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TUNES
The top six discs that get us through the night...
1. Mighty Mos Def - "Black on Both Sides" (Priority / Rawkus)
2. Bebel Gilberto - "Tanto Tempo" (Ziriguiboom / Crammed Discs)
3. Kyoto Jazz Massive - "Fueled for the Future" (Compost Records/SMEJ)
4. Various Artists - "Tokyo tech - Breakbeats 2" (NS-Com Records)
5. Fauna Flash - "Fusion" (Compost Records)
6. Nicolas Errera - "Les Freres Soeur: Musique Original de Nicolas Errera" (APC)
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ARCHIVE: THE BEST OF THE REST
(1998-2002)
Movie:
Media Review:
NO REGRETS, OUR SONIC YOUTH
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991" chronicles the lives and times of indie music's seminal bands such as Sonic Youth.
Movie:
Interview:
HEY, GOOD LOOKING!
Some new tunes, some new records, another gig - the prodigious LTJ Bukem and Nookie are back in Japan. Ivan Corsa checks in with Mr. Logical Progression again and Gavin Cheung and finds the House of Good Looking ship shape in 2K2. Arigatoooooo, Bruthaaaa'!
Movie:
BROTHER
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano's latst film continues in the tradtion of his ultra-violent gangster's tales "Hanabi" and "Sonatine."
Music:
MP3 PLAYERS MASTER LIST
Our master monster list of MP3 players, reviewed and linked for your downloading pleasure.
Music:
CATCHING UP WITH THE FANTASTIC PLASTIC MACHINE It's been two years since DJ and sound producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, AKA, Fantastic Plastic Machine, gave us the eclectic pop pastiche of "Luxury." But Tanaka is back in the studio and his Fantastic Plastic World. Air caught up with FPM for the inside info on "Beautiful," his forthcoming album and more...
Music Review:
SAVING YOUR DAY!: Michiharu Shimoda + Takahiro Haruno, AKA, Silent Poets, bless us with their first installment of remixes by DJ Vadim, Chari Chari, Doc Scott, Mark Stewart and more. Sublime stuff, this is. Reviewed by Mark Shields
Design Candy:
COOL FLYERS
0003 + 0004: Rika Kobayashi dissects Ken and Kyoko's latest flyer picks from the Osaka club scene...
re:pre:views:
LIVE AND IN STEREOLAB IN THE MILKY NITE: British-French originators of '90s bachelor-pad muzik bring the house down in Osaka on the first date of their Y2000 Japan - Australia tour... Gregory Schaefer reports.
Air Interview:
TRUE BRIT: From Nottingham to Paris to Tokyo, London-based designer Paul Smith talks design, the style biz and more...
Eye Candy:
'Wonder-FULL' JAPAN: Beat-up high-school lockers, pages torn from porno manga, these are some of the things Kyoto artist Aoki Muneshima uses to create colorful and dark objects...
Music:
GOMA SONIC: Aussie Outback in Osaka. DJ/musician Goma weaves the didgeridoo into the future sound of music.
Music Reviews:
APE SOUNDS: The eclectic collection of songs from Nigo, the man behind Japan's A Bathing Ape serves an ace with a little help from friends Money Mark, Ben Lee, Mo Wax's James Lavelle and Cornelius....YOUNG ARMSTRONG: Cut in the '60s? Swingset's new EP is beautiful European mondo pop, but don't call them the Japanese Stereolab...
PLUS: Spiderbait, Chari Chari, Audioactive
Air Interview:
BUKEM DANNO! GETTING LOGICAL WITH LTJ: LTJ Bukem, drum 'n' bass and Good Looking Records.
re:osaka files: street:
GO, VERY! GO!: Who in the World is "Very"? Graffiti taggers, Osaka style. Part 0001
re:osaka file: environment:
OSAKA AIR: "Osaka's air isn't too bad in moderation. Most of the time it can be breathed comfortably without the aid of a mask..." Tim Groves explains.
Big Up:
WOMEN IN MOTION, GIRLS ON FILM: A look at videographer Rik Sanchez and his art-fashion videos ....
Air Interview:
BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS TO DIE FOR: They're hip. They're cool. They're unknown. AND ... they're a foreign band in Japan. An interview with Ultramarine Blue
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03.24.02
We're hanging with the Kansai Posse in NoLIta, Manhattan, New York F_cking City, where Style Guru Reiko has arranged for
the Kansai Air Team to decamp for two weeks in a third-floor walk-up, fully furnished and complete with Katos, a calico
cat of indeterminate age and sex. The visiting Kansai Crew is three-strong: There's Nami, our Special Correspondent from
Kyoto; There's Naoko, laidback with a smile on her face from Nara, and there's Takako, adding that Osaka flava' that we
fava' to the mix...
CONTINUE
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