very excited to return to japan.. this will be my 5th tour there.
will be great to connect with old friends and meet new people who have been into Ocean Fire .
TOKYO
June 14 – Christopher Willits, FilFla, Akane Hosaka, Misato Kinoshita
EVENT: Tron
DATE: 2008.6.14 (Sat) 19:00 open / 19:30 start
VENUE: SuperDeluxe (T: 03.5412.0515)
FEE: rev. 3,000yen / door 3,500 yen (with 1drink)
COOPERATION: commmons, SuperDeluxe, p*dis, Headz, Sonore
ORGANIZING: cubic music
INQUIRY: cubic music (T: 03-5771-5708 / info@cubicmusic.com)
OSAKA
June 18 – Christopher Willits, library tapes, tickles, appetite for destruction
EVENT: Metal Heart
DATE: 2008.06.18 (Wed) open17:00 start18:00
VENUE: Unagidani Sunsui
FEE: adv. 2,300 yen / door 2,800 yen (+1drink 500 yen)
KYOTO
June 19 – Christopher Willits, Sonir (samurai jazz), Marihiko Hara + Shunsuke Kato, Attic Plan (Ken’ichi Itoi (PsysEx))
EVENT: Pod at Metro
DATE: 2008.06.19 (Thurs) 18:30-21:30
VENUE: Club Metro
FEE: adv. 1,980 yen / door 2,500 yen (+1 drink 500 yen)
KANAZAWA
June 21 – Christopher Willits, Sigiriya, 3000 NDL
EVENT: Connecting Vol.7
DATE: 2008.6.21 (Sat) open19:30 start 20:00
VENUE: Kanazawa mero-mero pocchi
FEE: adv. 2000 yen / door 2500 yen
back in SF. wow. the U.S. tour went awesome. a bunch of sold out shows, i met so many amazing people, and we drove something like 10,000 miles without any hitch. simply amazing. so many stories to tell and highlights.. montreal and san francisco were maybe my favorite shows; the energy and the ease of performing was sublime. the church in philly, all the cool people in asheville, the MFA in boston, the planetarium.. so many great memories. really excited that the turnout at the shows was so great. there is hope for new forms of music in america. many conscious people out there. thank you so much for listening and just being.
if you have any pics from the shows or videos, or blog posts, please share and i’ll point people to it. love seeing raw documentation..
Next up is finishing new music and videos, a recording session at SnowGhost Studio in Montana, then Japan, China, and Thailand, then a couple dates in Europe this summer.
Here is a video someone sent me.. posted by cmoncomeon on youtube. this is a quick clip from the show in Philly.
MONTREAL, BOSTON, PHILLY, DC, ASHEVILLE – TOUR UPDATE
last tour update here.. thought i would have a few more of these but time is tight and wifi not everywhere. on the way to austin now for my last show of the tour. the shows have been truly amazing. + smooth tour van sailing the whole way.
Montreal was one of my favorites. I can’t wait to get back there again. we played at a masonic lodge. super intense. met a ton of cool people in Ashville a couple nights ago. met luke and his crew that drove up from jacksonville for the show (!).
the church we played in Philly was beautiful and held the sound so well. great show there. Boston was also great.,. they have all been great really..,
it’s all about bringing people together. more soon..
