YUTH presents Rock'n Roll Broadcast Station 2010

The biggest rock ‘n’ roll party in the history of Le Baron de Paris. It’s 37 years since the foundation of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Association and 1815 Rock ‘N’ Roll Band and Rock ‘n’ Roll Broadcasting Station in 1973. Tonight, Yuya Uchida, aka DJ BADBOY, makes his DJ debut! In support are a team of big names in the music business ? read ‘em and weep!

DJ BADBOY aka YUYA UCHIDA
Having been strongly influenced by the Japanese rock’n’roll scene, Yuya Uchida formed a series of bands. This year marks the 37th straight year of the New Year’s Eve event NEW YEARS WORLD ROCK FESTIVAL, which is held in six cities across six countries. Having starred in the movie Comic Magazine, for which he won Best Actor at the Hochi Film Awards, Uchida shot to global stardom. In 2009 he published two books, “JHONNY TOO BAD” and “I Am the Worst Guy”. He currently works on various music, film and book projects.
Yuya Uchida→ http://www.uchidayuya.com/

DJ DIRTYKRATES aka ZEEBRA
Born on April 2nd 1971. Signed to Ariola Japan in 2010. On March 17th he released the single “Butterfly City Feat. RYO the SKYWALKER, MUMMY-D & DOUBLE” which is part of the soundtrack to video game Yakuza. HARDCORE FLASH→ http://ameblo.jp/hardcoreflash/

DJ MAAR (DEXPISTOLS)
DJ Maar is one half of Tokyo’s leading electro DJ unit DEXPISTOLS, which he forms with DJ Daruma. The artists from their label, Roc Trax gather to mark the beginning of a new movement in the city. This is a night for some sophisticated fun with a hip hop and electro soundtrack.
myspace→ http://www.myspace.com/dexpistolstokyo/

KENSHO OHNUKI
Born in Tokyo in '51, at the age of 20 Kensho Onuki began his career as a music critic, while in college. He was the first person in Japan to write about Queen. He travelled to London to interview punk bands like the Sex Pistols and The Clash and was a key person in the Japanese music industry. He began working as a DJ with a show on NHK's "Wakai Kodama" and in 1979 began broadcasting a show dedicated to the UK charts "Zen-Ei TOP 20", which was the first of its kind. Currently he works as the selector, programmer and personality of Ronnai", which is broadcast nationwide on the JFN network. His legendary party London Night - the first rock DJ event in Japan - began in 1980 at Shinjuku's Tsubaki House but he continues to hold it at various locations. Since 1996 he has also been running the genre-defying DJ event GROOVY ROCK CARAVAN, with friends DJ Carribean Dandy the actor Jun Murakami.
Blog→ http://ameblo.jp/boobee-002

HIKARU (BOUNTY HUNTER)
Hikaru is the owner of the store Bounty Hunter, which started out as a toy shop and went on to become one of the brightest shining brands in the Ura-Harajuku firmament. Since he was enrolled at Bunka College of Fashion he participated in the weekly LONDON NITE events held at Shinjuku’s Tsubaki House. It was there that he founded the band Tokyo Sex Pistols with Jun Takahashi of UNDERCOVER. Hikaru took the name Shidoru, in homage to Sid Vicious, while Takahashi resembled Jonny Rotten and so took the name Jonio. The rest is history.
Bounty Hunter→ http://www.bounty-hunter.com/

MOB NORIO aka DJ BUSHIKO NARAYAMA
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1970, Mob Norio is the winner of the 131st Akutagawa Prize for his book “Introduction to Caregiving”. After a five-year hiatus, he returned to writing with the novels “Ghetto Music” and “Heibon Punch”. The section in these works titled “Yuya Uchida's Rock’n’Talk” was compiled into another work titled “JOHNNY TOO BAD Uchida Yuya ‐Japanese is Rock 'n' Roll”, which was published in 2009. The origin of his penname apparently lies in a drunken debate over what is the strongest thing in the world, with the proffered answer, “mob” (the masses), becoming his nickname.
Blog→ http://ghettomusic.seesaa.net/

KAN TAKAGI
From a background in punk music, Kan Takagi ascended to fame as Japan’s foremost exponent of hip-hop culture. With both these educations informing his sprit, Takagi has developed truly unique musical style. Having been inspired by all of the people, culture and history he has studied and encountered over the years, he has developed into a sonic artist whose oeuvre defies description.
Twitter→ http://twitter.com/kantakagi/

HARUO CHIKADA
Haruo Chikada is a guy who has been challenging. He has been doing once step ahead of the age amazingly without shame from Progressive Rock (Rashoumon) ~ Punky Kayou (Haruophone) ~ Techno Kayou (Solo and Juicy Fruits) ~ New Wave Kayou (Vibra-tones) ~ Japanese Rap (President BPM & Vibrastone) ~ Trance (Afromix, SCSI-TR, No Chill Out). Such a great guy! He issued "Kangaeru Hit" which he wrote in Weekly Bunshun in 1998. It was said that Chika begged to join Jinshu-Netsu due to fantastic performance of Kubota and it led to Haruophone. I heard about it in the last program of "SOLITON" (Pearl Bros., Togawa,
Nomiya, Keiichi and Chikada appeared!). Kubota in Vibra left in the middle for Pearl Bros. Vibra's keyboarder, Yano, was replaced by Hoppy Kamiyama in the middle.

JUN TAKAHASHI (UNDERCOVER)
Jun Takahashi is the designer of fashion brand UNDERCOVER, which he established in 1989. He was a leading figure in the Urahara street fashion movement that had a huge influence on popular culture in Tokyo and beyond. In 2002, he held his first show at the Paris collections. In the doll making he has pursued separately from his work on the runway, whereby he creates myriad versions of a stuffed toy character known as GRACE, he has found a new means of expressing the aesthetics of UNDERCOVER.
Blog→ http://blog.honeyee.com/jtakahashi/

NAOHIRO UKAWA
Naohiro Ukawa is the man behind MON/N/DAD PRODUCTION. He also runs Mixrooffice and GODFATHER. He is signed to the Yamamoto Gendai Jimusho. He is a lecturer at Kyoto University of Art and Design Department of Information Design and a full member of the Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science. While traditional media is struggling, his Ustream radio studio DOMMUNE, launched on March 1st 2010, is avidly watched across the nation. It is broadcast every day from 7pm to 12am (except for Fridays and Saturdays) and features DJs, liver performances, talk shows and plenty of the video art for which he has built up a worldwide following. The reason he doesn’t broadcast on Fridays and Saturday is that he wants people to be out having fun on those days.
DOMMUNE→ http://www.dommune.com/

PELI
Growing up, PELI was exposed to a lot of '80s sounds thanks to her music-loving music parents. She later discovered hip-hop and then reggae, ska, punk, rock ’n’ roll, swing and various other genres. Among these, she developed a particular affinity for rockabilly and early punk. Sometimes she adds electro to her playlist in order to match the vibe of a party, but her style is heavily influenced by the mashup style popularized by 2 Many DJs, legendary rock DJ event LONDON NITE and the '80s sounds loved by her parents. Besides her work as a DJ, PELI also works as a stylist, mostly for fashion magazines, as well as on music videos for music acts. Her ability to link fashion and music have made her Tokyo’s foremost fashionista DJ.
myspace→ http://www.myspace.com/peli.peli.peli