Roppongi Inc. Project

R.I.P. (ROPPONGI INC. PROJECT) is Moscow based duo of two famous Russian Dj's - Negative and Fomin. Started in 2002 as solo project by Dj Negative. Abbreviation Inc. in the name of the project changes its meaning from album to album: on the first release ?R.I.P.?(2003) it was ?Inconsistent?, on the second, ?Till The End?(2005), ? ?Incorrect?. This time on the ?Hard Times? No Future??(2008) it has a usual meaning of ?Incorporated?,cause second member,Dj Fomin, join the band in early 2007.

Roppongi Inc. Project's style is hard to describe as well as it is hard to compare it to some of other existing projects: the sound of R.I.P. is very individual and well recognized, and also it is stylistically diverse.The new album ?Hard Times? No Future?? has amplitudes in styles from tbm, ebm and dark electro to synth/future, goa, trance and techno - which means "Dark Electronic Freestyle". There is place for depression, melancholy, fear (by using many samples from different horror films) and explosive dancing in ?Hard Times? No Future?? ,which was missing on the previous releases.Moreover in spring 2007 with its composition ?Nothing? and in spring 2008 with track "Hard Times...(DF Dance edit)" Roppongi Inc. Project took parts in electro-industrial compilations ?Vol.IV? and "Vol.V" by a German label VAWS. In the beginning of 2008 Roppongi Inc. Project made the remixes for the bands DIVERJE (USA) and NECRO STELLAR (RUS).
Live-debut of Roppongi Inc. Project happened 16th of September 2007 on one stage with Melotron, Head-less and Diorama in club "Tochka" in Moscow.

DISCOGRAPHY OF R.I.P. :

2003 "R.I.P." CD (UIM,UnderIze Muzik)

2005 "Till The End" CD (RGP,Russian Gothic Project)

2008 "Hard Times...No Future?" CD (Q-Code Records)

COMPILATIONS:

2007 v/a "VAWS vol.IV" CD (VAWS,Germany),with R.I.P. 's track "Nothing"

2008 v/a "Dark Spy Compilation vol.19" CD (Dark Spy Magazine,Germany),with R.I.P. 's track "No Future?(Run Mix)"

2008 v/a "VAWS vol.V" CD (VAWS,Germany),with R.I.P. 's track "Hard Times...(DF Dance Edit)"


2009 v/a "INTERBREEDING X :Kagefighters" CD (BLC,U.S.A.),with R.I.P.'s track "Easy Life (White Noise Version)"

2009 v/a "Dark Spy Compilation vol.25" CD (Dark Spy Magazine,Germany),with R.I.P. 's track "Temporary Evacuation 27.04.86"

2010 v/a "Endzeit Bunkertracks act [V]" 4CD (Alfa Matrix,Belgium),with R.I.P. 's track "Temporary Evacuation 27.04.86"

REMIXES:

2008 NECRO STELLAR "DISSATURATING STELLAR SPACE (Tribute to Necro Stellar )" 2CD,with track "Red Beast" remixed by R.I.P. (Shadowplay,RU)

2008 DIVERJE "UNLEASHED" CD,with track "Unleashed" remixed by R.I.P. (DSBP,USA)



Press-release:Q-Code records release third album of solo dark electronic freestyle project by a famous DJ NEGATIVE ? Roppongi Inc. Project ?Hard Times? No Future?? Roppongi Inc. Project (R.I.P.) was created in 2002 in Moscow but the main acknowledgement received outside Russia. R.I.P. tracks are frequently played on alternative radio stations in Europe and USA. Moreover in spring 2007 R.I.P. with its composition ?Nothing? took part in electro-industrial compilation ?Vol.IV? by a German label VAWS. In the beginning of 2008 R.I.P. made the remixes for the bands DIVERJE (USA) and NECRO STELLAR (RUS). The both remixes will be released on the forthcoming albums of these bands. Abbreviation Inc. in the name of the project changes its meaning from album to album: on the first release ?R.I.P.?(2003) it was ?Inconsistent?, on the second, ?Till The End?(2005), ? ?Incorrect?. This time on the ?Hard Times? No Future?? it has a usual meaning of ?Incorporated?. DJ Fomin played an active role in recording of the album and contributed a considerable share to the sound of many compositions and also made professional mastering of the release. Roppongi Inc. Project style is hard to describe as well as it is hard to compare it to some of other existing projects: the sound of R.I.P. is very individual and well recognized, and also it is stylistically diverse. The new album has amplitudes in styles from tbm, ebm and dark electro to synth/future, psy, trance and techno. There is place for depression, melancholy, fear (by using many samples from different horror films) and explosive dancing in ?Hard Times? No Future??. There's quite lot more dance in the ?Hard Times? No Future?? which was missing on the previous releases. Bonus tracks to the album are: remix by a French electro project SEVERIN24 and vocal remix by a well known Moscow formation DBS. Album's art-work was developed together with DJ Hellen (RGP, Gothic.ru) and Nazar aka 54r from DBS. Live-debut of Roppongi Inc. Project happened 16th of September 2007 on one stage with Melotron, Head-less and Diorama in club Tochka in Moscow. The performance generated considerable public excitement and new interest towards creativity of R.I.P.!