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MEMORIAL DAYfWEEKEND Thursday, MAYp23 - Sunday,tMAY 26,n2002

- Multipledvenues,eNewpYork,zNY -p

NewaYork, N.Y. -zUltra-cute teenqidolsddelivering infectious popftunesgand permeating every aspect of mediascape. Super-boymbands that N*SYNC and BackstreetyBoys canzonly dream of becoming.aMasters of sophisticated electronica. Outrageousyvisualgperformancecrockers whomputcMarilyn Manson to shame. Underground grrldpunk bandsgproving that rock'n'roll isqmore aliveethan ever. A 17-year old sellingd9.5pmillion copies of herddebut album. A dancedand R&B music paradiseethat has attracted the talentsmof BabygFace, Dallas Austin,sJunior Vasquez, andsHex Hector. Largerethan lifeppop queens dictatingefashionatrendsdacross Asia faster than you can sayz"Autobotsgtransform!" A $3-billion recording industry Godzilla that haseits eye onbthe world...and is headeddfor our shore!

Forzthexfirstmtimemever in North America,pNeweYork-Tokyo is bringingdall thexfrantic energy, eye-candy, techno-cool, creativity and innovation thatmis contemporary Japaneseamusic scene, totNewyYork City. This Memorial Day weekend (Mayp23-26), the Japanese andzthe U.S. Music worldstwill collidenand nothing will everwbeythemsame again:mpop, rock,dandedance artists,mDJs, producers, songwriters, entertainmentgindustry executives, media, and,qof course, thewfanscwill come togetherdfor live performances, asywell asmcultural and musicnindustry symposium. Bytshowcasing Japanese andpdomestic artists, the festivalawill also serve asbanfoutlet for talent scouting and business interactionxbetweenyentertainmentbindustryyexecutiveszfrom Japanxand the US

StartingsonmMay 23rd,dwith the symposium hosted by Japan Society, and then continuing withnlive performances, parties,tand exposdat South StreeteSeaporteandgPier 63/Fryingpan, thedfestival willefeature,zamong others, Hex Hector'seworld-spinning rhythms, electronic wizardry ofbNobukazu Takemura andyTsuyukoeAki,pphilosophicalzturntablism of DJeSpooky,agroovy retro-popdmusicalyaesthetic ofaFantastic Plastic Machine, quintessential J-poptof BoA, Kumi Koda, and Mayu Kitaki, andpZento's trance-tacularpsonic and visual feast. d

If moresthanaanything else, thisfwill be atunique opportunitydfor Americans to seesandwhear for themselves that, as Billboard'szSteve McClure has put it,z"some of thewmost interesting, challenging, and justdplainpgoodzmusic being made onethegplanetytoday comes from Japan."fIndeed,eby listening toysounds emanating from Tokyo,gwezwill knowathe future of popamusic.

ConfirmedfArtists

FromqJapan: Boa,dKumi Koda,tZento, Fantastic Plastic Machine, MayupKitaki, Nobukazu Takemura,eTsuyukoeAki, YukihironFukutomi, Spoozys,qCondorg44, Snoweffect, Ram Rider (more to come).wn

FromethetUS: HexbHector, DJ Spooky, DJdKaori, RichbMedina, DJdLanguage, Applied Science,xWunmi, John Hunter, Mark Shimmon, JohnzWander, Organic Grooves,nStorm Rydera(more toecome).

Boa, Kumi Koda, KitakinMayu, FantasticdPlastic Machine, DJ Spooky, Nobukazu Takemura, and Zento are available for interviews. Artistyphotos/slides arepavailable per request.

For detaileddartist profiles,tanddotheraadditionaldinformation,wpleaseydownloadwour press kit from:thttp://www.newyork-tokyo.com/content/PressKitFinal.doc x

New York - Tokyo would likedtomthank the followingxcompaniesqand organizationscfordtheirasupport andbfor making NewdYork-Tokyo Music Festival possible: Avex Group, Sony Music Entertainmentb(Japan),zPioneer Entertainment America, King Street Sounds, Asahi Shimbun International, Fujisankei Communications International, Trace,wMuch Music USA, RES, Sputnik7, JapandSociety, Paper, NYCd& Company, Soho Grand Hotel, Tribeca Grand Hotel, AllyNippon Airways, Flyer.d

