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Originally from Milan, Paquita Gordon is now based in Mallorca, and has been active in Europe, including a residency at the Terraforma festival.
After I listened Paquita Gordon's DJ for the first time, I went to listen to her DJ whenever I could. Due to the pandemic, I haven't been able to do so for a year, and our OPC mix series has also taken a year off. I am very happy to be able to restart again with this mix that she prepared for OPC. Here's a window into her world as she delves and explores different kinds of music.
Open Port Club Mix series Vol. 11 - Paquita Gordon, Enjoy!

イタリアのミラノ出身で現在はスペイン、マジョルカ島を拠点に、イタリアのTerraformaフェスティバルでのレジデントやヨーロッパを中心に活躍をしているバイナルDJ、Paquita Gordon。僕が初めてPaquita GordonのDJを聴いてからは可能な限り彼女のDJを聴きに行った。パンデミックの影響で1年間それが叶っていないが、私たちOPC mixシリーズも1年間の休みを挟んだ。彼女がOPCの為に用意してくれたこのMIXでまたリスタートできることをとても嬉しく思います。さまざま音楽を掘り下げて探究してきた彼女の世界を覗ける窓の１つがここにあります。Open Port Club Mix series Vol.11 - Paquita Gordon、お楽しみください！

Interview & Tracklist : http://openportclub.net/opc-mix/paquita-gordon/
Paquita Gordon SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/paquitagordon

=INTERVIEW=
Q1. How and where was the mix recorded? Could you tell us about the idea behind the mix?
The mix is realized at my studio with the use of two Technics 1210 turntables, two Shure needles, an Ecler mixer and a Zoom digital recorder on 14 April 2021. It is composed by a selection of electronic dub and downtempo records from the last thirty years, taking the listeners into a deep sonic adventure.

Q1. このミックスはどこでどのようにして録音されたのでしょうか？また、このミックスの背景にあるアイデアについても教えてください。
このミックスは2021年4月14日に私のスタジオで、Technicsのターンテーブル1210を2台、Shureの針2本、Eclerのミキサー、Zoomのデジタルレコーダーを使って形にしました。ここ30年間にリリースされたエレクトロニック・ダブやダウンテンポのレコードのセレクションで構成されており、リスナーを奥深い音の冒険に誘います。

Read more : http://openportclub.net/opc-mix/paquita-gordon/

OPEN PORT CLUB Mix Series - Paquita Gordon

Yuzo Iwata aka Fabio, 50% Cubano, 50% Japanese, Karate blackbelt and DJ/producer, originally from the Iwata Juku Dojo in Japan and now based in Berlin, Yuzo shares with us his latest fascinations from dancefloor land. A rich and thoughtfully put together excursion throughout breakbeat, synthetic psychedelia, new beat and other stellar four-on-the-floor nuances. From working in some of Berlin's finest record stores (*wink*), Yuzo has clearly developed a relationship well beyond familiar with records in a wide range of genres - let this mix take you where you need to go.
@fabio-konair

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 03 : Yuzo Iwata

passing it clockwise is good luck,
anyone can join the joy of joint, just choose a time and post ! #remotejoint

Passing it clockwise (15:57 - Fabio)

A1. Crux
A2. Neverland
A3. Funclub
A4. Humid Gathering
A5. Shadow Of The Rock
A6. Heroes Show Up Late
B1. Gamelion
B2. Sundance
B3. Ancient Tape
B4. Time 2 L

Despite productions appearing here and there since 2015, Yuzo Iwata has kept a relatively low output. Contributing tracks to compilations and releasing singles under aliases Fabio Lazaro and Almost East, Iwata is also affiliated with Junki Inoue’s recent SAISEI label, editing pioneering early Japanese techno from the likes of Suzukiski and COLOGNe for rerelease.After ‘Acid House’ appeared on the Butter Sessions Come Together 12” in 2020, the label now play host to Yuzo Iwata’s first ever full length. The 10 tracks span a wide variety of tempos and show a consistent approach to unusual sound design first evidenced in Iwata’s RA Mix of the Day for Clubberia (100% originals recorded circa 2017).

