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When life's last song plays only for you
Just close your eyes and follow it through
For this is only the beginning
of where this life ends
Now you're ready to walk with the Whispering Winds...

Drifting...

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On this show we present a sonic journey from the London based, Dorset raised duo In-Form. They run a YouTube channel and are part of Thirdspace, running quarterly parties in London. This mix is the second in a series called Desired Path and covers a lot of ground, but is circles iterations of introspective new wave and avant pop. Check out their excellent mixes and YT channel if you get a chance.

Séance Centre Radio Episode 62 - Desired Path w/ In-Form

Private Hearts 148 w/ Elias Mazian

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V/A - Denshi Ongaku No Bigaku / 電子音
Label: Cosmocities Records (https://soundcloud.com/user-796466527)
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Still on and about after years of the most intense crate digging, gem mining, desperate head-scratching and avid schooling, thirsty as ever for the next musical thrill to wrap our ears and brains around, here comes the fruit of our life-long love story with Japanese electronics, Denshi Ongaku No Bigaku Vol. 1 and Vol.2. From the soul-fulfilling first crush felt upon hearing the iconic soundtrack of ‘Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence’ by Ryuichi Sakamoto onto our release of Inner Science ‘Cosmo Tracks’, through the life-affirming sets of Laurent Garnier at Dijon’s seminal club, l’An-fer, which have at all times nurtured and expanded our taste for Easternmost delicacies, the influence of Japanese music on our vision and endeavours was paramount to the development of our catalogue, whether directly or indirectly. 

This first volume gets the ball rolling with a fine assortment of mostly ambient, electronica and deep house-focussed joints. Draped in organic membranes and ASMR-like synth tapestries, K. Inoue’s nu-agey opener ‘Em Paz’ takes us on a ride across the most serene dreamscapes. Jazzing up these lush and oneiric coastal vibes, Gabby & Lopez ‘Drive form the Miracle’ merges a sense of Californian psychedelia with a straight out hard-bop swing. No stranger to our catalogue, Inner Science returns to serve up a crystalline slice of laid-back house on a mystique-imbued tip he holds the secret to. Flip it over and here comes Aquarium with the splendidly immersive ‘Rainy Night in Shibuya’, which very much feels like wandering amidst its neon-upholstered streets and swarming hallways in a bubble of your own. 

Naohito Uchiyama treats us to a synth-drenched nocturnal ballad with the ‘80s-inflected vibes of ’Shugetsu’, whereas Keta Ra cuts a path of ethereal sublimation via the mischievously fun and bouncy balearic lounge of ‘equals’. Masterly crafted by Yuu Udagawa, ‘Infinite Possibility’ eases us in a realm where weightless pop and low-slung abstract hip-hop combine to further exhilarating effect. All in harp-driven brittleness and velveteen sub-bass stealth, Noah ‘Gemini - Mysterious Lot’ has us drifting to a lavishly orchestrated headspace, laying down an impressive work on textures and arrangements. All in on the sedated drip-tease flex, Sauce81 ’Sign of Secret Love’ is a blast of freaky hedonism, just as ready to cast its hypnotic spell down the sweatbox as it was upon its original release ten years ago.

Languid jacking house tune ’Tai+Dai’ from Keita Sano blows the winds of discoid luvin’ across the room with its impeccable balance of sharp, glimmering synthwork and driving bass onslaughts from the depths. An odd slice of reshuffled folk music, Waltz ‘Folkesta’ makes for some eerie invitation of sorts, enchanting and spookily haunting in equal measure. Back to a fevered, hip-swaying mindset, Kuniyuki hi-NRG jazz number ‘Free’ is an absolute wonder of piano and drums-driven boogie, cut from the same cloth as some of Blue Note’s finest Cuban jazz classics. Rounding off the package, Japanese legend Ken Ishii’s version of Larry Heard’s house Hall-of-Famer ‘Can You Feel It’ is pure bliss in a can, tailored to turn any crowd into a shapeless cloud of balmy euphoria and universal love, whatever the place or time.

