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DaDa KingZ

D D K Z

About Me

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DaDa KingZ is a borderless-media art group based in Tokyo Japan.
By day the DaDa KingZ are professional artists, designers, animators and directors. By night the DaDa KingZ are VJs, event promoters, live video performers and live paint performers for clubs, parties, concerts and more.
This profile is managed by Ben.
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SPECTACLE, SMILES, HOSPITALITY
Art & VJ Site www.dadakingz.com
Commercial Work Site www.chromafresh.com
Writing for Trash Menagerie www.trashmenagerie.com
mixi DaDa KingZ Community
COM.A @ SUPERDELUXE feat. DADA KINGZ
DADA KINGZ : "SPECTACLE • SMILES • HOSPITALITY"
DADA KINGZ : "SPECTACLE • SMILES • HOSPITALITY"
DaDaKingZ Events: (Discounts maybe OK)
08.07.05 (FRI) REDBOX feat. DaDa KingZ @ SUPER-DELUXE NISHI-AZABU
MISS FITZ (BERLIN), TECH BOOTY FUNK & MORE
08.08.01 (FRI) REPUBLIC & TRIBELATE II @ SHIBUYA SECO
TRAKS BOYS, DISCO TWINS, YATT, THE SAMOS, IMPORT-TENTS, 30 MINUTES & MORE
08.08.15 (FRI) LOVE TRIBE (SUMMER SPECIAL) @ AIR DAIKANYAMA
JAZZTRONIK, SHACHO, ARISAKA MIKA, TAMEOKA SONOMI, TAKASHI NAKAZATO
(Y1000 entry for girls in swimwear)
08.09.20 (SAT) NIXON PRESENTS "OM:TOKYO" @ LIQUID ROOM EBISU
MARK FARINA, J-BOOGIE, NICK CLARKE, SAMANTHA JONES
08.10.10 (FRI) SOOTHE CONCERT @ JF BEIJING JAPAN CULTURAL CENTER RECEPTION
08.10.10 (FRI) SOOTHE LIVE @ MAO BEIJING
08.10.11 (SAT) SOOTHE CONCERT @ BEIJING CULTURAL PALACE OF NATIONALITIES
08.10.31 (FRI) DADA ROYALE 3 @ SUPER-DELUXE NISHI-AZABU
LINE-UP TBA
08.11.01 (SAT) REDBOX PRESENTS @ LEGATO
08.12.31 (WED) NEW YEARS EVE @ LEGATO
MORE INFO (upcoming and past feats) @ www.dadakingz.com
WORKY WORKY WORK SAMPLES (motion graphics and music videos) @ www.chromafresh.com
Also, I WILL deny your friend request if I don't get your vibe... Cheers!!!!
DADA KINGZ : "SPECTACLE • SMILES • HOSPITALITY"
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My Interests

Film, pop culture, b-boy culture, pop art, animation, conceptual music video, art, graphic design, painting, drawing, multimedia art, graffiti, dadaism, architecture, photography, collage, comics, manga, animation, toys, making stuff, music, fashion, science, trade shows, dog and cat shows, social drinking, travel, dreaming, brainstorming and barnstorming

I'd like to meet:

Recreational, creative, professional, or monetary collaborators.
Good people.
Check the skillz. In addition to plotting takeover of the earth, we're also doing some concept-heavy professional video, art, and goods development!Take a look at the video demo and send your thoughts. Will also send demo DVDs on request!! Crazy parties and multi-faceted cultural damage in planning for 2008 and beyond!!!

Music:

anticon, underground hip hop, new school hip hop, hip hop, electro, electronica, disco punk, deep bass, breaks, 70s punk, 70s rock, rapture, talking heads, trans am, de la soul, edan, dose one, gel, why?, odd nosdam, time machine, people under the stairs, tribe called quest, afrika bambaataa, outcast, jackson and his computer band, captain funk, ben mono, joseph nothing, the avalanches, world's end girlfriend, daedelus, the weather, busdriver, dj quietstorm, lily allen, the presets, the klaxons, midnight juggernauts, daft punk, the subs, sebastien, justice, teenage bad girl, acid jacks, kissy sell-out, herve, basement jaxx, the clash, the doves, fugazi, mr. bungle, mike patton, sex pistols, black sabbath, deep purple, the doors, pink floyd, chicks on speed, MU, ed banger, kitsune, modular, kitty yo records, broadcast, ben's symphonic orchestra, too many to mention, I'm blanking!!!

