Tokyo DJ’s sonic memoir spanning two decades of life and music in Japan
Dive into the exhilarating era of Japan’s electronic dance music scene from the mid ’80s to the mid ’90s with Japan Vibrations Vol. 1. The hand-picked collection by DJ and musical storyteller Alex from Tokyo pays homage to the trailblazers and innovators who shaped the landscape.
Set for release this autumn, the compilation serves as a time capsule recording a vibrant point in Japan’s modern music history. Likewise, a love letter from someone who lived it. 
11 newly remastered tracks spanning ambient, downtempo, dub, world beats, deep house, new jazz, and techno. Together they showcase the creative ingenuity and energy of a paradisiac era marked by a symbiotic fusion of international sounds with distinctively Japanese influences.
Experience the vibrations of pioneers Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yasuaki Shimizu. Of culture-shaping forces Hiroshi Fujiwara, Kan Takagi, Susumu Yokota, Silent Poets, Mondo Grosso and Kyoto Jazz Massive. And of new-generation artists CMJK (C.T. Scan), Mind Design, Okihide, and Hiroshi Watanabe. The evolution of a scene, a moment, presented with the progression of a DJ set. 
Hi-fidelity remastering by sound engineer Isao Kumano (PHONON). License coordination by Ken Hidaka, album artwork by Takehiko Kitahara. Photography by Meisa Fujishiro and Beezer, and from Alex and friends’ personal collections. Pressed by Mother Tongue Records. Distribution by Rush Hour. Supported by Carhartt WIP.
Japan Vibrations Vol. 1 will transport listeners in time to energetic nights at Japan’s legendary club venues and delight with a spirited journey of musical discovery and reflection.

5. Yasuaki Shimizu - Tamare - Tamare (2023 Remaster)

4. QUADRA - Phantom (2023 Remaster)

3. Mind Design - Sun (2023 Remaster)

2. Silent Poets - Meaning In The Tone ('95 Space & Oriental) (2023 Remaster)

Pre-order here : https://favoriterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/many-shades-of-house-selected-by-lea-lisa

Favorite recordings and Lea Lisa present Many Shades of House, a personal selection of House music tracks that have a very special place in Lea Lisa‘s heart and in her record box. Amongst this selection, Many Shades Of House is including many very rare and hard to find titles, mostly never reissued on vinyl until now.

Lea Lisa (Phonica Records, Wolf Music…) is a DJ, producer & vinyl addict who never stops digging and hasn’t since she first started in 1995. House music is so rich and varied that she naturally felt the desire to show and share this diversity. “Through this compilation I wanted to present artists and records that have greatly influenced me throughout my career. Whether through the strong messages they convey or through the emotions I felt discovering each of these vinyl.” said Lea Lisa.

Carefully packed with long-forgotten US house gems (Transient’s groove keeper “Higher” and a 1997 NYC House tune from Kerri Chandler in his garage house days), iconic early house/techno treasure (Mark Goddard‘s “Truth”), intensive journeys (Passion Dance Orchestra) to atmospheric soundscapes (Pure Science), soulful grooves (Ron Trent‘s boogie infused “Can’t Change Me”) and timeless deep house gems (Slowhouse, Abacus).

Created in 2005, Favorite Recordings presents a rich catalogue combining the productions of new artists with reissues of forgotten masterpieces all along the wide groove music spectrum, from Soul/Funk, Jazz, Disco, to Reggae, Hip-Hop, House or Electronic genres. Before launching Favorite. Pascal Rioux, founder and label honcho, started in the mid-90s with the House music label Rotax Disques. In 2014, following his meeting and affinity with French House DJ Jeremy Underground, they quickly collaborated on a series of compilations (My Love Is Underground) curated by Jeremy and reissuing some of his finest Underground House music hidden gems. Today the story starts again with Lea Lisa with this finest compilation for House Music Lovers…

Available on march 29th 2024 as Vinyl LP only – No digital @favorite-recordings

A1 Kerri "Kaoz 6:23" Chandler - Be There (Kerri's Club Mix)
A2 Slowhouse 2 - Untitled (No Streams - No Digital Files) 
B1 Truth - Emotional 
B2 Passion Dance Orchestra - Inner Dance 
C1 Blax Thanxs
C2 Transient feat Sherman Benton - Higher (Club Mix) 
D1 Pure Science - Ekeyz
D2 N'Dambi - Can't Change Me (Ron Trent Remix)

Many Shades Of House

Lea Lisa Presents Many Shades Of House (Vinyl Gatefold 2LP Only) Favorite Recordings - Snippets

