It's a great pleasure to welcome Japanese electronic music stronghold Kaoru Inoue (@kaoru324), also known as Chari Chari and founder of the Seeds And Ground label, to the mix series. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Welcome on board of the series Kaoru. You're from Japan and are living in Tokyo. Do you find Tokyo, and Japan as whole, a positive place to be at as an artist?

KI: Tokyo is a fascinating city, full of crazy stimuli and exciting noise, but I don’t need it anymore as the years go by, especially after the pandemic. So now I feel like an outsider loving Tokyo and living a quiet life in its suburbs. I think it’s a positive place for artists in the sense that it’s still rich in nature and food, and the population is decreasing, despite having experienced the high economic growth and the high information society, but what we learned again after the pandemic is that government protection policies are fragile. 

MFM: Your musical output as a producer is quite large and rather versatile, from acoustic guitar sessions to more new age like soundscapes to broken beat and deep house. Where does this versatility come from? 

KI: I think it's because I've been deeply committed to music since my teens. From YMO to post-punk, ethnic, rare groove to deep house, I was already looking for and listening to music like a researcher from a young age. So I started DJing naturally as a way to mix and share my records, and my outputs could be a fusion of them. However, so to speak, I’ve been most influenced by the contextuality of House music, and when looking at everything from a bird’s eye view, I can say that my main interest is, in a word, in “Minimalism”.

MFM: Your music -regardless which moniker you use- sounds extremely organic, very earthly but also mystical and sacred. As if it was recorded far deep in nature amongst some indigenous tribe's ritual. Where does this signature sound come from, what are its origins?

KI: My early tunes were strongly influenced by the atmosphere of Bali & Java in Indonesia, where I used to visit in my twenties, and I think it still remains somewhere in me. I also have a cultural anthropological interest in folk or tribal music from all over the world, and I even am influenced by ecological ideas. (In recent years, I’ve been more into traditional & contemporary music from my own country than ever before.) I think that’s why it is.

MFM: Hence your own label's name Seeds And Ground too probably? 

KI: Indeed, and it’s a metaphor for sex and creation.

MFM: How about the instruments? There's guitar, lots and lots of percussion, marimba, field recordings, plenty chords too... Are you a trained musician and do you record all these parts yourself (with the real instruments)? 

KI: I had learnt to play piano as a child and taught myself to play guitar from the age of 13. However, after encountering DJ culture in my early twenties, I quit a band and didn’t play an instrument for a while. So I know a little more about harmony, chords and so on than the average DJ. I’ve also started to play the guitar again a little bit in a few projects since I started producing electronic music, but only in a very specific way. I’ve also recorded with many different musicians so far.

MFM: So, what can you tell about the mix you've made? Did you record it with a certain vibe or theme or purpose in mind?

KI: It’s a rethinking of “New Age”ish or “Obscure”ish music, past and present. Some Japanese music from the 80s and 90s has also been included with respect to Eiji & Norio who compiled “Heisei No Oto”. And two of my recent tracks as Chari Chari are also included.

MFM: By the way, by the look of your shirt you're a Jodorowsky fan? :)

KI: I look up to Jodorowsky as my mentor, especially after reading his autobiography. I got this shirt as a return from the Endless Poetry crowdfunding campaign.

MFM Mix 034: Kaoru Inoue

Astrobal ‎– 100 000 Ans 
Torky Tork & Fid Mella -  Nove   
Haircuts For Men ‎–  あなたの目は悪魔です
Fillo & Soupbox ‎– Impressions
Lord Akton ‎– Folk Tales
R23X ‎– Letting Go
Pascal Viscardi ‎– Guided By A White Light
Scott Bomar ‎– We Done    O.S.T.  Dolemite Is My Name
Chris Coco ‎– Down To The Sea
The Lasso ‎– Pier Of Dreams
Sweetback ‎– Gaze
KevinTheCreep – Afta All Dis Time
knxwledge ‎– Learn
Smoke DZA x Pete Rock – Cheeba (Bonus)
Devin Morrison – Guaranteed (Instrumental)
B.A.R.
Tibor Szemzo - The Lullaby of Á
U.C. Redd – The Way I Like It 
Fabio - Heroes show up late
Connan Mockasin - K is for Klassical
Dean Blunt - WOOSAH
Years 
Sam Gendel - They B All Like
YL Hooi - Lucky
World Famous ‎– Robby's Song
Meyna Co. - Theme Of Lui

artwork by Hiroto Ise
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cosxmes 2021mix

MM Cast 13: Chida

Shinnoskey Chida, Dj Chida or simply Chida has been (and stil is) one of the most representatives institutions of the underground house scene in Tokyo for more than 30 years. Starting his career in the early 90's, he is one of those "Dj's Dj", flattered along his career by artists from the likes of Andrew Weatheral, Lindstrom, Mark E and Dr Dunks among many others.

Chida's producing and remixing skills are out of any doubt, in his career has worked with imprints like "Correspondant", "Not and Animal", and "Eskimo"to name a few, here at MM Discos we also have had the pleasure to have him as a remixer doing his thing with Coyote's Fragnatize me, track that for sure its burning many dancefloors  right now around the world.

"Ene Records" capo join us this month and we are amazed to introduce this obsessed music collector who has given his best by digging in his vast collection in order to deliver a very special mix where Balearic classics fusions along with underrated sounds from the always quality underground Japanese scene.

Long life to Dj Chida!!

