A selection of Zen Dub & Downtempo tracks by Makyo, 2000  - 2020.
Shuffle play recommended!

You can find most of these tracks and many many more over at: makyo.bandcamp.com

Makyo : Dub Selection

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MAKYO :: Tribal Dub

Original track by Solace.
Remix by Makyo.

Appears on the compilation Very Bellydance 4: Neo-Tribal.

Mixed in 2007.

Solace have recorded loads of super-cool dark oriental music and it was an honor to remix them. The original is also well worth checking out.

Naga (Makyo Remix)

2nd single from the Jinniyah EP “SHADE”,
Available on Bandcamp from Dakini Records.

Only one.

SHADE

Jinniyah : Echo Rain

Mausoleum mood. Atmospheric, ethereal haze.

Taken from the EP “Memory”, available on Bandcamp.

Music: Jinniyah

Memory (Seance mix)

JINNIYAH :: Memory (Seance mix)

Tribal dub slowburn…. 
Full 3-track EP available on bandcamp.com

Music & art: MAKYO

Mastered by Gregg at Hermetech.

Promise

Promise :: MAKYO

Two veteran producers drop a new version of a reggae classic. Much wisdom from Talisman, seen?
Theme song for 2025.

Tengs Ah Get Tuff  (Makyo’s Ruffer version)

DJ Chris Case was a regular at many Tokyo chill-out rooms in the 1990s, including the legendary Odyssey parties at Club Token. One of the older faces on the scene, he represented a connection between the psychedelic 90s and the psychedelic 60s, and he offered a lot of arcane knowledge when it came to music theory. 
Chris passed away last year, and I’m uploading this mix in his memory.. I don’t keep a lot of DJ mixes, but I’ve had this CDR for 30 years now, and remarkably it still played. I’m not sure exactly when Chris mixed this, but I would guess late 1995. Most of the music is from Silent Records, which was one of the premier ambient labels based in San Francisco in the 90s. Much of this stuff is completely out of print, but if you’re looking to get more sounds like this, there’s still a lot of it available at:  https://silentrecords.bandcamp.com/music

TRANQUILITY (Rhythmic Ambient mix by DJ Chris Case, 1995)

Live version at the Shinjuku Park Hyatt. Once upon a time in Y2Ks.

CALM  COOL COLLECTIVE: One Less Star In The Sky

Lost tapes from the Y2K era of alt-americana/ambient-blues/bluegrass band The Moonlit Miles. Hauntingly beautiful timeless music.

Tracklist:

1. HUSH (Intro)
2. FOR YOU
3. THE FADING SUN
4. FEEL THE BREEZE
5. EVERY DAY
6. HEAVEN’S GATE
7. THESE TWO PEOPLE
8.  COOL NIGHT AIR
9. LONESOME TRAVELER
10. HEAVEN’S GATE (reprise)
11. RIDING THROUGH DARKNESS
12. HUSH (outro)

The Moonlit Miles were a loose alt-Americana/ ambient country collective performing and recording around Burlington, Vermont around Y2K. The Old Loft was a rehearsal space/studio run by Fretless Ed, and many local musicians would hang out there on lazy Sunday afternoons, jamming and putting together songs. At some point enough material was collected to make a demo album to shop around to labels, but the constant turnover in the band and the slacker nature of the whole project resulted in that never happening. 
Fortunately, those 8-track reels were stored well, and cassettes circulared from friend to friend over the years.  Now we are pleased to announce the release of these archival songs and jams, remastered, edited, and mixed into a continuous 45 minute flow. Listeners will find this to be way ahead of its time in exploring alt-americana, ambient country, and more, referencing influences like Opal, Ry Cooder, Cowboy Junkies, Dan Lanois, and The Hired Hand OST..

Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you The Moonlit Miles

The Moonlit Miles : Mixtape 2000-2002

The Moonlit Miles : Mixtape

Class War

CLASS WAR (A-side) :: Stolen Kisses

CLASS WAR (B-side) :: Stolen Kisses

New take on an old reggae classic. 
Produced by 23degrees.
Vocals by Janna Reid.
Lyrics by Horace Andy.

Money Money :: 23degrees (A-side)

New take on an old reggae classic. 
Produced by Makyo.
Vocals by Janna Reid.
Lyrics by Hugh Mundell.

Run Revolution :: Makyo (B-side)

ORACOLI blend neo-classical chamber pop and minimalism with a slight touch of ambient electronics. A rapturous ode to the end of summer in five movements.

As Summer Came To Pass :: ORACOLI

Ceasefire now. 🇵🇸
An ambient oriental mix inspired by the music of Muslimgauze.

