
Tag: drum and bass

SRI LANKA: PUNK ROCK BUSES vs. DRUM AND BASS TRAINS
by joostay
How different types of transport can influence the tunes you listen to…
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: asia, bus, colombo, CREATIVE, CREATIVITY, dnb, drum and bass, fitness, huntingtons, ikimasho, japan, justin egli, kandy, photography, pop punk, punk, punk rock, screeching weasel, se asia, seba, sri lanka, the queers, tokyo, train, travel, video

IKIMASHO Luxury Stays: Landesi by Jetwing, Galle, Sri Lanka
by joostay
Exploring Galle with classic colonial style, cricket and Jungle music. Apart from a quick stopover in Negombo in order to make an early-morning flight, the historic fort city of Galle was my last stop on my three-week Sri Lankan itinerary. The trip from Mirissa was painless, my local bus taking under an hour as it belted along the palm-fringed coast. After having already stayed in three impressive Jetwing properties, this was to be my fourth, and once again it didn’t […]
Categories: Luxury Travel, Travel: Outside Japan • Tags: architecture, asia, blog, CREATIVE, design, drum and bass, galle, hotel, ikimasho, interior design, japan, justin egli, mirissa, photography, review, se asia, sri lanka, tokyo, travel, video

TUK-TUK SAFARI!
by joostay
Midday in Central Province, Sri Lanka: 35 degrees and the sun is brutal. After spending the night in the middle of nowhere, I check out of my hotel and start walking down a dusty lane looking to hitch a ride back out on to the main road. I see a motorbike parked in the driveway of a house and go round the back to see if anyone is about. No such luck. Soon enough I spot a tuk-tuk bobbing up […]
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan • Tags: asia, central province, dambulla, drum and bass, nature, sigiriya, sri lanka, transport, travel, tuk tuk, wilderness

IKIMASHO! YOUTUBE SESSIONS: KLUTE
by joostay
Committing Commerical Suicide. Drum and Bass don Klute makes his picks for Ikimasho! Tom Withers – aka Klute – has been belting out drum and bass tunes for the last twenty-odd years. He has released music on Hospital, Soul:r, Ninja Tune and Metalheadz – and in 2001 he established his own label Commercial Suicide, which has gone on to become one of the main staples in the dnb scene. His track Time 4 Change was the last tune played on-air by John Peel. He is also […]
Categories: YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: commercial suicide, dnb, drum and bass, electronic music, electronica, hardcore, japan, klute, music, street culture.punk, stupids, techno, tokyo, youtube session

IKIMASHO! YOUTUBE SESSIONS: SYNKRO
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

IKIMASHO! YOUTUBE SESSIONS: ULTRADEMON
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

Illegal Street Racing & Raving in Surabaya, Indonesia
by joostay
Saturday nights are fun in the port capital of Java I don’t think I’ve ever been stared at as much as when I unwittingly walked into a fenced-off compound on the outskirts of Surabaya, a port city in Eastern Java one Saturday night. Having only just arrived at 9pm – and having to leave again the next morning at 6am – I only had a few hours to meander about and see what Surabaya kids get up to on the […]
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan • Tags: asia, backpacking, biking, blog, cliff jumping bali, drum and bass, hip hop, ikimasho, indonesia, japan, java, motorbikes, party, racing, rave, street culture, surabaya, tokyo, travel, travelling, tricks