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Music Itsuki Doi
https://on.soundcloud.com/gEUxZSqT7feGfn7A8

Reading Sou Nakayama

121224hikarilive

Eyes And Smiles And Otters And Frogs

https://soundcloud.com/buzzy-bird

Basso - Guest Mix

We made it to the half-century mark, and our 50th mixtape of the series is super special, this time we're delighted to welcome Japanese artist Sugai Ken. Hot off the release of his LP release with RVNG. International, Ken has chosen to dedicate his mixtape to the Amsterdam based label who released his third full length, @Lullabiesforinsomniacs. All eight selections on 'Sound Gems from LFI' are taken from the labels wonderful back catalogue. Tuck into some beautiful experimental & ambient sounds!

Click on the Métron button to see the full feature including tracklist and an interview with Sugai. Or just head to metronrecords.com for more of our mixes and features.

Soundcloud: @lullabiesforinsomniacs
Facebook: /SUGAIKEN
Artwork: Jack Hardwicke

www.metronrecords.com/mm050-sugai-ken/

Métron

Métron Mixtape - 050 - Sugai Ken

‘Glass harp scratch mix’

wine glass, water, straw, 
voice, flapping moth sound
Yamaha dx100
Annea Lockwood  ‘tiger balm’
Ikue Mori  ‘tool box’, ‘bamboo battle’, ’the pit & the pendulum’
Cristina Kubisch  ‘circles Ⅲ’
Anne Gillis  ‘stille nacht’, ‘Bisherigori - no.1 / no.9’

glass harp scratch mix 20190205

All Day I Dream Podcast 020: Yuichiro Kotani & Hiroyuki Kajino - A Winter Mix

All tracks pulled from CD thrifted in Taipei, Taiwan

Track List
林強 - 月球 (Lim Giong - Moon)
胡美紅- 秋風夜雨 (Hu Meihong - Autumn Wind and Rain)
西卿 - 不可蹽落去 (Xiqing - Don’t Fall)
白冰冰 - 等待春天 (Bai Bingbing - Waiting For Spring)
簡上仁 - 點仔膠 (Jane Shangren - Dot gelatin)
魔毯有貓 - 島嶼: 重返與回憶(Magic Carpet With Cat - Island: return and memories)
張佳琳 - 原來你什麼都不要 (Zhang Jialin - It Turns Out You Don’t Wan’t Anything)
郭嘉璐 - Lulu Song (Guo Jiayu - Lulu Song)
彭铠立 - July 27 (Peng Yuli - July 27)
M.I.B. - 雨中的故事 (M.I.B. - Story in the Rain)
庾澄慶 - Wildfire (Harlem Yu - Wildfire)
啊雞 - 20 Years (GLOJ - 20 Years)
Dasu & Ill Mo - 過去.青春 (Dasu & Ill Mo - The Past. The Youth)
L.A. Boyz - 神魂顚到 (L.A. Boyz - God’s Soul)
李玟 - So Crazy (Coco Lee - So Crazy)
LiN - Kala
林強 - 假 (Lim Giong - False)

Angel Arlin 'Taipei CD Love' Internet Public Radio - 31 May 2019

https://soundcloud.com/captain-of-none
https://soundcloud.com/spatzhabibi
https://soundcloud.com/polychromesounds

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Forthcoming in July: Laika Jona

Pingipung Podcasts

Pingipung Podcast 105: Captain of None - Sea Bed Meditation

From Paris with love here comes mix 008 by Second Circle artist and friend D.K. (@d-k-music). Q&A (excerpt) here below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Salut Dang Khoa, welcome to our podcast series. Had a nice summer?

DK: Hey! Thanks for having me. My summer was pretty cool, I was happy to play some nice festivals and gigs in Europe. I also had a little break to go on vacation with some friends in Marseille to enjoy the sea and the South coast of France.

MFM: Speaking about summer, your music has quite an exotic touch in which melody and percussion both seem to play a pivotal role. Where does that come from? 

