The Red Bull Music Academy has circumnavigated the globe, with previous editions putting down roots in cities like Barcelona, Cape Town, Toronto, Sao Paulo, London and Melbourne. With its reputation as a paradise for vinyl hunters and technology lovers alike, there have long been calls to hold an Academy in Tokyo and this year, that’s exactly where the Academy’s headed, with the full clip of events, workshops and studio sessions .

Scheduled for October 23 to November 25, the Red Bull Music Academy is an international workshop with some of the finest purveyors of rhythm and sound from all over the world.

Application is open to producers, instrumentalists, vocalists and DJs who must download the application forms from www.redbullmusicacademy.com to be completed and sent to the Academy HQ together with a music demo between February 2 and April 4. The applications will be evaluated by an expert panel comprising record label heads, journalists and members of the Academy team, who after their deliberations, will select sixty individuals (divided into two groups of thirty) to build a wide spectrum of musical styles and experience levels; from singer-songwriters to DIY synth designers, orchestral composers to digital beatmakers.

In Tokyo, the selected participants will have the opportunity to hear lectures from pioneering mavericks who paved the way, along with trailblazing sound rebels of the present; followed by late night recording sessions putting that breadth of knowledge and inspiration into practice in custom-made studios. Then there’s the chance to perform in some of the host city’s most iconic clubs and concert halls.

Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare and the infamous taxi gang represented Jamaica at the sitting in Barcelona, Spain 2008 where, after giving a rousing lecture on their musical experience, artistically brought the Academy down with noteworthy mixes of some well-known Jamaican folklore with what are classified as obscure riddims that paid homage to Dennis Brown’s classic Revolution and Ini Kamoze’s World a Reggae (which features the extra recognisable “out in the streets they call it murder,” line sampled on Damian Marley’s Welcome to Jamrock).

The host city this year is expected to provide inspiration in the Academy’s custom-built recording studios. Tokyo is one of the world’s most celebrated cities, an urban jungle of cinematic scope, where reminders of old Edo crouch at the feet of skyscrapers. Glittering concert venues host a constant catalogue of the world’s great jazz, funk and post-rock legends; while dancehall, garage rock, disco, psychedelic and all kinds of electronic music have sprouted influential mutations.