UNITED LEISURE & MUSIC

HOUSSE DE RACKET is already massive in Europe - the first single from their new album, "Oh Yeah!" was used in a TV ad for Lacoste, which was aired across the continent and their upcoming European tour is sponsored by Tommy Hilfiger. They are also the backing band of BENJAMIN DIAMOND. "FORTY LOVE", their new album, is finally on sale in Japan! It's a fresh French pop sound that has the same level of excitement as the first long-players from Tahiti 80 or Phoenix.

HOUSSE DE RACKET
The story of electro duo Housse de Racket begins in the late '90s when two young men, aged 14 and 15, met each other at high school and hit it off after discovering shared musical sensibilities. The eclectic tastes of Pierre Le Manse and Victor Leroux are typified by the fact that that once performed a song from "Westside Story" wearing Pearl Jam T-shirts. Their first album, Forty Love, a mix of rock, pop, electro, and French house, was released in 2008 to high acclaim. It was like a concentration of 10 years of accumulated music. The name Housse de Racket (racket cover in French) is not so much a reference to tennis, but alludes to the musical genre and the fact the pair makes a lot of noise.

Shoichi Kajino
Honorary Frenchman Shouichi Kajino presides over music label L'Appareil, which introduces Paris from music, the movie, and the art in the fashion and culture in general. He works as an editor, writer and oversaw the editorial design of magazine Ryuko Tsushin as well as working as the graphic designer of many CD jackets. Regular party Etoiles was made to succeed from France with Towa Tei at club YELLOW in Nishi Azabu on DJ in 2002. His mix CD De la Musique, a compilation of French house, including selections from fashion shows won him much attention from music connoisseurs.

MADEMOISELLE YULIA
Arguably the hottest property on Tokyo's burgeoning electro scene, Mademoiselle Yulia's stellar DJ career has recently been rewarded with a job. She released her first mix album "Neon Spread" in August 2008. Her style mixes in MCing and singing and she has become a firm favorite on the Tokyo party circuit. She has played alongside many artists including Katy Perry and M.I.A. She has a column in fashion magazine NYLON and she uses her own connections to interview top artists from Japan and abroad. She currently works as a DJ, but is also working on making tracks as a singer and and has appeared as a featured artists on records by TERIYAKI BOYZ?, TOWA TEI and KRAZY BALDHEAD. She also designs her own accessory line GIZA and presents her own show "MademoWorld" on Space Shower TV.
http://www.myspace.com/yulia_tokyo

Paul James
Paul James is the producer of cult Tokyo party Vanity, which strives to create a fusion of fashion and music. With his carefully crafted DJ sets that blend underground dance rock, grunge, new rave, electro, he has performed at various fashion brands and magazines' parties including DIESEL, DAZED & CONFUSED and TAKEO KIKUCHI.
VANITY WEBSITE→http://www.vanity.to/