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COSMIC LAB presents JEFF MILLS 『THE TRIP -Enter The Black Hole-』

2024

00:00:51
COSMIC LAB presents JEFF MILLS 『THE TRIP -Enter The Black Hole-』
  • COSMIC LAB presents JEFF MILLS 『THE TRIP -Enter The Black Hole-』
COSMIC LAB presents
JEFF MILLS『THE TRIP -Enter The Black Hole-』

ARTISTS |
Sounds: JEFF MILLS
Visuals: C.O.L.O（COSMIC LAB）
Singer: 戸川純
Choreographer: 梅田宏明
Costume Designer: 落合宏理（FACETASM）
Dancer: 中村優希 / 鈴木夢生 / SHIon / 大西優里亜

COSMIC LAB
Live Visual Director: C.O.L.O

Producer: Izumi Takara
Line Producer: Mou

System Engineer: 240K
Technical Director: Ben Johnson
Visual Creator: Ken Imai
Visual Creator: Shoto Higa

Lighting design & programmer: Masahiro Motoike (Faith Property)

主催：COSMIC LAB

企画制作：
Axis Records | COSMIC LAB
Underground Gallery | DEGICO/CENTER


Project Partners (AtoZ) :
AlphaTheta株式会社
FACETASM
株式会社フェイス・プロパティー
日本アイ・ビー・エム株式会社
一般社団法人ナイトタイムエコノミー推進協議会
JOHNNIE WALKER BLUE LABEL
株式会社TSTエンタテイメント


DATE | 2024.4.1 MON
VENUE | ZEROTOKYO（Shinjuku）

Photographer (for LIVE at ZEROTOKYO): Yukitaka Amemiya
The world premiere of the stage art work THE TRIP -Enter The Black Hole-, led by Jeff Mills, was performed in Tokyo on April 1, 2024. This is the world premiere of THE TRIP -Enter The Black Hole-, a stage art work co-produced by Jeff Mills, the world-renowned DJ and pioneer of Detroit techno, and COSMIC LAB, one of Japan’s most innovative visual teams. With black holes as its theme, Jeff Mills handled the overall direction, script, and music, while COSMIC LAB expanded his vision of the cosmos and way of thinking through visual direction. In addition, Juju Togawa, who like Jeff Mills has been active since the early 1980s, joined as a singer, and choreographer Hiroaki Umeda, internationally acclaimed for his cross-disciplinary work spanning contemporary dance and digital art, was also part of the production. The stage costumes for each performer were designed by Hiroshi Ochiai of FACETASM, one of Japan’s leading fashion brands. This live expanded cinema work, a journey to the farthest reaches of the universe and an exploration of the deepest depths of the mind, was performed at ZEROTOKYO, equipped with a visual system developed by COSMIC LAB and state-of-the-art sound facilities.

People

J Jeff Mills unverified Music C.O.L.O Visuals / Director 戸 Jun Togawa unverified Singer 梅 Hiroaki Umeda unverified Choreographer 落 Hiromi Ochiai unverified Costume Designer 中 Yuki Nakamura unverified Dancer 鈴 Yume Suzuki unverified Dancer S Shion unverified Dancer 大 Yuria Onishi unverified Dancer I Izumi Takara unverified Producer M Mou unverified Producer 2 240K unverified System Engineer B Ben Johnson unverified Technical Director KEN IMAI Visual Creator S Shoto Higa unverified Visual Creator M Masahiro Motoike unverified Lighting Y Yukitaka Amemiya unverified Photographer

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