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A rare treat recorded on a Sunday May 5th 2013 at the weekly 'Nouveau York' featuring long time friends: Dimitri from Paris and Alex from Tokyo. We were celebrating the fantastic 'Edo Pop' exhibition at the Japan Society Gallery. Enjoy the Japanese vibes! Artwork by Aiko. Enjoy!

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Alex From Tokyo B2B Dimitri From Paris @ Le Bain NYC / Edo Pop Exhibit (May 2013)

It was a great experience to DJ at the great Mini booth for 10 days at the Tokyo Motor Show 2013! Here is a special Dj mix I made illustrating Mini in music (UK, pop, happy, energy, dance music) prior to the Motor Show I just uploaded on my soundcloud. Enjoy!

10日間Tokyo Motor Show 2013で盛り上がっていたMiniのブースでのDjはとても良い経験でした! Motor Showの事前に作ったMiniを音楽で表す(UK, ポップ、ハッピー、エネルギー、ダンス・ミュージック)Dj mixをsoundcloudにアップしました。是非聴いてみて下さい!

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Alex from Tokyo - Live @ Tokyo Motor Show at Mini's Stand (Nov.2013)

DISIAC specializing in creating electronic music - a unique combination of different genres Rock, Funk, Ragamaapen, Break-Beat into one tight piece, supported SURF & FLOW guitars non Blunt. 

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Let's save and pray for Japan! This is a special mix recorded by Alex from Tokyo live from NYC dedicated to everybody in Japan!!

日本のために祈って、日本を助けましょう! NYCから日本の皆さんにAlex from Tokyoがお届けするライヴ録音スペシャルDJミックスです!!

Dj Alex from Tokyo-Pray for Japan mix (March 18th, 2011)

Something a little different on this weeks podcast as Discodromo take time out from recording underground electronic club music for labels such as Internasjonal to deliver a beatless selection especially for the lovers. If you find yourself in Berlin check out their CockTail D'Amore party, you can also find them playing regularly at Panorama Bar. Look out for the forthcoming 'Ten Years of Phonica' album which includes their track 'Boi'. Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream…

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Clandestino 025 - Discodromo / Valentin Especial

I am so happy to be celebrating my birthday this big week end in Berlin! The celebrations started already at midnight last night with Frank Wiedemann from AME, Sarah, Julie and friends. To thank you for all your support, here is my latest Live from Lower East Side podcast mix. Enjoy!

今週末Berlinで誕生日を祝うのがとても楽しみです! 昨日の夜の12時からAMEのFrank Wiedemann、Sarah, Julieと友達とお祝いしてます。誕生日祝いとして最新のLive from the Lower East Sideのpodcast mixを皆さんにお届けします。楽しんで下さい!

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Alex from Tokyo presents Live from the Lower East Side NYC podcast mix 03/2014 03 2014

Alex From Tokyo is back!
Thursday August 21 at The Block
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Alex From Tokyo Live @ The Block (Squat) 23.1.2014

Prins Thomas & Gerd Janson Live @ The Squat 27.2.2014

To warm you up for tomorrow's night party at The Block in Tel Aviv, Here is my Secret Life Music chill out 2014 summer mix I am posting on my soundcloud you can download for free! Enjoy

明日のTel AvivのThe Blockでのパーティに備えてSecret Life Music用に作ったchill out 2014 summerミックスをsoundcloundにアップしてフリーでダウンロードが出来ます! 楽しんで下さい。

Alex From Tokyo Presents - Summer 2014 Chill Out Mix For Secret Life Music

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Alex From Tokyo - AYLI W: Ben Klock, Efdemin, & Alex From Tokyo

A club mix I did for DJ.BROADCAST.NET prior to my gig at the Innervisions Party at Trouw Amsterdam on December 12/14/14. 

http://www.djbroadcast.fm/all/single/175/Alex_from_Tokyo_Black_Star_PreTrouw_Selection.html

Alex From Tokyo - Black Star Pre-Trouw Mix (11 2014)

Happy New Year from Woodstock! You can download below from my soundcloud my Live from the Lower East Side NYC 2014 mix podcast featuring lots of my favorite music from 2014. All my very best wishes for 2015!

Woodstockから新年明けましておめでとうございます! お気に入りの2014年の音源をフューチャしたLive from the Lower East Side NYC 2014 mix podcastをsoundcloudにアップしました。皆さんにとって素晴らしい年になるように心から願ってます。今年も宜しくお願いします!

Alex fromTokyo - Live From The Lower East Side NYC 2014 Mix

From the "Tokyo Black Star-Edo Express EP" (wf-002) to be released on vinyl in stores worldwide on November 2nd, 2015 through Complete USA

Paris-born, Tokyo-raised, New York-based international eclectic French DJ, music producer and sound designer Alex from Tokyo is very excited to announce the October 2015 launch of his record label "world famous" with a new Tokyo Black Star EP (the first release in three years)!

