Gabriel Szatan

5 days ago | ra.co | Gabriel Szatan

¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$UファイアースターターFIRESTARTERThe scar on Yousuke Yukimatsu's head is visible from all angles. When bowing forward and tracing it with his thumb, you realise just how pronounced it is: not just a rip snaking up the back of his ear and hanging over the front of his brow like an awning, but an indentation in his skull, reminiscent of a partially depressured basketball or the aftermath of a near-miss fender bender—which, technically, it was.

5 days ago | ra.co | Gabriel Szatan

Yousuke Yukimatsu is the DJ of 2025, and it's easy to see why. The 46-year-old experimentalist wields a noisy, high-voltage style that electrifies the masses. For the first time, the Japanese star breaks down his craft in full. Stop the clock on 2025 and the DJ of the year is ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U. That might seem extremely presumptuous. How could anyone make the call before summer has even really begun?

5 days ago | ra.co | Gabriel Szatan

2025年のDJ、それがYOUSUKE YUKIMATSU。その理由は明白だ。46歳の実験的なDJは、ノイジーでハイボルテージなスタイルで大衆を熱狂させる。この日本のスターDJが初めてGabriel Szatanで自身の才能を余すところなく語る。 この特集の英語版は、こちらをご覧ください。 行松洋介氏に関する特集記事全文は、こちらをご覧ください。 あなたはハードロックを崇拝しながら育ったようです。そこから現在までの音楽遍歴は？ 子供の頃から音楽雑誌を熱心に読んでいたので、その情報にすごく影響を受けていましたね。最初は『BURRN』という、昔ながらのメタル雑誌を読んでいました。巻末にレビューページがあったので、一通りのレビューに目を通して、そこから選んだものを中古CD屋に自転車で買いに行っていました。高校に入ってからは、それよりもオルタナティヴな『CROSSBEAT』を読むようになりました。U2やDepeche Modeのような表紙に載っているようなバンドはすでに知っていましたが、すぐにSonic Youth、Nine Inch Nails、Dinosaur Jr.、The...

Feb 4, 2024 | herbsundays.substack.com | Sam Valenti IV |Philip Sherburne |Matthew Schnipper |Gabriel Szatan

Herb Sundays 102: Huerco S.(Apple, Spotify) Art by Michael Cina “put it on and go for a cruise… “There's some bands from the 90's/early 2000's Kansas City/Lawrence, KS scene spread throughout (Giants Chair, Shiner, Shallow, The Casket Lottery, The Appleseed Cast, Frog Pond, Boys Life, The Stella Link, Vitreous Humor) some classic post-hardcore (Unwound, Far, and Lync) newer music (Her New Knife, Narrow Head, Stab, Psn15, Lifeguard, Callahan & Witscher feat Ana Roxanne, Eazyhead, Touch Girl...

Feb 3, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Gabriel Szatan

Getting onto the dancefloor of Liquidroom was always a mission. You first needed to venture to Kabukicho, the seedy edge of Shinjuku whose claustrophobic alleys and clutter of neon signage are what many think of when they picture Tokyo nightlife. From there, you’d line up around the block, trek a seven-floor staircase, pass security, elbow your way through the typically rammed 1000-cap venue, and hope whoever was playing that night was worth the cover charge.