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  • Radio Boy

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    A picture of me while I was a guest on my friend’s radio show a couple of weeks ago in my hometown.

  • Shobo Shobo BBQ

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    If you’ve been enjoying the Shobus Diary, the following events are going to be a nice way to take in the Shobo Shobo experience live. For about one month, Shobo Shobo mastermind Mehdi Hercman is traveling all across Japan in a bus, together with O.lamm, Domotic and some other folks of the French label Active…

  • RATN: J

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    I was late discovering Tujiko Noriko, but I’ve become a fan, and this new collaboration album, RATN: J, sounds like something I’m set to enjoy (as well as news of the new Disques Corde label). In the first of a series of collaborations this summer, Tujiko Noriko teams up with Japanese breakbeat master Riow Arai…

  • MXUT

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    While I was busy enjoying my time in NYC, our second Radio OK Fred guest mix got released in the form of Marxy + U.T.’s MXUT megamix hour of fun (hopefully the first of many)! In his own words: We went back in time to the year 1993 to ask 75 middle-school students what they…

  • Strange Emission

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    Momus has started a new downloadable radio show: Strange Emission.

  • La photo sonore

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    The other day I was invited to do a 45-minute Japanese music spotlight on my friend’s college radio show (the same station where I used to have a show). I only had time to play 10 tracks (I had prepared 20 before going), and here’s what the playlist looked like: 1. Shugo Tokumaru – “Typewriter”…

  • Over My Dead Sony

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    And things get even more interesting regarding the Japan iTunes Music Store — take it to the man! I imagine Marxy will have a few choice words on the subject. Last week Apple launched its iTunes Music Store in Japan with great success, becoming the number one such service in the country. Now Japanese musicians…

  • Selling a Million

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    Looks like the Japan iTunes Music Store is off to a good start! Apple today announced that its iTunes Music Store in Japan has sold more than one million songs from since its launch four days ago. With over 90 percent of the songs priced at ¥150 per song, the iTunes Music Store in Japan…

  • Polypunk

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    Digiki, now a Tokyo resident, has just launched a new podcast/radio mix called Polypunk, which you can download here (or subscribe to the feed). Also, you can catch Digiki live this Saturday (August 6). More info here.

  • iTunes Music Store Japan

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    As expected, Apple has finally launched the iTunes Music Store in Japan. Tracks are going for 150 and 200 yen, which is the more expensive than all the other international stores, with 1 million songs available at launch.