Kaizu unfolds with dense environmental ambient textures before ‘Neverland’ takes us into broken dancehall rhythms and acid-tinged dub. ‘Funclub’ is reminiscent of Japanese video game soundtracks and 80s fusion whilst further into Side A the balearic energy continues to captivate, closing with the beautiful ‘Heroes Show Up Late’. This short piece is built around a looping vocal sample and shuffling drum work that all come together perfectly. There’s even a trace of Brazilian MPB influence at play with the vocal/synth interplay. It’s Iwata’s knack for percussion that is most evident across the album however, with Side B opening cut ‘Gamelion’ taking an Indonesian inspired approach to modern techno. It runs in a similar vein to Komodo Kolektif’s work and might be the dancefloor highlight of the whole LP. ‘Sundance’ follows with more Japanese motifs, recalling Haruomi Hosono’s F.O.E project. Another strong rhythmic workout suited to the floor. The environmental ambient textures return with the closing piece ‘Time 2 L’, strings, bird calls and droning synthesiser winding down the proceedings. Letting us know it’s time 2 leave?

Kaizu

Yuzo Iwata - Kaizu (BSR035) LP snippets

Crux

Fun Club

Shadow of the Rock

Heroes Show up Late

Humid Gathering

Time 2 L

Sundance

Ancient Tape

Gamelion

Neverland

Here is the 12th mix of OPEN PORT CLUB mix series by Tornado Wallace.  Hope you enjoy that 65 minutes a meditative journey.
OPC Mix 12本目となる今回は、メルボルンに生まれ近年はベルリンを拠点とするTornado Wallaceによるミックス。日本ツアーを目前に控えて録音された65分の瞑想的な音楽旅行をお楽しみください。
インタビューも合わせてどうぞ。

Interview : http://openportclub.net/opc-mix/tornadowallace/
Tornado Wallace SoundCloud : @tornadowallace

=INTERVIEW=
Q1. How and where was the mix recorded? Could you tell us about the idea behind the mix?
I recorded it at home using a turntable, an e&s mixer and ableton. I wanted to listen through to music I had come across recently and dig into the tracks deeper. I leaned more into the trippier sounding tracks with really nice sonics and "world-building" characteristics.

Q1. このミックスはどこでどのように録音されたのでしょうか？また、このミックスに込められた思いについて教えてください。
ターンテーブル、E&Sミキサー、abletonを使って自宅で録音しました。最近出会った音楽を聴いて、より深くトラックを掘り下げたいと思ったんだ。トリッピーなサウンドで、音質が良く、「世界観がある」楽曲に重点を置きました。

Read more : openportclub.net/mixseries/tornadowallace/

OPEN PORT CLUB Mix Series – Tornado Wallace

Yuzo Iwata (Japan)
Cuban Japanese Karateka.
Work at record stores MION Records & Sound Metaphors in Berlin.
1st Album “Kaizu” on Butter Sessions Records in 2022.

Yuzo Iwata [Que Sakamoto 思考と発想(Thoughts And Ideas)Vol.11] [16.01.2023]

Proxima is delighted to introduce you to Yuzo Iwata, a vinyl DJ and Cuban-Japanese karateka hailing from Sapporo (Japan).

Currently residing in Berlin, Yuzo works at two record stores, Mion Records and Sound Metaphors, and also hosts a party called FLOPPY at Precious Hall. His first album, "Kaizu", was released on Butter Sessions in 2022.

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Outsiders: Proxima w/ Yuzo Iwata @ Kiosk Radio 25.03.2023

Here is the chapter13 of OPEN PORT CLUB mix by Ramzilla a.k.a. RAMZi from  Montréal Canada. Please enjoy a 72-minute musical journey filled with positive energy.Check out mix and special interview below!

