80Kidz are embarking on their first UK tour (YAY!), it's part of the "100% Genki tour" which features the likes of "Pikachu's Psychotic Antidotes", "Chu Chu Rocket Fanclub", "Derp De Ghey" & "DESU DESU DESU GIRUGAMESH".

All stuff in regards to their "100% Genki Tour" can be found here. 80Kidz should rule, the rest of the artists... well... they will be craaaaaazy (^o^). But in all honesty calling a tour "100% Genki".....

80Kidz are alot more than just a "typical Japanese kids being typically Japanese crazy" image. They have just made one of the best electro albums of the year, yeah, really, they did. You should get it.

Despite us just poking fun out of it you should seriously go and see them on the tour. Because, for starters, the entire "tour" is mainly just Japanese artists at some amazing festivals which look like being awesome days out. The dig is at the promotion of them at these festivals, not the festivals themselves or the artists who are a part of this "tour". We just feel that when Japanese artists are marketed to the west, the tactic of focusing of "Japanese" & "Crazy" is a focal point used all too often and it is slightly cheapening to the artists in question whose music has a little more depth than to shoved in some dumb box like that.

Here is the "100% Genki tour" schedule, further dates which might not be related to the tour are on their myspace.

Friday 15th May	Brighton	The Great Escape	various
Saturday 16th May	Brighton	The Great Escape	various
Sunday 17th May	Manchester	Futuresonic festival	Night & Day
Tuesday 19th May	London	Strummerville party	Under The Westway, W.London
Thursday 21st May	London	Stag & Dagger festival	The Queen of Hoxton, E.London
Friday 22nd May	Liverpool	Liverpool Sound City	tbc

80Kidz - "Go Mynci" On Japanese TV: Ruined by some stupid TV presenter talking garbage over it :-(. Booo!!!!


MUSICAL HAPPY TREATS!
♫ 80Kidz - Getting You Off (Lapin Remix)
We affectionality call Lapin "Sarcastic Lapin" for reasons that will remain unknown, this is a typically brilliant remix from him though, which gives the track a sound similar to that of New Order's "Regret". This is the only other good remix from the "This Is My Shit" remix album, the other being the one from Scottish Fold (that we blogged a bit ago).

Lapinによるリミックスです。これまたいつものように素敵な出来になっています。ちょっとNew Orderの"Regret"を思い出す感じもあります。これは"This Is My Shit"のremixアルバムの中で数少なく輝いてるリミックスだと思います。それ以外はScottish Foldによるリミックスかな。(ちょっと前に載せました)

♫ 80Kidz - TGV
No idea why they left this off the physical release of "This Is My Shit" it's one of the best tracks on the album. Seriously... EPIC.

なんでこのトラックアルバム入れなかったんだろう！？って感じのお勧めトラックがこちら。

♫ LadybiRdS - Andy Lex (80Kidz Remix)
Readers of this blog may think we have blogged every 80Kidz remix ever, they would be wrong, very very wrong, for example there is an alternate version of this remix and 80Kidz have even re-remixed some of their older remixes which means there are loads. This one is in my "Top Ten". If anybody knows where to get their remix of "Disco Sirens" let me know... it's the only one I am missing. ;-)

恐らく読んでる皆さんは私たちは今までに80Kidzのリミックス全部載せてきたと思われてるかも知れませんが、そんな事はないんです。結構色々あるんです。たとえばこのトラックなんかは過去にリミックスした物をさらにリミックスしたものです。とれはお気に入りトップ１０には入るでしょう。あと、もしも"Disco Sirens"のリミックス持ってる人がいたらどこで入手できるか教えてください！

さてさて、上に長く書いてあるのが一体なんなのかと言いますと・・・80Kidzがイギリスにやってくる！わけなんですが、これは"100% Genki tour"というものの一環でもあります。どうでしょう？このツアーネーミング。（詳細はここにて）お分かりだとは思いますが、私たちは80Kidzのファンです。彼らが海外に進出するなんて凄い嬉しいしとっても応援しています。が、それをアピールする手法に違和感を感じるというか・・・売り方っていうんですかね？今までにも海外に出て行った日本人アーティストはいます。だけどちゃんと成功したのって数少ないですよね。海外アーティストっていうのは強烈なイメージが必要です。だけど、それが「日本人＝yeah! Crazy!」っていう感じはもう古いし誰も魅力を感じないと思います。日本マニアさん達には響くかもしれないけど、彼らがお金を出して音楽を買うかは別問題です。80Kidzは何がいいって音がいい。だからそれで十分勝負できるのに、今までの失敗の繰り返しにならないといいんですが。今回のツアーに関しても宣伝も足りてない感じもしますし。ちなみにそのツアーの日程は↑をどうぞ。その他の日程はmyspaceでどうぞ。何はともあれ行ける人は絶対見に行きましょう！