Former Air staff to open new club in Tokyo called Contact

The team behind Tokyo’s much-loved Air nightspot, that closed in January, are set to open a new club in the Japanese capital called Contact on April 1.

Derrick May, a frequent guest at Air, coined the name of the new space, which is a two-roomed basement club.

Contact will have a no-photography policy, with the club’s director Yuko Ichikawa explaining to RA: "We’d like to create a space where everyone can easily come and enjoy the music without any concerns. A place where you forget that you even have a mobile phone to 'take pictures.'

“There will be a policy for no cameras/video recordings/etc., but we will hire professional photographers. To be honest, I wouldn’t mind the photographers forgetting to take pictures because they get sucked into the music and the environment.

"There are no resident DJs at the moment. We want Contact to be a venue where young DJs would work hard and be proud to stand inside the DJ booth. A place where the DJs can grow alongside the venue, and eventually call it their 'home.'"

Line-ups for April and May have been unveiled, with Function, Artefakt, Francois K and DJ Nori appearing across the opening nights.

Richard Devine, Louie Vega and DJ Nori play the following weekend, while artist details of the Dekmantel parties on April 15 and 16 are currently unannounced.

Elsewhere in April there’s a Giegling showcase, and performances from Laurent Garnier, John Osborn, and more.

May sees Mister Saturday Night, nd_baumecker, Efdemin, Karizma, Derrick Carter, Erika, Fumiya Tanaka, DJ Nobu and Willie Burns all come to town, with the month closed out by a Northern Electronics showcase on May 28 featuring Abdulla Rashim and Acronym.

Head to Contact’s website for further details.

[Via: RA]