BLANK STATE PODCAST 17 / MITSUYAS

With a career spanning three decades as a DJ and producer, James Dean Brown has more than one story to tell. Growing up in Frankfurt in the early 1980s, he formed a small group of aspiring electronic musicians alongside now established names such as Uwe Schmidt (atomTM), Tobias Freund (Tobias) and Martin Schopf (Dandy Jack). At a time when Techno was yet to be created, they produced and released their precursory experiments in pure DIY fashion, armed with nothing but all sorts of drum machines, cassette decks and unrestrained creativity. Through his Hypnobeat alias, founded with Pietro Insipido in 1983, James Dean Brown produced a handful of self-released cassettes that integrated early elements of contemporary club music, following the ethos of reducing electronics to the hypnotic rhythm core.

Some years later in 1996, James Dean Brown formed a new project called Narcotic Syntax, as an evolution from Hypnobeat. Through mutual friends he happened to meet Thomas Franzmann and Markus Nikolai at the same time, who went on to found the highly influential Perlon imprint in 1997. The immediate result of this new friendship was Narcotic Syntax’s debut EP “Ultravolta”, one of Perlon’s first releases, co-produced by James Dean Brown and Zip. This record, among a few others from the label’s early output, would pave the way to the sound Perlon is known for today. Narcotic Syntax evolved further when Yapacc joined the project in 2003, leading to a string of releases on Perlon and other labels, including genre-bending collaborations with singer Robert Conroy and guitarist Achim Treu.

James Dean Brown is also an incredible DJ with a wide musical knowledge, who learned his craft from some of the very best in the field, such as Ricardo Villalobos. Mixing genres with flawless precision, his sets are a unique blend of obscurities from his ever-expanding vinyl collection. His storytelling skills are beautifully showcased in the mix he sent us for the first of our series, recorded live at Club der Visionaere in Berlin. And to dig a bit deeper while listening to his set, we asked James Dean Brown a few questions about his creative vision, his relationship with music and the defining moments of his career…

Read the full story: https://early-reflections.com/mixes/james-dean-brown/

@james-dean-brown

ER Podcast 1 | James Dean Brown

I think it was deleted from youtube so thought I would park this low tempo pandemic session for the fantastic @TheMuddShow streaming series here. Really enjoyed it despite being very hungover from a friend's birthday boat party in Berlin the day before :D

Clovis - The MUDD Show @ Hoppetosse June 24th 2020

We are excited to welcome our friend from Japan, the Groove Maestro as our first podcast runner. Enjoy the ride with us with SCHËLK.FM 001 by AOKI takamasa.

SCHËLK.FM 001 // AOKI takamasa

@soichi
https://on.soundcloud.com/FT8kY

2023.04.22
ニューヨークのクラブシーンの最重要party、ResoluteのレジデントMaksimをゲストに迎え大阪Upsidedownで自身が開催したINTANGEBLE MATTERでのオープニングセットを録音したものです。

This is a live recording of the opening set at INTANGEBLE MATTER, which he held at Upsidedown in Osaka with Maksim as a guest.

-track list-
Mouse On The Keys – Stars Down (So Inagawa Remixes)
  Alex & Digby  - Hedium  
Unknown Artist (RAL 6019) - If
 Ricardo Villalobos & Fumiya Tanaka - Fumiyandric 1
  Dubtil - Epilogue
  Dubtil - Altă Schemă
  Micawber - De Jure  
Rhadoo - Geemac
  Ztrl – Astrac

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Home DJ MIX with vinyls.
This MIX and live rec video is also on my Youtube channel.
Mixer - Rodec MX180 mk3
Mastering by Yuhara (Studio You)
Thanks.

October 2023 DJ MIX

Recorded live on 2024.1.20 at Bar Cauliflower Osaka

2024 1 20 魔法と科学 kohei - Opening Set

It would come as no surprise if we said (as we have before) that the Japanese are known for being proper crate diggers, their record shops are like heaven on earth (as their country and people) plus their technique is extremely precise and disciplined, as they are. Our journey through Japan was the highlight of Toi Toi's 5 months world tour, here is a fine piece of it. 

Kabuto is a resident Dj of the Cabaret parties in Japan. For those that remember, Kabuto graced our decks at the afterparty of our Daniel Bell / Steve O'Sullivan party one year ago. It is with great pleasure on our last visit to Japan, following his outstanding set at DOMMUNE﻿ just before Voigtmann,﻿ we asked him to take part on our mix series. Enjoy it. <3
Soundcloud:  https://soundcloud.com/kabuto
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/noriaki.kabuto
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kabutooo
RA: http://jp.residentadvisor.net/dj/kabuto

Cabaret Recordings
FB: https://www.facebook.com/cabaret365
SC: https://soundcloud.com/hauznated

Full Mix Series: http://www.toitoimusik.co.uk/mix-series

Toi.Toi.Musik Mix Series 05 by Kabuto (Cabaret / Lair - Japan)

RADIO.D59B / SUNDAY DRIPPIN’ w/ Limbo

Chuang Tzu was a philosopher in ancient China, who, one night went to sleep and dreamed that he was a butterfly. He dreamt that he was flying around from flower to flower and while he was dreaming he felt free, blown about by the breeze hither and thither. He was quite sure that he was a butterfly. But when he awoke he realised that he had just been dreaming, and that he was really Chuang Tzu dreaming he was a butterfly. But then Chuang Tzu asked himself the following question: "was I Chuang Tzu dreaming I was a butterfly or am I now really a butterfly dreaming that I am Chuang Tzu?"

miss you

For the 55th edition in the series we turn to Barbara Preisinger for a deep and soothing selection of deep house fuelled grooves.
Since moving from Munich in the late 90s Barbara has been an integral part of the Berlin club scene. From forming the label ̃scape, together with Stefan Betke aka Pole, to her respected Slices of Life imprint that has seen releases from the likes of Mike Huckaby, John Tejada and The Mole , it is clear that she has a discerning ear for high quality music. 
As well as taking her sound across the globe Barbara runs the event series DEEP IN THE BOX which has hosted regular parties at Berlin ́s Club der Visionäre, Wilde Renate, Ipse and for the last five years has been hosting bi-monthly parties at the legendary TRESOR.
Enjoy the mix!


Further info:
https://soundcloud.com/barbara-preisinger http://www.slicesoflife.de http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/barbarapreisinger http://www.facebook.com/pages/Barbara-Preisinger/172467466369 https://www.instagram.com/barbarapreisinger_slicesoflife/ https://www.facebook.com/DeepInTheBox/

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