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PREMIERE : Ken Ishii - Can You Feel It (feat. Metropolitan Harmonic Formulas and Naruyoshi Kikuchi)

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Full tracklist here: https://www.nts.live/shows/james-k/episodes/james-k-26th-july-2023

James K - Trip Lick w/ Gaul Plus Takeover - NTS July 2023

Recorded Live, September 2024, at Kismet in NYC. Recording cut off after 2 hours. 

James K _ Trip Lick w/ Hank Jackson Takeover - NTS December 2024

Full Tracklist:
David Sylvian, Russell Mills - The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
Hotaru 螢 - Wind Clock カゼドケイ
Audio Sports - Never Personal
KAVARI - I want you to breathe (asphyxiation mix)
Miki Nakatani - Temptation (Drum Mix)
Soma - Stygian Vista
Jauzas The Shining - Emotion
Bitstream Dream - Aglaophotis
Soreab & KRSLD - Butoh
Gaul Plus - Mercury Fountain ft. POiSON GiRL FRiEND 
PureH - Vision Rising (Eraldo Bernocchi Mix)
The Grid - Are you Receiving
Greg Hunter & Maurizio Liguori - Morning Glory
Aco - 悦びに咲く花 Yorokobi Ni Saku Hana (Silent Poets Dub Version 1)
Bill Laswell - Heaven (You Have to Be in Hell to See Heaven)
Delerium - Desert (Remix)
Lori Carson - Breathe
Dbridge & Madison Willing - Pulse
Undark - Canyon: Split Asunder
The Golden Palominos - Curses
Soma - Alchemical Nuptial

James K - Trip Lick w/ Comfort Takeover - NTS February 2025

Tracklist:
Lia T - Kester
pretty sneaky - B2
Digidub - Dark Breath
J-Green - Wavin' The 44
Azu Tiwaline - Amen Dub
pretty sneaky - A
Pugilist & Pod - Crisps
Mulholland - 442 Wenger
Terra Utopia - Likwid Mindz
Plebeian - Panic (Kincaid Remix)
Clemency - Testimony (Perko Remix)
Hooverian Blur - Hypnotizer
Autogenesis x cusoon dj x Simone Bauer - Chimera
Plebeian - Star Anise (Tammo Hesselink Remix)
Forest On Stasys - Natura Geometrica
Nicolò - Drydrums (Formant Value Remix)
Sha Ru - Iva
exael - Papillion
Dorothy Carlos - Balm
MinaeMinae - orientieren

james K - Trip Lick - NTS April 2025

Tracklist:
Leo Hofmann - Sprungfeder
Konsudd - Stretch
Gil. Barte - unreleased
Greville & The Lonely Voices - Strange Faces
Felix Kubin - Spukflattern
Content Provider ft. Birthmark - unreleased
Front De Cadeux - Brusca Interruzione Dell'Estate
Soulja Boy Tell Em - She Thirsty
Ena - Grey Area
Scorn - Night Tide
Mutant Joe - Berlin Knights
Phil Stroud - It’s All About Freedom
DalidaCarnage - Nyx
Moin - See (feat. Sophia Al-Maria & Ben Vince)
Al Wootton - Magic Fire
Ruxpin - Formations (original mix)
Brandi Ifgray - Scam (Guns Went Off)
Claudia Vita - Amame
Memotone - False Cabro
Lil Wayne - Dr. Carte

Trip Lick - k means Takeover - NTS May 2025

Tracklist
laura cannell - for the mythos of birds
rhodri davies - hanner dyrned o’r wermod lwyd
yuan meiyun - the most beautiful boy
semilanceata - til dystra stygia siø
cherrystones x demdike stare - where evil grows 
lukas de clerk - singing phragmites of Pont Etzu
glen velez - bendir
phurpa - fundamental mantra of bon
abiy seyoum - the last judgement
sabla - spirits
illuminations - preacher dub
simon haydo - l. l. oddity
vex’d - crusher dub
shamos - h2
model home - unbroken spirits
kukangendai x krikor - jr west woman only
ekoclef - sonic salvation
i-mo-jah / phillip fullwood - jah say love
bullwackies all stars - tribal dub
jogmode - trackTHREE jm

Trip Lick - ojoo - NTS July 2025

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