Tokyo Gains New Club, Contact

Global Hearts, the company previously behind sadly departed Tokyo nightspot Air, have announced the opening of a new club in the Japanese capital.

Set to be known as Contact, the fledgling two room venue was named by Air regular Derrick May – who we’re sure we’ll see rocking the main room in the not too distant future – and will ban photography on the dance floor.

“We’d like to create a space where everyone can easily come and enjoy the music without any concerns,” the club explains. “A place where you forget that you even have a mobile phone to ‘take pictures.’ There will be a policy for no cameras/video recordings/etc., but we will hire professional photographers. To be honest, I wouldn’t mind the photographers forgetting to take pictures because they get sucked into the music and the environment,” says the club’s director, Yuko Ichikawa. “There are no resident DJs at the moment. We want Contact to be a venue where young DJs would work hard and be proud to stand inside the DJ booth. A place where the DJs can grow alongside the venue, and eventually call it their ‘home.'”

Opening April 1st with a set fro Function, Contact will also see the likes of Francois K, Louie Vega and Laurent Garnier pass through its doors during its opening month, with the club looking to start life with a bang.

[Via RA]