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Maats: Well, non-English speaking employees always call me Matt Hunter. [Adopts Indian accent.] Alo, ees Maht Unter dere? But my DJ name is Mazta Maatz...
...beauty and pain obsesses Takahashi, and the collection is as viciously elegant as a pinned butterfly. "The essence of Takahashi's creations is maniacal," says Kazz Yamamuro, executive producer of Fashion Television Japan, "and very cutting edge." Takahashi's detractors disagree. They insist he's more of a fashion DJ, sampling patterns and designs from others and mixing them up to create his own street style instead of developing a unique vision. "Takahashi doesn't think about originality," carps fashion critic Takeji Hirakawa, "only about copying...
...sophisticated and nuanced. His vision of fashion and his life has stretched beyond the limits of his Harajuku haunts and even beyond Tokyo itself. Extending his collection overseas has challenged him to adapt his designs for larger, more affluent audiences. "Now I am more of a designer than a DJ," says Takahashi. "I'm looking more to myself for inspiration...
...thrown by Topjian and his roommates when they were living in DeWolfe. (Topjian is now back in Quincy, where his sparsely furnished room features a tatami mat and oversized pillows.) The boys invited friends and friends-of-friends over for a night of sushi, sake and a trip-hop DJ. Although the gathering devolved into what Topjian deems “a crazy old dance party,” sushi fans and sake sippers begged him for more. “People really showed interest in sushi and the whole spirit of the night,” Topjian explains...
...Tsuyoshi, taking a break from remixing Joujouka's upcoming third album at his Nishi Azabu studio, says he's finally getting burned out, insisting that the beautiful madness that turned him on is now long gone. "The whole genre's gotten so conservative these last six years," says the DJ, sporting his new gold-streaked Mohawk. "It's reached the point where everything trance meant for me in India feels like this totally separate thing...