us at Dusk Til Dawn tomorrow night - where we're having a bearded themed birthday - complete with bearded burlesque dancer, balloons and party bags and... the return of the BIGINJAPAN paintfight. If you need reminding... this is what happened last time.

Don't miss out!

THE BIGINJAPAN BIRTHDAY SESSIONS

Over the next few weeks, to celebrate the fact that we are THREE... we've got all our resident DJ's to work on exclusive mixtapes under the name 'BIGINJAPAN 3rd Birthday Sessions'. Look out as we'll be posting them once a week so make sure you download them all!!!


First up, and to get you in the mood, and get you dancing while your sorting out what your gonna wear... here's a mixtape that i've just finished (well almost but i'm posting it anyway - forgive that it's a little rough round the edges!)... ENJOY!

HELLO MOZART! - YOU BETTER WORK! (BIGINJAPAN IS THREE MIXTAPE) (52MINS) (direct link so right click and save as to download)

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Hello Mozart!

BLAH BLAH BLAH INVADES BOURNEMOUTH

BLAH BLAH BLAH, the guests this week are one of my personal favourite DJ groups, hailing from Brighton and pretty much single handedly waking that surprisingly sleepy town up to what a good electro night should be like - these boys definitely know how to party... In a way, I think BIJ and B!B!B! are similar in quite a few ways - which is why we're so excited about having them down to play.

Check out this video for an idea of what's to expect...

DOWNLOAD THIER 2ND BIRTHDAY MIX HERE

Be sure to check them out on Thursday night, remember we're open from 10 so guestlist closes at midnight.

We're skipping a week of photo's as we're concentrating on portraits at the moment, but we'll be making sure we get loads of snaps this Thursday... I've been sworn to secrec, but I can't help sharing one of the portraits - Love them!

Don't forget... my weekly Twitter plug... FOLLOW US!!!

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Hello Mozart x

PHOTOS NOW ONLINE + ORLANDO BOOM TOMORROW

BIGINJAPAN now has an onine gallery featuring the best pics from last year and every Tuesday we'll be uploading pics from the week before. Photos from the freshers week special (01/10/09) are now online. Click the link at the top of the side navigation bar.

Be sure to bookmark the site and check back every week for new photos.

This week we welcome back Orlando Boom - he's certainly been creating a stir up in the Big Smoke with his night at the Queen of Hoxton - be sure to catch him tomorrow night at BIGINJAPAN.

Right we're loving the  sound of Vitalic's latest single - this dark pop epic is definately taking electronic music in the right direction. After a couple of dissapointing singles from his latest album - we can all now let a sigh of relief!!

VITALIC - Poison Lips

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Hello Mozart x

NEW LOOK AND OCTOBER LISTINGS

So we've just been through a big design revamp - and here is the new look logo and blog. We're pretty happy with it!! Let us know what you think - comment below or comment on Twitter, start your message with @biginjapanclub for your comment to appear on our page.

We also have the October listings, with our 3RD BIRTHDAY coming up!

★★★OCTOBER LISTINGS★★★
1st - Audioslut DJ's
8th - Orlando Boom! DJ's
15th - Blah Blah Blah DJ'S
22nd ☆☆☆BIG IN JAPAN'S 3RD BIRTHDAY☆☆☆
Blaise Belleville (Platform)
Prince Pac (Too Legit to Quit)
A Love Supreme DJ's
29th - Special Guests TBA

There are some big things lined up for the next few weeks,  one of our main projects is a new platform for emerging artists - but we can't say much more than that at the moment, it's all very hush hush.

If you want to stay up to date with what we're doing - follow us on Twitter. 

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Hello Mozart! x

PURIFY THE DAY

This week we pay tribute to everyones favourite oversized lesbian and her collaboration with Simon Mobile Disco. Beth Ditto is featured on their track Cruel Intentions - and whilst the song surfaced back in July, it's still on repeat on my ipod so I thought I should share.  Definately one of my songs of the summer, pretty impossible not to dance to this song - which is what good music should be about!

SMD - Cruel Intentions (ft Beth Ditto) [zShare link]

Next up The Golden Filters new track - the massive first single of their upcoming album. We can't get enough of this song - watch out for these guys (and girl), this song will be huge.

THE GOLDEN FILTER - Thunderbird [zShare link]

Finally - we're in the process of making all new galleries for our photos, so watch this space - there's a lot more where these come from, and they'll be here on the blog first (click the picture below)



Hello Mozart x

D-I-S-C-O... BLOODBATH

2 WEEKS TIL FRESHERS... and the countdown of the best BIG IN JAPAN events is nearing a close... This week we have an extra special one...

Few nights can claim to influence club culture - but DISCO BLOODBATH really has redefined the idea of a good party. Hosting their events in disused warehouses, and rarely holding a party in the same place twice, you get the feeling that you're witnessing something special, somethat that only a select few have the chance to see and experience, and for me - that's what makes a great club night.

We wanted to bring some of that to Bournemouth so in October last year - we brought Damon Martin. We recorded the whole thing and until now, only I have had it on my iPod. I kind of feel that I don't want to share this, but seeing as this is a countdown of my favourite BIG IN JAPAN's - I have to, haha.

So, here it is... In all it's 1 Hour, 33 minutes and 33 seconds glory. Enjoy it... I have been.

DISCO BLOODBATH (Damon Martin) Recorded live at BIGINJAPAN (09/10/08) [MP3, 100MB, 1hr 33mins]

It's a direct link so you'll have to right click and save as.

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Hello Mozart!

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3 WEEKS TO GO

Three weeks to go til the students get back... but it's time for me to say goodbye to BIGINJAPAN. I have passed the keys to the kingdom to those lovely girls the plastic hearts, who have helped art school mess up there degrees since 1985.

As a leaving present (don't worry too much, i'll still be runing the blog!) - here are two tracks recorded in 2008 when THE SHOES came to play. They've got new tracks up online - go check them out.

KNOCK OUT - The Shoes (Recorded Live at BIGINJAPAN) MP3 / 320kbs
AMERICA - The Shoes (Recorded Live at BIGINJAPAN) MP3 / 320kbs

Look out for next weeks posts - got a very special recorded DJ set to share!!

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THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS

We're excited for a few reasons here at BIGINJAPAN - it's just four weeks until the start of the new school year, and that means the party really starts. To celebrate this, we've given our blog a total makeover, the new website is in the pipelines and should be going live in the next week or so... and...

Over the next four weeks, we'll be recounting our favourite BIGINJAPAN nights - this week, it's Joe and Will ask?

Back in March 2008, we invited two boys by the name of Joe and Will to play live at BIGINJAPAN. Known around London for playing at club nights at  Matter, Trailer Trash, Durrr, Club NME, Boombox - these boys ahve gone from strength to strength since their set last March.

Here are two tracks recorded live, enjoy.

SINGLE (Recorded Live at BIGINJAPAN) [Direct Link, 320KB MP3, 7MB]

WARM IT UP (Recorded Live at BIGINJAPAN)  [Direct Link, 320KB MP3, 8MB)

For more info on Joe and Will ask?...

http://www.myspace.com/joeandwillask

Current single Fabric Of Win + Remix is out NOW on Beatport

Until next time 

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