amazing selection. such a wonderful vibe. thank you a lot!

I've already heard this mix 3 times (1 on NTS, the rest on soundcloud) and never got bored out of it. 

listening this mix over and over again. just so great

It's a great pleasure to welcome Japanese electronic music stronghold Kaoru Inoue (@kaoru324), also known as Chari Chari and founder of the Seeds And Ground label, to the mix series. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Welcome on board of the series Kaoru. You're from Japan and are living in Tokyo. Do you find Tokyo, and Japan as whole, a positive place to be at as an artist?

KI: Tokyo is a fascinating city, full of crazy stimuli and exciting noise, but I don’t need it anymore as the years go by, especially after the pandemic. So now I feel like an outsider loving Tokyo and living a quiet life in its suburbs. I think it’s a positive place for artists in the sense that it’s still rich in nature and food, and the population is decreasing, despite having experienced the high economic growth and the high information society, but what we learned again after the pandemic is that government protection policies are fragile. 

MFM: Your musical output as a producer is quite large and rather versatile, from acoustic guitar sessions to more new age like soundscapes to broken beat and deep house. Where does this versatility come from? 

KI: I think it's because I've been deeply committed to music since my teens. From YMO to post-punk, ethnic, rare groove to deep house, I was already looking for and listening to music like a researcher from a young age. So I started DJing naturally as a way to mix and share my records, and my outputs could be a fusion of them. However, so to speak, I’ve been most influenced by the contextuality of House music, and when looking at everything from a bird’s eye view, I can say that my main interest is, in a word, in “Minimalism”.

MFM: Your music -regardless which moniker you use- sounds extremely organic, very earthly but also mystical and sacred. As if it was recorded far deep in nature amongst some indigenous tribe's ritual. Where does this signature sound come from, what are its origins?

KI: My early tunes were strongly influenced by the atmosphere of Bali & Java in Indonesia, where I used to visit in my twenties, and I think it still remains somewhere in me. I also have a cultural anthropological interest in folk or tribal music from all over the world, and I even am influenced by ecological ideas. (In recent years, I’ve been more into traditional & contemporary music from my own country than ever before.) I think that’s why it is.

MFM: Hence your own label's name Seeds And Ground too probably? 

KI: Indeed, and it’s a metaphor for sex and creation.

MFM: How about the instruments? There's guitar, lots and lots of percussion, marimba, field recordings, plenty chords too... Are you a trained musician and do you record all these parts yourself (with the real instruments)? 

KI: I had learnt to play piano as a child and taught myself to play guitar from the age of 13. However, after encountering DJ culture in my early twenties, I quit a band and didn’t play an instrument for a while. So I know a little more about harmony, chords and so on than the average DJ. I’ve also started to play the guitar again a little bit in a few projects since I started producing electronic music, but only in a very specific way. I’ve also recorded with many different musicians so far.

MFM: So, what can you tell about the mix you've made? Did you record it with a certain vibe or theme or purpose in mind?

KI: It’s a rethinking of “New Age”ish or “Obscure”ish music, past and present. Some Japanese music from the 80s and 90s has also been included with respect to Eiji & Norio who compiled “Heisei No Oto”. And two of my recent tracks as Chari Chari are also included.

MFM: By the way, by the look of your shirt you're a Jodorowsky fan? :)

KI: I look up to Jodorowsky as my mentor, especially after reading his autobiography. I got this shirt as a return from the Endless Poetry crowdfunding campaign.

MFM Mix 034: Kaoru Inoue

Feb, 2010

Mix originally for http://noncollective.com/

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This month Carhartt WIP radio features renowned radio host, label founder, and record curator Michael Kucyk from Melbourne, Australia. Kucyk rose to prominence in 2005 via independent Melbourne radio station 3rrr.fm, where he debuted his show Noise In My Head. The show later moved to NTS Radio, before evolving 2015 into what is now the @efficientspace, a reissue label committed to releasing rare and obscure music from Australia, covering everything from post-punk to folk and avant-pop.
 
The mix that Kucyk created for this month’s episode reflects the label’s wide and diverse catalog, featuring early influential releases, album closers, and often-overlooked gems. Read an accompanying interview with Kucyk, who reveals the story behind the label’s name, the importance of amplifying Melbourne’s musical and cultural history, and why you should never ask for guestlist. Visit www.carhartt-wip.com/journal/music.

tracklist:

1. Once - Joanna
2. The Superwomen - Lowlands
3. Carroll - The Boy Called Billy Joe
4. Tresa Leigh - I Miss You
5. Soft Location - Let The Moon Get Into It
6. Pel Mel - Fool's House
7. Moral Fibro - Take A Walk In The Sun
8. Wrong Kind Of Stoneage - Ravi Dubbi
9. Andy Rantzen - Will I Dream
10. Andy Rantzen - Fantasy Dub
11. Jeff Dread - Blazing Face
12. YL Hooi - Prince S Version
13. The Frenzied Bricks - Entropy
14. Braden Schlager - King of Comedy
15. Bellydance - 3 Days Man! (3AM Mix)
16. Waak Waak Djungi - White Cockatoo
17. Steve Hiett - More Rain In The Woods
18. Maria Kovic & The MK Sound - Trust Me
19. Slapp Happy - It Is You
20. Wilson Tanner - All Hands Bury the Dead

www.carhartt-wip.com/journals/music/radio/2023/11/label-feature-efficient-space

Carhartt WIP Radio November 2023: Efficient Space

Irregular extra special shows from the world of Melbourne reissue label Efficient Space.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/efficient-space/episodes/efficient-space-14th-november-2023

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Organic Music w/ Chee Shimizu(@OrganicChee) & Tsukasa Ito - 20th Dec 2017 - NTS Radio

Organic Music w/ Chee Shimizu(NTS Radio) : https://goo.gl/34xjSb
Organic Music Tokyo : https://goo.gl/7axsPM

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