OPC Mix 13本目となる今回は、モントリオールに生まれ独自の有機的なサウンドスケープを創り出してきたプロデューサーRAMZiとして知られるPhoebé GuillemotのDJ時の名義の一つであるRamzillaによるミックス。彼女の純粋に音楽を愛し楽しもうとする姿勢が伝わるような72分の希望を照らす音楽旅行をお楽しみください。

Read the full interview : http://openportclub.net/opc-mix/open-port-club-mix-series-ramzilla/
RAMZi SoundCloud : @phubu

=INTERVIEW=
　
Q1. How and where was the mix recorded? Could you tell us about the idea behind the mix?
　
I recorded it at my studio in Montreal. I selected music that are for me sooting in these psychotic times we going through collectively. Im also going to Brazil soon, always loved music from Brazil very much. In that mix there’s some from the 70s and some new electronic music from Numa Gama, a producer from Rio de Janeiro who is very inspiring to me and that i will meet soon.

Q1. ミックスはどこで、どのように録音されましたか？また、ミックスのアイデアについて教えていただけますか？
　
モントリオールの私のスタジオで録音しました。今、私たちが集団的に経験しているこの狂気じみた時代に、私にとって鎮静効果のある音楽を選びました。また、私は間もなくブラジルに行く予定で、常にブラジルの音楽が大好きです。そのミックスには70年代の音楽や、リオデジャネイロのプロデューサーであるNuma Gamaからの新しいエレクトロニックミュージックなどが含まれており、私にとって非常に刺激的な存在であり、もうすぐ会います。

Read more : http://openportclub.net/opc-mix/open-port-club-mix-series-ramzilla/

OPEN PORT CLUB Mix Series – Ramzilla

Sound Metaphors 8 year anniversary live recording Club Ost (Berlin)

Sound Metaphors 8 year anniversary : Yuzo Iwata (closing set)

Our favorite Yuzo Iwata's third appearance on DREAMING MIX is the one recorded live at MOLDIVE held at club NOON, Osaka in January 2024. His era-spanning and boundary-breaking selection with psychedelic scent topped and heavy funkiness infused makes this set very complex and wild. Let's click the play button, and embark on a journey together. We assure of your late-night space-out experience.

@fabio-konair

DREAMING 033 : Yuzo Iwata - MOLDIVE @NOON 13 Jan 2024

Here is the chapter14 of OPEN PORT CLUB mix by Sunju Hargun from Bangkok Thailand. Please enjoy a 64-minute beautiful ambient journey.

OPC Mix 14本目となる今回は、バンコクにて「Siamese Twins Records」を立ち上げ、アジアのアーティストを世界に向けて紹介しながら、本人もDJとしてもプロデューサーとしても世界に活躍の場を拡げているアジアの注目株Sunju Hargunによる64分の美しいアンビエントジャーニーをお楽しみください。

=INTERVIEW=

Read the full interview : http://openportclub.net/opc-mix/open-port-club-mix-series-sunju-hargun
Sunju Hargun SoundCloud : @SUNJUHARGUN

Q1. Thank you for providing us with this fantastic mix. Where was this mix recorded, and could you tell us about the idea behind it?
　
Thank you for inviting me, the mix was recorded at my home in Bangkok last December and the concept was to create a mix of beatless records that carry polyrhythmic energy and colorful vibrations.

Q1. この素晴らしいミックスを提供してくれてありがとうございます。このミックスはどこで録音されましたか？その背後にあるアイデアについて教えてください。
　
招待していただきありがとうございます。このミックスは昨年12月にバンコクの自宅で録音されました。コンセプトは、多重リズムのエネルギーとカラフルなバイブレーションを持つビートレスのレコードをミックスすることでした。

Read more : http://openportclub.net/opc-mix/open-port-club-mix-series-sunju-hargun

OPEN PORT CLUB Mix Series – Sunju Hargun

As we welcome the beginning of 2025 and another year of music, we're excited to announce that we’ll be releasing a few recordings from our favorite parties of 2024.

