XXX presents JOAKIM (TIGERSUSHI/ FRANCE)

████████████████████ ★★ SAT 16 MAY 2015 ★★ ★★ TIGERSUSHI/ FRANCE ★★ ████████████████████ ★★ ABOUT JOAKIM (FRANCE) ★★ Year after year, Joakim has gathered experiences that confirm his global vision of music and explored many facets of the musical spectrum: a musician with five albums under his belt; a label founder and manager (the fantastic Tigersushi and the recent vinyl-only Crowdspacer imprint); a DJ whose huge musical spectrum makes him equally at home at Panorama Bar, and outdoor rave or an art show afterparty; a high-profile remixer who sends the tracks he works on into another galaxy; a sound designer for catwalks (Chanel, Margiela, Balenciaga). He discovered electronic music after a schoolfriend left his synthetiser in Joakim's room, later latching onto indie and electronic labels such as Warp and Mo Wax. From Fantômes in 2003, deviating house music from the end of the 90’s, to Nothing Gold in 2011, a vision of pop music as defined by the DFA label, and the more cerebral, frosty and metallic Monsters & Silly Songs in 2006, Joakim has left his fingerprints on current electro, modernizing and hybridizing it, with no concern for schools and genres, taking his inspiration from new wave as well as krautrock, noise and disco, soul and pop, ambient and house... That genre-bending approach is also the basis of Joakim's unique DJ style. In the path of his Dj heroes such as Larry Levan, Harvey or Optimo, Joakim will always surprise his crowd with a real journey through music, being at ease in super clubs like Berghain in Berlin or Output in NYC as well as in small sweaty underground parties or fancy art openings. Besides being a much in demand DJ, Joakim also performs live, performing his own music on stage with synths, effects, a bass player and a drummer. WITH SUPPORT FROM ★★ FUN KEY (CLICHE RECORDS) ★★ PEPE LE YAO (METAUNT) ████████████████████ ★★ $100 BEFORE 11PM ($150 ENTRY AFTER) ★★ XXX MEMBERS $100 ALL NIGHT ████████████████████ XXX address: B/F, 353-363 Des Voeux Road West, Sai Wan, Hong Kong B/F, 德輔道西353-363號, 西環, 香港 (between Whitty St and Hill Road) MTR: HKU Station Exit B1/B2 Or tell your taxi driver: 香港商業中心(正門) http://xxxgallery.hk/ ████████████████████ XXX is Hong Kong's truest underground arts space, encouraging: ★ NEW MUSIC ★ NEW ART ★ NEW INTERACTIONS XXX recently relocated to a larger basement on Des Voeux Road West in Western Hong Kong's burgeoning arts district. It is powered by a Martin Audio + Quest sound system, jacked from Dragon-I and re-tuned for deep basement crunch. Be on the right side of history... Don't zzzzzzz... ████████████████████ ★★ SAT 16 MAY 2015 ★★ ★★ TIGERSUSHI / FRANCE ★★ ████████████████████