Willkommen to WOBBLETHEM: a monthly excursion exploring the deeper shades of dance.
Plug yourself into the mainframe and join brothers in body music Karl Halliday and Michael Pharoah on a sonic journey traversing dubbed out downtempo, low-slung machine funk, sinister earworms, and seductive grooves, as they cast their torches into the shadows in search of the perfect beat.

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A man who needs little introduction in pure record loving circles, Norio Sato is the force behind Rare Groove record store in Osaka. Norio's dedication to music of almost all genres is deep and methodically insightful, his mixes have been inspiring references to us at Sound Metaphors for a while now, so to be able to share this one is a proper delicacy for us. 

In his words: "This time, I made a mix of my friend's tracks from Japan (Boogie, house and Nu disco ... etc) and a little bit of 90's and 2000's Japanese obscure breakbeats tracks.
I hope you like it."

On top of that, his generosity has gone as far as offering us a detailed track list and short description for each track with links to find the record...proper record store owner academic approach to sharing music - big thanks to Norio for this one <3 <3 <3

1.Longing Time inst. - MASASHI (2021)*He is a student of the popular music department of Osaka University of Arts. He liked City Pop and used to go to my store. Not released on his original track.This is vo.ver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_kTrCS0k6M

2.Transistor Lover (XL Middleton Remix) - Milk Talk (2022) American guy and Japanese female vo.duo in Japan https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/2661764-Milk-Talk-Transistor-Lover

3.2 Dimentional Pagoda (Indopepsychics Remix) - Water Melon (1999) Japanese dub! also known as Water Melon Group. https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/179450-Water-Melon-Ruta-De-Evacuacion

4.海 Weed / Umi, Weed - 7FO (2022) Osaka-based producer.https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/23258726-7Fo-%E8%98%AD-%E8%8C%AB%E5%A4%A9-Ran-Bouten

5.Kakerahanabi - Takuwan (2002) Unknown Japanese producer. pick uped Japanese break beats compilation.https://raregroove.jp/products/v-a-breath-of-chain-e-p

6.Sky Island - Coastlines (2022) Japanese house producer duo https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/23173277-Coastlines-Coastlines-2

7.Cosmic Sea - 感応式 (KANNOUSHIKI) (2022) private press Psychedelic disco dub in Numazu city,Shizuoka https://raregroove.jp/products/kannoushiki-cosmic-sea

8.Knave - Shu Suzuki(2019) Japanese boogie producer in Nara. his unreleased track https://soundcloud.com/shu-suzuki-137033991

9.Hologrammatic Waveforms - Anton Vegel(2022) house producer in Nagoya city https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/21649702-Various-Various-III

10.waterskipps (Eden Burns Remix) - Mayurashka (2022) house producer in Tokyo https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/22017598-Mayurashka-waterskipps

11.SPECIAL DANCE FLOOR MIX -Feat. WATER a.k.a. マリヲ - Hankyovain (2022) house producer in Osaka private press https://raregroove.jp/products/hankyovain

Listen carefully!

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 10 : Norio Sato

The breezy sound of the Canadian Riviera, from Mood Hut's Pender Street Steppers.

https://www.nts.live/shows/pender-street-steppers/episodes/pender-street-steppers-7th-march-2023

Pender Street Steppers w/ DJ Frog 070323

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wobblethem #04: mnml mix

Downtempo oddities, askew rhythms and bass heavy excursions transport us to the sway-state in the latest Off-Kilter mix, served to us by one of Bristol’s finest and most respected DJs, Farrell. 

The tracks in this mix reflect the Downtempo, Dub and Techno adjacent sound that remains at the forefront of Bristol long running Sunday session, Under Heavy Manners; slow in speed yet blissed with energy and weaved together with precision.

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A vital tenet in Bristol’s ecosystem of parties and records, Chris Farrell has spent most of his life channelling the right music to the right people and places. His role behind the counter of some of the city’s most legendary record shops has kept him close to club music’s ever-evolving frontiers, all the while amassing the particular sounds which fit his own exacting tastes.

His long-established record shop and label Idle Hands served to join the dots between all kinds of scenes and sub-genres within and outside of Bristol, but the establishment of new label Devil’s Work points to a more focused platform reflecting the music Farrell stitches together as a DJ. Genre tags are a fools errand, but what he reaches for in his particular path between techno, electro, breakbeat, house, garage, minimal and more is the attitude of rave - a particular way of working the tunes with fearless intent and keeping the energy up.

There’s a stripped-back, bass-loaded sensibility to his sound which chimes with Bristol’s soundsystem tradition and his prior work with Idle Hands, not to mention a deep love and knowledge of dub, but the music Farrell plays out is firmly fixed on moving forwards. Splitting the difference between brand new cuts, his own long-cultivated collection and the odd deeper dig from the 90s, the fundamental is physicality and that elusive quality which separates an average club track from an outstanding one.

Alongside steady club and festival appearances taking in respected top tier events and off-grid sessions alike, Farrell maintains a steady radio presence on Bristol stations SWU and Noods as a direct demonstration of where his sound is steered at any given time. With a life so steeped in seeking out and sharing music, Farrell’s authority comes without question, and his sets celebrate the links between the freshest tunes and the past three decades of dance music culture.

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OK025 - Farrell

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Special crossover episode with Jonny Mons. Phil Cho & Russell Alexander share monthly recordings from their hilltop soundsystem in Echo Park, California. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/tuff-shed/episodes/tuff-shed-30th-july-2024

Tuff Mons (Tuff Shed x Jonny Mons) 300724

Rinse FM Podcast

rRoxymore - 11 September 2024

Wake up with NTS... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/breakfast/episodes/breakfast-prosumer-11th-october-2024

The NTS Breakfast Show w/ Prosumer 111024

wobblethem #09 - downtempo mix

Ben's Wrongplace - 22.11.24

The mix was inspired by the recent set with Jane Fitz at Capricho, lots of trippy, wobbly tracks that send you into a spiral and a focus on more percussive and organic tribal rhythms

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Office Dance (18/04/25)

The Berlin-based Brit shows off some gems from his record collection.

Download: https://www.xlr8r.com/podcasts/2017/02/podcast-478-bruno-schmidt/

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