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

2023.6.5 Aoyama Zero

Tornado Wallace B2B Yamarchy aka "Tiger Brothers" - MITSUKI 4:30-7:00

Dreaming 037 to 040 are a series of recording from special joint party "NIAGARA x MOLDIVE" held at NOON, Osaka on September 15, 2024.
The third part, three hours long set is by Elevator.
ffan (Nyapi, Seoul) and yamarchy (Mitsuki, Tokyo) made their debut as a limited duo "Elevator" in Osaka. Such an elevation...or what a sensation! Please get in, and see how higher (and deeper) they will take you.

@ffan @yamarchy-ymd

Mastering by @dj-guchi-link

DREAMING 039 : Elevator (ffan & Yamarchy) - NIAGARA x MOLDIVE@NOON 2AM-5AM, 15 Sep 2024

Dreaming 037 to 040 are a series of recording from special joint party "NIAGARA x MOLDIVE" held at NOON, Osaka on September 15, 2024.
The last part is by AKIHIRO from "NIAGARA".

@akhrk

Mastering by @dj-guchi-link

DREAMING 040 : AKIHIRO - NIAGARA x MOLDIVE@NOON 5AM-7AM, 15 Sep 2024

LOOSEJOINTS RADIO #020
Chillin' with LOOSEJOINTS 　　　　　　　　
"Tomorrow Never Knows" mix 　　　　
by 鏡民 / Kyomi

鏡民 【Kyomi】

東京最深部のさらに奥、最もドープかつ音楽的なダンスシーンを拠点に、全国津々浦々、様々な場所で活動するDJ。ジャンルの枠におさまらないエクスペリメンタルな選曲は、空間と自身の感覚を震わせ、実験的かつ快楽的なセットとしてダンスフロアに紡ぎ出される。瞑想的なセットから熱狂をまとめ上げるような躍動的なセットまで、知性と野生が混ざるオルタナティブなシグニチャーサウンドで、異世界へと誘う。
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LOOSEJOINTS RAIDO #20 Tomorrow Never Knows mix by KYOMI

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Magician On Duty proudly presents Losers Arcade, the mesmerizing new EP from NUVEM (@nuvemduo), a live electronic duo whose evocative blend of darkness and beauty has been quietly reshaping the contours of the underground scene.

Formed in 2022 by Maya Gonçalves (FR/PT) and Dario Esposito (IT), NUVEM has been traversing Europe’s creative hubs—France, Italy, and Germany—collecting fragments of emotion, rhythm, and texture to craft a sound that moves fluidly between dancefloor melancholy and dark indie dance. Their music merges somber synths, pulsing basslines, and ethereal vocals, weaving intimate narratives that feel both cinematic and visceral.

Their latest offering, Losers Arcade, unfolds like a nocturnal odyssey through shadow and light. The title track welcomes listeners into a dark, hypnotic atmosphere—a dimly lit club where haunting vocals echo among writhing silhouettes, carried by monumental synths and a magnetic sense of tension.

The journey continues with 13, a ritualistic, dark disco invocation. Driven by wild percussions and a spellbinding groove, the track conjures an almost supernatural energy—whispers of witchcraft layered atop a hypnotic bassline, inviting the listener to surrender to its mysterious rhythm.

With Losers Arcade, NUVEM confirms their place among the most compelling new voices in live electronic music—a duo unafraid to merge emotion with edge, and melody with mysticism.

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Cocktail D' Amour XL Party 5 Dec 2015
@Griessmuehle , Berlin
Chida (Ene Records, Tokyo)
Jonathan Kusuma (Cocktail d'Amore Music, I'm a Cliché, Jakarta)
Komodo - Akamady Records (Cocktail d'Amore Music, Ene, Jakarta)
Cosmic Metal Mother aka Paolo Di Nola (Panacustica, Berlin)
Av Skardi (BRU/T, Berlin)
Di Venere (Maximum Joy, Berlin)
CockTail d'Amore Sound Machine
*** TIMETABLE ***
MAIN ROOM
00:00 - 04:00 Komodo
04:00 - 08:00 Jonathan Kusuma
08:00 - 13:30 Chida
COSMIC-HOLE
02:00 - 06:00 Cosmic Metal Mother
06:00 - 10:00 Av Skardi
WINTERGARTEN
11:00 - 16:00 Trent-Budino-Dama aka Oscillator Bongos Bang
16:00 - 22:00 Di Venere

CHIDA At CockTail D'Amore  Sun.6thDec.2015 Pt.3(11 00 - 13 30)

Live recorded at Mitsuki Tokyo on Sat/08/08/2020.

Play list is here
https://mitsuki-tokyo.com/radio/chida/

Mitsuki
https://mitsuki-tokyo.com/

2023.6.5 Aoyama Zero

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