Prepare yourself for a dubby and cosmic ecclectic ride from Milano to Berlin! Following the steps of Milano-born Nicolas aka Nelson Of The East @nelsonoftheeast to his current residence we enjoy the sight in various tempi and moods - but always on point. Thanks a lot for this trip!!!

A Step On The Map (2025, Guest Mix)

This mix pulls together a wide range of material from Japan’s underground between the 1980s and 1990s and focuses on lesser-known and largely forgotten corners of its music scenes across two decades. Pulled from cassettes, privately pressed LPs, demos and worn flexi-discs, the mix moves mostly through DIY avant-garde music and things that don’t really fit anywhere at all. 
 
It’s the sound‑scape of neon‑lit backstreets, late‑night imagination and hidden creativity. A celebration of Japan’s unsung pioneers who never rose to fame yet left indelible imprints in tape loops and DIY pressings. The title refers to that space just out of view, beyond what was documented or preserved, music made outside the spotlight but still full of intention and invention.
 
You’ll hear work from artists like Silent Pulse, Be-2, Normal Brain, K. Yoshimatu, Ayuo Takahashi, and Chance Operation, alongside anonymous or pseudonymous projects like The Husband, Speaking Furniture, and Flare. Some pieces are meditative and sparse, others more chaotic and intense, but all sit just outside of easy categorisation. 
 
The black-and-white cutout of the artists in the artwork captures Peters - also known as The Peaters - a duo formed in Osaka in 1985 by Peter Hayashi and Chaka Kajiyama. Their off-kilter synth pop mirrored the British wave of the era, but filtered through a warped lens all of their own.
 
There’s no attempt at chronology in this mix, more of a drift through mood and texture. Tracks fold into each other, fragments blur, and the medium itself (tape hiss, distortion, decay) becomes part of the atmosphere.

Tracklist can be found on the NTS archive.

NTS 'Doing Time' - Below The Neon: Japan's Underground 80's-90's

Carioca DJ and Producer Gaspar Muniz returns to the Private Pleasure show with host Private Panther for a fun b2b of festive house adjacent tunes with tropical splashes 

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Private Pleasure with Private Panther and Gaspar Muniz @ The Lot Radio 08-25-2025

Old friends and hapless mavericks Ivan Smagghe and Nathan Gregory Wilkins present a fortnightly window into their ramshackle musical world. A show with absolutely no rules (as they'd only break them). We love the unmixable, old & new. We are oddballs and we love you. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/channeling/episodes/channeling-26th-august-2025

Channeling w/ Nathan Gregory Wilkins 260825

Low, slow and sleazy sounds with babyschön, in the studio for the early afternoon shift...  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/soup-to-nuts-babyschon/episodes/soup-to-nuts-babyschon-28th-august-2025

Soup To Nuts w/ babyschön 280825

Optimo is JG Wilkes & JD Twitch; record label, and longstanding Glaswegian party. You can expect a lot from their new monthly slot, sure to dig up some obscurities from post-punk, new wave, EBM, house and techno. Bags of unreleased stuff, too. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/optimo/episodes/optimo-2nd-september-2025

Optimo w/ Spritz Editions 020925

Amsterdam selector Orpheu The Wizard connects oddball and straight forward jams from different decades and different record shelves in a monthly show.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/orpheu-the-wizard/episodes/orpheu-the-wizard-5th-september-2025

Orpheu The Wizard 050925

Drawn into a profound state of reflection by Loveshadow (@loveshadowdjs), the DIY pop project of Californians Anya Prisk and Izaak Schlossman, who have been recording and DJing together since 2017, united by their love of 80s sounds and around the time Fake Rolex came to life, we welcome you to another mesmerizing mix from one of our favorite duos.

Artwork x Isidora Amenábar.

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