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…

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2nd single from David's forthcoming album VĪS - releasing October 6th.

Mixing by David August & Francesco Donadello
Additional Mixing by Anne Taegert
Mastering by Kassian Troyer

DAVID AUGUST - FLORA

1. Intro - Hotline Intro (Psycho mix)
2. Efix & Allison - Happy ( cover )
3.Efix - Mad World
4.Fink - Move On Me (Marcus Worgull Edit)
5.Sucre Sale - She's Like The Wind (Nicone & Sascha Braemer 
Remix)
5. Henrik Schwarz - Unknown Touch Two
6. Ten Walls - Requiem
7.Johnny Cash - Hurt (Die Höhenregler Remix) 
8. Paul Simon - Diamonds on the Souls of her Shoes
9. DD v GP_Good Feeling (Moodymanc's Balaphonic Booty) 
10. Guts - brand new revolution (The Tailors remix)
11.Alexander Koning - Jamaican Summer (Original Mix)
12.Tracy Chapman  - Give Me One Reason (The Tailors Djs Remix)
13. Wankelmut - Wood & Wine
14. Hess is More - YESS BOSS ( serge devant remix) 
15. Tell You (Original Mix)- Nhan Solo   
16. Bonnie & Klein - Bell Dreams
17.Frederick - I'm still




Jon Sa Trinxa .Part 3. Sa Trinxa Live Mix - 20 .8. 2014.

Tracklist:
1. Vangelis Papathanassiou - Sunny Earth
2. Safa, Mhamad Safa - Proto-Ismael
3. Valentina Magaletti - A Queer Anthology of Drums
4. Música Esporádica - Meciendo El Engaño
5. Mariá Portugal - Telepatía
6. Andreas Vollenweider - Lunar Pond 
7. Alejandro Jodorowsky - Tarot Reading
8. Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors - Totem
9. Roberto Musci - Back Railway To
10. Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2267070
11. IONOI #20 14/04/2021 - Veneto
12. Seekersinternational - Side A
13. Inner Space - Bobby Lyle
14. Lonnie Liston Smith, The Cosmic Echoes - Visions of a New Word (Phase I)
15. Georges I. Gurdjieff - Sacred Hymns
16. VISIO - angelo ribelle
17. Sushma Soma - Grief
18. Ulla - for your love
19. Young Guru - On Creativity 
20. Hazrat Inyhat Kahn - Dedication of the Universel
21. TSVI, Seven Orbits - Astral Projection
22. Soundwalk Collective - Half Of Life
23. John Rocca - Reflections of the Sun
24. Mike Midnight - No Angels-ICU ft. 3NDLES5
25. OMAAR - Drumplate (DJ Plead Remix)
26. Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Tutankhamun
27. Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu - Love And Death
28. Elysian Spring - 7th Sea
29. Torozebu - Runaway
30. ssaliva - jazz
31. Maxwell Sterling - Fake Intimacy
32. Michel Banabila - MltVz 5
33. Untitled - Untitled 
34. Michel Banabila - Balafon Dub
35. Soho Rezanejad - Uplifter (Internazionale Red Lights Remix) 
36. The United States Of America Love Song For The Dead Che
37. Christina Pluhar, Nahuel Pennisi - O eterno (Orfeo)

NTS RADIO - VĪS SPECIAL - 04.10.2023

Recently I mentioned that I had a cassette tape from over 40 years ago when The Takahashi Band of 82 made a demo track for a potential TV commercial. The track was only worked on for a day or two and then abandoned. I think we all had a busy year and for whatever reason this recording was discarded.

I also talked about sharing the recording one day just for nostalgic reasons, however the mix was a very basic end-of-day progress mix and no vocal part was conceived. Sharing it in this form would not do the potential of the work any justice.

The track began with chords and synths that Yukihiro Takahashi recorded, the basic building blocks of his composition. I added the drum part. Having been intensively rehearsing and performing Takahashi material this triggered a distinct blend of my own style as might appear on tracks such as 'The Art of Parties' and Yukihiro's style on tracks such as 'Glass'. Haruomi Hosono added his brilliance on bass, as well as Masami Tsuchiya overlaying guitar parts and Hajime Tachibana adding a saxophone solo.

Fast forward over 40 years....
 
At the end of 2023 I sent the demo to singer/songwriter Marco Machera, someone I’ve collaborated with a few times in the past and whose vocal style I felt would compliment the music. Yukihiro also enjoyed Marco's music, including it on his own radio show. I asked Marco to consider adding a vocal which he was happy to do, also composing lyrics too.

I used an AI program to break down the stereo mix of the original cassette recording into individual tracks (this is a relatively new technology and although the quality struggled it allowed for a little bit more flexibility with the mixing and blending of new overdubs). The performed parts were retained, and to which I recorded some additional instrumentation as well as joining Marco on the chorus vocals. I made a new mix of the track. So what we have here is the finished piece: “Impossible Until It Happens”. 

Marco and I share this as an homage to Yukihiro who passed away this time last year and is greatly missed. We can feel the essence of Yukihiro's writing style in this track and we hope that you enjoy it.

Music by Yukihiro Takahashi / Song & Lyrics by Marco Machera

Yukihiro Takahashi - Keyboards
Haruomi Hosono - Electric Bass
Steve Jansen - Drums & Percussion, Additional Sequencers & Synthesisers, Chorus Vocals
Masami Tsuchiya - Electric Guitar
Hajime Tachibana - Saxophone
Marco Machera -  Lead Vocals, Samples, Additional Synthesiser
(for more information www.marcomachera.com)

Impossible Until It Happens

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Recorded August 13th 2020

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"TOMORROW IS FOREVER" - mixed by David August - August 13th 2020

My take on a ben monder arrangement of a classic song.

You Are My Sunshine (Ben Monder Arrangement)

Nishimoto is currently involved in many projects, ranging from soundtracks to gallery-
based sound installations. His unique style of guitar playing makes him both a much sought
after collaborator and mentor for a broad range of musical projects

After many years of living abroad, 
he returned to his homeland Japan, resides in Tokyo since March 2018.

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