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Rock4four. Ever heard? The chances are you have heard many of the tunes - classic 4/4 rock tracks. AND you may have heard them on a dance floor. But not the way you'll hear them, if you go to Kamakura's beaches, this summer.
This is part 1, of a story I'll be writing, over the coming weeks, and months. It started small. An idea, simple, but brilliant, developed by DJ Fox White, a native of Brighton, and a veteran of that town's legendary big beat scene, with the help of his friend, Kamakura bar owner, DJ and promoter, Yuji Fuji.
Yuji, a confirmed Anglophile, cut his teeth, as a promoter, after returning from the U.K. where he's spent much of the last twenty years, experiencing five great musical movements that sprang up, during that time - the Ibiza inspired Acid House movement, that took London's Clubland by storm, in the late 80's and early 90's; Madchester, the fusion of indie rock, and House, that captured the imagination of twenty four hour party people everywhere; Britpop, centered around Camden, North London, Trip Hop, which had it's capital in Bristol, and finally Big Beat, nationally popular, but with it's spiritual home, in the clubs, and on the beaches of Brighton, where Yuji first met Fox White.
"I wanted to recreate the amazing vibe, positivity, and energy, of those great scenes, when I returned to Kamakura" recalls Fuji, a healthy looking, late thirtysomething surfing addict, sitting at his bar, facing out, onto Kamakura beach. "But musically, while tipping my hat to my British experiences, I wanted to come up with something new. There were, and are good parties, and positive, energetic crowds, here, but their soundtracks, R&B, Hip-Hop, House, Trance, they're hardly unique to Kamakura, and that, more than anything, is what I desired to see."
"I wanted to recreate the amazing vibe, positivity, and energy, of those great scenes, when I returned to Kamakura" recalls Fuji, a healthy looking, late thirtysomething surfing addict, sitting at his bar, facing out, onto Kamakura beach. "But musically, while tipping my hat to my British experiences, I wanted to come up with something new. There were, and are good parties, and positive, energetic crowds, here, but their soundtracks, R&B, Hip-Hop, House, Trance, they're hardly unique to Kamakura, and that, more than anything, is what I desired to see."
Selected Track - My current Fave Rock4four Anthem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igQd_41xNCE
A rock cover of the opening song, from a classic movie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Fever
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