https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-sade-18th-august-2018

In Focus: Sade

'Somewhere along the line Coltrane’s soprano sax runs out of steam. Now it’s McCoy Tyner’s piano solo I hear, the left hand carving out a repetitious rhythm and the right layering on thick, forbidding chords. Like some mythic scene, the music portrays somebody’s - a nameless, faceless somebody’s - dim past, all the details laid out as clearly as entrails being dragged out of the darkness. Or at least that’s how it sounds to me. The patient, repeating music ever so slowly breaks apart the real, rearranging the pieces. It has a hypnotic, menacing smell, just like the forest'

Music, and specifically jazz, has always featured heavily in the literary imagination of Haruki Murakami. In this radio special, NTS lays down two hours of jazz records as featured throughout Murak... 
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NTS Guide to: Jazz In Murakami Novels 211124

A pioneer in the distinctly Japanese sonics of "environmental" sound design, composer Takashi Kokubo began his solo career in the early 1980s, making synthesizer compositions inspired by classical music in the vein of fellow Japanese composer Isao Tomita, but across the following decades, his productions would pay deep homage to the sounds of the natural world and its spiritually soothing properties – as both inspiration for his music, and as a prominent feature in the music itself.  
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In Focus: Takashi Kokubo 040425

A very special guest today on YOUNG's show... 
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Young w/ Sampha  070525

A deep dive into scenes, record labels and genres from around the world. 
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NTS Guide to: Panama Soul 240525

The inimitable Kranky Ltd, live from LA once a month. 
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Kranky 290525

This will be the final episode for the Architects program. Much love and respect to the NTS family and the listeners that have been tuning into my show since the first episode back in May 2017. 

To bookend Architects I’ve decided to showcase the talents of one of my all time favorite artists. He continues to inspire me and I'm grateful to have spent some time with him over the last couple of years. Please enjoy this selection of tunes from André 3000 
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Architects w/ Alex Kelman - André 3000 Special 010725

Drifting into a new day with Maria Somerville, live from Ireland's wild west coast.  
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The Early Bird Show w/ Maria Somerville & Brad Urman 080725

PAM, previously host of beloved NTS show Okonkole Y Trompa, joins you for a dawn chorus every Thursday. Traversing obscure rarities, globetrotting vintage pop and beyond. 
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THE EARLY BIRD SHOW W/ PAM & Lucia Kagramanyan 180925

LA’s deviant pop trio Automatic mark the release of their upcoming third album Is It Now? with an hour-long guest session sharing music from Dijon, Bowie, Chemical Brothers, Paris Texas and more.  
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AUTOMATIC 180925

Behind the Glass (with Anika)

Shackleton With Anika - Endless Memento / Regression / Wading Through the Underworld

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Shackleton With Anika - Endless Memento / Regression / Wading Through the Underworld

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