by joostay
You can read about the local family I stayed with in Cemoro Lawang here.
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan • Tags: backpacking, cemoro lawang, hiking, indonesia, java, Mount Bromo, nature, sunrise, travel, viewpoint, volcanic, volcano, walking
by joostay
Like the little stream Making its way Through the mossy crevices I, too, quietly Turn clear and transparent. – Ryōkan The other day I travelled out to the Takao region of western Tokyo. At this time of year – and because it was a long weekend – I knew it would be packed. So as soon as I got out of the station I started walking up the main road, across a freeway towards the mountains in the distance. I cut […]
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: autumn, blog, fall, hidden gem, ikimasho, japan, japanese, leaves, maple leaves, mountains, nature, orange, red, ryokan, secret, takao, tokyo, yellow
by joostay
Making friends with EZYPT – and all through the power of bananas. He was dancing. A lot. AND DID A BANANA DANCE I am now converted. EZYPT.NET
Categories: Art Music & Culture, Bizarre/Unique, Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: art, blog, dance, electronica, ezypt, ikimasho, japan, japanese, pop, street, techno, tokyo, urban, weird, yokohama
by joostay
Bass master Synkro steps up and makes his selection for Ikimasho! Synkro AKA Joe McBride returns to R&S offshoot Apollo Records this month with the new four-track Transient EP. With its distant vocals and sweeping synths it’s reminiscent of the incredible track Guidance he made with Indigo back in 2011: layered, tightly produced and ultra-spacious. Recently, of course, Synkro has been busy working as one half of Akkord – also alongside Indigo – which resulted in a stunning self-titled album on Houndstooth last year. Akkord are making […]
Categories: YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: .apollo, acid, akkord, art, bass, blog, culture, drum and bass, electronica, houndstooth, idm, indigo, japan, japanese, jor mcbride, music, R&S, tokyo, transient EP, youtube session
by joostay
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac You know what? Planet earth is an amazing, beautiful place. And we live here. Of all the places in all of the infinite universe, we have somehow managed to end up right here, right now, alive at this exact moment in time. We are floating in space surrounded by forests, mountains, cities, rivers, seas, avenues, […]
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan • Tags: australia, backpacking, blog, boat tour, buddhism, cambodia, canada, chinese new year, hong kong, ikimasho, inonesia, japan, japanese, justin egli, laos, maid of the mist, malaysia, mekong, milford sound, national park, new zealand, niagara, riot police, road trip, round the world, sandboarding, singapore, stockton, sumatra, sumo, Taiwan, tokyo, tortoise tours, travelling, usa, vietnam, volcano, world trip, yosemite
by joostay
Short films, Detroit hardcore and exploding brains. Jesse Michaels shares some vids with Ikimasho! Jesse Michaels is an artist, musician and writer from Berkeley California. Over the years he has played in bands, created fanzines and illustrations, and written fiction. He was the singer of the punk bands Operation Ivy, Big Rig, Common Rider and Classics of Love. He has created art for Neurosis, Green Day, Christ on Parade, Filth, The Criminals, Spencer Moody, Pretty Girls Make Graves and many […]
Categories: YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: art, bay arae, blog, fine art, gilman street, ikimasho, japan, japanese, jesse michaels, justin egli, LA, music, operation ivy, punk, san francisco, short film, ska, tokyo, usa, writing
by joostay
Thanks for the memories. The Braindance pioneers pick their top 10 Rephlex tracks. When Grant Wilson-Claridge and Richard D. James started Rephlex Records back in 1991 I don’t think either of them could have imagined the journey it would take them on. The sheer quality and diversity of the label’s catalog makes it one of the most important – and respected – imprints in electronic music. Now, two decades later – and with over 200 releases under its belt – Rephlex has closed up shop. […]
Categories: YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: acid, afx, aphex, aphex twin, blog, braindance, d'arcangelo, DMX KREW, electronic music, electronica, grant wilson-claridge, idm, ikimasho, japan, japanese, jodey kendrick, rephlex, richard d james, tokyo, youtube session
by joostay
October was a busy month. As well as a full-time job, freelancing and trying to sort out travel plans for next year, I’ve been finalising a load of features with electronic artists I love for Ikimasho! It also doesn’t help that Tokyo is absolutely swamped at the minute with good events to go to. I recently saw DJ Krush play a special set with traditional Japanese musicians outside The National Museum’s Gallery of Horyu-ji Treasures. You can listen to that set here – as well as […]
Categories: Daily Life in Tokyo, YOUTUBE SESSIONS
