■Profile
Made his DJ debut in 2002.
Joined TOKYO DARK CASTLE as a DJ starting with the 2003 event, TOKYO DARK CASTLE Vol. 1.5.
Since then, he has participated in nearly every installment as a TOKYO DARK CASTLE Resident DJ.
In addition to the main TOKYO DARK CASTLE series, he organizes DJ DARK CASTLE, a sister event featuring DJs.

He is also active as the vocalist for the dark electro band Vanished Empire
and the post-punk band Schizoid.

■Favorites
Bauhaus / Siouxsie and the Banshees / The Creatures / Switchblade Symphony / Alien Vampires / AUTO-MOD / etc.

■Profile
Götediener

A dark DJ unit featuring Ü, who specializes in DARK WAVE, INDUSTRIAL, and NOISE, and
Küta, who specializes in NEW WAVE, POST-PUNK, and FUTURE POP,
forming a dark DJ unit.

Ü
A dark DJ active primarily in Tokyo
He began his musical career as the guitarist for the band “The King and His Servant,” formed while he was a student at the Kuwasawa Design Institute vocational school.
He has performed at TOKYO DARK CASTLE as the bassist for “Agent§Murder” since vol. 5 in 2003.
He also participated in the 2004 and 2005 KOBE UNDERGROUND FESTIVAL as a member of the Tokyo contingent.
He made his DJ debut at “Metal Night,” an event held at BAR JAP, a bar operated by JAP Kobo.
After “Agent§Murder” disbanded, he formed the DJ unit Götediener with DJ Küta and continues to perform as a DJ at TOKYO DARK CASTLE.
He is also active behind the scenes as a guitarist and bassist in bands such as “The King and the Servant,” “Kasumidori Gengakudan,” and “SSORC.”

Küta
A Lolita DJ who spins Goth, New Wave, Post-Punk, and Futurepop.
She joined the staff of “Club EVE The New Church” in 1999 and has participated in various events both domestically and internationally.
In 2001, she made a guest appearance at “TOKYO GOTH and DARKWAVE,” the predecessor to TOKYO DARK CASTLE.
She made her DJ debut in 2003 at BAR JAP, a bar operated by JAP Kobo.
She then took a break from music to focus on her work as a designer,
but returned to DJing in 2015 at “Visual Oldies.” That same year, she formed the duo DJ Ü and Götediener.
She became a resident DJ at “DJ DARK CASTLE” and also performed at the main TOKYO DARK CASTLE event. She continues to perform to this day.

■Favorites
Grendel / Agonoize / C-Lekktor / Faderhead / Neuroticfish / Paradise Lost /
The Sisters of Mercy / Bauhaus / Rosetta Stone / Sex Gang Children / Christian Death /
Suspiria / New Order / The Cure / Depeche Mode / Apoptygma Berzerk / AND ONE / JAPAN / X / LUNA SEA / BLAM HONEY / AUTO-MOD / The Zolge

■Profile
A dark memory device that summons another world onto the dance floor.
A white-faced DJ/VJ with a deep love for the bizarre, the fantastical, and the Gothic.
Having been a devoted follower of AUTO-MOD since his teens, he joined TOKYO DARK CASTLE in 2003—starting with TOKYO DARK CASTLE Vol. 1—as a VJ, live photographer, and website administrator. Although he also participated in the Kobe Underground Festival 2004/2005—a sister event to TOKYO DARK CASTLE held in Kobe—he went missing for a long time starting in 2006. He returned to the underground scene with TOKYO DARK CASTLE Vol. 103 in 2015. In 2017, he began working as a DJ as well.
He currently performs as a white-faced DJ/VJ at various goth-themed events in Tokyo, while also being a member of the posh-punk bands POISON D’HERMÈS and Neurotic Doll.
He is the organizer of “Darkside of NewWave,” a “posi-punk night” where the crowd doesn’t dance.

■Favorites
The Sisters of Mercy / Bauhaus / The Mission / Fields of the Nephilim / Christian Death / Rosetta Stone
AUTO-MOD / Madame Edwarda / Sadie Sads / G-Schmitt