Saturday, November 14, 2015

Paul Speckmann Speaks with Retch about OEF Asia 2015



Retch got in touch with Master's Paul Speckmann about their relationship with OEF, the crossroads of age & music, and much more. Make sure to catch them next weekend, and its not like it will be difficult: Master has 2 full sets and Deathstrike will be playing a special full set on the last night. Check it out after the jump!

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Monday, November 2, 2015

Lone Spaceman Tackles the Issues that Matter with Curby of Obscene Extreme


Japanese translations provided by members of Anatomia

About a year and a half ago, I was “writing” for the Japan Times but hadn’t yet published a single article. I had been hired to write about the underground metal scene, but my editor hadn’t been too enthused about any of my pitches until I heard rumblings of the Obscene Extreme Festival coming to town. I convinced him that an underground vegan-friendly festival all about some of the wildest and most extreme music the world had to offer definitely counted as “news”, and he told me to get a hold of the man in charge. A friend quickly hooked me up with Curby Extreme, and before long I had my first piece published in a national newspaper. I remember the 2014 OEF Tokyo as being just as wild as I had been promised; all that was missing was the mythical Grind Banana (check out the OEF page for details of this rare and mysterious fruit).
 

一年半前、ジャパン・タイムスで働いていた私は日本のメタルシーンについて寄稿する
ことになっていた。まだ記事という記事を書いたことのない新米でもあり、色々と提案はしてみたものの編集部は全く興味を示さず、オブシーン・エクストリーム
(以下OEF)が話題になってようやく記事を書けることになった。

食事まで菜食主義を徹底した世界随一のエクストリーム・ミュージック・フェスティバルが日本にやってくるなんて、これは大ニュースだよ、と上司を説得し、無事取材要請が下りる。友人の伝手で主催者のチュービーにコンタクトをとってもらい、あとは
万事順調、気付けば国内最大の英字新聞に自分の記事が掲載されていた。

2014年のOEFは期待を裏切らない盛り上がりで、注文をつけるとしたら
”グラインド・バナナ”があれば、といったくらいのもの。(このミステリアスな
フルーツ、グラインド・バナナについてはオブシーン・エクストリームの公式サイトをご参照ください。)