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MR REDLEY 10.6.25

Last episode of Le Jazz Est Dangereux for the season 2024-2025, two hours of mix by host Tom Val !

Tom Val : Le Jazz Est Dangereux - End of season 2024-2025 - 27 Juillet 2025

This mix pulls together a wide range of material from Japan’s underground between the 1980s and 1990s and focuses on lesser-known and largely forgotten corners of its music scenes across two decades. Pulled from cassettes, privately pressed LPs, demos and worn flexi-discs, the mix moves mostly through DIY avant-garde music and things that don’t really fit anywhere at all. 
 
It’s the sound‑scape of neon‑lit backstreets, late‑night imagination and hidden creativity. A celebration of Japan’s unsung pioneers who never rose to fame yet left indelible imprints in tape loops and DIY pressings. The title refers to that space just out of view, beyond what was documented or preserved, music made outside the spotlight but still full of intention and invention.
 
You’ll hear work from artists like Silent Pulse, Be-2, Normal Brain, K. Yoshimatu, Ayuo Takahashi, and Chance Operation, alongside anonymous or pseudonymous projects like The Husband, Speaking Furniture, and Flare. Some pieces are meditative and sparse, others more chaotic and intense, but all sit just outside of easy categorisation. 
 
The black-and-white cutout of the artists in the artwork captures Peters - also known as The Peaters - a duo formed in Osaka in 1985 by Peter Hayashi and Chaka Kajiyama. Their off-kilter synth pop mirrored the British wave of the era, but filtered through a warped lens all of their own.
 
There’s no attempt at chronology in this mix, more of a drift through mood and texture. Tracks fold into each other, fragments blur, and the medium itself (tape hiss, distortion, decay) becomes part of the atmosphere.

Tracklist can be found on the NTS archive.

NTS 'Doing Time' - Below The Neon: Japan's Underground 80's-90's

Soaring, majestic ambient explorations from Pisterman as he unveils the first taster from his second album out in Oct on Hologram Teen's Hologram Opera...

Full details: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/premieres/premiere-yoann-pisterman-individual-friends/

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PREMIERE: Yoann Pisterman - Individual Friends [Hologram Opera]

It’s been some time since we last featured a back-to-back set in our beloved mix series, and episode 167 comes to make up for it. Recorded live earlier this year at Venue MOT during a fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians, the night brought Will Hofbauer and Zaltsman together on the decks, weaving a seamless journey of deep grooves, vibrant rhythms, and euphoric energy. This edition perfectly captures the spirit of the event - a celebration of music, solidarity, and community united for a meaningful cause.

More at https://soundcloud.com/willhofbauer and https://soundcloud.com/zaltsmandj

Will Hofbauer b2b Zaltsman - SOULMEEX DECKS 167

Hope you all enjoy this one! Might be my last album of the year, who knows. As always. Thank you to any who listen and thanks for all the love and support over the years! It means the world.

SERENDIPITY

Jacques Greene - 31 August 2025

Luritja artist Keanu Nelson broadcasts regular shows from Papunya, a remote community northwest of Alice Springs, one of the most isolated corners of Australia – deeply personal transmissions drawing on sounds shared locally via USB sticks and online, alongside seminal works from First Nations artists. 
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/keanu-nelson/episodes/keanu-nelson-13th-september-2025

Keanu Nelson 130925

Experimental and intercepted transmissions every month with Field Work friends and family.
Accompanied by GIFs at http://fieldworklondon.tumblr.com. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/fieldwork/episodes/fieldwork-13th-september-2025

Field Work 130925

🎃 Pumpkin Fog – Dark Lo-Fi Halloween Music

Step into the eerie glow of Pumpkin Fog, where dark lo-fi beats meet the haunted chill of Halloween nights. 🌙🕯️ Dusty vinyl crackles, shadowy melodies, and haunting atmospheres weave together like whispers in the mist. Each track feels like wandering through candlelit streets, pumpkins flickering in the fog, with a beat that follows like a ghostly heartbeat.

This album blends spooky ambience with hypnotic lo-fi rhythms — perfect for setting the mood on crisp October evenings, studying with a seasonal twist, or drifting into the mystery of the night. 👻🍂

Shadows in Circuitry

Sam Bhok
Synth noodler, producer, DJ 
Worldwide FM sound engineer
running Two For Joy 
Bristol via London
contact-
sambhokmusic [at] gmail . com