drives me nuts !!! (in the good sense of the term)

passing it clockwise is good luck,
anyone can join the joy of joint, just choose a time and post !
"This mix was recorded in July 2021 at an indoor club in Omotesando, when lockdown was briefly loosen and was allowed to party at night little bit (maybe for about 2 weeks). It’s an excerpt of that all nighter set I have played, everyone wearing mask so was not able to see their faces but seemingly people were having a good time."

Kinkeshi doll made by Katchan

Passing it clockwise (0:30 - Powder)

It's a great pleasure to welcome Japanese electronic music stronghold Kaoru Inoue (@kaoru324), also known as Chari Chari and founder of the Seeds And Ground label, to the mix series. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Welcome on board of the series Kaoru. You're from Japan and are living in Tokyo. Do you find Tokyo, and Japan as whole, a positive place to be at as an artist?

KI: Tokyo is a fascinating city, full of crazy stimuli and exciting noise, but I don’t need it anymore as the years go by, especially after the pandemic. So now I feel like an outsider loving Tokyo and living a quiet life in its suburbs. I think it’s a positive place for artists in the sense that it’s still rich in nature and food, and the population is decreasing, despite having experienced the high economic growth and the high information society, but what we learned again after the pandemic is that government protection policies are fragile. 

MFM: Your musical output as a producer is quite large and rather versatile, from acoustic guitar sessions to more new age like soundscapes to broken beat and deep house. Where does this versatility come from? 

KI: I think it's because I've been deeply committed to music since my teens. From YMO to post-punk, ethnic, rare groove to deep house, I was already looking for and listening to music like a researcher from a young age. So I started DJing naturally as a way to mix and share my records, and my outputs could be a fusion of them. However, so to speak, I’ve been most influenced by the contextuality of House music, and when looking at everything from a bird’s eye view, I can say that my main interest is, in a word, in “Minimalism”.

MFM: Your music -regardless which moniker you use- sounds extremely organic, very earthly but also mystical and sacred. As if it was recorded far deep in nature amongst some indigenous tribe's ritual. Where does this signature sound come from, what are its origins?

KI: My early tunes were strongly influenced by the atmosphere of Bali & Java in Indonesia, where I used to visit in my twenties, and I think it still remains somewhere in me. I also have a cultural anthropological interest in folk or tribal music from all over the world, and I even am influenced by ecological ideas. (In recent years, I’ve been more into traditional & contemporary music from my own country than ever before.) I think that’s why it is.

MFM: Hence your own label's name Seeds And Ground too probably? 

KI: Indeed, and it’s a metaphor for sex and creation.

MFM: How about the instruments? There's guitar, lots and lots of percussion, marimba, field recordings, plenty chords too... Are you a trained musician and do you record all these parts yourself (with the real instruments)? 

KI: I had learnt to play piano as a child and taught myself to play guitar from the age of 13. However, after encountering DJ culture in my early twenties, I quit a band and didn’t play an instrument for a while. So I know a little more about harmony, chords and so on than the average DJ. I’ve also started to play the guitar again a little bit in a few projects since I started producing electronic music, but only in a very specific way. I’ve also recorded with many different musicians so far.

MFM: So, what can you tell about the mix you've made? Did you record it with a certain vibe or theme or purpose in mind?

KI: It’s a rethinking of “New Age”ish or “Obscure”ish music, past and present. Some Japanese music from the 80s and 90s has also been included with respect to Eiji & Norio who compiled “Heisei No Oto”. And two of my recent tracks as Chari Chari are also included.

MFM: By the way, by the look of your shirt you're a Jodorowsky fan? :)

KI: I look up to Jodorowsky as my mentor, especially after reading his autobiography. I got this shirt as a return from the Endless Poetry crowdfunding campaign.

MFM Mix 034: Kaoru Inoue

Astrobal ‎– 100 000 Ans 
Torky Tork & Fid Mella -  Nove   
Haircuts For Men ‎–  あなたの目は悪魔です
Fillo & Soupbox ‎– Impressions
Lord Akton ‎– Folk Tales
R23X ‎– Letting Go
Pascal Viscardi ‎– Guided By A White Light
Scott Bomar ‎– We Done    O.S.T.  Dolemite Is My Name
Chris Coco ‎– Down To The Sea
The Lasso ‎– Pier Of Dreams
Sweetback ‎– Gaze
KevinTheCreep – Afta All Dis Time
knxwledge ‎– Learn
Smoke DZA x Pete Rock – Cheeba (Bonus)
Devin Morrison – Guaranteed (Instrumental)
B.A.R.
Tibor Szemzo - The Lullaby of Á
U.C. Redd – The Way I Like It 
Fabio - Heroes show up late
Connan Mockasin - K is for Klassical
Dean Blunt - WOOSAH
Years 
Sam Gendel - They B All Like
YL Hooi - Lucky
World Famous ‎– Robby's Song
Meyna Co. - Theme Of Lui

artwork by Hiroto Ise
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1ST HOUR:/前半 BOW / 2ND HOUR/後半: CHLOE

2022.12.13 @lyl_radio
https://lyl.live/episode/t-8

This month's guest mix by BOW is an almost literal journey into space psychedelia going from ambient, jazz to psych rock.
Based in Tokyo, BOW is active as half of the DJ duo Zundoko Disco (@zundokodisco). He is well-known for his dubby techno selections, which makes his contribution to the series a rare one.
Second half by me is an end of the year / end of the world-themed selection. 

Artwork by Jeremy Nealis (aerti.me)

Tracklist 

BOW
ZERO 7 - count me out
PIZZICATO FIVE - mari's transcendental meditation tapes
GLOBAL COMMUNICATION - 14 31
BLACK MERLIN - voyage
BEE MASK - fried niteshades
CARLOS NINO & FRIENDS - meeteeor shower (featuring dntel) 
JOE HISAISHI - in the sea of corruption nausicaä of the valley of the wind
ROLAND P. YOUNG - caress
6TH SENSE – illusion
SPIRITUALIZED - electric mainline
LEON VYNEHALL  - envelopes (chapter vi)
NEOTROPIC - the man who catches clouds
IKON - the dove
CARLOS NINO & MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON - fall in love
JAPANESE SYNCHRO SYSTEM WITH JERRY "KOJI" CHESTNUTS – changin' times

Chloé Juliette
THE MOOG MACHINE - little town of bethlehem
CYLOB - are we not men who live and die
MIGUEL HERRERO - ¿vendrás esta noche?
TIME WHARP - spiro world
F.S. BLUMM & NILS FRAHM - -b
THE QUALITIES, SUN RA - happy new year to you
RUBY BRAFF & ELLIS LARKINS - my romance
COUNT BASIE - these foolish things
BLUE MAGIC - stop to start
LINDA PERHACS - morning colors
MARTIN DENNY - softly, as a morning sunrise
NATALIA BEYLIS - green bird fountain at dawn
DELANEY VENN - breaking your own heart
Άκης Δαούτης  - christmas
ARANDEL - sonatina (feat. vanessa wagner & wilhem latchoumia)
NINA SIMONE - i like the sunrise

The Greater Good #17 with BOW / LYL Radio

"PAKA"  mixed by CHIDA

 DANCAHOLIC 2009

DANCAHOLIC 6th Anniversary (Vinyl Only) Mix 2009

Every cloud has a silver lining.

WEIRD CIRCLE SERIES 001

And We Dance - Mixed by Cosmo 2020.01.22.

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