Depending on who you ask, Yousuke Yukimatsu is the best DJ in the world. Or at least in Japan. The eccentric Osaka-born, Tokyo-based DJ has built up an arsenal of fans and disciples—most famously Tzusing—who revere his cross-genre approach and knack for out-of-this-world blends. Case in point: he recently released a mostly ambient mixtape that somehow felt more gripping and propulsive than many techno DJ sets. He also used that release, Midnight Is Comin, to highlight Japan's underrepresented experimental electronic music scene, another sign of his wide-ranging and unusual tastes.

To go with his voracious hunger for all kinds of music, Yukimatsu can play alll different kinds of sets, from the meditative to the peak-time, all with the blending ingenuity and expert pacing we've come to expect. Just check his mind-blowing Boiler Room set from 2020. If that performance was nightclub madness and Midnight Is Comin was a slowly unfurling coil of downcast textures and moods, then Yukimatsu's RA Podcast is something in-between. 

Over two captivating hours, Yukimatsu brings in beats only to jettison them, returning several times to artists like Palmistry, Tzusing and Ryo Murakami. He anchors the mix with familiar tracks and voices before letting it drift out to sea again. It's also deeply personal, focusing on tracks from people he played with at his Zone Unknown parties in Osaka and Kobe, as well as his friends who participated in Midnight Is Comin.

Some of these blends need to be heard to believed. But more important is the pacing: the mix moves at such a slow but intuitive speed that it's almost tantric, the work of someone who knows how to keep the party going at a simmer without giving into the temptation to go faster. (He even says that the mix was supposed to be longer.) With hooky tracks from Palmistry and Equiknoxx up against explosions of noise and heavy EQing, Yukimatsu's RA Podcast is like dipping your head above and below water, soaking in and appreciating the beauty of both realms at once.

@yousukeyukimatsu

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Preparing for what did not eventuate. Recorded at home, April 2023.

Music for non-existing chill out rooms

A recent unplanned show in Bejing was a rare chance for me to share what I call my 'love songs' - beautiful, emotive records, most of which have been with me for a long time. I've only DJ'd this way a few times, and this is the first time I've got the recording. While many of the tracks have beats, I tried playing them in an ambient way, gentle and simple. Music from: Function, NWAQ, Larry Heard, Plastikman, old Kompakt and Dial-related, a few recent selections + more. Thanks to Lyu Zhiqiang (@mohemann) for making it happen. I sincerely appreciate the people who follow and listen to my sets, I am happy to share this with you.

Love songs in Beijing

Modern drumwork

Fabian - Prophecy
Larry Leaba - Family Butter
Merca Bae & Nick León - Agua
HENZO - Iron Lighter (Mosca's Ferromagnetic Version)
Rhyw - Slow Stings
Nick Leon - Apretao'
INVT - BAMBU
Pearson Sound, Clara!, Kabaeushé - Elle
Plastikman - Plastique
Toma Kami - Amapicante
Felo Le Tee, ToSS - Manca
VigroDeep - Ghost Producer
Ciara, Chris Brown - How We Roll (Major League DJz & Yumbs Mix)
Esty - CHIBI (Nick León Remix)
Anunaku, DJ Plead - Clap Clap
3Phaz - Drum Track
Keiska - silhouettes edit
Villager - Club Wonk
Kassian - Tabla
Rhyw - Wolf Town
Floorplan - Baby, Baby
Kassian - X303
Paurro - Galavisión
Tom VR - Heart Can Still Somersault
Rhyw - Foamcore
Koreless - TT

December 2023

murgradio: vol. 4

An unexpected sequel, exploring the same records and moods as a previous recording in Beijing. This is taken from a recent show for Nurture x Liminal Dreams at The Observatory in Saigon. The plan had been a full spectrum set, but the energy did not feel right. Instead, I decided to play warm and comforting beats, focusing on my musical 'childhood', records from the late 90s - mid 00s. The mixing and presentation is meant to be gentle and relaxing. Enjoy.

Love songs in Saigon

Kimoji - 29th August 2025 | Bangkok Community Radio

Celebrating 20 years, Innervisions brings its sound to NTS with monthly shows featuring its core artists and special guests. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/innervisions/episodes/innervisions-5th-september-2025

INNERVISIONS ÜBERALL W/ MARCEL DETTMANN 050925

Heart Somersault Radio Episode 2.

The feedback from the first mix has been lovely, and it’s been cool leaning into my more clubby bag, and the stuff I play out. 

Inside you will find… unreleased me, technoey bits, and a new remix for a friend which is coming out soon. You can listen on YouTube and Soundcloud. 

Enjoy and if you’re listening and feeling it hmu  

Tom

Heart Somersault Radio 02 (Tom VR)

Here is my Boom Festival 2025 set. I love this festival from the bottom of my heart. The spirit of oneness and connection on the dancefloor is strong. Everybody is plugged into the source. As an artist and raver, I can be 100% myself. 

This set is quite introspective for such a big stage. I find that for Boom, a flowing, psychedelic approach works better than playing banger after banger. I learned this after witnessing Wata Igarashi deliver a super deep yet thoroughly satisfying set here two years ago. Story trumps climax.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5DclrbW5niI

Patrice Bäumel - Boom Festival 2025

my set after king JJ in Space Miami :) 
27/09/2025