2.2 Friday night in Yokohama
It's Friday night, here in Yokohama. I love this place. Like New York, it's a totally 'now' kind of place, but with one eye on a future which will probably never be. The main architectural influence seems to be Gerry Anderson.
Dusk comes, and in Rock bar, the place is buzzing. Local people, Tokyo people, Japanese and foreigner alike, here to party. The Yokosuka Navy crowd are here too.
Fox, now taking over dj duties, from his regular warm up DJ, the excellent 'The Temple Cat', ups the tempo, mixing the beats from the killers' 'all these things that i've done' with 'dreams', by the Cranberries. When the Cranberries' riff kicks in, the crowd go ape. They know the party is really starting, but Fox loops the riff, and beats, for a minute or so, sometimes mixing back to the previous track. He's working the floor well, but doesn't milk it, and lets the Cranberries vocal kick in. Once more, the crowd roars in appreciation.
More tracks are seemlessly mixed. I listen to Blondie's 'Rapture', before I beckon the manageress over, for a chat. 'We were always a busy bar, at weekends', she tells me. 'I love helping Yuji (Fuji) out, but I think that after they move out to the beach, in summer, they need to find bigger, more suitable venues. I don't think the building manager is too happy'.
Later, Yuji, who had been listening to the conversation, tells me, confidentially. 'I don't know about the manageress here, but other 'rock' bar owners have told me, that because of the rise in business, 'certain' people have been muscling in. I think, for the next couple of months, we'll be ok, but when we come back, to Yokohama, in the autumn, we need to find a solution'
'Such as?' I ask.
'such as pay 'them' off ourselves, or find our own, bigger venue, out of 'their' reach. the Rock of Gib pub would have been perfect. A big enough, foreign owned venue, but things are really up in the air, with that now.'
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Back on the dance floor, Fox is looping 'sometimes' by James, which is going down great. But when the 'oooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh' of New Order's Temptation can be heard, working its way into the mix, the crowd goes even wilder. They're really, really up for it, on nights like tonight. However, Rock 4four is not without its critics...
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Rock4four DJ Roster:
DJ Fox White
DJ Miki Ohara
DJ J1
DJ The Temple Cat
DJ 北星 (a.k.a. DJ KH)
Ex DJ: Tommy Tokugawa
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Featured tracks:
The Killers - All these things that I've done:
The Cranberries - Dreams
Blondie - Rapture:
James - Sometimes:
New order - Temptation:
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