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A Japanese music special

Jennifer Lucy Allan returns from a trip to Japan with a suitcase full of sounds and music that caught her attention.

What can you learn about a place through its sound? Whether in its ancient traditions or the cutting edge experimentation of today, Japan is a country with an extremely rich sonic history. Jennifer Lucy Allan returns from a trip to the country with a suitcase full of sounds and music that caught her attention, from the bustling streets of Tokyo to the seclusion of Yakushima Island. We’ll journey from an intimate six-seater bar soundtracked by jazz trombonist Shigeharu Mukai alongside the Takeo Moriyama Quartet, to the home of the indigenous Ainu in Hokkaido with music from singer and mukkuri player Umeko Ando. Elsewhere in the show, the spine-tingling vocals of Maki Asakawa and a track from Kyoto-based musician, Bosco, whose instrument of choice is the Appalachian fiddle.

Produced by Gabriel Francis
A Reduced Listening production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

2 hours

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Fri 2 Jun 2023 23:00
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Music Played

  • John Krausbauer + Patrick Shiroishi

    Bird's Song

    • High Life.
    • Carbon Records.

  • Takeo Moriyama Quartet & Shigeharu Mukai

    North Wind

    • Hush A Bye.
    • Union Records.

  • Maki Asakawa

    ChicchaNa Toki Kara

    • MAKI.
    • Express.

  • Bosco

    Yew Piney Mountain

    • Bosco.
    • Tiki Parlour Recordings.

  • Umeko Ando

    Iyomante Upopo

    • Ihunke.
    • Pingipung.

  • Meridian Brothers & Cyril Cyril

    Diablos de Chuao

    • Diablos de Chuao / Navaja Bogotá.
    • Bongo Joe Switzerland.

  • Mica Levi & Alpha Maid

    Plasticine

    • Spresso.
    • Alpha Maid & Mica Levi.

  • Michael Allen Z Prime

    Fungal Studies 5 Peziza repanda

    • Bioelectrical Music.
    • Paradigm Discs.

  • Samrai, LINTD, Raheel Khan

    Oil Money (Clean radio edit)

    • Sangha Industries.

  • KASAI

    唄ヨォー

    • J/P/N.

  • 3Phaz

    Slomo Strut

    • DrumTraTrax.
    • TraTraTrax.

  • Sarathy Korwar

    Remember Begum Rokheya

    • Live at Le Guess Who? 2022.

  • Loboko

    Ekenge

    • Kanyuni.
    • Names You Can Trust.

  • Mykolaiv Singers

    Shchedrivka

    • Winter Songs, Wedding Songs.
    • purge.xxx.

  • 杉林恭雄

    Untitled

    • Mask of the Imperial Family.
    • Lullabies For Insomniacs.

  • Keiji Haino

    Keiji Haino plays Gamelan

    • Who knew that so many blues should reside here too?.?.?..
    • kolo.

  • O YAMA O

    Mimi

    • Galo.
    • Bison.

  • Sanam

    Ayouha Al-Taiin Fi Al-Mawt (He Who Stabs Death)

    • Aykathani Malakon ????? - ??????????? ?????????.
    • Mais Um.

  • Hinako Omori

    in full bloom

    • Houndstooth.

  • Hatis Noit

    Aura

    • Aura.
    • Erased Tapes.

  • Jennifer Lucy Allan

    Hiking in Yakushima (field recording)

    • Field Recording.

  • 99LETTERS

    Owaranai Osaka

    • Kaibou Zukan.
    • Disciples.

  • Takeshi Terauchi

    Rashoumon

    • Eleki Bushi 1966?-?1974.
    • 180g.

  • ニプリッツ

    ひとりほ?っちの夜

    • Crazy About The Guitar.
    • H?ren records.

  • Olololop, Arakawa Atsushi and Zea

    Cheese

    • Soyokaze.
    • makkum records.

  • Dirar Kalash

    Third Set

    • At the Chapel of the Divine Child - Behtlehem University.
    • al-bayān records.

  • 久保田麻琴

    かわいいお前

    • Machibouke.

Broadcast

  • Fri 2 Jun 2023 23:00
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