1ST HOUR/前半 Chee Shimizu | 2ND HOUR/後半 Chloé Juliette

aired 2021.4.27 on lyl.live

An authority on little-known gems, Chee (@OrganicChee) has been quietly but ceaselessly working on bringing forgotten music to the light, as shown in his essential book Obscure Sound (reissued in 2020). He is mostly found behind the counter at his record store Organic Music, in a quiet suburb of Tokyo. His mix (first hour) is a quiet journey across genres and worlds, representative of what is one of Chee's most well-known fields of expertise, a beautiful and mysterious zone sometimes called "listening music". 

知る人ぞ知る名曲の権威、Chee Shimizuは、忘れられた音楽を世に送り出すべく、静かにしかし絶え間なく活動を続けてきました。その成果は、2020年に再版された彼の重要な著書『Obscure Sound』にも表れています。
彼の姿は主に、東京の閑静な郊外にある自身のレコード店Organic Musicのカウンター越しに見ることができます。
前半のCheeさんのミックスは、ジャンルと世界を超えた静かな旅です。これは、彼の最もよく知られた専門分野の一つを代表するもので、時に「リスニング・ミュージック」と呼ばれる美しく神秘的な領域を体現しています。

Artwork by Jeremy Nealis (https://aerti.me).

Chee Shimizu
AGRIDULCE - aún no sabe
GAIA - o orinocco
DJALMA CORREA - fogo/xangô
MARTIN MULLER, HAKIM LUDIN, MICHAEL HOFLER - canto ossanha
MUSICA URBANA, BLAY TRITONO, LA RONDALLA DE LA COSTA - teresa marsé
MELAO - verte otra vez
SUNDANCE - yea yea
CARLOS DAFE - despertar da solidão
GERALDO AZEVEDO - um outro um
CAETANO VELOSO - haiti
FAIROUZ - version I
DOUDOU GOUIRAND - procession
MAKI ASAKAWA - gogo
TIM MAIA - these are the songs

Chloé Juliette
AYUO TAKAHASHI - from j.s.p.
CARLOS NIÑO & MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON - part II
MEREDITH MONK - travel song, for voice & piano
DIGA RHYTHM BAND - razooli
THE DEAD GOLDFISH ENSEMBLE - chewing shoes
DUNKELZIFFER - network
DWART - mate
RALPH TOWNER - piscean dance
ASHER GAMEDZE - interregnum
THE MCCRARY - emerge
MARIA TERIAEVA - spritz
PEDRO AZNAR - la gente es la misma
KEIYAA - rectifiya
L'EMPIRE DES SONS - moitié panthère
TOMMY MANDEL - soul tango

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Back-to-back style play of 3CDJs and 2Turntables.
This was recorded live at the FESTIVAL de FRUE 2018 “ WWWβ - EXT DAY1”
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Hope you enjoy!!!

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Akuma No Numa ： infomation/booking  https://compuma.blogspot.jp

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For the August edition we've invited Donna Leake from London who handed over a high spirited 2 hour mix. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hi Donna, welcome to the series. How's your day so far? Does your day normally involve music from the moment you wake up?

DL: Hi. Thanks so much for having me. My day so far has been real sweet. I woke up at 6:30am and all I’ve done is make coffee, listen to and dig for music, draw and paint. It’s now 13:30. Not every day is like this though! 

MFM: Before lockdown, was DJing the only thing that brought food on the table? How is that now, did you revise your approach or strategy after the whole live events scene collapsed?

DL: Yes it was the only thing bringing money in and turned out it was one of the main things keeping my soul full and my spirit high. So I’ve had to re strategise a few areas of my life recently. I haven’t come up with anything solid yet, I’ve always just gone with the wind. But I think now there is a sense of urgency to save myself getting into more debt because of this! But I did gain something massive and far more valuable than money since losing it, a new perspective as to what it was we were doing and what I was a part of. I now appreciate the beauty of people making the effort to gather and listen and share music together and the industry and all it's efforts more than ever. I always had thanks, but I guess you can really check in on something more closely when you stop and look at it from the outside.

MFM: Do you then also feel positive about the future of nightlife and culture?

DL: Yes I feel positive about it. The force of music is so strong and what it does to people is unstoppable. It may take some time and maybe it will change, but that might even be a good thing. We all got an opportunity to check in with ourselves and stop and even though this was a disaster for the economy and the effects of that will last a while, the essence of art and music have nothing to do with money and that’s where it should restart. If anything it might have a wonderful impact. Art can sometimes be richer if we’ve been through some heavy experiences. 

MFM: What in your opinion actually makes a DJ stand out?

DL: Most importantly, and this probably applies to everything, I think is to be yourself which will naturally be unique if you are able to harness your true essence. I know that sounds obvious but it’s often a journey to feel as though you know or to find yourself, but I think being true and present in every moment of that journey is how you’ll be able to tap into what’s unique about what you do. Being fully present and playing with the times whether that’s trying to express what's going on inside you or a response to what’s happening in the world. Also not to think but feel your way through. This will often be more accurate since our heads are pretty full and busy! Authenticity and truth can be applied to any taste and style. For me I like to go on a ride with twists, turns and surprises and hear a story with a variety of feelings from the lowest to the highest, but keeping it coherent and without being too much of a mess. Although a bit of mess is all right too!

MFM: Thanks a lot for your contribution. Can you take us through your process of recording mixes?

DL: I would say all of the above is the general process for any mix, or at least as much of this as possible is considered. But since recording mixes is the only way I’ve been sharing music recently and I’ve made so many, I have started to try to give each mix more of a focus. For example one I did recently was called music for chess. And this mix has a particular focus on psych. This is because I can feel summer ending is just around the corner and it’s been the most hazy, mind bending, deep, confusing but colourful and dream like summer I’ve ever had and I’ve never felt so inside and removed from my head and the world at the same time as I have this summer!

DJ CHOKO "Spring has sprung"

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