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

1. Die Gestalten / Finstere Zeiten [Die Gestalten]
2. Shadi Megallaa / Exp (Reedale Rise Remix) [Ark To Ashes]
3. D&S / Historical Synpopsis [Space Shepherd]
4. Erell Ranson / Photos and Memories [Warm Fiction]
5. Alpha 606 / We Leave Tonight (Erika Rmx) [Interedimensional Transmissions]
6. Butterbrandz / Ultra Instinct [7 Days]
7. Primitive Needs / Eastern Philosophies [R.A.N.D. Muzik]
8. Neewt & Babydawg / Skyline Tears [Yappin]
9. Transparent Sound / Sound Splash [Transparent Sound]
10. Benoit B / Drum Symphony [Animals Dancing]
11. Thru Zero / M-Trans [Sunrise Inc.]
12. Old School Rider V6 / Don't Call Me Mr Telephone [MC LTD.]
13. Infiniti / Game One (Santiago Salazar Remake) [Opilec Music]

BKK MIX 5

Tracklist: https://baihui.live/shows/hex-w-torei-22-03-10/en/

Italian 90's Progressive House Special (百会 BAIHUI Hex w/ TOREI)

All vinyl mix by guro.det (IG: guro.det)

mastered by Maito Ota (IG:￼ dynmaito)

Tracklist:

HVL-Rhea
SLOWBURN-From Another Angle
SPECTER-INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
Chicago Skyway- ACID
Andy Ash-Schackle (Achterbahn D'Amour Remix)
Rydim-Cougar (Chord Version)
Gary Martin-Interview with an Alien (Delano Smith Remix)
Alex Jann - Robotic Prayer
D&S - Historical Synopsis
Davide Piras-Arcade
Jensen Interceptor - Smoke (Timothy J Fairplay Remix)
WND - Valveuninen
Robert Bergman- Invaders
ST Andy - Motor
Max Watts - Shortlivedfeeling
French Fries- White Screen
ASOK - Beam
M44K - Marsone
Woman Walking in the Shadows - Jenifa Mayanja Filtered Light Mix

S459 HMM001 - guro.det

All vinyl mix by Yuichi Uchibayashi (IG: _yuichang_)

S459 HMM002 - Yuichi Uchibayashi

All vinyl mix by Satoshi Matsui (IG: @satoshi_12)

S459 HMM003 - Satoshi Matsui

A mix of my dream house music, mainly from the 80s.
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H.C.T.U. MIX#01 POCHO IN THE HOUSE - HISTORY OF MY HOUSE MUSIC

Special thx to: Marco Cicchiani for the cover

Track List: 1989 SET

Orb - A Hugev Ever Growing Remix (Orbital Dance Mix)
Frankie Knuckles Your Love
Adeva_feat_Paul_Simpson - Musical_Freedom
Patti_Day - Right Before My Eyes (House Groove)
A GUY CALLED GERALD - VOODOO RAY (Ricky Rouge mix)
Sueño Latino Feat Carolina_Damas - Sueño Latino
EUPHORIA IKE
Adamski - NRG
D. MOB - It's time to get funky
Grand Master Melle Mel & The furios 5 - White lines
Doug lazy - Let the rhythm pump (Extended vocal)
Double Trouble - Just keep rockin' (hip house mix)
West Bam - Monkey say monkey do (new beat version)
The minutemen - Ok alright (club mix)
Desaraé Wild - Give Me The Rhythm (Elle Vogue Mix)
Thompson & Lenoir - Can't Stop The House (Vocal Mix)
DR. MOUTHQUAKE - Love on love (mouthquake master mix)
THE 28TH ST CREW - I NEED A RITHM
A man called Adam - Amoeba
JOE SMOOTH - Promised Land
The style Council - Promised Land (Joe Smooth's alternative mix)
ADEVA - WARNING
Sharon Dee Clarke - Something Special (Magic Juan Mix)
Ten city - Devotion (original_version)
Chanelle - One man (one_mix)
Circuit - Shelter
STERLING VOID - SET ME FREE
Steve Silk Hurley - Work it out (Extended remix)
Robert Howard & Kim Mazelle - Wait
A man called Adam - Techno powers
State 808 - Pacific State
LIL LOUIS - French Kiss
Man Machine feat. Zen - Denkimi-Shakuhachi (Electro Shakuhachi)
GRANT AND DEZZ - YOU'RE TOO GOOD
Kelvin pizzarro - Loneliness
TRUE FAITH - TAKE ME THE WAY
COLDCUT - PEOPLE HOLD ON (FULL LENGTH DISCO MIX)
SANDEE - NOTICE ME
STYLE COUNCIL - Everybody's on the run
LOONEY TUNES - JUST AS LONG AS 
The Latin Age - Esta Loca (The Latin Beat Mix )
Black_Box - Ride on time
E-ZEE POSSEE - EVERYTHING BEGIN WITH AN 'E'
2 in a room - Do what you want
Lil Louis & The World - I Called U (THE STORY CONTINUES)
Emjay - Come 'N Get It (Nicholas Vocal Remix)
WestBam - Hold Me Back
Adamski - Bass Line Changed My Life
Jimi Polo - Better days (club mix)
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life
JD - Good Vibrations
Sweet Exorcist - Testone
FORGETMASTERS - TRACK WITH NO NAME
A GUY CALLED GERALD - ROCKIN' RICKY
JOSE CHEENA - JOSE'S PARTY BREAKDOWN
Armando - Were On The Move (Mikes On The Move Mixx)
Steve Poindexter - Work that mutha fucker
Lil Louis - Blackout

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1989 The History of House Music

DDpodcasting Monthly MIX#05
MIX BY Maesaka(Booty Tune)

01. Deskee - Lost in Groove
02. Jungle Brothers - What"U"Waitin'"4"?
03. Domination - Move Your Body
04. Young MC - That's The Way Love Goes
05. Heavy D & The Boys - The Lover's Got What You Need
06. XL Singleton - Give a Little Bit of Lovin
07. Rob 'n' Raz Featuring Leila K - Got to Get
08. MC's Logik - Get Involved
09. Soul Funky - Let's Get Down
10. Badboe - I Believe
11. T.D.P.Feat Kurtis Ingram - Jazz House
12. Joe "Steve" Moore - Turn The Music Up
13. Stetsasonic - Talkin all That Jazz (Dimitri From Paris Remix)
14. MC's Logik Featuring Valexandre - Peace and Unity
15. Clubland - Pump The Sound
16. Chris Pacino - Drop The Beat
17. Fatman & Stella Mae - Release Me
18. Plus One - The Song Will Always Be The Same
19. M.C.Showbizz & The Lap 1 Crew - Gotta Turn The Music Up
20. Fantasy UFO Featuring Jay Groove - Mind, Body, Soul


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DD Monthly MIX #05 / Maesaka

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Starting the year right, back on @nts-latest with a artistic soul that is especially close to my heart and that has been inspiring me as a being since dawn @donato-dozzy ❤️
This odyssey take us to feel the connections to all the 5 elements ~ earth ~ air ~ fire ~ water ~ ether ~ and tickle the etheric field that surrounds us.
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BKK MIX 5

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