mule musiq presents endless flight at womb on 21.3.2015

henrik schwarz,konstantin sibold,toshiya kawasaki

toshiya kawasaki at womb,tokyo 21 march 2015

endless flight cd 16/endless flight 74
cd&2lp&2lp+7inch(limited 300)
release on 26/8/2016
distributed by kompakt

9 now more than ever

b2 subterrean storm

b1 asmat

a garden of terrors

mule musiq 209
12"&digital
distributed by kompakt

a1 illuminated - kettenkarussell remix

mule musiq 214/mule musiq cd 57
2lp&cd
distributed by kompakt

a1 frame of reference

mule musiq 217
12inch&digital
distributed by kompakt

b2 pressure

b1 educate the heart

endless flight 85
12"&digital
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a2 im feiern und feuer feat autarkic dreems remix featuring drugface

taken from endless flight 84
release on 27/10/2017
distributed by kompakt

Snacks - Order To The Senses (Kornél Kovács Remix)

taken from sascha funke lotos land remixed
endless flight 85
release on 24/11/2017
12"&digital(beatport exclusive)
distributed by kompakt

sascha funke/twirl  tolouse low trax remix

studio mule 1/studio mule cd 1
2LP&CD
release on 26/1/2017
distributed by kompakt

a1 nobuo yagi – mi mi africa    
a2 nobuyuki shimizu - silver spot   
a 3 piper - samba night  
b1 haruko kuwana - akogareno sundown   
b2 aru takamura/koi wa saikou(i’m in love)  
b3 hitomi tohyama - love is the competition  
b4 honma express – what the magic is to try   
c1 colored music - colored music   
c2  shohjo-tai & red bus st project - electric city  
c3  yumi murata - krishna  
d1  eri ohno - live hard,live free   
d2 minnie/rocket 88
d3 shoody – tokyo melody

compiled by toshiya kawasaki 
mastering by kuniyuki takahashi cover 
photo by mika kitamura

info

announcing the launch of mule musiq’s new label, studio mule.

at mule musiq, we’ve focused on shining light on the many aspects of what electronic music can be, putting out house, techno and ambient releases on our main label, while releasing alternative-leaning dance music through our endless flight imprint. but with the launch of our new label, studio mule, we are stepping away from electronic club music for a bit. the label will not be tied to a specific genre, as we will instead focus on releasing any kind of music that we feel is a little bit different and interesting, but somehow make sense in this day and age. for our first batch of releases, we will be focusing on japanese music.

to be honest, i have been watching the recent rise of global interest in japanese music with a skeptical eye, not sure of how to feel about all these labels overseas licensing great albums that were birthed in our country. but then, i was told by somebody i greatly respect that i should do something similar with mule, and put our own spin on it, which sounded like a good idea to me. after a period of procrastination, i finally got around to doing it. we are starting things off with a compilation of japanese disco, boogie and soul music that we selected from a modern dance music perspective — the kind of songs that we feel would intrigue music fans across the world.


at first, i started seeking authentic-sounding disco that sound like it could have been recorded in the states, but after struggling to get licensing rights for many of those tracks, i started to wonder if that was really the direction we should be going in. when we start new labels or projects, we often come up with the title or artwork first, before deciding on the actual music. we came up with the title midnight in tokyo first, which dictated that we needed to find music that would be a perfect soundtrack to listen to at night in tokyo. we ended up compiling a selection of tracks that you could both listen to at home, and play in clubs at certain time slots. the compilation also ended up sounding a lot more pop than we initially imagined…

va/midnight in tokyo vol.1

collection of japanese obscure jazz fusion
compiled by dubby(ondas)

studio mule6  "2LP&CD"  distributed by kompakt

cover photo by mika kitamura

Midnight In Tokyo 2, the second installment to the compilation series that rounds up hidden gems by Japanese artists that's perfect for listening at night in Tokyo, is here. This time the collection brings together some tasty electric jazz fusion from the '80s , compiled by Dubby, the man behind the online record store Ondas.

The compilation begins with "Hikobae," a dark and slow cosmic jazz by saxophonist Genji Sawai, followed by "Danza Lucumi," an odd Caribbean-style jam by Today's Latin Project, a band fronted by Tadaaki Misago of Tokyo Cuban Boys, with arrangements by Yasuaki Shimizu. "On The Coast" is a soulful and mellow vocal track arranged by Ryuichi Sakamoto, from guitarist Shigeru Suzuki's album White Heat, and fusion boogie cut "In The Hot City" is by Mr. Theodore, which was a one-off project by a mysterious artist.

The melancholic soul jazz number "So Long America" is the title track from the album Yasunori Soryo released in '82, following a stint in America with the band Brown Rice. "Twisty" is a tropical reggae tune from the album Samba Kathy, an underrated classic by Jugando which was released on Trash, a sublabel of one of Japan's finest jazz labels, Trio. "Samarkand" is an electric Latin jazz jam that sounds like something Miles Davis and Santana could have played on, performed by a Latin funk band from Fussa. "Imagery" is a primal African fusion track by Katsutoshi Morizono, a member of the prog rock band Yoninbayashi.

"Windmill" is the most acoustic sounding tune on this compilation, a breezy Brazilian affair with a Hermeto Pascoal feel. "Mystery Of Asian Port" is by the band Parachute, which consisted of Japanese fusion giants like Akira Inoue, Tatsuo Hayashi and Masaki Matsubara. The cosmic jazz record sounds like something Daniele Baldelli would play in his sets. "Bay Sky Provincetown 1977" is a classic Japanese fusion tune by guitarist Yuji Toriyama.

The set also features the mellow but danceable "Heatwave" by keyboardist Keiichi Oku, featuring a female vocalist (which some have identified as Rie Ida), and last but not least, closing out the 13 track compilation is "Day Dream At The Bob's Beach," a wonderful urban fusion with a beautiful vibraphone melody, from the Japanese fusion classic album that was a one-off project by studio musicians.

3 shigeru suzuki/on the coast

compiled by toshiya kawasaki
studio mule 12   2lp&cd
distributed by kompakt

c2 kangaroo/sunshine bright on me

a1 yoko hatanaka/more sexy

mule musiq 235
12"&digital
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a_lord extra

mule musiq 236
12"&digital
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a1 pattern recognition

mule musiq 241
12"&digital
distributed by kompakt

a  hydrate

studio mule 26
ONLY VINYL
distributed by kompakt

b1 man or boy (イパネマの娘)

b wonderland 夕闇 city

mule musiq 253
2lp&digital
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b1 a new breed

a2 pivot

a1 sensual disguise

mule musiq 259
LP&digital
distributed by kompakt

b4 antiboudi

b1 diaspora

a5 utopioid

a2 mazes w-memphis

studio mule 37
vinyl&digital
cover painting by joji nakamura
distributed by kompakt

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