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Radio OK Fred 20

This week’s episode of Radio OK Fred (20) is the “Dark” episode, something to listen to during these cold winter months. Below, a list of the tracks played as well as a link to download the episode — or subscribe to the feed.

Radio OK Fred 20 (41MB)

1. Tricky – “Broken Homes”
2. Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Christine”
3. Misfits – “Where Eagles Dare”
4. Rick White – “Darkland”
5. Eric’s Trip – “Hate Song”
6. Louis Prima – “That Old Black Magic”
7. Curtis Mayfield – “Right on for the Darkness”
8. The Gossip – “Dark Lines”
9. The White Stripes – “Death Letter”
10. The Velvet Underground – “The Black Angel’s Death Song”
11. Yo La Tengo – “Black Flowers”
12. Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart”

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Radio OK Fred 19

Even though we were all stuck in OK Fred HQ here in Tokyo — in Yutenji to be more precise — this week we get to travel a bit by way of our track selections, with “Places” being the theme for Radio OK Fred 19.

You’ll find the full track listing below, as well as a link to download the episode — although you may want to subscribe to the feed instead.

Radio OK Fred 19 (36MB)

1. Flin Flon – “Ukraina”
2. The Books – “Tokyo”
3. Bran Van 3000 – “Montreal (Featuring Youssou N’dour)”
4. Hibari Misora – “Under the Rainbow”
5. Unknown – “Piso Somalim #2”
6. Luna Parker – “Tes Etats d’Ame… Eric”
7. Serge Gainsbourg – “New York USA”
8. 3rd Bass – “Brooklyn-Queens”
9. Vampire Weekend – “California English”
10. The Magnetic Fields – “In My Secret Place”
11. Milosh – “The City”
12. Tahiti 80 – “Chinatown”

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The Decade in Japanese Music

Néojaponisme takes an exhaustive look at the decade that was in Japanese Music, from J-Pop to indies and everything in between.

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Radio OK Fred 18

And so as promised last week, here we go again with a new episode of Radio OK Fred (18), this time an episode that was recorded in Paris last year, featuring music selections by Marie from Colette. The link to download is below, and remember that you can always just subscribe to the feed.

Radio OK Fred 18 (48MB)

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Radio OK Fred 17

Time to ring in the New Year with a new episode of Radio OK Fred (17), the “New” show. Well, it’s our take on new, and you’ll just have to listen to the show to find out how we justify some of our selections. Before you comment, yes, there’s a bit of technical issue at the start of the “1999” track (sound is too low), but hey, it was done live, and so that’s that. Hope you enjoy!

Also, please not that I made a mistake with the numbering recently. The “Christmas” episode was in fact #16, as I forgot to count the special episode Audrey recorded in Gothenburg this past summer. We already have the next episode in the can, and it’s another special one, this time recorded in Paris and featuring Audrey and Marie of Colette, with a terrific selection of tracks. It will be up next week. Below, a link to download #17 and the track listing — and you can subscribe to the feed as well.

Radio OK Fred 17 (44MB)

1. Radiohead – “The National Anthem”
2. Depeche Mode – “New Life”
3. New Order – “Blue Monday”
4. American Quartet with Billy Murray – “Casey Jones”
5. Sentridoh – “That Kind of Year”
6. Prince – “1999”
7. Happy End – “Haru yo Koi”
8. Dirty Projectors – “New New Attitude”
9. Fishmans – “Atarashii Hito”
10. Lhasa de Sala – “Rising”

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Polypunk 48

Digiki releases the final Polypunk of the year (48), just in time for the end of 2009

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Eat Mas

Antonin Gaultier (Digiki) and Thomas Antonietti are at it again with another one of their “experimental” parties, this time with “Eat Mas” which is, as you may have guessed, an “eatable party.” It happens tomorrow night, Christmas Eve, from 21:00 until late, at M in Daikanyama — you’ll find all the details here.

Above, a photo just tweeted by Antonin, of what I’m guessing are preparations for tomorrow — that’s Thomas on the right.

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Forgotten Music Gems of the Decade

Marxy has a piece up on CNNGo covering some of his top picks in terms of underappreciated Japanese music releases of the past decade. Above, Macdonald Duck Eclair‘s “The Eyes Just Like a Fawn’s,” as played through the game Audiosurf.

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Setlist for PLAY 03

As always, here’s the complete setlist for my latest PLAY edition (Vol. 3), from this past Friday. I decided to not go Christmas-y (except for one exception), and ended up doing an extended rock set (mostly in part 2) — for Christmas cheer, do download the latest episode of Radio OK Fred (15). This is my last PLAY of the year, and I’d like to thank everyone who has been taking the time to listen to my selections (more through download than by attending, but still). I’ve been having a lot of fun doing these, and I’ll be back for more in January.

So below, the setlist in two parts for PLAY 03, which you can also download. Also, you can subscribe to a feed of all my PLAY sets.

PLAY 03 (Part 1) (53 MB)

1. Propellerheads – “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”
2. Digitalism – “Pogo (Digitalism’s Robotic Remix)”
3. Soulwax – “NY Lipps (Kawasaki Dub)”
4. Halcali – “Ni Fuku Hoshi”
5. Wagon Christ – “It Is Always Now, All of it Is Now”
6. Secret Mommy – “Pool”
7. Liquid Lounge vs. Jazzanova – “Lemon Tea?”
8. Takahiko Kan – “Blow”
9. Isolée – “Schrapnell”
10. Montag – “Chandail Maille”
11. Boards of Canada – “The Beach at Redpoint”
12. Sebadoh – “Kath”
13. Beck – “No Complaints”
14. James Kochalka Superstar – “Christmas in Dimension X”

PLAY 03 (Part 2) (50 MB)

15. Polvo – “Tragic Carpet Ride”
16. Kevin Drew – “Back Out on the…”
17. The Raconteurs – “Intimate Secretary”
18. Weezer – “The Good Life”
19. The Ting Tings – “That’s Not My Name”
20. Indochine – “L’aventurier”
21. Mansfield – “Take on Me”
22. Yukari Fresh – “Horsey Marie”
23. Miniflex – “Microflo Dust Bag”
24. YMCK – “Sabita Tobira no Dai 8 Tengoku”
25. O.Lamm – “Genius Boy (with Kumi Kamoto)”
26. Plus-Tech Squeeze Box – “Early RISER”
27. COPTER4016882 – “Rising Core”
28. Cubismo Grafico Five – “Percy Percy Me”
29. Foga – “New Song (*cbsmgrfc Mix 155BPM)”

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PLAY 03 Tonight

Tonight (December 18) is PLAY 03 at Cafe Pause, 21:00-23:00, the last one I’ll do this year. As I mentioned before, I’ll probably play some of the selections from this week’s new Christmas episode of Radio OK Fred (15).