It was fab. Fab-ish. Rie Nakajima & Max Eastley did some interesting stuff, but most of it was on the floor, so only the people in the first row got to see what was going on with all those little machines and stuff.
Mia Zabelka didn’t have that problem, and it was fab-fab.
But then headliner Tujiko Noriko came on at 22:30 because everybody were running late, and it was very nice indeed — very mellow — but she stopped playing at the stroke of 11! I know that’s when Cafe Oto is supposed to wrap up, but… like… she wasn’t playing a loud set? I think the curfew is more advisory than anything else? But that was a bummer, because it was really good.
I mean, it was packed, and I’m guessing most of these people in this queue were there for Tujiko Noriko, so, er, perhaps headliners should play first? Or somebody at Cafe Oto should whisper to the headliner “eh, just keep playing”.