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Techno Set Live Mix on Modulation Now! at Chika Ikkai 2023.04.15

Live rec(DREAMESCAPE closing set)

BOW（ZUNDOKO DISCO）
東北会津出身、現在は東京を拠点に活動するDJ。自他共に認めるレコード好きでもあり、長年のアーカイブからセレクトされる楽曲は、週末のフロアに集まるダンサーに向けたタフなグルーヴはもとより、チルアウトヒーリングにおけるセットまで一貫した陶酔感を感じさせる。SISINOBUとのオーガナイザー兼DJデュオ「ZUNDOKO DISCO」のメンバーとしても知られており、TECHNOやDnBサウンドを横断するそのグレイエリアなセットは、都内を中心としたクラブやアフターアワーズパーティーにて耳の肥えた音楽好きを唸らせている。

A native of Aizu, Tohoku, and now a Tokyo-based DJ, he is a record lover, and his music selections from the archives over the years have a consistently intoxicating feel, from tough grooves for the weekend dancers on the floor to chill-out healing sets. He is also known as a member of ZUNDOKO DISCO, an organizer and DJ duo with SISINOBU, whose grey-area sets that cross TECHNO and DnB sounds have been roaring through clubs and after-hours parties in Tokyo and other parts of Japan to the ears of discerning music lovers.

BOW - NOTO

For the 46th edition, we have P-YAN, a member of A.S.F, notable as a record label too. An extract from his recorded live at their memorable party held at WOMB on March 29, this piece condenses deep and spacey 303 bubbling electro/house with his own approach, and gradually builds you up and take you there, with repeated tension and relief. Give it a listen.

@p-yan-9

DREAMING 046 : P-YAN - A.S.F. @ WOMB Mar 2025

A clinic in minimal from the elusive Acting Press boss. 

Why do certain sounds cultivate a cult following? Simply put, it's often because they resist easy consumption. PLO Man and his imprint Acting Press lean into this. 

Searching for the Berlin-based DJ and producer, you won’t find much online presence, interviews or conventional PR. What you will find, if you look hard enough, is a catalogue of records and mixes with a kind of tape hiss charm (a spiritual successor to Basic Channel and Chain Reaction, but scuzzier and lighter on its feet).

Founded in 2015, Acting Press once seemed to belong to the short-lived "outsider house" trend, but is now synonymous with a certain strain of modern minimal, one that is analogue, spacious and pointedly opaque. PLO Man's output is equally sparse by design: this week, he joins the RA Podcast with a characteristically elusive style, accompanying the near two-hour mix is a one-answer Q&A that gives almost nothing away.

Stripped-back, ever-so-slightly sleazy and coated in dust, PLO Man's RA Podcast continues that lineage in style. Opening with the featherlight microhouse of Margaret Dygas, RA.988 unfolds into a carefully curated spectrum of minimal, dub and deep techno. Among familiar names—look out for the blinding Rhythm & Sound and Moodymann blend—are deep cuts and left turns alongside the odd outlier, like lovers' rock pioneer Gregory Isaacs.

Like the best of his forebears, PLO Man wants RA.988 to take time for you to settle in. But once you do, you won’t want to leave. 

@p_el_oh

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/988

RA.988 PLO Man

Live at 42 -Towwy- Beat Connection, Sep 6th 2025

#46
- Autumn envelops -
by Kaoru Inoue @kaoru324

In mid-September in 2025, a new facility opened in Tokyo, and I was commissioned to create the background music for several common areas on one of its floors. It was the largest music production project I’ve taken on so far. One of the spaces is equipped with an immersive audio system, where multi-track sound files were installed to work with a custom acoustic design and a multi-channel speaker setup.
I dedicated roughly the first half of 2025 to this project. Although the process had its challenges, it became an invaluable experience—offering me a rare opportunity to reconsider, in my own way, how environmental and ambient music can function in contemporary and public spaces. This mix is built around tracks I referenced during the production period, along with other pieces I explored in the process.

