A few months ago, DJ F16 Falcon told me that he has been chatting with Daniel Masson, a French musician who composed the soundtrack to one of his favourite PC games, Pod. It turned out that Daniel Masson worked as an in-house composer at Ubisoft throughout the 1990's, and contributed to the distinctive sound of…Lire la suite NTS – JANUARY 2022 W/ PAM & DJ F16 FALCON : VGM & DANIEL MASSON SPECIAL
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NTS – DECEMBER 2021 W/ PAM & CALEYS SWEETNSOUR
This month's show was recorded on two different continents : LA-based artist Caleys Sweetnsour offered us a flash of raw energy in the form of 1-hour long mix of Japanese punk and new wave songs - one of the best mixtape to skateboard to I've heard in recent years. I'm soundtracking the warmup with half…Lire la suite NTS – DECEMBER 2021 W/ PAM & CALEYS SWEETNSOUR
NTS – AUGUST 2021 W/ PAM & ANDREA ZARZA CANOVA
Andrea Zarza Canova and I only met twice but I have very vivid memories of both our encounters. The first time was in Madrid, where I was spending a few days before playing at a festival. The second time was in London, where she gave me a tour of the astonishing British Library Sound Archives,…Lire la suite NTS – AUGUST 2021 W/ PAM & ANDREA ZARZA CANOVA
NTS – SEPTEMBER 2020 W/ PAM : MUSIC ON 45 – PART. II
As I couldn't fit all my favorite French 7" in a single show, here's another Music on 45 special show. The first part mostly takes cue from Hou Hsiao-hsien accomplished Flowers of Shanghai, a collection of suffocating portraits shot in 4 Shanghai brothels, in the late 19th Century. The show crosses path with a couple…Lire la suite NTS – SEPTEMBER 2020 W/ PAM : MUSIC ON 45 – PART. II
MICROCOSMOS : Tomoki Kanda – Landscape Of Smaller’s Music (2000)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaLjSOz-rF-wLNbyMWbLsFqk4VNcAwYEo Tomoki Kanda - Landscape Of Smaller's Music (full LP) Released on Crue-L Records, 2000, Japan (The following text is more or less a translation of the article I wrote for Musique Journal) It is very likely that you already came across Brian Eno’s definition of ambient music; it has probably been as parsimoniously quoted…Lire la suite MICROCOSMOS : Tomoki Kanda – Landscape Of Smaller’s Music (2000)
NTS – FEBRUARY 2021 W/ PAM & FRANCIS DOSOO
I did not really know Francis Dosoo when I saw them in Paris earlier this year ; we briefly met each other in Scotland in 2017, where I played at a Rhythm Machine - a party Francis and Andy Danet used to throw in Glasgow and Edinburg. In Paris, where Francis recently moved, we talked…Lire la suite NTS – FEBRUARY 2021 W/ PAM & FRANCIS DOSOO
NTS – JANUARY 2021 W/ PAM, BELEC & SAINTE-RITA
The price to pay for a promotional article on OYT was to contribute to our monthly radio show on NTS. Sainte-Rita & Belec did their part admirably by submitting an exhilarating mix of 1990's Europe optimist house pop and quirky downtempo cuts. https://www.mixcloud.com/NTSRadio/okonkole-y-trompa-w-pam-belec-and-dj-sainte-rita-27th-january-2021/ I did little to respect the theme as the first hour of…Lire la suite NTS – JANUARY 2021 W/ PAM, BELEC & SAINTE-RITA
NTS – OCTOBER 2020 : JEAN-LUC NEST SPECIAL W/ DJ F16 FALCON
DJ F16 Falcon joined me for a very special show this month. He has been digging into Jean-Luc Nest's archives for months and provided a perfect 60-min long introduction to the work of the Alsatian composer. https://www.mixcloud.com/NTSRadio/okonkole-y-trompa-7th-october-2020/ Jean-Luc Nest began his musical explorations with traditional instruments, including his beloved Accordion as well as electric and…Lire la suite NTS – OCTOBER 2020 : JEAN-LUC NEST SPECIAL W/ DJ F16 FALCON
NTS SHOWS – MARS 2020 W/ PAM & HOUTI
The virus finally hits Europe, and we're all in quarantine now. My mind wanders and very predictively meets memories of Alain Resnais and Chris Marker. La Jetée, of course, but not Hiroshima Mon Amour - La Vie est Un Roman instead, a weird film in Resnais's work, not absolutely exempt from flaws but revolving around…Lire la suite NTS SHOWS – MARS 2020 W/ PAM & HOUTI
NTS SHOWS – JANUARY 2020 W/ PAM & CÉLINE GILLAIN: MONEY, MONEY, MONEY_MIX
The longest hiatus in the history of this series is over ! For the first show of 2020, I was joined by "avant-pop diva" Céline Gillain, who provided a guest mix strictly about money. In her own words, she realized that "the more music becomes experimental, the less you will find titles and lyrics about…Lire la suite NTS SHOWS – JANUARY 2020 W/ PAM & CÉLINE GILLAIN: MONEY, MONEY, MONEY_MIX
Okonkole y trompa 