by joostay
An ancient cosmic celebration on the streets of Tokyo
Categories: Art Music & Culture, Daily Life in Tokyo, Traditional Festivals & Matsuris • Tags: aphex twin, asia, colour, design, festival, food, japan, japanese, justin egli, photography, tokyo, Travel blogger, video
by joostay
Check out my video for the new BENDING WRONGS track, Computer Controlled Hamster. Using never-before-seen archive footage it tells the true story of how during World War 2, Allied forces secretly built a number of Computer Controlled Hamsters (CCH) that were dropped behind enemy lines to help win the war. [Music: BENDING WRONGS // Visuals: IKIMASHO!] soundcloud.com/monty_81
Categories: Art: stuff I've drawn, Bizarre/Unique • Tags: acid, aphex twin, bending wrongs, bizarre, colin montgomery, culture, design, electronica, hamster, history, idm, industrial, justin egli, music, surreal, video, visual art, war, weird, world war 2
by joostay
Musical depravity in zero gravity. From Cornwall to the cosmos with the Penryn Space Agency.
Categories: YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: afx, amsterdam, aphex twin, braindance, colundi, cornwall, culture, electronica, house, ikimasho, japan, music, radio, rephlex, squarepusher, techno, tokyo
by joostay
OTHER STUFF I’VE DRAWN WITH MY BRAIN
Categories: Art: stuff I've drawn • Tags: acid, alleyways, anime, aphex twin, art, asia, backpacking, bangkok, bizarre, blog, buddhism, CREATIVE, culture, design, drawing, drinking, exhibition, fashion, illustration, justin egli
by joostay
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan • Tags: aphex twin, asia, backpacking, bangkok, head, hua hin, i found a ahead, not working, se asia, thailand, travel
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
Staying above water. The Voidic Charm of Ultrademon – and the evolution of Seapunk. After a debut release on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex Records, Kansas-born Chicago-based producer Ultrademon is back – releasing second album ‘Voidic Charms’ on his own Coral Records Internazionale imprint. While the first release was essentially a definition of the Seapunk genre that he himself created, Voidic Charms goes beyond that, offering a neon concoction of wonky synths, low-fi electronics, acid, grime, hard house and video game samples. Seapunk may have been what made […]
Categories: YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: acid, afx, albert redwine, aphex, aphex twin, blog, drum and bass, house, ikimasho, japan, japanese, jungle, protein, rephlex, seapunk, techno, the gtw, tokyo, ultrademon, vegan, veganism, voidic charms, watmm, youtube, youtube session watmm, zombelle
by joostay
Aphex Twin’s new album – SYRO – will be released in Japan on 22 September. Stickers are all over Tokyo right now. BOCHUM WELT | JODEY KENDRICK | VENETIAN SNARES | BOARDS OF CANADA
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: afx, aphex twin, designers republic, electronica, japan, rephlex, richard d james, syro, warp records
by joostay
“Bangor’s Justin Egli, who currently lives in Tokyo, tells us lies about what he’s been up to on his travels.” I’ve had some odd experiences on the radio since I started this site. On Christmas Day 2012 I was on the BBC talking about travel, then at the end of last year BBC Radio 4 turned one of my short stories into a spoken word piece for one of their programmes. Last week I was briefly on the radio again, this time lying through my teeth […]
Categories: Art Music & Culture, Daily Life in Tokyo • Tags: aphex twin, bangor, bbc radio, BBC radio 4, belfast, blog, ikimasho, japanese, justin egli, lies, northern ireland, phil collins, sussudio, tokyo, ulster
by joostay
Bochum Welt is back. The Italian analog legend shares his love of sound with Ikimasho! Gianluigi Di Costanzo, aka Bochum Welt, has been part of the woodwork at Rephlex since the release of his first single Scharlach Eingang way back in 1994. A pioneer of the Braindance sound, Di Costanzo’s first album on Sony Music Japan, Module 2 / Desktop Robotics, was followed by a double CD Rephlex release Robotic Operating Buddy – voted one of The Wire’s top 15 electronica albums in 2009. Five years […]
Categories: YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: aphex twin, bochum welt, braindance, electronica, idm, japan, planet mu, rbma, rephlex, tokyo
by joostay
Black Narcissus. The elusive electro don reveals the moment his acid balls dropped. Jodey Kendrick is responsible for producing some of the most polished acid and electro in recent years. He’s back again: this time with a full-on electro assault under a new name. I asked him about Japan – and to pick ten random YouTube links of stuff that has influenced him over the years. “I have obviously been heavily influenced by Japanese culture: it’s home to some of my favourite films, music, […]
Categories: YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: aphex twin, Black Narcissus, blog, electro, electronic dance music, electronica, idm, japan, jodey kendrick, rephlex, tokyo, Varla, WeMe
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