Working in harmony with music partner and sound/mastering engineer Isao Kumano in Tokyo, Alex from Tokyo formed Tokyo Black Star in 2000 while remixing Big Moses feat. Jan'elle's house classic "For you" for Kerri Chandler's label Bassmental records. Since then Tokyo Black Star has released five EPs including the first-ever release on high-profile Berlin label Innversions (the "Psyche Dance EP," 2005) and their full length debut album “Black Ships” (April 2009, also on Innervisions), an EP on DJ Deep’s Deeply Rooted House label and remixes for artists like Tony Allen (P-Vine records Japan, 1999), Carl Craig (Psyche “Neurotic Behavior” on Planet E, 2011), Phenomenal Handclap Band (Tummy Touch Records, 2013), Bing Ji Ling (Lovemonk), and Kuniyuki (mule music), and among others. 

Always looking for new challenges and sonic adventures, in the summer of 2010 the Tokyo Black Star duo were joined by top Japanese audio professionals at Isao’s studio in Tokyo, leading to the creation of a new “revolutionary” audio brand called phonon (www.phonon-inc.com), which makes exceptional pro-audio equipment for studio and DJ use. phonon has been getting lots of attention for their legendary studio monitoring headphones the SMB-02, and now, at the same time as the launch of the world famous label, phonon are releasing their brand new mobile hi-fi phonon 4000 headphones. The attention to detail shown in the production of these top class electronics is typical of the kind of the care and love Tokyo Black Star put into their productions and Alex from Tokyo displays in his much-respected always-joyous DJ sets around the world.

Tokyo Black Star's last release, in 2013, was a special musical contribution called "X"  for a unique celebratory 10th anniversary compilation for Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas fashion brand Y-3.  Alex from Tokyo co-directed the exclusive compilation which can be heard at www.Y-3.com/music. Early in 2014, Alex from Tokyo was chosen to compile Volume 10 of the great CD series "Originals" on the London label claremont 56. Shortly after, in the summer of 2014, Tokyo Black Star started to work again on some new original music with the help of their great musician/analog equipment otaku friend Kenichi Takagi. The collaboration was fruitful, leading to Kenichi san officially becoming the third Tokyo Black Star member, bringing along some of his favorite old, new and handmade (modular) synths into the mix.

The four different straight up house music club tracks here on the "Edo Express EP" showcase Alex from Tokyo's versatile and funky DJ style and come from a very special fun jam session that took place in January 2015 at Isao’s Tokyo Black Star and phonon studio with Kenichi. The stunning artwork for the release is done by long-time collaborator the very talented New York based Japanese artist Tomokazu Matsuyama, who has been creating the Tokyo Black Star visual identity since their first release on Innversions in 2005. Please note that this is the first release on world famous but the catalogue number is actually wf-002. 

Tokyo Black Star-Mitokomon

From the "Bing Ji Ling and Alex from Tokyo present..."(wf-003) to be released on vinyl in stores worldwide on March 21st, 2016 through Complete USA.

The multi-talented musician/producer Bing Ji Ling (www.bingjiling.com/Tummy Touch Records/Ubiquity Records/Lovemonk Records/Claremont 56) and DJ Alex from Tokyo (Tokyo Black Star)are very excited to share with you here as world famous' 2nd release(Bing Ji Ling and Alex from Tokyo present...(wf-003))a brand new, collaborative track “Not My Day”, that encapsulates their experience in New York, as well as their friendship. It’s been a few years in the making, but well worth the wait! Alex and Bing moved to New York around the same time, and met in a bar (filled with Loft heads) after one of David Mancuso’s Loft parties.  Bing recognized Alex’s voice from his weekly Shibuya FM radio show in Tokyo, and went up to introduce himself, being a fan. Turns out, they have many friends in common in New York, Tokyo, and beyond. They were instant friends; family. The track came out of several listening sessions from Bing’s basement studio in the East Village, where Alex shared some tracks he’d be digging, across a wide range of genres, eras, tempos, etc.. Everything was very easy, very natural…Back in Tokyo Alex and Isao bring their club vibe and remix the funky and groovy “Not My Day” into a magnifique electronic deep house anthem!

On the flip is Bing’s version of Lil Louis’ club classic “Lonely People” (selected by Gilles Peterson as one of his tracks of the year for his Worldwide Awards 2015) Alex has been playing non stop, providing along here his own DJ friendly Tokyo Black Star retouch club version. Bing’s version was originally recorded for his covers album called “Sunshine For Your Mind” that was first released in Japan on the label Rush Production. This album came about, after years of playing solo/acoustic covers with a looping pedal in Japan. Bing has since performed the song live in New York, London, and at Croatia’s Garden Festival with rave reviews! 

Bing Ji Ling and Alex now live just minutes from each other in New York City as well as the Catskills, and enjoy frequent meals, music and mountains. We hope you enjoy…Happy Spring!

