Come and celebrate the transition from 2012 to 2013 with Tokyo’s coolest New Year’s Party at Le Baron de Paris. In addition to handsome music aficionados Kateb, Sam and Dirk Bite, we welcome Fraser Cooke and Das Moth back from the USA. We’ve got super-cool sounds and beautiful people galore for the best way to see in the New Year!


FRASER COOKE
In the late ‘80s, Fraser was a key figure in the hip hop and funk boom emanating from SOHO’s The Brain. He threw parties with the Gimme 5 crew at Ronnie Scott’s and ran with James Lavelle’s Mo’ Wax crew, which developed strong links with the Tokyo scene. He currently works as the global marketing director of Nike.

DAS MOTH
http://www.myspace.com/dasmoth
Tim Sullivan began his musical career as the bassist for Melbourne electro band Damn Arms, with whom he went on a world tour and played alongside Klaxons, Cut Copy and Midnight Juggernauts. After the group disbanded he moved to Tokyo, joining the band Gimme Um as guitarist. In 2009 he began organizing the party TOKIO DIKO at Le Baron de Paris. In 2010 he made his solo debut on Cutters Records, the boutique label run by Cut Copy. His blog DAS TIMOTHY” is a must-view.

DIRK BITE
http://www.wegotways.com/kinfolk
DIRK BITE, the founder of legendary biker-punk bar KINFOLK is also a disco demon who drops some of the sickest tracks this side of the equator, tearing apart dance floors at will with a dope mix of disco, electro, rock ’n’ rave and a whole bunch of shit besides.

SAM FITZGERALD
http://onigiridiscotheque.tumblr.com/
Sam Fitzgerald is from New Zealand. He lives in Tokyo, where he spins house and disco at various events across the city. Sam is a member of the Onigiri Boys crew.

KATEB
http://onigiriboyz.tumblr.com/
Born and raised in Paris. At the age of 12 rap became his primary influence as a form of music he could connect to on a raw level. At the age of 20 he was scouted in Paris and began modeling, soon after he found himself in Tokyo where he too worked as a model. For the past five years he has travelled and lived between Paris and Tokyo as a video creator/model/DJ and learning as he goes along. He runs the event ONIGIRI FRIDAYS, which was a mellow party held at Trump House in Shibuya on Fridays.