A culmination of the pursuit of originality in electronic music that connects to the future

Broad, the party organized by Tatsuoki who moved his base to Fukuoka in Kyushu from Tokyo in 2020, celebrates its 10th anniversary. In 2012, Broad started from zero at Daikanyama AIR on Tuesdays focusing on paying close attention to originality and exploring cutting-edge sounds. The party, currently contributing to the scene in both Fukuoka and Tokyo, moved to Contact Tokyo in 2016 to host on a regular basis. With the closing of the venue this coming Autumn, this will be its last celebration to be held at this location.

For this special evening where such milestones overlap, they welcome artist Elena Colombi, who’s garnered global support for founding the Amsterdam-based label〈Osàre Editions〉and hosting a regular program on London’s NTS Radio, in the Studio floor. The core axis of her style, since her last performance in Japan 3 years ago, is leftfield techno/house to industrial and EBM and fuses a wide range of genres to create experimental dance grooves. Her active role in various fields such as performing at Dekmantel Festival in 2018 and 2019, the biggest outdoor party in Amsterdam, lures the audience with her distinct style that’s highly acclaimed worldwide. She has continued to update her form of expression on her monthly NTS Radio program during the ongoing pandemic, and will surely create a vibe well-suited for the anniversary of Broad.

From the local scene, the world-renowned Kuniyuki, highly praised for his improvisational sets who has shared the stage with Elena overseas, will be performing live. Shhhhh, who continues to fascinate the people on the dance floors of some of the biggest raves including this year’s Rainbow Disco Club with his diverse dance grooves incorporating elements of world music, olevv of -Drone屋敷-, the vinyl enthusiasts with great sensibilities, and the host Tatsuoki, whose techno stands out from the rest playing all around the nation while being based in Fukuoka, completes the lineup. These 5 artists will build the floor in Studio X.

Contact floor, led by Qmico, one of the main acts for DJ NOBU’s party Reprise last year who captures the audience by creating an atmosphere with lower center of gravity while keeping things hot, the diverse and experimental grooves by p.co of SEXTANS from Fukuoka that resembles Elena, the creative sets with essence of world music by the Kumamoto-based IWAKIRI, the scene’s leading figure of his generation who’ll be making his Contact debut, and Mural’s organizers Kai and Luca, the new generation in the scene who contributed greatly by curating and supporting the Foyer floor for Broad end of last year that left us with high expectations for the future, adds to the list.

While keeping the focus firmly on electronic music, the style of crossing between generations and opening doors to explore various genres throughout the night to create a flow will be well kept for this edition as well. And most of all, we’d like you to experience this exceptional evening celebrating 10 years of Broad, 6 years at Contact.