the sleeper of 2010 awakes with the dreaming of 2009--JEFF MILLS!! in 東京：渋谷WOMB

let the festivities begin!

the many CD covers of LA BRUHA LA NEGRA/ LA BRUHA DESI LA (part1))

here are the covers for the 2 works for this year. more on the way for next year(yeah!!). LA BRUHA DESI LA is my new project for this year. 2 covers per CD! for 2009 a total of 3 cds made. 

quezalandrali (2009)

poppy flower rhythmic music (2009)

a dub masterpeace (2009)

the many CD covers of LA BRUHA LA NEGRA/ LA BRUHA DESI LA (part2)

肉体区器（２００８）

with a flash of the spirit...(2008)quezalandrali (2009)

i thought i would go take a look back in the past year since i've done a fair amount of work this year to unfortunately no fanfare. here are the CD covers for LA BRUHA LA NEGRA

2009's finale!!! --- Finally a bit of rest

for those not in the know, japan basically shuts down at the end of the year and just so that everyone can embrace and feel joyous of that fact, the days leading up to the end of the month and year are pure hell for most people with deadlines or myself numerous "obligations" to fulfill. sorry for no more detail. from the 29th though we can now rest our heads, relax and for the music minded, get down to a lot of good fucking concerts and dance nights. some i will attend and others just wish for. but here for tonight is the BLACKSMOKER crew giving up a big finale at CLUB ASIA in shibuya for the regular event EL NINO. it stands to be a killer. lookin forward to it though not lookin forward to comin home at the crack of dawn smelling like fuckin smoke.  

anyway other lovely tidbits are HAINO KEIJI's regular all night showdown at SHOWBOAT in koenji. afterwards for 2010. we go into spaceflight with none-other than JEFF MILLS......whoa!!

BALI - the children are dancing

bali - walking festival 1

bali - walking festival 2

BALI driven 2009

SINGAPORE 2009 - hanging from the top of wei da sho

nueva york drums

TAIWAN - april 2009 - UNiQue tEa ShoP

Halloween 2009 - NYC parade before the horrid rain

it rained like a motherfucker once it turned dark but these are some of the best moments before twilight

DONYALE LUNA - a troubled sprite

yes, i'm back and of course it has been too long but i'm gonna make up for it with a lot of good shit. so for the time being here are some of my preoccupations. glancing through a DAZED AND CONFUSED from a month or 2 ago, i saw some lovely pictures of a black woman. the pictures so dazzling i had to do more research on this woman. 

so now I know that she was an avant garde heroine as well as a body discarded to the 70's never to mature. though her politics are somewhat understandable in someways and offensive to black people in other ways, it was a the way then. except that for her, the idea of being multiracial and not black as it was defined then meant having to decide black or not. 

Unfair. 

especially now but that was a different time and to be black was a clear curse or show of strength. some would say it is the same now but frankly it isn't. and that goes beyond just obama. 

having looked at as many pictures as I can, i can somewhat bet that she felt radical and in the fashion world that meant being around almost solely white americans and white europeans. that was the world then. she would be shaken now though. of course many of the major publications are still focused on white models,etc. still how long can that last. just the other night, mrs obama chose an indian american designer. as the numbers different from the "norm" grow in influence so the old mantle will fall. 

regardless of all that talk, it should be known that donyale was a soldier and she fought hard by creating.....she was one of the many black radicals of that time. though she is gone, the photos can still show us now what it also meant then. 

LA BRUHA DESI LA - POPPY FLOWER RHYTHMIC MUSIC - new project CD out and about so check it out

These are the 2 covers for the new CD - POPPY FLOWER RHYTHMIC PARTY (also called POPPY FLOWER RHTYHMIC MUSIC). I only spent at the most 5 months I guess about working on this but it's thick. only 2 or 3 songs are under 5 minutes. it became such a beast that it is now officially 2 cds. couldn't help it. Right now i'm in the process of trying to get this into some well known stores in the tokyo area. if anyone is interested in purchasing please contact me through the comment section. if there is enough interest, i will try to get it also distributed online. 

as for now, please go to my myspace to hear other tracks and by all means feel free to download the below link. this track is NOT on the CD so feel free to distribute  to others.

http://rapidshare.com/files/258916709/omar_omar__remix_1_.mp3.html

for listening check out:                               www.myspace.com/labruhadesila

                                           www.myspace.com/labruhalanegra

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS event 2: GATAX = HISHAM AKIRA BHAROOCHA + EYE - (pt 6)

finale

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS event 2: GATAX = HISHAM AKIRA BHAROOCHA + EYE - (pt 5)

a bit more

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS event 2: GATAX = HISHAM AKIRA BHAROOCHA + EYE - (pt 4)

AWAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS event 2: GATAX = HISHAM AKIRA BHAROOCHA + EYE - (pt 3)

Again we go marching on!!!!!

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS event 2: GATAX = HISHAM AKIRA BHAROOCHA + EYE - (pt 2)

Some strange errors are making it a bit hard for me to do this upload in mass so unfortunately we have to go in bits. Sorry if a thematic ark is missing in the photo selection. it can't be helped.

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS event 2: GATAX = HISHAM AKIRA BHAROOCHA + EYE - (pt 1)

next on the event list is a different and very exhilarating affair. The first event was more aquatic and calm. this time with drums involved, the manic level rose a bit. major vibes in the area. it's nice to see this type of performance NOT in  a dingy tokyo club.  everyone's reaction to the music reflects so. there were unfortunately some sound problems for eye as he didn't have a sound man helping out. but naturally an improviser, he stayed steady. outside of the boredoms, eye has kept quite quiet on the performance scene since 2003 only doing art and dj work. here is to hopefully more collaborations. this is one of 2 or 3 posts. All photos taken by myself

- la bruha la negra

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS event 1: HISHAM AKIRA BHAROOCHA + OTOMO YOSHHIDE - (pt 2))

More photos to share - all photos taken by myself