Movies:

Kubrick, Gilliam, Lean, Tati, Spielberg, Coppola, Jeunet, Soderberg, Nichols, Scorsese, Miyazaki, Koike, Rintarou, Kurosawa, Itami.

Lawrence of Arabia, La Haine, Amelie, Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mon Oncle, Lord of the Rings, Doctor Zhivago, Gladiator, The Party, 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Excalibur, City of the Lost Children, Jaws, Seven Samurai, Godfather, Black Stallion, Mad Max, Spirited Away, Totoro, Laputa, Mind Game, Trava, Akira, Metropolis (animated), etc. etc. etc.

I like escapist entertainment with "depth" more than "deep" anything, regardless of genre.

Television:

I don't watch TV! ...except for Lost, Firefly, Prison Break, Trek, Deadwood, Rome, Everybody Hates Chris, Battlestar Galactica, The Office (BBC), Scrubs, The Wire, Freaks and Geeks, 24, Prison Break, X-Files, Alias, Monty Python, Ugo Ugo Luga, etc. etc. etc. yes, ok so maybe I watch a bit of TV... :p

Books:

Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Phillip Pullman's Lyla novels, some SF, some comics and manga, art books, Lonely Planet Guides

Heroes:

Generally artists, and creative people who absolutely take their medium and work to the limit. Not just artists, but stunning technicians. Michel Gondry, Paul Pope, Salvador Dali, Robert Rodriguez (esp. after reading his book), Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Madonna, Georges Rousse, Marcel Duchamp, Takashi Murakami, Toshio Iwai, Rin Tarou, etc. etc. etc.

My Blog

March 2008 Mix - Funke Frappacino Grande Mix

I'm posting a mix.Its a pretty broad mix of funky party stuff, rather quick and definitely rough around the edges. http://www.zshare.net/audio/8339754f30c1e2/ Funke Frappacino Grande Mix - March 2008 ...
Posted by DaDa KingZ on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:51:00 PST

Mix-tape, what for?

Ah, I'm not looking to break out in the DJ scene or anything.We're visualists first and freaking busy enough as it is with our mad plans anyway, but I enjoy a hot mix and am not hearing enough Tokyo D...
Posted by DaDa KingZ on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:15:00 PST

USE GIFS, BUT GIVE CREDIT ALWAYS

I don't mind people using my GIFS so much.We make them to spread the love, give respect to friends and other artists, just to make flashy aesthetic statements, and to promote.BUT, I do mind not being ...
Posted by DaDa KingZ on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:53:00 PST

SUPPORT VJs!!

Its the time of year again for the DJ Mag Top 20 VJ vote!!!Personally, VJing as a "genre" holds very little interest for me.Too few are pushing things creatively or technically... and really, the rea...
Posted by DaDa KingZ on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:43:00 PST

JUST DANCE MOTHERFUCKER

Next time you are at a club, thats right, YOU reading this now.You will dance!! 90% of the time. You will go with the intent of dancing and dance goddammit!!!If the DJ isn't rocking the house, just d...
Posted by DaDa KingZ on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:23:00 PST

LOCATION: DDKZ + CHARLOTTE RONSON

DaDaKingZ has a close relationship with the Charlotte Ronson brand and have been tightly involved with a number of their events in Tokyo over the last year and a half or so. We've now been invited to ...
Posted by DaDa KingZ on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:48:00 PST

Photos from Dubai

I put up some photos from our recent Dubai trip.I'm afraid its a bit of a boring travelogue, mostly shots of places, signs and backgrounds, and not so much people or events.If anyone out there has som...
Posted by DaDa KingZ on Tue, 15 May 2007 04:51:00 PST

Promoting Music in Japan

This seems to come up every year or so where someone wants info on promoting music in Japan and I end up spending hours doing research because I get distracted so easily. At any rate I ended up makin...
Posted by DaDa KingZ on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:15:00 PST

New Work: Uranai Countdown

"Mezamashi Terebi" is basically Fuji TV's "Morning Program" and has not one but three horoscope corners to entertain and distract the early bird housewives and office ladies and anyone else awake at 6...
Posted by DaDa KingZ on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:12:00 PST

New vid - Coolon "Canvas"

I put up a new music video, but didn't build the link into my home page yet so you see it here first!! Warning, boy band vibes!! But definitely check the skillz!! Ah, and for those who care, this wa...
Posted by DaDa KingZ on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:24:00 PST