Voice message by Kok Siew-Wai recorded onto a vinyl letter that was sent as part of beuy on/off Sounds of Eurasia. https://beuysonoff.com/soe/

Beuys Disc 1: Hare (vinly letter from Kuala Lumpur)

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Itchy Throat

Real / Fake Japanese Popular Music Mix from 1914~1980 by Yusuke Wajima & dj sniff *Commissioned by Global Pop Cultures Magazine, edition: “Real Fake, Fake Realness”
Starting from the early 1900s, Japanese popular music was established through incorporating various styles of foreign music such as jazz, Hawaiian, tango, and Afro- Cuban music. Its history is full of local composers releasing under fake foreign identities, mixed race and American-born Japanese singers, and overseas groups singing in Japanese. While this hybrid music is now nostalgic and even retro, it also illustrates how colonialism/post-colonialism, ethnicity, and stereotypes have played out in cultural identities and global pop cultures. Tracks selection and comments provided by musicologist Yusuke Wajima. DJ mix, introduction, and English translation by dj sniff (Takuro Mizuta Lippit).

Real/Fake Japanese Music from 1914 ~ 1980 (selection Yusuke Wajima / mix dj sniff)

Cafe Oto Sept.4 2022

Anti-Gravity Mixtape (1999)

An unreleased DJ mix of electronic music, hip hop, contemporary music, and poetry reading themed on my experiences living in Tokyo. Photos by Mii Sekiguchi.

03 / unreleased DJ mix / 2002

212 is DJ mix of hip hop, break beats, electronica, and jazz. The mix was made to reflected my 3 years living in New York and incorporates field recording that I made at political rallies, parks, subways, family reunions, and my apartment.  #djsniff #djmix #archive 
Listen at: https://soundcloud.com/djsniff/212mix

212 / dj mix / 2004

To Home To Bed / Mixtape / 2001

Track List
1. Introduction to Namaroku (Namaroku Nyuomon) / Compiled by Tamai Kazuo / 1978
 2. Sketches of Nature (Shizen no Sketch) / Kabaya Tsuruhiko / 1975
 3. Masailand / Naito Tadayuki /1981
 4. Timeless / Naito Tadayuki / 1985
 5. Sound Journey (Oto no Tabi) / Fushimi Kazuo / 1970
 6. Refreshing (Sawayaka) / Takano Masaaki / 1982
 7. Singings Insect Voices (Naku Mushi no Koe)/ Compiled by Matsuura Ichiro / 1957
 8. Let’s Play with Nature (Shizen to Asobo) / Nippon Columbia / 1973
 8.5. Sound Effects Library 30: Frogs, Insects, Cicadas (Koukaon Library 30: Kaeru, Mushi, Semi) / Honma Akira / 1976
 9. Stereo Sound Effects Library Vol.2 /Taguchi Ryuzaburo, Nishihara Yasushi, Japan Sound Effects Specialized Research Group (Nihon Koukaon Senmon Kenkyukai) / 1966
 9.5. Sound Effects Record 4 (Onkyo Kouka Record 4) / NHK Broadcasting Effects Group (NHK Hoso Koukadan) / 1962
 10. The New Sound Effect Encyclopedia: Animals, Birds, Insects Edition (Shin Kouka On Daihyakka: Dobutsu, Tori, Mushi-hen) / Victor Music / 1979
 11 Songs of Humpback Whales / Roger S. Payne / 1971
 12. Salat / Koike Sakiko / 1979
 13. Droplets (Shizukutachi) /Takano Masaaki / 1978
 14. Zen Shikantaza / Fujioka Makoto /1971
 15. Northern Birds, Southern Birds (Kita no Tori, Minami no Tori) / Nakatsubo Reiji / 1966
 16 Sound Effects and Mood Music for 8mm Video Fans: Japan’s Four Seasons Winter Edition (8m/m Video Fan no Koukaon Kouka Ongaku-shu: Nihon no Shiki Fuyu-hen) / Nishihara Yasushi, Japan Sound Effects Specialized Research Group (Nihon Koukaon Senmon Kenkyukai) / 1980
 17. Summer Days / Kondo Jo / 1976 (1970)
 18. Surf Break From Jamaica / Asai Shinpei / 1977
 19. Ocean (Umi) / Victor Music / 1983
 20. Spectacular Shooting (Gekisha) / Shinoyama Kishin / 1977
 21. Dawn (Reimei) / Yabu Akihiko /1976
 22. Introduction to Namaroku (Namaroku Nyuomon) /  by Tamai Kazuo / 1978
 23. Training Record for Namaroku Vol. 2 (Namaroku ni Tsuyoku Naru Record Vol.2) / Ishida Yoshiyuki / 1977
 24. Recording Hunting Operation (Rokuhan Daisakusen) / Ishikawa Toshiyuki / 1977
 25. The Animal Military Parade (Dobutsu no Kanpeishiki) / Edoya Nekohachi / 1934