DK: At the very beginning, it was simply inspired by the kind of house music I was listening to. But it changed through the years. I had a period when I was into industrial stuff, and I’ve been really inspired by the textures, by that sensation of mechanical groove and how the percussions were used. It kind of lead me to listen to the roots of music, and got into ritual sounds. Regarding the melodies, I don’t know man, it’s maybe because I’ve listened to too much R’n’B when I was a teenager haha.

MFM: But you're not a trained musician in one way or another? Like, can you read notes and play keys or other instruments maybe?

DK: I played violin when i was very young at the Rennes Conservatory of music for 6 years but it was a long time ago and i didn't practice since. I still can read notes but i'm super slow when it's about to play a musical score with other instruments now.

MFM: Would you say you have a D.K. workflow when in the studio?

DK: I like to have a precise idea of what I want to do before I start, even if it’s going to change completely during the process. Also, the shape of a track will really depend on what I’m listening to at the moment. I can easily get lost sometimes, producing something that is totally different of what I’m doing but I always learn some new technics. It’s a good way to find new ideas as well. Most of the time, I work on the same loop until I’m satisfied, almost all the elements of the track have to be already present on this loop, so I can have a vision of what it’s going to look like. Then, I know it will be easy to structure, edit and finish.

MFM: Interesting, for a lot of producers making arrangements seems a tough task or annoying burden even. What's your trick?

DK: I start with the  rhythm structure then focus my work on finding the main theme of a track,  and i build everything around it. If the beat and the  hook are strong enough it's usually not a tough task to make the arrangements.

MFM: You've been putting out music not only as D.K., how come?

DK: I decided to use that 45ACP moniker to focus my work more on sound textures and beats. It was maybe more heavy and club-oriented than what I used to do as D.K.. But now, I’m trying to combine everything in one project to create more contrast in my music. I’m generally interested by the opposition of textures and sounds in music. For instance, I like to mix raw percussion parts with clean drums or melancholic cold pads with naive midi melodies.

MFM: So, what can tell us about the mix? Any specific theme behind it?

DK: It’s a collage of tracks that I’ve been listening to at home recently and some edits I’ve made, from ambient and tribal to Japanese stuff. It’s obviously not what people can expect to hear me play in a festival or club but I would say that it’s more the vibe that I’m trying to create when i’m performing live.

MFM: Last but not least, any exciting news you'd like to share?

DK: I’m wrapping up my next Ep at the moment, it will be the third volume of my trilogy dedicated to club music on Antinote. I also have a release to come out soon on 12th Isle, and a couple of remixes.

MFM Mix 008: D.K.

A spiritual mix with focus on meditation, vocal, and instrumental. Features all asian musicians. 

小太阳 (Yang Yang) - 林强 (Lim Giong)
聽月亮說話 (Listen to the Moon Talk) - 張佳琳
Elders Drinking Song - Difang
島嶼-眺望 (Island Lookout) - 魔毯有貓
 Lament of Departure on Guqin - Yuan Jung-ping
青春的暗暝 (Youthful Darkness) - 鄧志浩
掠毛蟹 (Bristle Crab) - 簡上仁
Morning Song - 彭铠立
Unknown - Taiwan Jazz Band 
Shaolin - Andy Lau (Enlightenment Remix) 
Love Song of the West Sea (Mongolian Folk) - Jamyang Dolma
天天 (Daily) - Chiu Pi 
海底遺跡 (ocean monuments) - ❀yik.ii✧✲ﾟ
Alien - Aoki Takamasa + Tujiko Noriko
Your Home - Kuniyuki Takahashi
Life is Perfecto (v4)  - CFCF
Lighting Road from Millennium Mambo OST - 林强 (Lim Giong)
Rain in Taipei

ANGIE QQ NTS MIX: SPIRIT PEOPLE

Listen to more Hei Zhi Ma 黑芝麻 here >>> @heizhima
Full tracklist is available here >>> fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/cloud-cover/2020-01-30/

Thank you Hei Zhi Ma 黑芝麻 for coming on the show ❤️
Artwork by Sunny Lei

CC011 - Hei Zhi Ma 黑芝麻

anthems of a vanished spring

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0ajngb18413ni3k/AAD8gH6cnoH_KDjR_G0wlV9ya?dl=0

yre den - firmaments_forests_Laugh

bus043 - dreamy pads of insecurity

Q: "Flora, what happens in the theatre's lobby?"