Looking back at the past year, we were privileged to host an incredible crew of friends from all over the world.

Having roots in Japan and Cuba, Yuzo Iwata has been a prominent figure in the music scene. Since 2011, he has been organizing the “FLOPPY” party at Precious Hall in Sapporo. In 2016, he relocated to Berlin and in 2018, released his debut EP, “Kiteki,” on Pluie/Noir. In 2022, And he released his debut album, “Kaizu,” through Butter Sessions in Melbourne. His music paints on this album an imaginary story reminiscent of traveling the world’s islands by boat, offering an exotic and borderless array of sounds with various electronic rhythms, earning recognition by various music media.

In Berlin, Yuzo Iwata has worked at the record shop Sound Metaphors, curating a diverse record collection with a core of psychedelia. He has also played at various venues across the city including Säule at Berghain, Globus at Tresor, Ohm, Club Ost, Renate, About Blank, Club Der Visionaere, Hoppetosse, among others. His DJ selections span a wide range of genres, incorporating funky basslines, and providing a minimal physicality and blissful touch while delivering dynamic music experiences. His music invites listeners to dance while evoking various landscapes and emotions, leading them on a warm and immersive musical journey.

One memory that often comes up in conversation is Yuzo’s set at Evening Breeze last July. His two-hour mix was a masterclass in deep groove, funk, and psychedelia. While it might not have been the obvious choice for a transit party, the payoff was immeasurable as we experienced an impressive display of experience, knowledge, and skill.

Join us as we revisit this core memory and look forward to an even more exciting year ahead!

#transitrecords #trEveningBreeze

Yuzo Iwata at Evening Breeze - 07.24.24

Yuzo Iwata returns to Dreaming Mix. His fourth appearance was recorded live at the MOLDIVE party held in January 2025. Based on complex and diverse percussive beats, psychedelic elements and acid stabs intertwine, gradually rising in altitude and taking off into space. Enjoy the trip.
@fabio-konair

DREAMING 048 : Yuzo Iwata - MOLDIVE @NOON 31 Jan 2025

Yuzo Iwata's "Kiteki EP" is out today on deejay.de, next week on all major stores. Here's 'True Story (Kyakushoku Mix)' in full, ripped directly from vinyl and encoded for soundcloud (at 192kbs).

Order: https://www.deejay.de/Yuzo_Iwata_Kiteki_EP_PNR011_Vinyl__311761

A1. ‘True Story (Kyakushoku Mix)’ (7.29) 
B1. ‘Night Train’ (7.08)
B2. ‘Ueno’ (6:58)

Written & Produced by @fabio-konair
Mastered & Cut by Mike Grinser at Dubplates & Mastering
Artwork by Mamoru Kondo: mamoru-yorukon.com/
Design & Copy by Max Binski 
Manufactured by Pallas 
Distributed by Vinylfuture.com

Pluie/Noir’s close admiration for the land of the rising sun and its artists is not new. Having released two very solid EP’s from veterans Radiq and Fumiya Tanaka in the past, the imprint drives its attention to Japan once again, this time to showcase the work of the young and talented Berlin-based artist Yuzo Iwata.

Already established as a valuable and passionate organizer and DJ in Japan’s music scene, Yuzo’s ‘Kiteki EP’ is his first vinyl output after his move to Berlin, and a perfect showcase of his skills in story-telling, musical composition, and sonic wizardry. “True Story (Kyakushoku Mix)” (A1) is the EP’s melodic behemoth: spanning through all sorts of emotional states, ‘True Story’ is a piece that‘s as ‘cinematographic sci-fi’ as it is ‘early-morning club’, especially due to its very particular movement of tension and release. "Night Train" (B1) is the set piece of Yuzo’s story about locomotion: a hypnosis-inducing, constantly moving musical translation of a night-time train ride through Japan, with a dubby deep low-end that constantly reminds the listener to keep moving. ‘Ueno’ (B2) is the last track of the EP and also the name of a train station in Tokyo, which (not) coincidently is the last station from multiple regions in Japan since a long time. Here, like a chameleon, Yuzo shows his versatility as a producer capable of bending musical genres where groove and sonic engagement are key to success.

