Live from Tokyo - Indie Underground Rock Doc

LIVE FROM TOKYO - a documentary about underground music - Trailer from ingenious, inc. on Vimeo.

"Directed by U.S. filmmaker Lewis Rapkin, Live From Tokyo is a fascinating documentary that takes viewers through the back streets in Shinjuku, the intersections in Shibuya, the alleys in Koenji, and all over Tokyo , as it highlights the innovative musicians that create the city’s multi-faceted underground music scene. Tokyo ’s reputation for an overwhelming variety of global information, media-saturated urban environment and cutting edge innovation, makes it the perfect sample for addressing a new outlook on music culture.

The film explores this eccentric music culture set within the back­drop of the modern Japanese megalopolis. Featuring surreal stop-motion animation, interviews and live performances by acts such as Nisennen­mondai, Tenniscoats, DMBQ, PARA (Boredoms members), Shugo Tokumaru, Sexy-Synthesizer, Sajjanu, KIRIHITO, d.v.d, Optrum, Uhnellys, Samm Bennett, W. David Marx, Tokyo Pinsalocks and many more."

If you buy the DVD, you get the free soundtrack LP as a digital download. Audio tracks were donated by many of the bands that appear in the film. A special code is contained within the package of each DVD allowing the viewer to down­load the album at no extra charge.

Click here to stream the 'Live From Tokyo' soundtrack.

Live from Tokyo is out now on Good Charamel Records, with distribution through MVD Visual. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Live From Tokyo DVD/ALBUM will be donated to the Red Cross Tsunami Relief fund in Japan.