A: "There's a hushed stillness in the air as guests gradually begin to enter for the evening's show. Gentle strings, piano and baroque harpsichords fill the room as excitement stirs. A dignified yet perhaps unearthly atmosphere and sense of anticipation flows through till late into the night where the energy subsides."

Tracklist

Jingle
SATT – Water
Soda Plains – Porcelain
Kazuya Nagaya – Mother Wading in The River 
Aphex Twin – Eutow (Sim Hutchins Edit) 
Sevdaliza – BLUECID
Racine – Quelque Chose Tombe I 
Laila Sakini – The Potion in the Pool (Flora Yin-Wong Remix) 
Jingle
Carla Dal Forno – You Know What It’s Like
Midori Hirano – Mountains
Yolabmi – Time Exposed
Gaussian Curve – The Distance
Emily Berregaard – Yucca 
Estelle Schorpp – Bagdad IX Eme Siecle
Ju Ca – Essence 
Duval Timothy – DYE 
Inga Copeland – Obsession 
Valaam Brethren Choir – Agni Parthene
Meitei – Utano 
RAMZi – Voce Na Nevoa 
Matt Karmil – Hard
Andrea Taeggi – unknown 
Hainbach – Kammerflimmern
Satoshi Ashikawa – Still Park Ensemble

London-born, Chinese-Malaysian producer, writer and DJ, Flora Yin-Wong works with field recordings, dissonance, and influences from contemporary club culture. She has performed live at the likes of New York’s ISSUE Project Room, Somerset House, Volksbühne Theatre Berlin, and Cafe OTO and the V&A Museum where she has been guest curator.

@floraytw

Flora Yin-Wong - Music for Theatre Lobbies 2

Tian Dian 甜点012 Introspection

An exploration of introspection. 

This mix will include two parts, part one is a guided 10-minute meditation practise focused on breath, and part 2 is a shared experience of personal introspection in sound and words.
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Inhale and Exhale,
Observe the rhythm and flow,
Mind and body, still.
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+ Tides IV - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith [Touchtheplants] https://kaitlynaureliasmith.bandcamp.com/track/tides-iv
+ Manifestation of the Unconscious - Blinkar från Norr [A Strangely Isolated Place] https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/track/manifestation-of-the-unconscious
+ Curl To Me - Ryuichi Sakamoto & Taylor Deupree [12k] https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/track/curl-to-me
+ Coriolis - Fia Fiell [Nice Music] https://nicemusiclabel.bandcamp.com/track/coriolis-2
+ Climbing Mount Analogue (Kris Force mix) - Anni & Itchy [MITRA Music for Nepal] https://mitramusicfornepal.bandcamp.com/album/mitra-music-for-nepal-extended
+ DCS - Jennifer Loveless [Pure Space] https://jenniferloveless.bandcamp.com/track/dcs-2
+ Past Lives – mmph [Tri Angle (NA)] https://mmph.bandcamp.com/track/past-lives
+ Inheritance (feat. Ellen Renton) - Lord Of The Isles feat. Ellen Renton [Whities] https://whities.bandcamp.com/track/inheritance-feat-ellen-renton
+ Breath of Sagarmāthā - The Fishkillers [MITRA Music for Nepal] https://mitramusicfornepal.bandcamp.com/album/mitra-music-for-nepal-extended
+ CREAM – SWAN MEAT [Swan Meat] https://sswanmeat.bandcamp.com/album/cream-devious
+ Power of Thought – Zeologic [Spiral Trax] https://spiraltrax.bandcamp.com/album/zeologic-power-of-thought-ep
+ The Last Dance – SC [Carcères Records] https://carceresrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-last-dance
+ Track 1 – MoMa Ready [MoMA Ready] https://momaready.bandcamp.com/album/ocean-walker-ii
+ The First Breath – A Guy Called Gerald [K7 Records] https://aguycalledgerald.bandcamp.com/track/the-first-breath
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Aired 30 April 2020
nomadradio.fm/artist/hei-zhi-ma

