Japan - The night of 23-24 August was a long one in Izu City, Japan, marking the occasion of Metamorphose, the country's biggest all-night music festival. More than 30 acts - mostly electronica - performed on three main stages and several smaller stages. Headliners were The Flaming Lips, Tortoise, and DJ Krush.

Ortofon reimforced the event with systems from Dynacord, including a Cobra line-array set-up.

Mayuri Akama, founder and promoter of Metamorphose commented: "We get more global feedback every year, and that's why we put a more global emphasis on the line-up for 2008. It's not just electronica anymore; we also have jazz, world music, and rock acts performing. No matter where you were or who was on stage, the sound was excellent all the time."

(Jim Evans)


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