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New Roots was born out of my desire to amplify Asian artists in the booth and connect with more Asian bodies on the dance floor. Every mix features electronic music produced by East and Southeast Asian artists from underground scenes around the world, past and present.

New Roots mix series

Born out of my desire to amplify Asian artists in the booth and connect with more Asian bodies on the dance floor. These are some of my favorite tracks from outer space released by ESEA-diasporic producers in 2022. 

Tracklist:
Sakura Tsuruta - Helix
Stones Taro - Auto Translation
Hex Editor - Utena (Seo John Remix) 
Malt - Psilocybin
Stones Taro - Your Pleasure
ADA ACID, vzgoth, ZNeeUS - Space Pot-8-os
Manami - Interaxial
Muto - Ridge Racin'
Aquarian - A Familiar Place
Naone - Silhouette
Shubostar - Gundagai (Zombies in Miami Remix)
Pleasure Cruiser - Dreamscape
Sam Goku - Paradise Drum V2 (Coloray Mantra Dub)
LJC - Kazumi

Looking for more? You can find my collection of playlists focused on East and Southeast Asian artists in the electronic music scene below.

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New Roots #01 Lift Off!!

It sometimes feels hard to slow down in the winter. It's a yearly reminder to lean on activities, ideas and people that make you feel warm. This mix features melodic and melancholic dance tracks produced by Japanese artists that'll keep you moving even through the coldest days.

Tracklist:
Interferon - Lights In the Park
Satoshi Fumi - Ride the Wave
Manabu Nagayama & Soichi Terada - Low Tension
boys be kko - FUMIKIRI
Chizawa Q - Asia 4
Pee.J Anderson - #4
Soichi Terada & Masalo - Diving into Minds (Club Mix)
Powder - Gift
Little Dead Girl - Separate Life
Kross Section - Love Groove
Röyksopp - Breathe (feat. Astrid S) [Qrion Remix]
Hiroshi Watanabe - Happiness Sadness

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New Roots #02 Wash

A hypnotic trip through moments of deep, minimal and driving techno. All tracks produced by East and Southeast Asian-diasporic artists.

Tracklist:
MALT - Natural Intelligence
Unjin - Fog Machine (Miller & Keane Remix)
HWA - Phase Out
Powder - Lost of Light
Closet Yi - Wildland
WAV - Riff
Ryogo Yamamori - Yoake
Takaaki Itoh - Receptor (Claudio PRC remix)
Attiss Ngo - Sáu Con Chuột
Ken Ishii - Landslide (Original Mix)
747 - You Missed the Starting Gun
Locked Groove - Nautiluss (Bézier Remix)
SHAO - Bubble variation
Einox - Brute Saw
Kaito - Breaking The Star

New Roots #03 Sanctum

Atmospheric sounds and minimal rhythms carrying you through the ebbs and flows of a sleepless night. All tracks produced by East and Southeast Asian-diasporic artists.

Tracklist:
Vice City - 此即宇宙 Universe Is Here
Kaishandao - Modified Goddess
Sarayu - Burnt Out
Polygonia - Orenda
CTAFAD - Desert Ship
Rainsoft - Echos from Afar
Wata Igarashi -  Ephemeral
DJ Bowlcut - Fucks Given Zero
SPF 50 - Grove Map (Sam Goku Remix)
Nosaj Thing, HYUKOH - We Are (우리는) (Martyn's Come Back Mix)
Baypoet - Wave Static (Timsdub Deeprock Remix)
Gamma Vibes - Brooklyn Nights
Koliseum - Wave
Wu Zhuoling - Another Shore

New Roots #04 Before Dawn

Groovy, uplifting house mix for the summer months featuring ESEA artists for East and Most's May Market. Lot's of vocal and classic house tracks with melodic moments mixed in. 

Tracklist: 
Shinichiro Yokota - Night Drive
80kidz - Welcome to My House
Hizuo - Astro Tortoise 
Kross Section - Izu
Maurice Fulton, Peggy Gou - Jigoo
Mar Vista - Cor 98
Yukio Nohara - Skylarking
Code Wu - Leisurely Tripping
boys be kko - FUMIKIRI
Soichi Terada, Manabu Nagayama - Low Tension (Alternate Version)
Q Narogawate, Aleysha Lei, Feel Inside (Original Mix)
Kentaro Takizawa - Make it Right (Album Version)
Halal Sol - Contusion
Kim Anh - House of Virgo
Monkey Timers, Lisa Tomlins - That’s The Kind of Love I’ve Got for You
Diana Ross, David Morales, Satoshi Tomiie - Upside Down (93’ Remix)
The Juan Maclean - Happy House
Mar Vista - Distopia 88’
Kim Ann Foxman - Creature (KAF Remix)
Mr. Ho - 000 Baby (Om Unit Remix)
Kuniyuki Takahashi - Storm (Instrumental Version)

East & Most May Market - May 16, 2024

Flowing through a landscape of organic sounds, dubby bass lines and deep textural rhythms. All tracks produced by East and Southeast Asian-diasporic artists.

Jin Synth - Dreams
Aili - Gari Gari
Gem Wallow - WAnoWA
Lim Giong - View
Susumu Yokota - Deformed Pearl
Chromeo -  'Roni Got Me Stressed Out  (Closet Yi Remix)
Stones Taro - Prawn Burrow
Ciel - Hide
B E N N - Oioi
Sam Goku - Walking Drums
Bézier - Negative Velocity
Knopha - Gym B
Polygonia - Signo 
Zimo - The Birds Await At The Hollow Spider Tunnels
Mr. Ho - Mind Pollution
JiaLing - Awakening

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