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Song Introduction: Elliot Cormack - Today’s the Last Day (Acoustic)
by Mark Horbury
Once humanity has burned the Earth to the ground and the 6th extinction is complete a single sapling will emerge from the ashen rubble of our mista...
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Song Introduction: Tokyo Sapiens - Actor
by Mark Horbury
The heyday of cruise liner sized riffs is debatably long gone. The Grunge legends of the 90s are far out of view and their juniors are largely po...
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Song Introduction: Johnsons Motorcar - Johnny is a Rovin’ Blade
by Justin Sachs
‘What will you do when the whiskey’s gone?’
An ever pertinent question to ask, even more so in this era of Japan’s prohibition. It’s the first of 3...
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Song Introduction: Ry - Life Force
by Mark Horbury
Ry’s Life Force is quite a simply beautiful piece, adorned with flourishing reverb and cascading soundscapes. As if imbued with the dualities of Ga...
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Song Review: Afrodyty - Dinosaurs Can Love Too
by Ryan Rocha
If you had to pick a dinosaur to be, which one would you choose? Would you be the voracious Tyrannosaurus Rex, the majestic Brachiosaurus, or the u...
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Song Review: Laya - Baby Come Back
by Mark Horbury
On ‘Baby Come Back’ the Tokyo Princess Laya bares her more affectionate side to the world. Typically Laya is better known for her more lusty and ra...
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Song Review: Eva Kestner - Wild Wind
by Mark Horbury
The world over there are legendary pilgrimages to be undertaken, the Kumano-Kodo in West Japan for instance has been travelled by monks for centuri...
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Song Introduction: The Shamisenists - るろうに (Rurouni)
by Mark Horbury
Here’s a thought. Punk Rock on Shamisens. Does that sound strange to you? It does, right? That’s because it bloody is. But here’s the thing. It wor...
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Song Introduction: Jumeaux - Desert
by Mark Horbury
Those of you, who already know Jumeaux will likely know them as a trio of chaps who have an ear for the roughest grooves and a taste for some of th...
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Song Introduction: OSHIN - Believe
by Mark Horbury
As children, many of us share the dream of becoming astronauts and wandering into a vast unknown. As a society, such a venture is considered the pe...
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Song Introduction: UEBO - Veranda
by Ryan Rocha
Veranda, or as it can be translated, an open-air porch or balcony. Whichever way you decode it, even if you don’t fully understand the song’s word...
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Song Introduction: Hanah Spring - Music the Magic (feat. Emi Tawata)
by Mark Horbury
With ‘Music the Magic’, the Kanagawa native, Hanah Spring, continues building a legacy of solid Soul and R’n’B. This time with the help of Emi Taw...
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