Oni Ayhun at Liquid Room Tokyo on November 26

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http://www.liquidroom.net/schedule/20111126/7948/)
Though it was only one hour long, Oni totally owned the place (or my mind, at least) with his mind-blowing set. He started out with rather distorting sound as heard in Under Western Eyes/Nablus, then transitioned into industrial techno beat. The brighter bit of his sound, like the remixes of Jason Fine and Shangaan Electro, was also brought in approaching the closing stage. Throughout the set, the “experimental” atmosphere distinguished in his sound was deftly kept, supported by a mysterious video on the back screen. (Actually, I don’t want to call his sound experimental because it is too perfect and doesn’t sound like an experiment at all.) He closed the performance with the beautiful melody of OAR003. The one-hour was truly a work of art. Oni is God.