Bing Ji Ling And Alex From Tokyo - Not My Day (Original Mix)

A special exclusive live bonus mix CD for the French electronic dance music magazine TSUGI 89 February 2016 issue 

Tracklisting:
1. Slope114-Truth is in love 
2. Tokyo Black Star -Mitokomon (world famous)
3. Fernando-Ride on [Dj Nature remix] (Futureboogie Recordings)
4. Brian Ring-Feel what you want (Running Back)
5. KW-Dance (Another One)
6. Alejandro Paz-Vayanse (Sanfuentes Records)
7. Soundspecies-Balafon Jam [original version] (Beauty & The Beat)
8. Arno E Mathieu-Despertar [Vakula Dub mix] (clima records)
9. Lord Of The Isles-Clearness of love (Permanent Vacation)

Alex From Tokyo presente Le Tsugi NYC To Edo Express Live Mix (TSUGI 89)

In the first week of September we’re heading to the beautiful scenery of Tisno, Croatia, to celebrate the first edition of Dekmantel Selectors. In the run up to the festival, we’ve launched a new temporary podcast-series where we invite ten of our selectors from the festival to dig deep in their unique collections. The idea behind the mix is to create a Time Document, focusing on a specific period of time with the artist being free in choosing this period. This period could in fact entail anything: a certain decennia, the time he or she fell in love, The Cold War, November ’92 – March ’93, or the rise of Nigerian music. It’s up to the Selectors to choose and tell us a story based on their music collection.

Our next mix in our series is served up by San Francisco based selector Solar, who speaks his own, beautiful language. Often leaning towards the more sci-fi, atmospheric, and acid-lined ends of the dance music spectrum, Solar is surely adept enough to steer the party any damn direction he well pleases—a talent which has seen the West Coast jock become a much more regular presence across the globe, while still managing to hold down the fort at the helm of his home city's famed Sunset Sound System parties. 

His jacking and yet mind-blowing Selectors Time Document-podcast covers an imaginary set, and is a dedication to his friends of Wicked Sound System. "This is an imaginary set sometime in the early nineties at a Wicked Sound System Full Moon Party. These were legendary parties in the early rave days here in San Francisco, and were a massive influence on me becoming a DJ and also, the beginning of Sunset Sound System. I heard most of the records within this mix from anyone of the Wicked DJ’s. Whether it was Jeno, Garth, Markie or Thomas Bullock, I was always blown away by there live sets or mixtape. Wicked are celebrating their 25 Year Lunar Boogie this year so this is dedicated to them!"

Selectors Podcast 003 - Solar

Paris born, Tokyo raised NYC based international eclectic french DJ, producer, sound designer and phonon International Representative.

Having lived in Tokyo more than 20 years since he was a kid, Alex developed into one of the strongest crossover DJ's in Tokyo in the 90s and also became a key person connecting the world and Japan (F Communications Japan representative, Mr.Bongo/Disorient Japan, Yellow Productions/Bossa Tres Jazz project co-ordinator etc.).

Alex has been active producing music under the name Tokyo Black Star since the late 90s in Tokyo with his partner Isao Kumano and now with their 3rd member Kenichi Takagi, releasing original material on the Berlin based label Innervisions (they released in April 2009 their first long-awaited album "Black Ships”) and remixing artists like Tony Allen, Carl Craig, Phenomenal Handclap Band, Kuniyuki and Bing Ji Ling etc. 

Alex still travels regularly to Japan every 3 months to play at his 18th year residency the Sunday afternoon party "Gallery" with Dj Nori, Kenji Hasegawa and Fukuba.

Always looking for new challenges and sonic adventures, the Tokyo Black Star duo started in 2010 a new audio brand called phonon (www.phonon-inc.com), which makes exceptional pro-audio equipment for studio and DJ use. 

To keep things exciting, Alex re-launched from NYC his own record label "world famous" in November 2015 with a new Tokyo Black Star “Edo Express EP” as the 1st release and “Bing Ji Ling & Alex from Tokyo present” as its 2nd release on March 21st, 2016. Tokyo Black Star is very excited to present this summer 2016 their new epic album “Fantasy Live 1999” on vinyl on June 20th, 2016 and on CD late August.

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http://www.soundcloud.com/alexfromtokyo/
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Mood Board Podcast Vol. 3 - Alex From Tokyo (Innervisions, World Famous, Tokyo Black Star)

Dj Alex from Tokyo live in the mix radio style on a beautiful early afternoon selecting some of his 2016 summer favorites on The Lot Radio in Greenpoint (Brooklyn, NYC) on July 22nd from 12 to 2pm!

AlexfromTokyo - TheLotRadio07:22:2016

A special 45mn mix I recorded live playing only vinyl at my friend's amazing audiophile DJ set up in New York in August 2016 available as a very limited bonus mix CD for the Japanese Disk Union club music shop to promote our new Tokyo Black Star "Fantasy Live 1999" (world famous) which came out in September 2016.

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