The release was visually interpreted by the Japanese painter Mamoru Kondo through a traditional and highly special technique of rock painting mixed with animal glue, translating Yuzo’s musical train into a unique graphical work.
Limited Pressings.

Pluie/Noir Recordings
Limited Pressings

Kiteki EP

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PREMIERE: [PNR011] Yuzo Iwata - A1 - True Story (Kyakushoku Mix)

Various Artists — 'Rotations II' — 2x12” Vinyl

A1. Yuzo Iwata •  'Phase Five' - 06:24
A2. Anestie Gomez • 'Aphasia' - 07:03

B1. Leiris •  ‘Hypnosis’ - 07:47
B2. Monkey Nenufar • 'Partenaire Particulier' - 06:51

C1. Levi Verspeek •  'Paying 420' - 06:35
C2. Pit Spector •  'Back from CDV' - 07:56

D. Denis Kaznacheev •  'Poromechanics' - 14:56

2X12” EP — Vinyl Only
Mastered by Lopazz at Mixmastering.de
Artwork, Design & Copy by Max Binski
Manufactured by MPO France
Distributed by YYDistribution.fr
Rotate Recordings — Limited Pressings
Estimated Release Date: March  2019

7 Videoclips made for the 7 tracks, will be viewable with the vinyl.
Yuzo Iwata • 'Phase Five' • video by Thevidness.net
Anestie Gomez • 'Aphasia' • video by Chris Speed Visuals
Leiris • 'Hypnosis' • video by Jael Jacobo
Monkey Nenufar • 'Partenaire Particulier' • video by The SHADERS
Levi Verspeek • 'Paying 420' • video by Illuminu & N10 LAB
Pit Spector • 'Back from CDV' • video by Trig Fardust
Denis Kaznacheev • 'Poromechanics' • video by eyekino


Artists Featured:
@fabio-konair
@gomez
@patrice-leiris
@monkeynenufar
@levi-verspeek
@pit-spector
@denis-kaznacheev

Rotate:
www.rotate-berlin.com
www.facebook.com/rotatemusic/

Rotations II

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[ROTATE006] Various Artists - 'ROTATIONS II'

In recent times we have seen a wave of hugely talented disc jockeys emerge from Japan...

Yuzo Iwata is from Sapporo and has been working prominently in the city as a promoter behind his party, FLOPPY. As a disc jockey he is superbly talented, taking an eclectic approach to his sets which often meander between style and genre. He also makes use of field recordings and plays experimentally from the perspective of telling a story through his own musical representation. 

Now based in Berlin, he spends his days working in second hand record shops and producing his own music which has so far been released on the likes of Pluie/Noir and Rotate. He has forthcoming music soon to be released on SJ Tequila's record label Shot of T which lurks around the corner. 

This mix was recorded live as part of an opening set at Precious Hall in Sapporo at his own FLOPPY party - it is recorded entirely on vinyl with the exception of one unreleased track and some overlaid field recordings. 

Lock in.

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Yuzo Iwata: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

For the celebration of the marriage of two member of Kon Air, Taich and Katsuaki.

Artwork: Taichi

Music for Mr. and Mrs. Kon Air

Recorded at 28 Sep 2019, Wonderland in Trippy Seoul.

Artwork_ MAKI(https://soundcloud.com/makifromunderground )

Live Recording at Wonderland in Trippy Seoul

https://buttersessions.bandcamp.com/album/come-together

A1. Matisa - Gabardine
A2. Polito - Wallis Axiom
B1. Physical Therapy - 10000% Pure Love
B2. Yuzo Iwata - Acid House
B3. Serpent - In The Grass

Welcoming, 'Come Together' - a five track various artists EP drawn from our network of associates locally and internationally. With artists hailing from Japan, Italy, the USA and Australia the 12" features the sounds that bring our families together on dance floors around the globe.

