Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on July 2011

If playing Fuji Rock weren’t enough, German dance music survivor DJ Hell will be following up Japan’s largest rock fest with a gig at one of the country’s hippest clubs. Hell has been a fixture of the German techno scene since he began mixing electro, house and hip-hop in the mid-’80s, and first gained widespread notice with the anthem “My Definition of House Music” in 1992. His International Deejay Gigolos imprint has also become one of Europe’s trademark techno labels, releasing discs by the likes of Jeff Mills. At Air he’ll be backed by a Japanese DJ with almost as deep a history, Naoki Kihira.

Air, July 30. See club listings for details.