Tokyo Community Radio Presents Monthly Program: March w/ echocatcher, Licaxxx

echocatcher is a Shanghai-based DJ and visual artist, as well as the founder of party collective
BOUNCY BOUNCY, vinyl bistro ANDet and livestreaming community radio 伴伴FM.

After graduating from the Royal College of Art in the UK, she returned to China and successfully transformed her passion into a career. Alongside her ongoing work in graphic design, echocatcher became deeply involved in Shanghai’s underground club scene, creating music-related posters and visuals for numerous venues and designing album covers for fellow musicians. In 2021, she launched BOUNCY BOUNCY, a label dedicated to UK flavour music events, where she oversees both the visual and musical direction.

echocatcher specializes in the realm of UK bass-driven dance music, with a deep and expansive understanding of genres like UK Garage, various forms of House & Techno, Breakbeat, Bass Music and more, embracing a broad and fluid interpretation of these styles. She has performed and released mixtapes on radio stations including Rinse SWU FM (UK), Headstream (Bali, Indonesia), BAIHUI (China), Fault Radio (San Francisco, USA), RADIO SOFA (France), Bangkok Community Radio (Thailand), and VISLA FM (Seoul, South Korea).

Since 2021, echocatcher has held residencies at local Shanghai clubs such as Elevator, while also hosting monthly resident nights. Since then, She has performed and organized music events in over ten cities across China. Beyond China, her talent has taken her to international stages, she was invited to UK and Japan for a mini worldwide tour such as venues: VENUE M.O.T London, Womb Tokyo, West Harlem Kyoto and etc.

Also with performances at Bali’s Potato Head, as well as other cities in Asia: Thailand, South Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam and more.

東京を拠点に活動するDJ、ビートメイカー、編集者、ラジオパーソナリティ。
2010年にDJをスタート。マシーンテクノ・ハウスを基調にしながら、ユースカルチャーの影響を感じさせるテンションを操り、大胆にフロアをまとめ上げる。
2016年にBoiler Room Tokyoに出演した際の動画は50万回以上再生されており、『Fuji Rock』など多数の日本国内の大型音楽フェスや、『CIRCOLOCO@DC10』などヨーロッパを代表するクラブイベントに出演。日本国内ではPeggy Gou、Randomer、Mall Grab、DJ HAUS、Anthony Naples、Max Greaf、Lapaluxらの来日をサポートし、共演している。
さらに、NTS RadioやRince Franceなどのローカルなラジオにミックスを提供するなど幅広い活動を行っている。

さらにGilles Petersonにインスパイアされたビデオストリームラジオ「Tokyo Community Radio」の主宰。若い才能に焦点を当て、日本のローカルDJのレギュラー放送に加え、東京を訪れた世界中のローカルDJとの交流の場を目指している。

また、アンビエントを基本としたファッションショーの音楽などを多数制作しており、近年ではChika Kisadaのミラノコレクションに使用されている。

Licaxxx is a Tokyo based DJ, music producer, editor and radio personality.

Making her DJ debut in 2010, she mainly focuses on machine techno and house to manipulate the tension of the dance floor.
She appeared in Boiler Room Tokyo in 2016. The video of her performance has been played about 400,000 times. Other appearances include Fuji Rock, one of the most prominent and long lasting festivals in Japan. She has also played at European club events such as CIRCOLOCO@DC10 , and provided mixes for NTS Radio and Rince France. DJs she performed along side with include Peggy Gou, Randomer, Mall Grab, DJ House, Anthony Naples, Max Greaf and Lapalux.

Licaxxx is the organizer of ”Tokyo Community Radio”, a pirate video stream radio inspired by Gilles Peterson, where local DJs have shows regularly. While focusing on young talent, one of the goals of TCR is to become a place of interaction between foreign talent and local DJs.

Licaxxx produces ambient music which has been used in shows of fashion brands Chika Kasai for their Milano collection and dressedundressed for their Tokyo Collection.