先日9月中旬にオープンした都内某施設の一部フロアの共用部分数カ所で流れるBGMを制作した。音楽制作の仕事でここまで大型のものを受けたのは初めてで、さらにそのうちの1カ所はいわゆるイマーシブ・オーディオのシステムが入っており、独自の音響設計に従って配置されたマルチ・チャンネル・スピーカーに対応するようマルチ・トラックの音源がインストールされている。
2025年、今年前半の約半年をこの制作に捧げたわけだが、困難な行程も得難い体験となり、また環境音楽やアンビエント・ミュージックについて現代的・公共空間的に（自分なりに）再考する又と無い機会となった。今回のミックスはこの制作期間に参照した楽曲と、それに伴い掘っていた曲達を軸に構成した。

- Track list -
01. Ruth Happel - Echo Pond
02. Gunther Pohl & Clifford Lantaff - Jolivet: Alla Rustica
03. Bernard Fort - Kenya: Masai mara, de nuit au mois d'août
04. Francesco Messina - Untitled
05. Peter Mumme - Eucalypt
06. David Bowie - Moss Garden
07. Harold Budd & Hector Zazou - And Then She Stepped Aside
08. Mette Henriette - Drifting
09. Jakob Bro - Mar del plata
10. Salamanda - Melting Hazard
11. Pauline Anna Strom - Small Reptiles on the Forest Floor
12. Kaoru Inoue - Mizukumi [Minotaur Inst. Edition]
13. 向後隆 - 水礼拝
14. Josiah Steinbrick - Full Bloom
15. Michael Torke - Bloom 1, Night
16. Uakti - Xentitemento Mu Puli (My Little Bird In Foreign Lands)
17. Lou Harrison - Fugue For Percussion
18. Ryo - Thai Stalk
19. Asa Tone & Ariel Karma - 28°35'S 153°22'E
20. Macie Stewart - What Fills You Up Won't Leave an Empty Cup
21. Terry Plumeri - Water Garden
22. Solange - Things I Imagined

- Selector -
Kaoru Inoue @kaoru324

Kaoru Inoue is a DJ and musician. After gaining experience as a guitarist in a band, he immersed himself in DJ culture following the rise of Acid Jazz in 1989. In 1994, he released his first track under the name Chari Chari. Since then, he has released and remixed music under his own name and various aliases on labels both in Japan and abroad.

As a DJ, he has performed at venues ranging from small clubs to large outdoor rave parties and beyond. In recent years, his DJ style—seamlessly connecting diverse sounds such as dance music, jazz, ambient, Balearic, and experimental—has earned widespread acclaim for its unique sense of aesthetics.


井上薫・DJ／音楽家。ギタリストとしてのバンド経験を経て89年Acid Jazzの洗礼と共にDJカルチャーに没入。94年にChari Chari名義で初の楽曲をリリース。以降、本名やその他様々な名義での楽曲リリース、リミックスを国内外のレーベルで手がけ、大小問わずクラブ、屋外レイヴ・パーティー、またその他様々な場でDJとして活動を続けてきた。近年はダンス・ミュージックに限らずジャズ、アンビエント、バレアリック、エクスペリメンタルなど様々な音楽を独自の審美眼で繋いでいくDJスタイルが好評を博している。
http://soundcloud.com/kaoru324
https://seedsandground.bandcamp.com
http://www.seedsandground.com

- Artwork -
www.instagram.com/loid0001/

#46 - Autumn envelops - by Kaoru Inoue

3h set [18:00 - 21:00] at Domestic Affairs
in Lichtenberg, Berlin - October 3rd, 2025

A-Tweed @ Domestic Affairs [Berlin, 03/10/25, 3h set]

Moment出演者たちの現場でのサウンドを解放するシリーズArchives!! 第19弾

初日のMain Floorを夕陽とともに紡いだLoeの2時間のセットをアーカイブ。 

ゆっくりと空が群青に染まり、 音と光が交わるその時間帯。Loeのグルーヴは柔らかくも芯があり、 フロアの静寂の色を見事に繋いでいった。 

あの日の余韻とともに、ぜひ体感してください。

For the 19th installment of Moment's Archives series, we are incredibly proud to bring you the 2-hour-long set Osaka's Loe, from the first day of this year's festival.

Against the background of the slowly shifting colors of the twilight hour, Loe created a groove that perfectly bridged the day and night, her track selection beautifully matching the interplay of fading light and deepening shadow.

Relive that evening’s lingering atmosphere and immerse yourself once again in the opening hours of this year's Moment.

@loe_spectrum

Techno Set Live Mix on Modulation Now! at Chika Ikkai 2023.04.15

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