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This evening we (by wg=hich I mean I) went to see HITT.

Why's that I hear you cy? Well, basically because he seemed like he'd pretty good and fun. Also Japanese. He might not be a 12 year old girl, but who's counting?

Things got off to a somewhat inauspicous start as the queue seemed woefully short. Then there was the fact that doors didn't open till at least half seven, which is bad even by underworld standards. But finally, we lucky few are herded through a noticibly different door to normal and down into the half closed underworld.

At this stage there isn't even a merch stand set up, so there isn't really anything to do except wait for another hour or so trying not listen to teenage girls talk about each others boobs. So yeah, that was fun.

All told I guess there was about twenty people there total. I may not be the only male there (there was ONE other, but I think he was escorting some clearly underage companion or other) but once more I'm definately the oldest. Oh I feel so happy, please start the damn show already.

And lo, in the begininnig was the word, and the word was HITT. On his own. One guy, a keyboard and a DAT machine. Not what I was expecting to be sure. But godamn does the boy put on a show. Whilst suffering from various technical difficulties, language barriers and a rather noticably not full venue he certainly gives it his all and plays a really great set. The informal and intimate atmosphere of a tiny sho like this is great, don't get me wrong, but I can't help but feel he deserves to be playing to bigger crowds in bigger venues. But then I'm sure he'll be getting all that on the continent. Britain does seem to rather lack in the J-Rock support department. Maybe if they could have got him opening for Miyavi or something? Be nice to have a support band at least once for this sort of thing, but I guess the logistics preclude it. He'd certainly go down well with that crowd I'd think.

But yeah, a great, fun and entertaining night of some pretty groovy music. I am most pleased, all thing considered. I guess the only real dissapointment was that they only had the one CD on sale at the end. But at least I got something.

Rock on.