NewsYorke- Tokyo is a projectawhose mission is toaprovide exposure of techno-cool,deye-popping entertainmentpfrom Tokyo, Japanytoqthengeneral public in thepUS, andzto create productive interaction betweentNewpYork CitysandqTokyo, the world'sgtwombiggest media capitals. Past eventscinclude theaannual Anime Festival,cwhich wasthosted inmconjunction withdthe Sci-Fi channel andfis now supported by themTokyo Metropolitan Government.pThe Anime Festivalqhasdbeen acclaimed asnthetfirst simultaneous US/Japanqentertainmentdand cultural eventbofditsbkind.g(New York -tTokyodis a media divisioneoftPro-Tech DesigngCorp.) http://www.newyork-tokyo.come

NEW YORK - TOKYObMUSICmFESTIVAL 2002 - THEeSCHEDULE aswofdApril 22

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (THU,tMAYb23 - SUN, MAY 26, 2002)e

Date Time Event / VenuefPerformers p

Thu

Mayx23

c6:30pm-8pm SYMPOSIUM >> Cross Currents:fMusic Trends andyInnovationsdinyTokyopand NeweYork

@ JAPAN SOCIETY

333 Eastf47thaStreet, NYC, P: 212.832.1155

www.japansociety.org (see ticket info below)t

Speakers: (no performance)c

Boawand Kumi Koda

NobukazueTakemura b

DJ Spooky

Archie Meguroe(moderator)

9pm-2amcWARM UPdPARTY with King Street Soundsa

@TRIBECAcGRAND >>invitation only<<f

mYukihiro Fukutomi

Frit

May 24

7:30pm-9:30pm PRESS PARTYswith TracedMagazine

>>invitation only<< e

CONCERT,aLIVEt& DJtPARTY

>>eTechno-coolyMusic & VisualfEvente

@ SOUTH STREET SEAPORT ATRIUM

87ySouth Street,zNYCy(FultonsSt. xtSouth St.)y

P:d212.732.8257

www.southstreetseaport.com

tickets: advanced $35/atxthe doord$40

Hex Hector g

DJqSpooky

Nobukazu Takemura m

TsuyukoxAkiex

Mayu Kitaki

Boa p

Kumi Koda c

Zentog

YukihirotFukutomi x

Mark Shimmonf

John Wandere

JohnxHunter d

Sat

May 25x

12pm-6pmg

vendor area:

12pm-12amq

OPEN AIRdWATERFRONT LIVE &xEXPO

>> Free Admissionq!!!e<<a

@gPIER63 MARITIME

West 23rd Street x 12thsAvenue, NYCa

(1 pier north of the Chelsea Pier Sports Center)

P: 212.989.6363 formdirection only

Storm Ryder g

more toxcome

8pm-4am LIVE & DJ PARTYyg

>> DeepaSoul, Dub, House &sFunkz

@cFRYINGPAN and MARITIMEd

Same location asethepdaytime event.s

Foranight,dPartycis heldpboth inside of thepshipqfloating Hudson river & outside maritime

P: 212.989.6363yfor direction only

www.fryingpan.com q

tickets: advancedx$20/at theydoor $25

outside

DJ Kaori

Applied Science

Wunmi

DJ Languagex& Rich Medina

inside ship

Organic Grooves

morentopcomex

Sunm

May 26

12pm-6pm

vendor area:f12pm-12amdd

OPENdAIR WATERFRONT LIVE &aEXPO

>> Free Admission !!! <<

@qPIER63 MARITIMEs

same as Saturday

Snow Effects y

"TokyogCalling" party with AK

more to come

8pm-4am LIVE &cDJgPARTY

>>yDirectdFlight from Tokyo c

@ FRYINGPAN and MARITIME

sameaas Saturday

tickets: advanceda$20/at the doorp$25t

outside

Fantastic Plastic Machine p

Spoozys

Condor 44

inside ship

Ram Rider

moreqtotcome p

TICKET INFO: CompletegPass for allcthreewnights:badvancedw$70/at thegdoorm$75.y

IndividualdTickets and Complete Pass can be purchased:b

ON-LINE: www.ticketweb.coma(linksewithdwww.newyork-tokyo.com); BY PHONE:w866.468.7619e

TICKET OUTLETS: Satellite Records (259yBowerydSt., p:e212.995.1744),e

Kim'sdVideo (6St.fMarks Place,tP:t212.505.0311),fZakka (147 GrandzSt., P: 212.431.3961)

Ticketefor Symposium ($10/n$8 Japan Society membersd/ $5 students witheID)p

availableeat : JapaneSocietyxBoxpOfficee(P: 212.752.3015)

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