Italy's Matisa opens the record with a designer italo-house trip "Garbadine", armed with punchy drums, a warped guitar loop and hypnotic bass line. Melbourne group Polito's "Wallis Axiom" juxtaposes this with a guttural, gurgling outsider-techno piece. Frenetic percs and crunchy distortion collide with alien FX and bleepy modular synthesis for a dark journey.

On the flip, New York City master producer Physical Therapy jumps into the deep end with "10000% Pure Love", a raw, hard hitting club weapon. The Allergy Season boss distils the pure, unbridled energy of a sweaty dance floor through a woozy bassline and manic cowbell action.

Slowing the pace slightly, Berlin via Japan producer Yuzo Iwata delivers "Acid House" a rugged, growling beast which trips and chugs along as a monstrous 303 weaves in an out of the penetrating vocals "ACID HOUSE". The mysterious Serpent finishes you off with "In The Garden" a syncopated drum workout imbued with a ritualist, primitive energy by the heavily layered percussion and flickering synths.

Come Together

BSR028 - VA - Come Together (Matisa, Polito, Physical Therapy, Yuzo Iwata, Serpent)

Yuzo Iwata
Spoit EP

https://malingenie.bandcamp.com/album/spoit-mgm07

A1 Spoit
A2 Mount Castle
B1 Tiger
B2 Touch

MGM07 // 2019

Artwork by Jens Waltink

Yuzo Iwata - Spoit (MGM07 // 4 track EP )

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29.01.20 
Discos Capablanca instore at Sound Metaphors Berlin

Discos Capablanca in Sound Metaphors

Berlin based original Sapporo man Yuzo Iwata is on Trushmix for number 157. A smooth blend of various feel good music, vintage, electronix, disco, percussive, some exercise routines, house music for your brain and some birds singing through most of the mix. A personal reference to acid trips during day, and in general a great vibe providing element in a mix!

A good mood mix all over, perfect for the spring and soon summer to come in this very strange time and situation we are in now!

Music form the top, to cheer you up, and give you that spring feeling!

Enjoy!

Trushmix.com

Trushmix 157: Yuzo Iwata

Passing it clockwise (15:00 - Fabio)

Here is the 10th mix of OPEN PORT CLUB monthly mix series. This time featuring Hashman Deejay a producer and selector based in Vancouver, Canada. He is part of the music collective Mood Hut and has released works on labels such as Future Times.

OPEN PORT CLUB ミックスシリーズ10本目となる今回は、カナダ バンクーバーを拠点とするプロデューサー／セレクターであるHashman Deejayによるミックスです。現地のコレクティブMood Hutの一員であり、レーベルFuture Timesからのリリースなどでも知られるHashman Deejayによるミックス、お楽しみください。

Interview : http://openportclub.net/mixseries/hashman-deejay/
Hashman Deejay SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/hashmandeejay

=INTERVIEW=
Q1. How and where was the mix recorded? Could you tell us about the idea behind the mix?
The mix was made with records, two 1200s and mixer, recorded at 524 main st in Vancouver BC… Not much of an idea behind the mix but techno, raw “futuristic” and cheap sampling.. as it is

Q1. 今回のミックスはどこでどのように収録しましたか？ミックスのアイディアがあれば教えて下さい。
ミックスはレコード、2台のSL-1200とミキサーを使って、BC州バンクーバーの524 main stで録音したよ。ミックスの背景にアイデアはそれほどないけれど、テクノ、生っぽくて 「未来的」な雰囲気、そして安っぽいサンプリング、そのまんまさ。

Read more : http://openportclub.net/mixseries/hashman-deejay/

OPEN PORT CLUB Mix Series – Hashman Deejay

DJ / Producer

KAIZU LP on Butter Sessions
https://buttersessions.com/products/bsr035-yuzo-iwata-kaizu-lp

Open Port Club Mix series
https://soundcloud.com/openportclub

contact
fabio.konair@gmail(dot)com

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