Fujiwara Hiroshi: Lost HF Mix - House
Recommended Listening / DJ Mixtape
Fujiwara Hiroshi, the long time Japanese ambassador of taste, has uncovered another “lost mix”. Makes me miss Japan, but makes me miss New York even more.
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Otomo Yoshihide: Without Records
Last month I had the honor of shooting and interviewing Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide for his performance alongside Christian Marclay at Japan Society.
Inside the lobby, Otomo presented an audio installation that was comprised of a group of portable turntables that produced a random tone of sound that was hard to pinpoint which machine it was coming from. The installation was inspired by Marclay’s album, Record Without A Cover.
Otomo Yoshihide Interview
Last month I was fortunate enough to photograph and interview Otomo Yoshihide in conjunction with Japan Society. Otomo was in New York performing with Christian Marclay for Japan Society’s live music series final performance of the year.
Thanks to Lara and John at Japan Society for helping make this happen. Thanks to Otomo for taking time to answer my questions.
To read the interview, you must learn.
Fall Music For Cloudplum 4: Japan
Recommended Listening / DJ Mixtape
My favorite DJ related thing to do for the last four years has been my annual Fall Music For Cloudplum Mixtape. What started out as me making a live mix on a Texas Fall day a few years ago, has turned into an on going series related to my favorite season as well as the style of music I tend to lean towards for home listening. Cloudplum is a design/music/culture blog I have contributed to in the past.
Volume 4 is comprised of nothing but Japanese artists, which marks the first time in the series devoted entirely to a specific area in the world. I spent the Summer of 2010 in Tokyo and I miss it everyday.
Please feel free to reblog, download, and share with everyone.
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Turntable Duo: Otomo Yoshihide + Christian Marclay
NYC Events / Experimental
Extremely excited for tomorrow’s performance/lecture from Experimental musician/turntablists Otomo Yoshihide + Christian Marclay.
The performance is sold out, but there is still room for the pre-show lecture.
To buy tickets, you must learn.
Minimal Wave: Sympathy Nervous
Recommended Listening / Minimal Wave / Kraut
Speaking of Minimal Wave, this is one of the four new releases slated in the next month or so.
Sympathy Nervous is Japanese artist Yosihumi Niinuma.
The album pulls from early synth pioneers as much as it does push the sound (for the time). Unfortunately, his home with home made sequencers and all archives of his work were washed away during the tsunami of 3/11. Minimal Wave luckily received his audio masters before the horrible event.
To listen + buy the album, you must learn.
Tin Pan Alley
01. INSIDE MY LOVE / ACO
02. Fly Me To The Moon / Coco d’Or
03. Between The Sheets / 古内東子
04. interlude / BONNIE PINK
05. Topaz and Diamond / Paris Match
06. Envisage / Blu-Swing
07. Vem Comigo / bebe
08. Love Addict (Yukihiro Fukutomi Remix) / 中島美嘉
09. Epilogue / 嶋野百恵
10. Moondust / 久保田利伸 Feat. 小泉今日子
11. samida-rain / 小泉今日子
12. 花びら / 流線形
13. FOR REAL~Dub’s R&B Remix~ / 吉沢梨絵
14. フラッシュ / bird
15. ナチュラルに恋して Brooklyn Mix / Moonbug
16. Bed～Part2 / DOUBLE with Soulive
17. Nothi’n Never Lasts / DJ YUZE Feat. Yurai
18. IF YOU LOVE ME / SAKURA
19. 心にしまいましょう / 古内東子
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I’ll Be Your Mirror
Music Festival / Tokyo
Speaking of All Tomorrow’s Parties, ATP has just announced their sister counterpart(y) that will be taking place in Tokyo this coming February.
The line up has yet to be announced, but I am sure it will be great visually, musically, and overall carefully curated.
Spending my Summer in Tokyo, I was already trying to figure out when I could come back and I thought my birthday would be a great time. My birthday falls in February as does this festival, soooooooooooooooooooooo…. taking donations.
To learn more about the festival, you must learn.
Nujabes
Here is a photo I took during my stay in Tokyo. This was taken the second night of the Nujabes tribute shows that were held this summer. The book is made up of photos that were shot from the night before and were only given to close friends and family.
It was a really beautiful night.
はっぴいえんど - ST
I had a very short wish list of things I wanted to buy in Tokyo. This record being one of them. Not only do I love this record and band, I now have a good memory of hunting this record down.
I originally bought this while hanging with Skratch Bastid (side note: we both bought Japanese records that day) but failed to notice a major issue until the next week. The major issue being this is the self titled album, but the record inside the sleeve was the second album. I was hoping that someone may have listened to both albums and accidentally switched them. Not the case.
Now I am on the hunt for the second album, Kazemachi Roman. Looks like I have to go back to Japan…
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Columbia GP-3: Pizzicato Five Limited Edition
