Name: Mori Ra - Japanese Breeze Vol 15 by Rotating Souls Records
Duration: 2 h 1 min 13 s
Description: Greetings, Japanese Breeze fans! Mori-Ra is about to embark on a rare west coast excursion over the next few weeks! To celebrate, Mori put this mix together with some selection assistance from his son, Ren. Be on the lookout for more from him in the future! For now, sit back, pour yourself a nice drink, and enjoy the sounds of Japanese Breeze 15, the West Coast Tour edition.

https://www.nts.live/shows/yu-su/episodes/yu-su-27th-july-2021

Yu Su, Pender Street Steppers, and Hotspring 270721

Feb, 2010

Mix originally for http://noncollective.com/

夕方の影「Evening Shadows」[Mix, 2010]

Last mix of the year 2021 comes from long time friend of the label Alex Ho (@j0-j0armani) out of Los Angeles who has just released his debut album 'Move Through It' with us. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hi Alex, you're known for being deeply involved in LA's party scene through your Moony Habits events for quite some years now. How did you roll into the music scene?

AH: Some friends of mine in college were doing parties at this smaller, 200 capacity club in Glendale. I was hanging around these nights, sort of helping out, and eventually decided to do some events of my own at this spot. Eventually I was doing parties at this other place 333Live in DTLA - Prince used to own the spot but then it ended up in the hands of ex-Chinese mafia guys. My last event there, we got shut down because the owners of the venue didn’t have a valid alcohol license and were missing a number of other permits. From there, I just started doing warehouse parties like a lot of other promoter friends were doing, and it became a regular thing. 

MFM: So you've been a promotor and DJ at first, yeah? When came the first steps into producing music?

AH: In college, I learned how to DJ first, yeah. At the time, I had the software for production but didn’t really know what I was doing - still don’t. But I started making some tunes that I actually liked in maybe 2017/2018, and that’s around the time I passed some stuff over to Jamie.  

MFM: Did the Covid situation affect your productivity?

AH: I had my ups and downs with Covid for sure. Isolation didn’t necessarily increase my productivity, it gave me a lot of time to think about my life and I think I just came to the conclusion that I need to be doing more. When Jamie brought up the idea of doing a 7 inch or an album, I didn’t want to just settle for the two songs so I went for the album.      

MFM: On a few songs you've collaborated with other artists too. Those guitar and percussion parts for example. How did that process go?

AH: On those ones I was actually feeling a bit stuck - I knew I had some good ideas but didn’t know where to take them. I passed the sketches to some friends and thankfully they were supportive enough to send back some nice elements that I wouldn’t have been able to produce on my own.  

MFM: What's the story behind the album cover? 

AH: For the cover, Jamie had the idea of using a photo of the city at dusk. I reached out to my friend Kaleb who’s an incredible photographer and he was able to make it happen. We originally had the idea to use a nice, vintage car along with a number of other props in the shot. We got a bunch of different shots on 2 shoots, but ended up narrowing it down to the simpler ones. 

MFM: Is there a masterplan now that you've got your debut LP out? 

AH: No real plan. I just know that I want to make more music. I’ve had a lot of help on this record - from additional instrumentation to extra mixdowns from friends. I want to be able to do it all on my own but still have similar results - I guess that’s a goal, to be a better producer. This doesn’t mean that I don’t want to collaborate with homies - I’ll likely be doing that more as it’s more real and rewarding, and it’s not just one big fantasy in my brain.

MFM: Let's talk about the mix. It actually took a while for you to, as you put it, “get in the DJ mood” and record it. How come? 

AH: It’s not that I need to get in the mood necessarily, I just haven’t been digging or thinking about DJing as much lately. I think a lot of people spent the pandemic/quarantine getting dope records and working on their DJ skills in preparation for this big reopening. And for me, despite being a party promoter, I think I got really comfortable being together with only close people in the last couple of years - being in the party feels a little foreign and crazy to me now. Hoping to catch the party bug again, but I’m trying not to force it!

MFM Mix 035: Alex Ho

Efficient Space's Swiss connection Ivan Liechti expands on his Ghost Riders compilation with an hour of North American coming of age garage ballads, salad day hymns and small town criers.

Image Credit: Elise Gagnebin-de Bons

https://www.nts.live/shows/efficient-space/episodes/efficient-space-20th-october-2022

Efficient Space w/ Ivan Liechti 201022

recorded at daytime session 13th of july 2019, Samo and 5ive warmed up before DJ Jus-ed and Powder. slowed down the recording in december 2022 - to make the moment last forever.
how about slowing down the tempo of life this year, let´s not be hasty.

find the official merchandise at www.alfabetbutik.com

Sattaoja Musik Mix - Episode 3 - 5ive & Samo - TUPPLURS mix 2

Greetings, Japanese Breeze fans! Mori-Ra is about to embark on a rare west coast excursion over the next few weeks! To celebrate, Mori put this mix together with some selection assistance from his son, Ren. Be on the lookout for more from him in the future! For now, sit back, pour yourself a nice drink, and enjoy the sounds of Japanese Breeze 15, the West Coast Tour edition.

Japanese Breeze Mix vol15

Mori Ra - Japanese Breeze Vol 15

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

Thank you to the amazing crew at Södra Teatern for asking us to host a fun event at their cool terrace! The evening turned out amazing thanks to the selectors Leo, Maja & Fritjof. Even though it was their first time doing a b2b2b set. Luckily we all have similar taste so it sure was a no brainer!
It started out really cool and smooth but as the night went on it somehow evolved into even more groovy sounds from all over the world. And thankfully we got it eternalized (Shoutouts to Arvid for making that possible).


Thank you Ofelia for making the cool flyer! 
Check out her instagram account @ofeliaritar for more cool art.

@leolyxxx
@majakorpi
@Mrdrake

Nitty Gritty® Store Hours @ Södra Teatern w/ Maja Korpi, LeoLyxxx & Fritjof Drake

Bianca Lexis - SANPO 115

Doing Time With Just Us Records (Bill Spencer & Izaak Of Loveshadow)

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Linda & Norm - Guest Mix February 2021

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Mori Ra - Japanese Breeze Vol 15

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