Flamingo #39 (23/03/22)
Flamingo is my monthly radio show on Lisbon’s Rádio Quântica, broadcasting every fourth Wednesday from 16h–18h GMT. You can find archives of previous shows on Mixcloud and Soundcloud.
This month’s Flamingo features a selection of music from a forthcoming compilation on Junki Inoue’s SAISEI Records - The Sounds Of Transonic. The LP collects six tracks from this trailblazing label from mid-90s Tokyo, here for the first time on vinyl. I’ve been writing the press blurb for the release and have fallen in love with it in the process. This is distinctive Detroit-infused techno in its best form - spacey, musical, tight but funky, experimental. And what Junki says about all the music he’s releasing on SAISEI feels spot on:
I don't exactly know what this is, but it has something that makes you feel ok to feel alone, and it did help me. I think this is one of the beauties of Japanese electronic music I adore and probably the reason why I was so drawn to their music more than ever during these strange pandemic times.
Other than that, in terms of new music the show features fresh chuggers from Optimo Records, a beautiful fast one from Gifted & Blessed, lounge funk from Duckett (is there nothing this man can’t do?), and one of two tracks that really stood out from the latest FuFu compilation. For oldies there’s a couple of teenage CD album staples of mine, some recent record shop purchases, and possibly my favourite Alden Tyrell production. The mix is chuggier than I usually do and it turned out pretty well. Enjoy!
Thank you to Junki, Duckett, Teamy and Esk for the promos this month.
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FLAMINGO #39 (23/03/22)
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Organization – The Call [SAISEI, 2022]
Leftfield – 21st Century Poem [Hard Hands, 1995]
The Knife – The Captain [Rabid, 2006]
The Abstract Eye – Pa’ Los Ancestros [Gifted & Blessed, 2022]
Duckett – You Don't Even Talk Like You Used To [Self-Released, 2022]
Shinichiro Yokota – Detectors [Sound Of Vast, 2021]
Palomatic – Under The Ground [SAISEI, 2022]
Garneau – Rainfall [Bass Coast, 2021]
Mind Design – Dream Trance [SAISEI, 2022]
A Visitor From Another Meaning – Hills Of Honolulu [Viewlexx, 2004]
IN THE MIX
Sara Dziri – Horizons [Optimo, 2022]
The Revolving Eyes – Do Your Time On The Planet [Moderne, 2007]
ManPower – Psychedelectricity [Optimo, 2022]
Andy Hart – Dachkammer [Voyage, 2016]
Esk & Cherevach – Breaksoda [Unreleased, 2022]
Eamonn Doyle – Come Down On The Music [D1, 2007]
Evano – 09999 [Self-Released, 2022]
Ray Kandinski – 95 [Lobster Theremin, 2021]
Trudge – Bangkok Radio [Lobster Theremin, 2022]
Christian AB – Lady Aetherius [Nil, 2016]
Jesse You – Palm Room [FuFu, 2022]
ITPDWIP – Smart City Lights [NNY, 2019]
Cobblestone Jazz – Peace Offering [Wagon Repair, 2006]