Soft Machines, Thirdspace Thirdweeks
Soft Machines — Sound, Play & Creative Discovery
In partnership with Tokyo Salone, semi permanent, and teenage engineering, we are co-curating Thirdspace Thirdweeks as a year-round series of intimate gatherings at Soho House Tokyo. Designed for our community, these sessions bring together global cultural practitioners across art, design, technology, gastronomy, and music in conversation. As part of the wider Tokyo Salone platform, they contribute to a growing cultural infrastructure in Japan, shaped through dialogue, exchange, and shared perspective.
A limited number of seats are reserved, only 10 for our global semi permanent community, offering access into these otherwise member-only gatherings, along with the opportunity to experience Soho House following the session.
For this Afternoon, we gather with STEEEZO and Ryo. In Soft — Sound, Play & Creative Discovery, we or this edition, we gather around a simple question: What happens when machines become instruments for human expression?
OP-1 practitioner STEEEZO leads an accessible, hands-on exploration of sound, play, and creative discovery. Working together with OP-1 Field units, participants will experiment with music-making as a form of sketching, improvisation, and conversation; no prior experience required.
Alongside the workshop, Ryo Takahashi from Media Integration will introduce a selection of the latest teenage engineering instruments and creative tools, offering participants the opportunity to experience, explore, and play with the broader ecosystem of objects shaping contemporary music and creative culture.
Part workshop.
Part listening session.
Part creative playground.
An invitation to make something together.
Doors Open, July 18 at 13:30
Start time 14:00–16:30 (includes AMA)
Conversation will be in Japanese
Restaurants & Bar, credit cards accepted.
In play and orchestration with
STEEEZO is a musician, explorer, and dedicated OP-1 practitioner whose work lives at the intersection of play, experimentation, and sound. Through years of pushing teenage engineering’s iconic instrument in unexpected directions, he has become known for revealing the creative potential hidden within constraints. His practice celebrates curiosity over perfection, treating music-making as an ongoing process of discovery, where technology becomes less a tool and more a companion in creative exploration.
steeezo_946's Instagram.
Ryo Takahashi works at the intersection of music, technology, and contemporary creative culture. Through years of collaborating with artists, designers, musicians, and independent makers, he has developed a unique perspective on how tools influence creative practice and how communities form around shared curiosity. His work explores the relationship between technology, experimentation, and cultural expression, helping connect global ideas with Japan’s evolving landscape of sound, design, and creative practice. He is particularly interested in the ways tools become catalysts for new forms of making, learning, and belonging.
Media Integration's X, and Website.
Hikaru Jamie Masamiya / Host & Curator with semi permanent, and Tokyo Salone. He is a director and producer working across film, fashion, and cross-border cultural exchange. Raised in Japan, Australia, and China, he bridges global perspectives in his work. He began as a model before moving into journalism and photography with DeNA, documenting street culture and fashion globally. He later joined MALAKAI in Bali, contributing to productions for artists including Beyoncé and Madonna. Now based in Tokyo, he leads cross-disciplinary projects and serves as curator and host for Tokyo Salone alongside teenage engineering, Ana Arriola-Kanada, Sandeep Pahuja, and Justin Khanna.
Hikaru's Instagram, and Not About Us.
After our conversation, we welcome you to explore Soho House Tokyo and its community, and to consider membership as part of this ongoing dialogue.
Venue
Soho House Tokyo
Founded in London in 1995 as a discreet refuge for creative minds, Soho House has grown into a global network grounded in culture and connection. Since April 2026, Soho House Tokyo continues this tradition from its home in Aoyama, one of the city’s most vital design districts.
Designed for connection and discretion, the House offers an environment where dialogue unfolds naturally, and relationships deepen over time.
Not a stage.
A room where velocity becomes conversation.
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Constellation
Thirdspace Thirdweeks is a year-round series of intimate gatherings at Soho House Tokyo, designed as a shared room for dialogue across disciplines. As part of Tokyo Salone, a city-wide cultural platform unfolding across Tokyo, these sessions bring together artists, designers, technologists, chefs, and future generations to exchange ideas, build relationships, and shape what comes next through conversation, community, and care.
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Partnering with Tokyo Salone
Tokyo Salone is designed as a long-term cultural infrastructure rather than a single event, allowing partners to participate in an evolving platform that connects global creative communities with Japan’s cultural ecosystem.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway.