Tag: electronic music

IKIMASHO! YOUTUBE SESSIONS: KLUTE

December 11, 2014 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! R&S SPECIAL: PAULA TEMPLE’S DEATHVOX

December 3, 2014 by joostay

Paula Temple talks to Ikimasho! about Japan and her primordial Deathvox video It doesn’t happen very often, but now and again you hear a track played out through a huge sound system that completely floors you. It happened to me about a month ago here in Tokyo: dark and pissing down with rain outside, Deathvox by Paula Temple came on in a club and the whole vibe turned apocalyptic. The video for the track does it justice. I asked Paula about the inspiration behind it, as well […]

Categories: Art Music & Culture, YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: apocalyptic, blog, culture, deathvox, electronic music, electronica, ikimasho, industrial, japan, japanese, justin egli, music, noise, R&S, techno, tokyo

IKIMASHO! x ACROPLANE RECORDINGS

December 1, 2014 by joostay

From Northern Ireland to Nippon with one of the world’s leading netlabels From its humble beginnings in a room in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Acroplane Recordings – headed up by Paul Moore – has matured to become of the world’s leading netlabels. Boxcutter (Planet Mu) and Space Dimension Controller (R&S) put out their first releases on Acroplane, and over the years Paul has played alongside artists as diverse as Autechre, Scorn, Luke Vibert, Remarc and Surgeon to name but a few. Acroplane […]

Categories: Art Music & Culture • Tags: acid, acroplane recordings, ambient, art, beats, blog, culture, design, electronic music, electronica, Himuro Yoshiteru, idm, japan, japanese, music, netlabel, street, techno, tokyo, urban

IKIMASHO! YOUTUBE SESSIONS: D’ARCANGELO REPHLEX SPECIAL

November 9, 2014 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

Ikimasho! x RBMA: Diggin’ in the Carts

September 3, 2014 by joostay

< PRESS START > A new six-part documentary series about Japanese video-game music is about to hit your screens. With Red Bull Music Academy coming to Japan for the first time in October, Tokyo is gearing up for a number of high-profile shows right across the city. To coincide with the event, filmmakers Nick Dwyer and Tu Neill have produced a six-part documentary series – Diggin’ in the Carts – charting the history of Japanese video game music from the 8-bit era up to now. […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: blog, consoles, diggin in the carts, electonica, electronic music, famicon, final fantasy, gaming, genesis, ikimasho, japan, japanese, justin egli, mario, nintendo, nobuo uematsu, rbma, red bull music academy, rustie, sega, street culture, streets of rage, tokyo, urban, video games, warp records, yuzo koshiro

BEATZ – Divergences & Contradictions of Electronic Music

May 29, 2014 by joostay

Tokyo to feature in a new documentary charting the evolution of electronic music I feel the Japanese scene is really alive with so much positive energy. Filmed with practically no budget, minimal technical resources but a fervent desire to document an important piece of music history, “Beatz” is the result of three years of effort and the absolute dedication of Spanish techno producer Eduardo De La Calle, with help of Vincent Livolsi, Daniel Arasanz and Iban Ugalde. The film is […]

Categories: Art Music & Culture, YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: Ambivalent, Apparat, asia, barcelona, beatz, Ben Klock, blog, Carl Craig, culture, Daniel Arasanz, Derrick May, dj, Eduardo De La Calle, electronic music, electronica, Ellen Alien, François K, Iban Ugalde, ikimasho, japan, Kenny Larkin, Laurent Garnier, Luciano, Marcel Dettmann, Nicolas Jaar, Paco Osuna, Seth Troxler, sonar festival, techno, tokyo, Vincent Livolsi

IKIMASHO! YOUTUBE SESSIONS: ROBERT HENKE / MONOLAKE

April 29, 2014 by joostay

“I build machines. Then I step back and watch and listen to what unfolds.” Robert Henke builds and operates machines that create sounds, shapes and structures. His long term musical project, Monolake, founded in 1995, became one of the key icons of a new electronic club music culture emerging in Berlin after the fall of the German wall. Coming from a strong engineering background, Henke is fascinated by the beauty of technical objects, and developing his own instruments and algorithms is […]

Categories: YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: electronic music, electronica, engineering, genius, japan, monolake, moog, music, robert henke, science, space, synthesizers, tokyo

IKIMASHO! YOUTUBE SESSIONS: VENETIAN SNARES

February 11, 2014 by joostay

Drum solos, Kamen Rider & Oprah peeing. Inside the brain of Venetian Snares. With Red Bull Music Academy coming to Tokyo this year I thought it would be fun to showcase some of my favourite electronic musicians right here on Ikimasho! – producers who are set to come to Japan, or who have played here in the past. The format is simple: each artist sends me 10 YouTube links about the stuff they love, be it music, inspirations, whatever… First […]

Categories: Art Music & Culture, YOUTUBE SESSIONS • Tags: breakcore, electronic music, electronica, idm, japan, planet mu, taico club, tokyo, venetian snares