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)

Beautiful, mysterious, exotic, entrancing sounds. Since 1998. Ambient dub, Asian underground, more…
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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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ARI333 is a producer, composer, and DJ blending the pulse of Psychedelic Trance and Goa Trance music with a deep sense of emotion and atmosphere that feels raw, nostalgic and euphoric. His sound is defined by a blend of hypnotic basslines, intricate percussion, haunting melodies and atmospheric detail that invites listeners into a full-body experience. Bridging the organic with the electronic, he draws from Eastern musical traditions, ambient textures, and the driving energy of trance.

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