From Familiar Sounds Volume 2 by Sounds Familiar
Released September 2023

WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY ALEX FROM TOKYO PRAT. ARRANGED AND MIXED BY ALEX FROM TOKYO PRAT & TARO FUJITA IN NYC

Sounds Familiar is celebrating a decade in dance music by releasing 3 LP’s throughout 2023.
Collecting six new tracks that join the dots between elastic acid house and candle-lit piano jazz, Familiar Sounds Volume 2, features Kaidi Tatham, Carista, Gigi Testa, Zopelar, Alex From Tokyo and K15, on a 12” that reaches into all corners of the roster’s electronic jazz-
influenced sound.

https://soundsfamiliarstore.bandcamp.com/track/alex-from-tokyo-wa-galaxy-sf10-instrumental-edit

Alex From Tokyo - Wa Galaxy (SF10 Original Instrumental Edit) MASTER

Artist: Tokyo Black Star
Title: Fantasy Live 1999
Label: world famous
Cat #: world famous 004
Release: June 24th, 2016

Unique 21st Century Galactic Samurai artists TOKYO BLACK STAR are a trio led by New York-based international DJ Alex from Tokyo; Tokyo-based sound engineer / music producer Isao Kumano; and man of mystery / analog equipment otaku / musician Kenichi Takagi.

Working from a unique and primarily Japanese perspective, Alex and Isao have been working together on music (and audio products) since the beginning of this century, first on remixes and tracks for compilations and later on EPs (their "Psyche Dance EP" was the first ever release on Dixon and Ame's Berlin based Innervisions imprint back in 2005) and even a high respected line of high end headphones / audio equipment (Phonon). Their first album (still as a duo) was "Black Ships" released in April 2009 by Innervisions. After touring live in Europe the duo started to look at new directions, Kenichi joined bringing another level of analog expertise (especially with his self-made modular synth) making his first appearance on record on the debut world famous label release last Fall - Tokyo Black Star's “Edo Express EP” which received a rave review at NPR for a atypical track - the afro-inspired "Mitokomon." Since then the trio's ship has advanced through the galaxy, absorbing and translating influences from around the solar system and beyond. Now the trio are back with "Fantasy Live 1999" a very special “voyage  sonore” in their true retro-futuristic style!

For the visual side of this album they have teamed up with their long-time collaborator, the very talented and widely acclaimed New York based Japanese artist Tomokazu Matsuyama who has been creating the Tokyo Black Star visual identity since their first release on Innversions in 2005.

In the spirit of long-form masterpieces like Göttsching's "E2-E4", this wonderful first album from the world famous imprint “Fantasy Live 1999” is an epic forty minute long meditative live audio painting for your “mind, body & soul” soundtracking the beautiful psychedelic mix of colors that is Matsuyama’s stunning cover painting. Conceived between 1999 and 2015, the genesis for the album, and the source of it's title is the fact it was started one legendary crazy night when the band tape-recorded an impromptu live performance at a basement bar in the groovy Shimokitazawa neighborhood in Tokyo where Alex used to live. The finished album is a result of further sessions recorded at Kenichi’s studio in Tokyo and mixed at the "phonon* studio in Tokyo last summer. Sit back, chillax and we hope you enjoy this trip! 

Tokyo Black Star- Fantasy Live 1999 (world Famous) Wf - 004 (MASTER)

B2. Tokyo Black Star - Blade Dancer (new version)

A1. Tokyo Black Star - Blade Dancer (original unreleased version)

B1. Tokyo Black Star - Kagura

A special "I miss Japan" recorded from Berlin mix for "Tokyo Scene" radio on InterFM89.7 in Japan broadcasted on 11/06/2020

Tracklisting;

1. The Vision – Missing feat. Andreya Triana feat. Best Westbeech (The Maurice Fulton Extended Mix) (Defected)
2. Hologram Teen – Okandjambameya (Bawrut remix) (Ransome Note)
3. St. Germain – Rose Rouge (Atjazz Galaxy Art remix radio edit) (Blue Note)
4. Osamu Sato – Do Fusion (Linen Records)
5. Patrick Gibin & Kaidi Tatham feat. Josh Milan – Love to the world (Neroli

"Tokyo Scene" radio InterFM89.7 (Japan)  Alex from Tokyo guest DJ mix (11/06/2020)

Bookings:
Alexandre Prat
worldfamous.online@gmail.com

"Tokyo Scene" radio InterFM89.7 (Japan) Alex from Tokyo guest DJ mix (11/06/2020)

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