A mix compiling 18 field recordings made in Tokyo in April-May 2016. 31 minutes packed with performances of traditional songs, industrial machinery, ceremonial sounds, public loudspeakers' music, kids playing, birds, bikes, street entertainers, construction sites, and more.

Recorded in Asakusa, Ebisu, Koenji, Nezu, Rikugien Garden, Shinjuku, Sumida, Tokyo Metro, Yanaka, Yoyogi Park. Mixed in London. Artwork photo taken in Gotokuji Temple, Tokyo.

Aural Tokyo Spring

Making tea

Field recording made walking around a piano and electric keyboard showroom in Soho, London. A cacophonic juxtaposition of wildly different playing styles and skill levels: actual pieces, tests/doodlings, and improvisations (with a few notes of my own for good measure).

Piano Showroom

Charlemagne Palestine & Oren Ambarchi @ Cafe Oto, London, 3rd April 2012 - vocals & drones

Charlemagne Palestine inciting Oren Ambarchi to go to the drums.

Charlemagne Palestine & Oren Ambarchi @ Cafe Oto, London, 3rd April 2012 - "DRUMS! DRUMS! DRUMS!"

Both on wine glasses, and Palestine's vocals - excerpt from the beginning of the set

Charlemagne Palestine & Oren Ambarchi @ Cafe Oto, London, 3rd April 2012 - wine glasses and Palestine's vocals

Charlemagne Palestine & Oren Ambarchi @ Cafe Oto, London, 3rd April 2012 - Charlemagne at the piano

Kevin Drumm @ Cafe Oto, London, 24th April 2012 - short fragment

Photographer, eclectic music fan, and amateur field recordist.

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