Test Post to see if Dropbox link works…
[[[Side A]]]
Cluster - Sowiesoso (So Not So So)
Chris & Cosey - Walking Through Heaven
Limonious - Swedish Pommak
Clara Mondshine - Landung Bei Vollmond
Tom Cameron - Balsa
Delia Derbyshire - Quest
Paul Beaver & Bernard L. Krause - Dr Fox
The Residents - Constantinople
Gorilla Aktiv - Suono Seguito
Haruomi Hosono - Sports Men
Sadistic Mika Band - Hi Jack (I’m Just Dying)
Old School J-pop Vol II
It’s been a while, folks!
The last mix was good fun, so on a lazy Sunday morning, I put together this playlist of some more favourites from the 50s - 70s: Think Showa-era, kayoukyoku, old school J-pop and enka of good vintage.
Featuring: Masako Mori, Meiko Kaji, Aoe Mina, The Wild Ones and more.
Image credit: Michael Rougier from his 1964 series Teenage Wasteland : Japanese Youth in Revolt
SUMMER 2012
Side B
Dawn to Dusk - Jolly Kunjappu
Aimatines Skies Apo Apostasi - Lena Platonos
Japanese Garden - Berntholer
Angelic Alice - Variètè
It’s A Lovely Day Today -Walter Wanderley Trio/Astrid Gilberto
Come On Let’s Go - Broadcast
Love Letters - Ketty Lester
North Meadow - Giles, Giles and Fripp
Movin’ In - Jerry Glenn Brown
Newly-Weds Song - Jim Pepper
What You Can Do In Your Life - Petalouda
Respect - Kukumbas
Age Tendre - Madras Express
La La La - Segun Bucknor & His Revolution
L’amour n’achetez pas - Charles Rodiriguez
Wheezin’ - York Wilborn’s Psychedelic Six
||| Thee Summer 2012 Mixtape: Side A. |||
Hai dozo.
Recorded lazy-style on the couch with the AC going late one Saturday night.
A little swing, a little latin, a little Showa kayoukyoku, some Balearic vibes. A little bumrocks-heavy, no matter: solid.
Think: day off, porch/balcony, iced green tea, Suntory highball, smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.
||| Side A |||
Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign - Dory Previn
Cocktails for Two - Spike Jones and his City Slickers
Boris the Bass -A.V.R.O. Dansorkest o.l.v. Hans Mossel
Bésame Mucho [1943] - Oscar Alemán
有難や節 - 守屋浩
ズンドコ節 - 小林旭
Koi no Kisetsu - Pinky & Killers
Body and Soul - Erroll Garner
Libertad - Iriarte and Pesoa
Wewe - Roberto Gatto
Romantic Conversation - Andy Shepheard
A Tour in Italy (Dub Version) - BandAid
Dancing With the Lion - Andreas VollenweiderPhoto : my old porch, one of the few things I miss about Vancouver.
Side B Here.
|||| NEW MIX : Summer 2012/Rainy season ||||
Well, hello there 8Tracks, it’s been a long time. Since…Vancouver? Wow. I have the uploader nestled in among my cluttered apps folder and everything. I forgot about you. Oops.
For old time’s sake, and because I’m working on a new summer mixtape proper, here’s a preview:
Roberto Gatto, Hermeto Paschoal, After Dinner, Mikado, Berntholer, Jolly Kunjappu, lots of sexy French talkovers and more….
Recommended: porch/balcony, iced green tea or Suntory highball.
Img: unknown. Anybody?
Thee Spring Mixtape, 2012: Days are getting longer, sleeves are getting shorter,
or: Easy on the Kozmische synth this time. Promise.
Recorded in two sessions because I never have more than 45 minutes to myself these days (domestic and professional life here in my corner of Japan has become rather hectic), but still- there’s time for a Sunday drive to some corner of Nara, and it’s finally warming up.
Made with going for a prefectural spin in mind, the latest mixtape offers up good ol’ ramshackle garage, Northern Soul, Brazilian fuzz, ColdWave, NoWave, synth punk, postpunk, French psych, Showa-period J-pop, some trusty old Neue Deutsche Welle, plus my old stomping grounds Vancouver gets a shout-out via UJ3RKS and They Shoot Horses Don’t They.
Enjoy, my friends.
TRACKLIST:
Sinfonia to Cantata BWV 29—-Wendy Carlos
Monk Time—-The Monks
Monkey Monkey—-Boys Boys
Black Room—-Jun Mayuzumi
Tainted Love—-Gloria Jones
Cinturao De Fogo—-Marisa Rossi
Cataclysme—-Dickens
Freakin Out—-DEATH
Nothing To Hide—-Nervous Gender
すべて売り物—-Aunt Sally
Eisenhower & the Hippies —-UJ3RK5
Wir Bauen Eine Neue Stadt—-Palais Schaumburg
Cannibals —-Units
D’Ya Think I’m Sexy?—-Hybrid Kids
Man Hole—-Men’s Recovery Project
B For Boredoms—-Boredoms
Transmitting—-They Shoot Horses Don’t They
Safe As Milk (Take 12)—-Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Soundcloud/zip file of individual tracks is forthcoming. Maybe. Depends on who’s asking.
Olskool60sJ-pop
Eight tracks of 60s J-pop & enka including music by Yuki Saori, The Carnabeats and Peanuts. Thanks to JAL’s in-flight music system for getting me hooked over the last few trips.
pink sky
There was a lovely pink sky today, it influenced my selection; think summer, but not-quite-summer |||| Eight tracks including music by Byetone, Jon Hassell, and Sawako
It’s 2pm, guess i should get dressed soon || aka Sunday
S P R U M M E R
Abwarts, Jun Togawa, Dali’s Car, Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music and Cabaret Voltaire.