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[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 19

Here’s my most recent episode of Getting Warmer for NTS Radio. It sort of feels like a continuation of last month’s mix–slinky, flirty, loungey, and never picking up too much speed. I recently revisited Dusty Springfield’s version of “Spooky” in headphones, and while I’ve been a longtime fan of hers, I was particularly floored by her vocal quality and intonation, so that was the jumping-off point here. I hope you like it! You can download an mp3 version here.

Tracklist: 1. World Standard – Pasio 2. Frank Harris & Maria Marquez – Campesina 3. Miharu Koshi – Tohboh-Sha 4. Yves Tumor – The Feeling When You Walk Away 5. Dusty Springfield – Spooky 6. Márta Sebestyén & Levente Szörényi – András 7. Karin Krog – Just Holding On 8. Quarteto Em Cy – Caminho De Pedra 9. Lena d’Água – Tão 10. Fred Manda – Cartoon In Kartoum 11. Patrice Rushen – Let Your Heart Be Free 12. Solange (no, not that Solange) – Quero Um Baby Seu 13. Gal Costa – Baby 14. Nora Guthrie – Home Before Dark 15. Hiroyuki Namba – Hiru No Yume

[Mix for NTS Radio] Hosono Day

I’m very, very excited to share a two hour mix I made of Haruomi Hosono‘s work, which was a contribution to NTS Radio’s Hosono Day last weekend (here’s to hoping it becomes an annual tradition). As you might imagine, this was simultaneously a joy and a total nightmare to make, as Hosono has contributed to over 900 releases and has refused to be hampered by genre–so rather than trying to pick one vicinity and stay there, I instead tried to find a through-line between my Hosono favorites all over the map. Happily, this selection also gives proper airtime to his fascination with Indian instrumentation–Bollywood, Indian classical, folk, and everywhere in between. At the risk of sounding sentimental, I found myself moved to tears more than once while working on this, as it’s astounding to be confronted by the weight of his genius and innovation while sifting through his archives. And–there’s more! The lineup of contributors to Hosono Day include some of my favorite artists, labels, and curators, so it was a real thrill to be included among them and to hear so many different expressions of Hosono–I would encourage you to listen to all of it. Happy listening, and a belated happy Hosono Day! You can download an mp3 version of it here.

Tracklist: 1. Haruomi Hosono – Hum Ghar Sajan 2. Haruomi Hosono – The Animal’s Opinion 3. Yellow Magic Orchestra – Seoul Music 4. Haruomi Hosono – Luminescent/Hotaru (edit) 5. Susan – Ah! Soka 6. F.O.E. – Total Eclipse 7. Haruomi Hosono – Laugh-Gas (edit) 8. Love, Peace & Trance – Hush – A Mandala Ni Påli 9. Haruomi Hosono – 若紫 10. Haruomi Hosono – Muji Original Background Music 11. Haruomi Hosono – Air-Condition 12. Haruomi Hosono – Sunnyside Of The Water 13. Interior – Luft 14. Inoyama Land – Wässer 15. World Standard – Pasio (edit) 16. Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki & Tatsuro Yamashita – スラック·キー·ルンバ (Slack Key Rhumba) 17. Akiko Yano – Tong Poo 18. Tatsuro Yamashita – Rainy Walk 19. Yukihiro Takahashi – Sea Change 20. Mickey Curtis – Tengoku No Yoru 21. Chiemi Manabe – ねらわれた少女 22. Dark Ducks – Dandy Dandy 23. H.I.S. – Nihon No Hito (Japanese People) 24. Hiroshi Sato – Jo-Do 25. Harry Hosono & The Yellow Magic Band – Worry Beads 26. Pizzicato V – The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) 27. Haruomi Hosono – Sports Men 28. Sandii – Zoot Kook 29. Hiroko Yakushimaru – 透明なチューリップ (Transparent Tulip)

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 18

Here’s my latest episode of Getting Warmer for NTS Radio. This one’s a bit loungey-slinky, with some some funk and new wave. If you like it, you can download an mp3 version of it here.

Tracklist: 1. Spectors Three – I Really Do 2. Ichiko Hashimoto – Poinciana 3. Geoffrey Landers – Say You’ll Say So 4. Akofa Akoussah – I Tcho Tchass 5. Imitation – Watashi No Suki Na Kuni 6. Alessi Brothers – Seabird 7. Barbara Marchand – I Whisper Roll Over 8. The Jellies – Jive Baby On A Saturday Night 9. Letta Mbulu – Nomalizo 10. Maria Kozic & The MK Sound – Trust Me 11. David Astri – Safe And Sound 12. Angelo Badalamenti – The Bookhouse Boys 13. Cocteau Twins – Lazy Calm 14. Minako Ito – 一年ののち

Mix for The Le Sigh

I was lucky to have a very sweet conversation with Hayley at The Le Sigh, a website dedicated to the work of female-identifying and non-binary artists. We talked about early electronic music, the rise and fall of the album download blog, and the politics of music writing, among other things. I also made a 90 minute minute mix of music made by women (though to be clear, men contributed to many of these songs in different capacities). As you can imagine, this was way too much to fit into one mix, so I focused mostly on synth pioneers, experimental, and new age, with a few wildcards thrown in. The mix opens with Wendy Carlos giving a verbal walkthrough of some technical aspects of her synth process, and ends with Nina Simone ripping our hearts out. You can download an mp3 version here.