TRACKLIST
01 Jonathan Kusuma - Awalan
02 Black Merlin - Time In Motion
03 Land of Light - Flares
04 Reggae Disco Rockers - The Whistle Song(Silent Dream Version)
05 Miskotom - Star Master
06 Little Tempo - Love Max
07 Makoto Matsushita - Love Was Really Gone
08 Tatsuro Yamashita - Blow 
09 Force Of Nature - Liberate
10 Calm - Ending of Summer, Beginning of Autumn (Yuri Shulgin Remix)
11 Igaxx - Matango 
12 Space System - Master of The Sky
13 Igaxx - Matango
14 Chida* - Untitled
15 Psychogem* - Morning Mist
16 Muto - Untitled
17 Swing Slow - Cabybara
18 Powder* - Busy
19 Mkwaju Ensemble - Wood Dance 
20 Mogwaa - Gazebo
21 Yosui Inoue - Yumeneme
22 Chari Chari - Luna de Lobos (Kuniyuki Remix)

MM Cast 13

Coyote - Chida Rmx

MM CAST 13 - Chida

Delighted to host @melodyastruth influence mix on Oddity Radio.

@jonnynash : It is a selection of music I've been enjoying over the last year, with a loose focus on "guitar music".

Turn on, tune in and don't drop out!

For regular updates please follow : www.instagram.com/oddityradio.fm/

Jonny Nash - Oddity Influence Mix

It's that time again! A new 2-hour mix from Mori-Ra! This time, Mori goes cosmic! This is a good one to sit back, relax and expand one's mind to.

Thank you for your continued support!

-C, RSR

Japanese Breeze Mix 14 - Mori Ra

Mayurashka's exclusive mix for RDC "Sound Horizon" podcast:

"Since the beginning of 2022, I have been releasing floor-friendly mixes for various labels and radios so I wanted to try something different for RDC. This mix is themed around “water” which is my source of inspiration when composing.
This mix is a selection of tracks where you can feel the water and drips, not beat-matching but water-matching."

"2022年に入りフロアフレンドリーなDJ　MIXは多数のレーベルやラジオで公開してきたため、RDCへのミックスは趣旨を変えて作曲時にインスピレーションをもらう”水”をテーマに制作してみました。
水や滴を感じる曲のみをビートマッチングではなくウォーターマッチングさせたMIXです。"

Track list
1. The Sound of the Sea in Kujukuri, Chiba 2022 08
2. Popol Vuh - Ich mache einen Spiegel
3. DJ Nobu - Zzzz
4. MDA Analog - Rainful Memories
5. Jonathan Fitoussi,Clemens Hourrière - Aqueduc
6. Alex Kassian - Olson Waters
7. Yosi Horikawa - Wandering
8. DWART - Aqua Alta
9. Frog of Earth - Lying Down
10. Richard Bone - Afrouxe
11. Møzaika - Alternating Access
12. Crewdson - Amphibious
13. Roland Bocquet - Djerba
14. Iris - Deadlocked
15. Slow Heat - Terrarium
16. fmvee - everythingUneverKnewUwanted
17. Natural Selections - Sanctuary
18. Vague Imaginaires - Space Birthday
19. Cos/Mes - From Other Space
20. Sindh - Kalahari
21. Donato Dozzy - Aquatica

RDC 045 - Mayurashka

CHIDA [Monthly Show] [27.10.2022]

For the first show of the new year, The EDWIN Music channel welcomes Tokyo-based producer, DJ, and "Organic Music" Record Store owner Chee Shimizu (@organicchee).

For the full interview and tracklisting, please visit https://edwin-europe.com

№ 114 - Chee Shimizu

A Berlin legend that needs no further introduction, his knowledge in music is academic, a walking library by all means with credentials few DJs can hold a candle to, such as having been a member of The Ennio Morricone Society (MSV - Musica Sul Velluto) - seriously... @finn_johannsen brings us a two part mix of extensive research in Hip-Hop.

In his words: 
"I do not often play hip hop in clubs, but I have been listening to it since the 80s, and collecting it too. I love all kinds of hip hop, but the particular mid 90s to early 00s sound represented in these two mixes is the one I still listen to the most. I must admit that I adopted this sound quite late, as I previously preferred those records punchy and fast enough to be danced to at clubs playing disco, and then house. When the tempo slowed down in the 90s I was initially confused, well maybe even a bit annoyed. But soon enough I adapted to it, and recognized its very own appeal. Doing these mixes has occupied my mind for a while now, but it really came back to my mind during the lockdown, when I couldn't bear to listen to club music because it was just rubbing in what was missing from my life. Sometimes then I felt moody and frustrated as well, and the vibe of this helped me along. The grit, the wit, the roughness, the immensely varied and creative ways of making beats. I must admit the main purpose of these two mixes was to include all my favourite records, so I can listen to them in a row. Of course there are hip hop DJs who do that way better than me (you will probably notice that there is not a single scratch in the whole 7+ plus hours playtime, for example), and I salute them all. But I wanted to have my own personal soundtrack for whatever purpose I felt should be accompanied by this kind of music. I tried and tested it, and I am happy how well it works in different contexts, but they are all nocturnal. This is not really jiggy, mind. But I hope you like it nonetheless. The booming artwork was provided by the mighty King Kummi aka The Druffalo Graphic Squad."

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 14 : Finn Johannsen (Pt.1)

STOMACH PROBLEM w/ ODOPT B2B CHIDA - Wednesday 18th January

Fresh, sporty & exciting podcast from Japanese duo Mascaras who come and visit us together with Powder to celebrate LOW Party 11th Anniversary on the 7th February 2020 at Closer
We believe this kind of extraordinary music will make forthcoming night super special!
https://www.facebook.com/events/569436720273420/

CHIDA [Monthly Show] [27.10.2022]

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