For friends who haven’t known, I’d be off for two weeks starting this Friday. My sis Jerrica will be coming home from Perth to help plan for Dad’s 60th birthday bash in China. We’d have tons to do before flying to Guangzhou next Thu/Fri.
I will still be around next week but will not have internet access 10th-18th July.
Dad’s birthday bash will be a private party, with just us, his kids, and his girlfriend who resides in Guangzhou. It will be a feast followed by some karaoke session (dad’s favorite).
13th-17th July, we’d be travelling to Beijing and Shanghai together. Can’t wait!!!
Fuji Rock Festival is an annual 3-day rock festival held in Naeba ski resort, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Each year, this festival features more than 200 local and international musicians making it the largest outdoor music event in Japan. More than 127,000 turned up for this festival last year 2007.
Some of the photos taken during the Fuji Rock Festival 07 last year…
Though Naeba is nowhere near Mt Fuji, the event is named so because the first Fuji Rock Festival was held on the footslopes of Mount Fuji in 1997. Inspired by Britain’s Glastonbury Festival, and the line up focuses on international and non-mainstream modern Japanese music.
This year, the Fuji Rock Festival 08 will be held on 25th, 26th and 27th July. On each day, there will be live band and electronic music performances throughout the days and nights. The line-up for the 3-day event features great bands and musicians like My Bloody Valentine, Underworld, Primal Scream, Jason Mraz, Ian Brown, The Vines, Mono, Bloc Party and the Asian Dub Foundation. In addition, there will also DJs like Paul Van Dyk and Denki Groove spinning on the first night all night.
Hotel packages to this festival starts around US$1,200. If you’re interested, get the ticket now from Ganban. Overseas ticketing for the event ends 30 June 2008. Hurry!
Coming soon to MOS Singapore on 21st July, 2008. Shuffle presents YOJI (formerly known as Yoji Biomehanika) from Japan. If you remember my introductory post on Yoji here, he’s one of the most innovative, if not the greatest, hard trance DJs in the world.
He was just here for the XLive @ Genting this month. Good to know he’s back for another NRG performance.
Don’t miss it!
FTOTD (Favorite Track Of The Day):
Soothing tune. Not too busy. Nice as an intro for a set:
Some of the photos taken during the Fuji Rock Festival 07 last year…