Tian Dian 甜点 - 012 Introspection - 30 April 2020

Beijing audio-visual veterans Zaliva-D mix track selections and live augmentations and textures for a pulsating and meditative hybrid set.

Artwork by WJX

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SVBKVLT #4: Zaliva-D

Humbled to share Volume 51, the first mix by NY’s pent. Her music aims to explore sounds that interact with each other in a way that can be narratively / emotionally confusing, and the mix she’s shared feels reflective of that sentiment. It’s movements are thoughtfully tied together by texture, tone, and effected voice. The emphasis on mood takes precedence and bpm’s become obfuscated. An engaging / surprising trip all the way through. 

She’s recently released her first EP which can be heard here:

https://pent3.bandcamp.com/releases

https://soundcloud.com/penttt

Motion Cast Vol. 51: pent

'Hell On Earth, Heaven With You' part 4.

Tracklist:
felicita - chlo
COLE LONGANECKER - Untitled 13
Detente - I Pass By
Hav Lyfe - she started off bashful
M.E.S.H. - Ihnaemiauimx
xato - Starvation
Oliver Coates - Prairie (live edit)
KAVARI - Seraphim
UN' - p31 & ☆7571
FOUL art group - Soundcard
Dasychira - dDream
Croatian Amor - An Angel Gets His Wings Clipped
Torus - Earth (feat. Malibu)
Capcom Sound Team - Serenity
0comeups - xXSh3itanXx
Torus - Enter The Sun

In My Dreams, You Always Come Back - mix for Post Human Dance

Robert Beatty is an artist and musician based in Lexington, Kentucky. For the 18th CCC Mix, 'Healing Gong', he oscillates a wave of healing: "I sound for you a healing gong, whose tones have brought the blessings of peace and good health to many, and may they do likewise for you." - Nesta Kerin Crain

Tracklist:

00:00 - Nesta Kerin Crain - Healing Gong
00:42 - Matthew Young - Mistral
01:46 - Jeanne Lee - Sundance  
06:15 - Roberto Musci & Giovanni Venosta - Rackrailway To...
09:52 - Egberto Gismonti & Nana Vasconcelos - O Dia, A Noite
13:29 - Takako Minekawa - A Report on an Investigation
18:18 - Brother Ah - Enthusiasm
23:15 - Joshua Abrams & The Natural Information Society - St. Cloud
27:26 - Ka Baird - Tok Tru
32:14 - Constance Demby - Radiance
35:39 - Marc Levin Ensemble - Birth of the Dove
42:54 - Bobby Hutcherson - The Ice Cream Man
49:41 - Anthony Manning - Untitled
54:04 - Susumu Yokota - Sprouting Symphony
57:40 - Cults Percussion Ensemble - Polymers

https://soundcloud.com/edsunspot
https://www.instagram.com/robertbeattyart/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/397970-Robert-Beatty

Mix art by https://soundcloud.com/edsunspot & @coralmorphologic
Mix art direction by @vacationsnyc

www.coralcitycamera.com/

Healing Gong by Robert Beatty - Coral City Camera Mix #018

Anthony Naples and Jenny Slattery’s Incienso label is back with a final dispatch, concluding their crackaud.io residency with an hour of stepping hip-hop and chugging idm from Moodhut’s CZ Wang.

Find out more at https://crackaud.io

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Incienso #6: CZ Wang

Recorded on the sovereign land of the Ngunawal, Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples. 23 August 2020 at Tributary Projects. Hei Zhi Ma 黑芝麻.

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