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
Japan
NTS – SEPTEMBER 2021 W/ PAM
Not much too say about the latest show. No guest, no special theme, it's just going solo on NTS. A bit of everything, you know, from Xavier Cugat to DJ Manny via Lee Scratch Perry (RIP). TRACKLIST: Franco Battiato - Cafè - Table - Musik Damenbart - Bewusstseinserweiterung Delly Rollies - Licik Tear For Fears…Lire la suite NTS – SEPTEMBER 2021 W/ PAM
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)
SHIZEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV2be_9V4Jg Masayuki Sakamoto - Psy'chy From 風雅 Shizen Collection '87 Released on Shizen, 1987, Japan A few months ago we mentioned a record by Japanese bassist Motohiko Hamase, released on Shizen. However we did not discovered him through the record we wrote about but through a compilation released on the label in 1986 and simply called…Lire la suite SHIZEN
FRETLESS IN JAPAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irjHNhTgJ2o&t=3s Motohiko Hamase - Plateau From Motohiko Hamase - Reminiscence Released on Shi Zen, 1986, Japan The idea that there are still some unsung Japanese heroes of ambient seems both very exciting and puzzling today as a lot of articles (some in mainstream magazines) and even reissues (like the recent reissue of Midori Takada's Through the Looking Glass) have…Lire la suite FRETLESS IN JAPAN
BIGGER THAN LIFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3chMvgda-8Y&feature=youtu.be Joe Hisaishi - シーラカンスの夢 From Joe Hisaishi - シンデレラ迷宮 Released on Columbia 1984, Japan How can we possibly introduce Joe Hisaishi, without doubt one of the mot influential composers for the cinema from the last 30 years? Let's begin with some facts... By the end of the 1960's, Hisaishi has already graduated from the prestigious…Lire la suite BIGGER THAN LIFE
A SCENE AT THE SEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeefDaqWMG0 Hajime Mizoguchi - Gift From "La Mer" From Hajime Mizoguchi - Halfinch Dessert Released on CBS, 1986, Japan Hajime Mizoguchi studied the cello at the prestigious Tokyo University of Fine Art and Music, successfully graduating in 1985, one year before releasing his debut album, Halfinch Desert. Mainly working for the film industry since then, the…Lire la suite A SCENE AT THE SEA
SEX… ENERGY… STAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEWPKhv-P2w&t=45s F.O.E. - Total Eclipse From F.O.E. - Sex, Energy and Star Released on Non-Standard, 1986, Japan For those who wouldn't know, F.O.E.(which stands for Friends Of Earth) is "just" another band lead by the mastermind, Haruomi Hosono, teaming with some of his long-time musical contributors like Jotaro Nonaka and Miharu Koshi... ... Don't think we need to…Lire la suite SEX… ENERGY… STAR
ELEPHANTS DANCING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2VJkocLhxo Imitation - Narcissa From Imitation - Muscle And Heat Released on Kitty Records, 1982, Japan Muscle And Heat is one of the three albums recorded by the short-lived band Imitation. Imitation's second album was released on cult Japanese label, Kitty Records, on which were released some of Japan's cultest early-1980's electro disco records (most notably Hiroshi Sato's…Lire la suite ELEPHANTS DANCING
‘LECTRIC LIGHTS, ‘LECTRIC CITY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS6Aw682asE Shohjo-Tai & Red Bus St Project - Electric City From Shohjo-Tai & Red Bus St Project - Escape Released on Broadway, Japan, 1985 Shohjo-Tai is a Japanese female idol group formed in the 1980's. At the time, there was a big female Idol movement all over Japan and this band made 8 LP's (!!). Many…Lire la suite ‘LECTRIC LIGHTS, ‘LECTRIC CITY
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