CEASEFIRE

MAKYO :: CEASEFIRE

Tribal Dub

Gnaoua

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Voudoun

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Guedra

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Tuareg

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Makyo - Skin As Soft As Silk (Puff Dragon Remix) (feat Nona)

10. Sat Kartar - Laya Yoga Chant (Makyo's Tantric Dub)

A taste from the new album Tribal Dub, available on makyo.bandcamp.com

Makyo :: Deeper

Contemplative guitar and keyboards from The Atmosphere Factory.

 Now available to purchase and download at:
https://makyo.bandcamp.com/album/drifting

Drifting

Drifting (Atmosphere Factory mix)

Recorded live at Aoyama CAY on 6/19/2010 at Dakini Nights v.19.

Set 1, Track 1.

Engineered by Yass Sakai.
Mixed and mastered by Gio.

MAKYO : Float (Live at Dakini Nights)

Devadasi

Makyo : Devadasi (Mantra Mix)

Title track from the album Mystic Fire by Makyo featuring vocals by Shahin Badar. Available at makyo/bandcamp.com

Mystic Fire

MAKYO :: Mystic Fire (feat. Shahin Badar)

Jinniyah  bootleg remix of the doors classic.

With love to Jim, Robbie, John, and Ray.

The Doors :: Wild Child  (Jinniyah dub remix)

Makyo: "Dum~Dum~Tek"

Recorded live at Cay on 3/21/2010.

MAKYO are:

Madoka: Electric saz
Jimi Miyashita: Santoor
Junzo Tateiwa: Darbukka
Gio: Beats, bass, synths, dub mix
Hayati: Mystical bellydance



Makyo: "Dum~Dum~Tek" (LIVE @ Cay)

"Lead me from the unreal to the real."

A remix of the track "Asato Ma" by the sarod player Shivoham for the Silk Road label.    http://www.silkrd.

Available for purchase on CD and download at: http://makyo.bandcamp.com/album/mystic-fire

Asato Ma

Makyo : Asato Ma (Remix)

“Coming Down” by Rasiya  from the compilation “Live at Dakini Nights”.

Guitar: Kai
Vocals: Keiku
Sarod: Miyashima
Tabla: Junzo Tateiwa

Live At Dakini Nights

Rasiya :: Coming Down

“Soma”, original track by Makyo. Remixed by Jinniyah. 
Taken from the album Purnima Remixed,  available on Dakini Records. 
http://makyo.bandcamp.com/album/purnima-remixed
Santoor: Jimi Miyashita

Purnima Remixed

Jinniyah :: Soma (remix)

Set to images of Machu Picchu for a planetarium show, we used raga bhupali to invoke the sweep of birds over this vertiginous temple.  And a nod to the Beatles… The fluid sound of Shakuhachi by Tato Terahara and thenglistening  santoor of Jimi Miyashita  over rippling sequenced syhtns make this an evocative track.

Makyo :: Flying (Bhupali in dub)

From the album “Tribal Dub”.
2017, Dakini Records.

Makyo :: Tuareg

N’Chaioui: Moroccan slang for someone who spends all their time smoking kif.

Produced and performed by: Gio Makyo
Summer, 2020.

Makyo ::: N’Chaioui (Dread mix)

Beautiful, mysterious, exotic, entrancing sounds. Since 1998. Ambient dub, Asian underground, more…
if you like what you hear, give us a share! 

Based in Tokyo, Dakini has been releasing crosscultural ambient dub since 1998. For more of our catalog, please check out the Bandcamp link!
Artists include Makyo, Ishq, Adham Shaikh, Jairamji, Toires, Lumin, Drumspyder, Jaia, Padmasana,, Puff Dragon, Karsh Kale, Greg Hunter, Badawi and Gus Till. Active artists on the label include Makyo, Jinniyah, 23degrees and Atmosphere Factory.

Makyo:
Makyo is a Tokyo-based producer & dj who has been creating exotic Eastern electronica since 1994, with releases on Silent Records, World Domination, Dakini Records, legendary London label Planet Dog, Six Degrees, Interchill, and many more. As a remixer, Makyo has worked with Cheb-i-Sabbah, Natacha Atlas, Transglobal Underground, Adham Shaikh, Solace, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Kaya Project, and Shahin Badar, while Bill Laswell and System 7 have remixed Makyo tracks. Makyo's music has also featured on mix cds by Alex Patterson (The Orb), Youth, and Mixmaster Morris. As an early pioneer of the asian-electronic sound, Makyo has developed his sound contemporaneously with producers like Banco de Gaia, Loop Guru, Talvin Singh, and Karsh Kale.

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