Womb

Nightclub Womb's annual Hallow's eve set is landing on October 31 this year with headliners like British electronic music DJ and Houghton Festival founder and director Craig Richards and Ivan Smagghe from DJ duo Dresden. The two will be spinning tunes on the main floor for an ultra-rare, one-night showcase featuring artists who have long been at the forefront of the global underground scene.  Go downstairs or up to the fourth floor and you’ll get to dance to bopping music played by Satoshi Otsuki, Gabriel Rai and Celter. The entrance fee is ¥4,000, but those who come in full costume —covering 70 percent or more— will receive a ¥1,000 discount at the door. Partial costumes are also welcome, with a ¥500 discount and are only available for those purchasing tickets on-site. Advance tickets are now on sale for ¥3,500 via Zaiko.

Maika Loubté opens Come Together, her first national tour, with a Tokyo show at Womb this November. It’s Loubté’s first with a live backing band, and the show will feature bassist Marty Holoubek, Breimen drummer So Kanno and live programmer Sountrive. The format will vary by city, with electronic sets in Nagoya, Osaka and Sendai, and a piano-and-electronics show on Sado Island.  The tour follows a busy year. In April, she released the near-future pop album House of Holy Banana, which includes the French-language track ‘Super Producer’. She also scored her first feature film, F(r)iction, which features the theme ‘Hagane no Uma,’ co-arranged by Sountrive.