HYPER JAPAN Festival is known for their celebration of Japanese culture in the United Kingdom and the 2022 edition seems to have a heavy focus on Japanese music with the addition of a mini Japanese music festival in collaboration with Orion Live: HYPER Live. Consisting of two nights with exclusive performances of Japanese artists, the evenings are scheduled to take place on Friday the 22nd of July and Saturday the 23rd of July.<\/p>\n
The two evenings also have a specific format of pop and dance on Friday night under the name HYPER Party and Japanese underground and alternative music on Saturday night under the name HYPER Alternative. Those who have already purchased tickets for HYPER JAPAN Festival will have to buy an extra ticket<\/a> to experience these evenings.<\/p>\n Performing on the evening of HYPER Party are Double And, MIKUROMIKA, Mika Kobayashi, blank paper and FEMM. On the evening of HYPER Alternative, the following artists will be performing: GARUDA, \u86ee-<\/span><\/span>BANG-, Miura Ayme, and NECRONOMIDOL. Below are the artist introductions.<\/p>\n 2& (Double And) is Saki Chitose. After the disbandment of this alt idol group called Guso Drop, she concentrated to publish new music as 2& (Double And), releasing her debut album in 2015, followed up by several singles as well as two long-form compilations in the United Kingdom: The Theory of 2&<\/em> and Saki PLUS YOU = 2&<\/em>. 2& (Double And) has gone on to appear at many conventions in Asia, toured the UK with Necronomidol and The Screaming Sixties on the 2018 Black Winds Over Albion tour, and headlined the Indie, Idol and Infamous tour in 2019. Her energetic performances are renowned for vocal ferocity and carefully orchestrated dance sequences that draw on her training in gymnastics.<\/p>\nDouble And<\/h3>\n