The spectacular sound of Shibuya Kei

 

 

During the early 90s a particular musical genre emerged from Shibuya, a very very musical district of Tokyo. Called Shibuya Kei, the genre in question fused lounge sounds,Electronics, Brit Pop beats, film music with a very jaunty attitude that winked at the pop culture of the 60s.

With this Mixtape I wanted to remember that particular historical moment and that kind of sound that are now almost  forgotten.

01  Flipper's Guitar - Going zero
02  Fantastic Plastic Machine - Black dada
03  Zoobombs - Jumbo
04  Chocolat - Voiced
05  Cibo Matto - About a girl
06  Qypthone - The happiest street in the world   
07  Capsule - Udagawafurade 
08  Pizzicato Five - A new song
09  Audio Active - Basspace
10  Cornelius - Drop
11  Cymbals - My brave face
12  Nomoto Karia - mon chat noir est Taquin il garde le secrets
13  Minawo - Hajimari no hi
14 Takano Minekawa - 666666
15  Meg - Groove tube
16  Paris Match - Pardon
17  Plus Tech Squeee Box - White drops
18  Citrus - Tuesday sunday lazy jazz

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Japrocksampler

A mixtape that intends to explore the new musical world that came to be created in Japan during the 70's. A world that Julian Cope has perfectly and brilliantly told in his book Japrocksampler.







01 Akira Ishikawa - Pigmy
02 Far east family band - The Cave
03 Food Brain - clock
04 Flower travellin band - Hiroshima
05 Stomu Yamashita's red buddha theatre - Awa Odori
06 People - Shomyo Pt1
07 Jacks - Where
08 Karuna Khyal - Alomoni part 2
09 Hiro Yanagida - Rockomotion
10 Speed Glue & Shinki - Keep It Cool
11 3-3 - Let it Flow
12 Tokyo Kid Brothers - Father Something Abhorrence Is The Lock
13 Magical Power Mako - Andromeda
14 Yuya Uchida & The Flowers - Hidariashi No Otoko
15 Apryl Fool - Tomorrow's Child
16 Blues creation - Just i was born
17 Kuni Kawachi - Works Composed Mainly By Humans
18 Brush - Mother natures sun
19 Les Rallizes Denudes - Otherwise My Conviction
20 Sadistic Mika band - Nanika Ga Umi Wo Yatte Kuru
21 Love Live Life + 1 - Runnin Free
22 Osamu Kitajima - Benzaiten
23 White Heaven - Silver Current
24 Shinki Chen - Freedom Of A Mad Paper Lantern
25 The Helpful Soul - You Got Me Floatin'

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Storie di Assalti Frontali

 

This mixtape is intended as a tribute to the career of Assalti Frontali, the longest-running and, in my opinion, brilliant Italian rap group. Always on the piece, an example of coherence and presence on a social level. Anti-authoritarian, anti-racist and with a strong attitude to social solidarity, Assalti Frontali is a crew that, thirty years after its birth, still manages to warm hearts and sensitize listeners on the surrounding reality. After so many years of activity, the charge of energy released by this group led by Militant A remains intact, the narrative remains clear and I am very glad about this.

 

 

 

01 Terra di nessuno
02 In movimento (Ice One Remix)
03 Banditi
04 Le merde fanno affari
05 Quasi come vivo
06 Enea super rap
07 Io Sono Con Te
08 Dobbiamo esserci
09 Verso la grande mareggiata
10 Risvegli
11 In periferia
12 Che stress i ros
13 Mappe della libertà
14 Citta fantasma
15 Mille Gruppi Avanzano
16 Gocce di sole (feat. Valentina)
17 Nel Tempo Dell'Attesa
18 Denaro gratis
19 Ribelli a vita
20 Che ora è
21 Spugne
22 Il lago che combatte (feat. Il Muro del Canto)
23 Fino allalba
24 Batti il tuo tempo
25 Un cannone me lo merito
26 Gaia per davvero
27 E' come respirare
28 Banditi nella sala
29 Faremo scuola
30 Piazza Indipendenza (Sti bastardi sò gajardi Mixtape Version)
31 Assalto frontale (feat. Lou X & Brutopop)
32 Giù le lame
33 Avere ventanni
34 Porta per Volare
35 Spiaggia libera
36 Questione distinto
37 Profondo Rosso
38 Rotta indipendente
39 Compagno Orso
40 La mia crew
41 Cattivi maestri
42 Simonetta feat. Filippo Andreani

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Some call it trip hop but I don't know what fuck it means

 

01 UNKLE - Bloodstain
02 Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
03 Massive Attack -Weatherstorm
04 Almamegretta - O sciore cchiu felice
05 Moloko – Dominoid
06 Portishead - – Strangers
07 Nearly God – Poems
08 Hooverphonic - Mad about you
09 DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World
10 Massive Attack - Betterthings
11 Thievery Corporation - The Oscillator
12 Blindosbarra - In scia cala
13 Tricky - Abbaon Fat Tracks
14 Massive Attack - Safe from harm
15 Almamegretta – Mergellina
16 Red Snapper - Fatboy's Dust
17 Portishead - Roads
18 Massive Attack - Karmacoma
19 Morcheeba - Let Me See
20 Hooverphonic -Every time we live together we die a bit more
21 The Herbaliser - Song for Mary
22 Tricky - Pop Muzik
23 Massive Attack - Protection
24 Groove Armada - Your Song
25 Zero 7 - Distractions (Feat. Sia)
26 Tricky - Hell Is Round The Corner
27 Almamegretta - Nun te scurda
28 Massive Attack - Black Milk
29 The Herbaliser - Something Wicked
30 DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)
31 Massive Attack - Blue lines
32 Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line (Feat. Sophie Barker)
33 Tricky - Broken Homes
34 Massive Attack - Three
35 Lamb - Merge
36 Moloko - Fun For Me
37 Massive Attack - Be thankful for what you've got
38 Tricky – Ponderosa


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