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48 electronic DJ events observed in Tokyo, centred on Shibuya, Hatagaya and Shimokitazawa. Featured venues: FORESTLIMIT, Circus Tokyo and DJ Bar Azumaya.
A forward techno night featuring JAKOJAKO — An edition built around post-Berlin techno sensibilities and analog/modular exploration, delivering a dense VENT dancefloor experience.
The first Japan show from the London duo — A special first-Japan performance that brings TOAST CLUB's supple jazz-fusion sound into a club-room setting.
A large CIRCUS night spanning live acts and two DJ zones — The concept spatializes contemporary scene crossover by running live acts, a main floor, and a lounge in parallel.
Maurice Fulton’s Saturday night at Bridge — A weekend event built around Maurice Fulton’s mix of experimentation and dancefloor control. The supporting DJs make it feel reliable across the whole night.
A standout Saturday at Bridge Shinjuku featuring Maurice Fulton — A tightly curated night built around the meeting point of experimentation and dancefloor pleasure.
A 13-hour long-form rave with a stronger Hardtek and Breakcore focus — A chaotic long-haul night that sustains hard intensity from afternoon to dawn.
A long-form summer all-genre session at nagomix Shibuya — A long-format all-genre event that channels guest-heavy weight and hard-leaning energy across an extended summer session.
A signature DecaBar night driven by spectacle and after-midnight energy — The concept puts women at the center, layering show elements and DJs to create a liberated late-night environment.
A cross-border live night connecting Japan, New York, and Korea — A live program that stages three artists from different urban backgrounds to map a current crossover of rock and electronic sensibilities.
A live-leaning weekday launch at OTO — A first-edition event that opens with a DJ set and moves into three live performances. Its structure suggests density and intention within a compact runtime.
Second edition of a genre-crossing collective rooted in dance music — A collective night centered on dance music, shaping the floor by blending a wide range of styles.
A mixed-format underground session at FORESTLIMIT — A weekday experimental room where DJ and live sets intersect tightly. The large bill suggests a floor that keeps changing shape across the night.
A high-density weeknight club session built from tightly sequenced short sets — A focused four-hour party where DJs and VJ visuals lock into a fast-paced flow.
An early evening FORESTLIMIT program crossing live and DJ sets — An alternative-format event that treats live performance and DJ flow as one continuous experience.
A dense bonobo electronic night framed as ACID TEST IN EASTERN JAPAN — An event built around acid-tinged electronic energy, using live performance and both floors to create an immersive roaming experience.
A Shibuya rooftop party spanning Hanare and Azumaya — An urban party that combines rooftop openness with an indoor all-night set, letting each space shape the experience.
A holiday-eve FORESTLIMIT session where live acts and DJs intersect — A mixed-format event that builds energy by moving between performance and DJ selection.
An anniversary-edition rhythm-game and club crossover at STELLA — A high-energy celebratory edition that brings together rhythm-game culture and club music while marking milestones for both venue and event.
A Japan show featuring a Live MPC Set — A night where beat-making craft and club groove are experienced at the same time.
A cross-border electropop night built around KIKI's Japan tour — A summer pop event that links KIKI from Bangkok with Tokyo-side acts to create an open, urban, cross-border atmosphere.
An experimental live and DJ night at FORESTLIMIT — An underground event that blurs the line between live acts and DJs to foreground adventurous sound intersections.
A late ENTER session marking THA BLUE HERB's first appearance there — A special late-night event that compresses live lyrical force and DJ propulsion into one concentrated room.
A FORESTLIMIT session crossing live performance and DJ programming — An exploratory dance environment moving between live texture and club propulsion.
A CIRCUS TOKYO release night built around the new EP — A celebratory club party that expands the EP's mood through guest sets and a deeper headline set.
A dark psy gathering at Koenji Cave — Organized by 989, this is a late-night immersive party built around rising names from the dark psy scene across both the main floor and lounge.
A stripped-down FORESTLIMIT session sharpened by impulse — A density-first event limited to one live act and two DJs. The reduced lineup is meant to sharpen the texture of each set.
A night where improvisation becomes both composition and prayer — A dense flow of live performance and DJing built around improvisation as the core expressive force.
A FORESTLIMIT celebration expanding the album through live acts and DJs — An album celebration that builds a multidimensional room around the release through several performance formats.
A roaming multi-floor night at bonobo — A late-night event designed for drifting between floors, with live acts and DJs reshaping the mood as you roam.
The final edition of a LIVE HAUS dance party — A closing chapter for the series, bringing guests and regulars together to shape one last dance floor.
Edition featuring a GATA MAGAZINE-curated Gregg Araki tribute — Built around DIDI HAN's Japan appearance, the Azumaya room adds a film-referential curated layer through the Gregg Araki tribute. The result is a night where club sound and broader cultural framing actively intersect.
A FORESTLIMIT day event pushing toward embodied listening through DJs and VJ work — A party built to layer sound and visuals into a slowly deepening, body-centered experience.
A multi-format event crossing live acts, DJs, VJ work, and a pop-up — A night designed to connect dense live performances with DJ flow, using visuals and a pop-up to shape one cohesive mood.
A late-night session pushing rawstyle, harddance, and hyperflip — A hard-edged dance floor at Altoto built to run with intensity until dawn.
A double pre-party where two major event crews collide — A night at Azumaya and MIDNIGHT EAST that captures the scene's momentum ahead of the bigger main events.
A sharply acid-focused evening at FORESTLIMIT — A concept-driven event that keeps acid textures front and center across both live performances and DJ sets.
EPHEMEGRA 'Scattered Letters' release party — A holiday-eve event that expands the mood of the release through three live acts and five DJs.
DEVAULT's Tokyo debut performance — A weekday club night built around DEVAULT's first performance in Japan.
Tokyo show for the new Iglooghost and Babii project — A Tokyo stop on the Asia tour centered on experiencing the sound and live identity of the new project CYST.
A small live-led electronic gathering at LIVE HAUS — The event pairs affordable weekday access with a lineup of artists carrying distinct electronic identities. It is less a large festival than a small celebration built from room energy.
A weekday program where exploratory live sets are threaded together by a DJ — A night built around multiple exploratory live acts, shaping sound and sequencing into a single listening experience.
An evening party layering live and VJ elements onto a DJ-centered flow — A balanced club event that rotates through multiple DJs while adding depth through live performance and visuals.
A crossover headline return to VENT after roughly three years — An international headline date centered on LSDXOXO's collision of pop scale and club force.
A techno and house party returning to Tsudanuma after 11 years — A long-delayed revival reconnecting local energy through music, visuals, and a relaxed food-friendly setting.
An immersive Tokyo series designed to show multiple sides of NADJA — A series that changes collaborators and set concepts by venue to present NADJA's heavy, meditative world from several angles.
A high-pressure chaotic late-night session at FORESTLIMIT — A late-night event pushing sonic and visual chaos through a hard lineup and live painting.
An early-evening FORESTLIMIT show weaving together live acts and DJs — A program focused on linking performers carefully and building a coherent flow between live acts and DJs.
An Odaiba urban dance-music festival centered on DJ culture — A large-format event that expands club-rooted dance music into an all-day outdoor setting. The scale of the site is meant to be part of the experience.
