Diary

 "The pole goes to Africa!"

Where: LAGOS LAGOS
市伊勢崎町3-107ストーク・ヨコチクビ
Yokohama (横浜),
Japan

Access: [JR] Kannai station or [Yokohama Subway] Kannai Station.  Bar Lagos Lagos is located inside of Isezaki Mall across from McDonalds.

Starts: 20:00

Price: Free Entry

Resident DJs: Clinton Lopez, Simon "TC" Knight, Antomattei of Tokyo

Guest DJ: DeDe

http://www.myspace.com/djantomattei
http://www.myspace.com/clintonlopez
http://www.mydjspace.net
http://www.dontstayin.com

As a resident DJ at a Yokohama, Japan club event known simply as "The Pole" which occurs once a month, I usually play at one set venue named 'The Green Sheep'.   As a favor to a friend who is a bar owner, all the DJs decided to take a departure from the usual and make the next Pole event at his place which took place on March 1, 2008.

Lagos Lagos is an African bar & restaurant located in the center of a shopping district in Kannai, Yokohama Japan known as Isezaki Mall.  The venue was a very small space, the smallest I have ever played at before.  It was about the size of my living room, but the atmosphere was very cool.  The bar style and setup felt like a small club.  The attendance which was about a little over 40 throughout the night was night.  At about any given time there were maybe 30 people within the bar making it a tight place to manuver through. 

The guest were satisfied as some good reggae, hip hop, and R&B was played to satisfy the listening aspect of things, while the prices were quite good and not going to hurt anyone's pockets too much.  The event had a free cover, and all the basic drinks were discounted down to 500yen each from their usual prices.  The place made quite a bit of money and was really lively.  All-in-all it made for a great night.  It is somewhere I would like to definitely play at again.  The bar owner Emma 'Lagos' Hardel being a good friend of the DJs, we were all glad to help a brother out and we did this as a favor to him.  We thank him for letting us play at his bar.

In this weeks edition of Metropolis magazine, March 14, 2008 #729 page 25 I had a article written about me and my club event by editor James Coulson. Here is what was said if you haven't picked up this weeks copy.

"Storied Shibuya hideout The Room, famed for championing Tokyo's crossover/jazz scene with the Kyoto Jazz Massive, opens its doors to Texas-born DJ Antomattei (pictured), Canadian Clinton Lopez and friends for an evening of house, hip-hop, reggae and disco. Linked with MyDJSpace, an international community for likeminded club-goers and up-and-coming DJs, the night promises a healthy dose of smooth, warm and nostalgic dance, evocative of scene tastemaker extraordinaire Dimitri From Paris and incorporating beats from key influences Incognito and house mega-label Defected. Antomattei is a descendant of "Augie," trumpeter for the salsa and jazz band 1977 Puerto Rico All Stars, and is well-placed to spin an eclectic soundscape of chill, groovy, midweek fun-just in time for Thursday's public holiday."

MyDJSpace Sessions Japan @ The Room, Mar 19.

by James Coulson

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