Tracklist: 1. Wendy Carlos – Electronic Pointillism & Hocketing (from Secrets of Synthesis) / Sonata in G Major, L. 209/K. 455 (Scarlatti) 2. Phew – Expression 3. Delia Derbyshire – The Wizard’s Labratory 4. Pauline Oliveros – Wolf 5. Michele Musser – In The Air 6. Pauline Anna Strom – The Unveiling 7. Laurie Spiegel – Drums (Excerpt) 8. Deutsche Wertarbeit – Auf Engelsflügeln 9. Virginia Astley – I’m Sorry 10. Laurie Anderson – Kokoku 11. Miyako Koda – A Story Teller Is The Sun 12. Björk – Come To Me 13. Kate Bush – Delius 14. Bridget St. John – Many Happy Returns 15. Joanna Brouk – Winter Chimes 16. Alice Coltrane – Er Ra 17. Claire Hamill – Winter: Sleep 18. Suzanne Ciani – The Third Wave: Love In The Waves 19. Gal Costa – Volta (Live) 20. Nina Simone – Don’t Smoke In Bed (Live)

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 17

Here’s my latest mix for NTS Radio. End-of-summer balearic, Latin textures, 60’s-inspired lounge, a bit of funk, and Bill Nelson doing his best proto-Enya impression. If you like it, you can download an mp3 version here. Also, I know it’s been quiet around here–I’m knee-deep in a few projects right now but am looking forward to sharing more music soon!

Tracklist: 1. Junko Ohashi – テレフォン·ナンバー 2. Ichiko Hashimoto – Le Beau Paysage 3. Quarteto Em Cy – Vida Ruim 4. Il Guardiano del Faro – Lei 5. Yoon Sin Nae – 이 밤을 즐겁게 6. Yukihiro Takahashi & Steve Jansen – Betsu-Ni 7. Sonia Rosa – Te Quero Tanto (I Love You, So) 8. The Slipstream Group – Bygones 9. Zabadak – Butterfly 10. Lena D’Água – Jardim Zoológico 11. Lydia Lunch – Spooky 12. Steely Dan – Do It Again 13. Maryn E. Coote – One Who Cares (Original 82-14) 14. Bill Nelson – Realm Of Dusk 15. Nuno Canavarro – Wask 16. Claire Hamill – Autumn: Leaf Fall

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 16

Here’s my newest episode of Getting Warmer for NTS Radio. This is effectively about me wishing I had a car to drive around in all summer. If you like it, you can download an mp3 version here. Enjoy!

Tracklist:
1. John Martyn – Hole In The Rain
2. Afro-Cuban Band – Something’s Gotta Give (Todd Terje Re-Kutt)
3. Mave & Dave – You Are Delicious
4. High Resolution & Paolo Del Prete – Sweepin’ Off
5. Gaznevada – I.C. Love Affair
6. Taro Tokugawa – Here My Dear
7. Felix – Tiger Stripes
8. Kid Creole & The Coconuts – Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy
9. Salif Keita – Koukou (Hober Mallow Remix)
10. Miki Matsubara – 真夜中のドア／Stay With Me
11. Key Tronics Ensemble – Calypso Of House (Paradise Version)
12. Roxy Music – India
13. Commodores – Nightshift

Guest Mix – Où est allé le temps, 1ère Partie

Guest mix by DBGO (Soundcloud / YouTube / Playmoss)

Editor’s note: I’m thrilled to share this gorgeous mix from Barcelona-based DBGO, whose YouTube channel is a treasure trove of rarities, and who makes an equally transportive series of mixes, many of which focus on a time-and-location specific musical subgenres and can send you down months-long rabbit holes. This is a selection of French folk avant-garde with a little spice from 1980 to 1991.