Japanese Pop Natures from 1934 ~ 1985 by Tomotaro Kaneko & dj sniff

NYC Subway 2004

Sample audio for ex-DJ cassette tape release

2024

ex-DJ sample 3

ex-DJ sample 2

ex-DJ sample 1

This is a live recording from 07/31/2024
Discrepant × pianola records presents
K/A/T/O MASSACRE Vol.487
Recording was provided from #FORESTLIMIT

dj sniff at K/A/T/O MASSACRE Vol.487 Forestlimit Tokyo 07/31/2024

Music for contemporary dancer Yukio Suzuki's "Vanish" (2024) by dj sniff

Music for Yukio Suzuki "Vanish" by dj sniff

turntablesolosdemo1

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turntablesolosdemo2

turntablesolosdemo3

No Time To Breath / 循環無呼吸奏法 included in Incredulous Cuts (2015)

No Time To Breath (Mats Gustafsson's Catapult remix / 2014)

Drumming 2018

Drumming 2018 Virtual Dubplate

Jaap Blonk & dj sniff 1

Jaap Blonk & dj sniff 2

Jaap Blonk & dj sniff 3

From Paul Hubweber & dj sniff "NO LITTER" from Gligg Records 2013

Track5 Um Chaka Tum

Parallel Traces of the Jewel Voice (2019-2021) is a project that examines how various memories and historical narratives are constructed through common experiences of sound reproduction technology. Gyokuon Hoso, or “The Jewel Voice Broadcast” in English, that announced the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II on August 15 of 1945, serves as the central reference for this project. Two tracks were composed with sonic materials that range from interviews and field recordings collected in Taiwan, samples extracted from 78 rpm phonograph discs, and recordings made by sound artists and improvising musicians. These tracks are paired differently depending on their distribution format. The vinyl release is a multi-sided record with two parallel grooves cut. A different composition will play depending on where the stylus is cued. For the digital release, each track is independently assigned to the left/right channel and heard simultaneously.

Parallel Traces of the Jewel Voice, Groove #1 / 平行的玉音軌, 溝 #1 (Vinyl Release March 2022)

私は杉浦さんの作品に呼応するためにターンテーブルでレコードを消すという作業を始めた。

それは再生のメカニズムで録音された音楽の底にあるヴァイナル、紙、モーターの音を聴くということでもあった。

ピックアップに取り付けられたカッターナイフ、紙ヤスリ、そして消しゴムはレコードの表面を削りながらノイズ音と共振音を鳴らしてゆく 。

時折、水を垂らすことで摩擦は増し、ターンテーブルの回転は不規則なってゆく。

消されることで共振する記憶の手前にあるもの - 杉浦篤の作品への応答

Art Kill Art http://artkillart.free.fr/AKA/AKADRIFT.html
DRIFT-01 contains the archive of a concert of 4 turntablists improvising together was organized and recorded on 4 separate tracks on june 16 2011. These 4 tracks became the 4 grooves, which meet on each side. A special technique was used to cut those several grooves, and layer them over each other in order to make them intersect continuously on the whole surface of the disc. Playing the record produces a mix between the 4 physical sources. When you hear the sound coming from the left or right, it is physically how the pickup is drifting on the surface. The same applies to the clicks and cuts that signify that the needle has jumped. The pickup continually changes groove throughout its reading. And because it is impossible to read the 4 grooves simultaneously, you listen to one musician after the other but never reach the same listening experience as live in concert. The nature of the turntable, the quality and wear of the needle, as well as playing with different settings (cons-weight, anti-skating…) are factors that affect the reading path. The duration becomes elastic, new paths become available while some others disappear and some phenomenas of looping or going backward may occur

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