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The Current Location of the Japanese and Korean Club Scenes and its Intention
Celeina：Ms. Uchihata, you have a physical release by Techno gaksuli.
Uchihata: It is a USB. In Korea, there is a culture called “Ppongjjak machine,” which is a small music player that allows you to listen to Ppongjjak, and you plug in a USB with hundreds of songs on it. She respects it and releases her own music on a USB, which is a very cool thing to do.
Takano: Very stylish.
Celeina: There are also things like bromide cards in it.
Takano:Like a killer card.
Uchihata: It’s a bromide of the person himself. It is available in Japan, so please buy it.
Celeina: In Japan, CDs are still sold, but in Korea, is digital distribution the mainstream?
Uchihata: With K-pop idols, they show their designs in photo books and other perks, so there are physical sales of CDs and photo books as a set. However, in the underground scene that I often visit, records are almost never pressed, and only a few CDs are released on a made-to-order basis.
Takano: That is an interesting difference. Do local musicians want to play live in Japan?
Uchihata: I am often told that they want to do it but don’t know how. There are many who want to do it, but they don’t speak Japanese or know anyone in Japan, so many of them are worried that they don’t know what kind of place they can do it.
Takano: So from an artist’s point of view, Mr. Uchihata is a very helpful person. What did you feel again after creating a place where music from Japan and Korea can interact?
Uchihata: The percentage of “Mechakucha Night” events held in Japan is larger than those held in Korea, but we often receive comments from customers that they enjoy the music as fans because they have heard it on the Internet, but they have never had the opportunity to actually see it live, so they are glad to have it in Japan.
I also feel that by connecting offline and locally, rather than online, we are able to clarify things that were not visible to each other in terms of the club scene and music. I have come to understand that this is why they are doing this kind of music, and that this kind of music is popular because of this kind of sound pressure, and so on.
Takano: I would love to see Techno gaksuli live.
Celeina: Now, you are introducing your friends to us through “FIST BUMP,” a circle of friends connected by goo touch.
Uchihata: He is a versatile and cute otaku.
Takano: What kind of person is she?
Uchihata: He is a writer, DJ, and loves chronology.
Celeina:He loves chronology?
Takano:I’ll ask him about that tomorrow. Please welcome Panth, a writer, DJ, and lover of chronology.
Celeina: “FIST BUMP” today we have Ms. Misato Uchihata, who is involved in event planning and production of Korean music. Thank you very much.
GRAND MARQUEE
J-WAVE (81.3FM) Mon-Thu 16:00 – 18:50
Navigator: Shinya Takano, Celeina Ann