Tracklist: 1. Bernard Xolotl  – Venusian Aurora, 1981
2. Noco Music – Eclipse, 1989
3. Compagnie chez Bousca  – Song For Nyama: Pluie, Départ Arreté – Song For Nyama, 1991
4. La Fondation – Dérive, 1983
5. Costin Miereanu – Piano – Miroir, 1984
6. Philippe Cauvin – Chanson Facile D’Amour, 1984
7. Brigitte Jardin & Claude Marbehant – Poids-Plume, 1980
8. Ginni Gallan – L’Amour Ça Rend Fou, 1982
9. Steve Waring  – Cailloux Bambou, 1989
10. Cyrille Verdeaux & Bernard Xolotl – Star Gulls, 1981
11. Didier Bonin – Ecumes, 1982
12. Philippe Cauvin – Lolita, 1981
13. Jean-Pierre Boistel / Tony Kenneybrew – Vas Y Peter, 1989
14. Jacques Roman – Melodie Boreale, 1986
15. Daniel Goyone – Danse Des Lamantins, 1986
16. Henry Torgue / Serge Houppin – New Barocco, 1990

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 14

Listen to my newest mix for NTS Radio below. Moody slow-burners, futuristic textures, and a few anachronisms. If you like it, you can download an mp3 version here. Enjoy!
Tracklist:
1. Владимир Леви & Ким Брейтбург – Не Уходи, Дарящий (thanks David!)
2. Susumu Yokota – King Dragonfly
3. Roberto Musci & Giovanni Venosta – Water Music
4. Ichiko Hashimoto – La, La Maladie Du Sommeil
5. Penguin Café Orchestra – Numbers 1-4
6. John Martyn – Please Fall In Love With Me
7. Yumi Murata – Face To Face
8. Unknown Artists (Burundi) – Akazehe Par Deux Jeunes Filles
9. Ryuichi Sakamoto – Put Your Hands Up (Opening) (TBS News 23 1997)
10. Wilson Tanner – Pilot
11. Françoise Hardy – Ce N’est Pas Un Rêve
12. Sean McCann – Video Singing Score No.3
13. Alice Coltrane – Yamuna Tira Vihari
14. Nuno Canavarro – Antica/Burun
15. Dolly Parton – Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can)

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 13: Joanna Brouk Tribute


My newest mix for NTS Radio is a two hour tribute to Joanna Brouk, who passed away this month at 68. Considered one of the early founders of New Age, Brouk never referred to herself as a composer, but rather insisted that she was a vessel for the music that flowed through her. Her work sat somewhere in between new age, drone, minimalism, and classically inclined ambient, with a curiosity and a roughness reminiscent of pioneering early electronic music. You can buy her excellent compilation released last year by Numero Group here. There’s also a great interview with her here in which she talks about her early processes and her work in sound healing.

She often said that it was the space between the notes in which interesting things start to happen, and that music has to slow down in order to get there. I put this mix together of things that, to me, are similarly interested in space and silence. Some of these songs were written by her contemporaries; others are just things that I hope she might have liked. If you like it, you can download an mp3 version here. Goodnight, Joanna, and safe journey.

Tracklist:
1. Joanna Brouk – Healing Music (excerpt)
2. Francesco Messina – Prati Bagnati Del Monte Alalogo (excerpt)
3. Kudsi Erguner & Xavier Bellenger – Apu-Caylioch / Le Seigneur Des Étoiles
4. Kevin Braheny – Lullaby for the Hearts of Space (excerpt)
5. John Clark – The Abhà Kingdom (excerpt)
6. Masahiro Sugaya – 水-(1)
7. Craig Kupka – Clouds II (excerpt)
8. Iasos – The Winds of Olympus
9. Daniel – Quartz Crystal Bells (Side A) (excerpt)
10. Daniel Kobialka – Planetary Mysteries
11. Ojas – Shiva Dance (excerpt)
12. Jansen / Barbieri – The Way The Light Falls
13. Hiroshi Yoshimura – Water Planet
14. Alice Damon – Waterfall Winds
15. Joanna Brouk – Golden Cloud Layers

[Mix for NTS Radio] Getting Warmer Episode 12


My newest mix for NTS Radio is meant for springtime walking around. (Mom, I think you might like this one.) I’ll be posting an mp3 download version in a week from now. I know it’s been a little quiet around here–I’ve been tied up with another project, but am looking forward to sharing more music next week. If you like this, you can download an mp3 version here. Thanks for listening!

Tracklist:
1. Bill Nelson – Wildest Dreams
2. I-Level – In The Sand
3. Isabelle Antena – How Can They Tell
4. Phill & Friends Band – This Man
5. Ayumi Ishida – Bye Bye Jet
6. Gal Costa – Sebastiana
7. Ntombi & Survival – Think More About Me (Edit)
8. Wham! – Blue (Armed With Love)
9. UB40 – Don’t Break My Heart (Edit)
10. Herb Alpert – Rise
11. George McCrae – I Get Lifted
12. Boz Scaggs – Lowdown
13. Yasuko Agawa – L.A. Night
14. Stereolab – Dear Marge