Very soon we’re leaving for Japan, where we will hold a few Elefant parties in Tokyo. As we recently informed, as a part of the celebrations organized for ExpoAichi 2005, club CAY (at Spiral Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo) will hold on July 23rd and 24th two club nights dedicated to Elefant Records: two twin parties in which there will be live shows by LA CASA AZUL and NIZA every night, DJ Polar will DJ, and videoclips from the label’s history will be screened.

Apart from these official parties, included on ExpoAichi’s activities, to make the most of our visit we have organized two other parties in Tokyo: the first one, organized with the help of our friends at the Apple Crumble record shop, will be held on July 17th at club CHU! in Shibuya (the trendiest district in the world), featuring sessions by DJ Polar and DJ Guille Milkyway (LA CASA AZUL) sharing the decks.

The second party will be on July 22nd at club AOI HEYA (a few minutes walk from Shibuya station), and it will take place from midnight until five in the morning. In this party we will enjoy up to five live shows by METRO, APRILS, ADVANTAGE LUCY, MINISKIRT and Dr. USUI (MOTOCOMPO). We are specially illusioned to see a live show by METRO, a Japanese duo of which we have already released a single on Elefant, and who are currently working on new recordings to be released on our label.Along with these shows, before they start and in between shows there will be some DJ sessions by LAS DONETTES (an all-girl ban [ Read more ]

Popland and Cinemaspop are two stores (actually three, because Popland has two different premises) from the Malasaña area in Madrid, but they both provide half Spain and abroad with aesthetic pleasures. In Popland, an enormous variety of accessories, garnishing, furniture, records and pop memorabilia on the whole can be found, whereas in Cinemaspop, pop culture comes on the top of movie going and cinema love. Two colouristic concepts with a passionate interest for pop’s different sides, that were to meet Elefant Records’ music.

Both stores have just released the album "Popland 25 hit parade", including that number of successful songs from Elefant Records catalogue: COOPER, LA CASA AZUL, CAMERA OBSCURA, BERLANGA, LE MANS, HEAVENLY or JUNIPER MOON, among others, playing the perfect soundtrack to the lush aesthetic of this retro consumption’s paradise.

01. Cerca del sol (COOPER)02. Una mañana (ME ENVENENO DE AZULES)03. Amor cúbico (NIZA)04. Cherry people (SHIZUKA)05. Cerca de Shibuya (LA CASA AZUL)06. Vacaciones (Carlos Berlanga)07. Superdisco (Naomi Mix) (LES FRÈRES CHECKOLADE)08. Ride the tiger (ANTI)09. Salven las sirenas (ENTRE RÍOS)10. Vamos a caminar (CIELO)11. Keep it clean (CAMERA OBSCURA)12. Los amantes (Ana D)13. Dame estrellas o limones (FAMILY)14. Vacaciones (GASCA)15. Un rayo de sol (LE MANS)16. Space manatee (HEAVENLY)17. Madrid (JUNIPER MOON)18. Watch over you (AUTOMATICS)19. Roll with it (MOGUL)20. Oh [ Read more ]

Last June news broke: NIZA had split. Silvia and Roberto took different paths, leaving behind a legacy of elegant and sophisticated pop, succinct in discography (two singles, one album and two videoclips), but still as prevailing as it was in the beginning, keeping the band’s name on a leading position in the current music scene.  “Canciones de temporada” was released in Japan in the beginning of 2004 by Rambling Records (a powerful label specialized in reissues of 60’s classic albums or soundtracks such as Ennio Morricone’s), enjoying a great welcome and achieving thousand of copies sold, as it was expected after, back in ’99, their debut cd-single was selected by an important Japanese record shop as one of the most recommended of that time. This Japanese edition of the album has a different cover, adapted from their second single “Topolino”, and as it is usual in Japanese releases, it includes some extra tracks. In “Canciones de temporada”, these tracks are: “Jamás te he olvidado” (taken from the “Modapop” compilation), “Radio Star” (a song dedicated to Juan de Pablos, which will be included next November in the tribute CD that celebrates the show “Flor de pasión”’s 25th anniversary, and also included in the “Momentos perdidos” compilation) and an exclusive song (for the time being) for the Japanese audience: “El muchach [ Read more ]