PUREHAZE, which started in Tokyo last year, invites MARS89, one of the most unique and exciting figures in Tokyo's underground club scene, for its second party in London. This time is co-hosted by PUREHAZE founder TAKKER and Jazzy Sport London founder Nina. MARS89 was a guest DJ at the first edition of this party in Tokyo, and after almost a year, he will reunite with PUREHAZE in South London.
In addition to MARS89, TAKKER, and Nina, the lineup for this party includes Akito, Kouslin, and REO. Akito has been hosting his show on NTS Radio for over 7 years and is making his return to the UK after currently being based in Japan. Going back to back with him will be Kouslin, who released his new EP 'Patterns' from Livity Sound in February. He is one of the artists that PUREHAZE, which held its first party under the theme of Experimental Dancehall, strongly resonates with. REO is one of the most exciting up and coming DJs in London, and for the locals, she certainly doesn't need any introduction.
This will be a crossover of cultures - Japan and the UK - bringing together already established DJs and up-and-coming DJs at the coolest spot in Deptford.
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About Mars89
Mars89 is a musician whose uncompromising electronic compositions have cemented him as one of the most unique and exciting prospects within Tokyo’s underground club circuit, but his contribution to the city’s culture extends far beyond the dancefloor.
Since moving to Tokyo in his late teens in 2008, Mars89 has established himself as someone whose creative output — in all its shapes and forms — provides a vital perspective on the vicissitudes of living in one of the most populous urban metropolises in the world.
His discography to-date is a bricolage of styles, channeling the guttural, sub-bass-infused body music from UK dubstep’s heyday and the mutant rhythms of Bristol’s signature bass music scene — some of Mars89’s foundational musical influences — as well as the auteurs of cinema, from Kubrick to Lynch, and, specifically, their unparalleled flair for all things eerie, abject and uncanny. In his arsenal, he possesses tracks that can immediately ignite the latent energy of a heaving club crowd, as well as ambient compositions that transport listeners into unsettling alien landscapes evocative of sci-fi dystopias and biotechnological collapse. It’s his ability to weave seamlessly between the two that sets him apart as an artist who ultimately uses his sensibilities to design entire worlds, and this is also reflected in his boundary-pushing VR explorations with label Bokeh Versions and collaborations with designers like Patrick Savile.
Outside of music, Mars89 has collaborated with fashion brand Undercover's Jun Takahashi, on a collection that deconstructed military garments, making them into a powerful anti-war statement in true punk spirit, as well as releasing a record through the brand. The latter referenced the show soundtrack he had created for Undercover’s AW19 collection, and featured remixes by Thom Yorke, Zomby and Low Jack, who he had played alongside at the Takahashi-curated instalment of Virgil Abloh’s club night, Sound Design. All three of the artists signed up for remix duty immediately upon request, demonstrating how highly regarded Mars89 is by his global contemporaries.
Mars89 is also a key figure within Tokyo’s activist community, spearheading an anti-establishment ‘Protest Rave’ that has seen sound trucks drive through some of the city’s most iconic vistas while blasting out hard techno, galvanising Tokyo’s youth into new, emergent strands of political engagement.
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