ABSTRACT
These excerpts from “Sui Event Live 98” and “Backstage at Yellow” confi rm that it is the individuals performing at Yellow-the musicians, audience members, DJ, drinkers, and dancers-who are central to the events of the evening. All are involved in the ultimate production of hardcore that
evening, performing slightly different, yet equally signifi cant roles. The reviewer’s comments further reveal, in particular, that the various audience responses-the jumping, dancing, letting one’s body “feel the music”— set the mood for the evening, highlighting the signifi cance of the shared moment of “the live” as all in attendance “spent time as they pleased” and “enjoyed themselves.” For many involved in performing hardcore that evening, this ability to “enjoy themselves” in the company of others with similar inclinations was arguably the most signifi cant aspect of the underground Tokyo hardcore scene in the 1990s.
