The Explorer's Club is new and very interesting subscription-based mp3-club made as a collaboration between Eardrums' favourite LOAF recordings (home of great bands like Dark Captain Light Captain , Seeland, Vincent Oliver and others), and Arctic Circle , who arranges concerts in London (Efterklang at the Barbican, Notwist at the Union Chapel, etc). For one year, starting in January, the new club will release new digital singles once a month from 30 artists from all over the world. The singles will include two or three exclusive [...]
Not anymore, at least. It seems Kama Aina is (finally) getting some Geographic lovin'. It began just last year with Club Kama Aina leaving the shores of Japan via Rumraket , and that was an amazing release. Now it's time that Music Activist come around to this side of the world. This release is especially appropriate, seeing as it spells out in plain English precisely what Mr. Aoyagi is . Mr. Aoyagi believes thoroughly in experiencing the world, so it's no surprise that where he calls home [...]
Here's an artist I've meant to feature here for some time, we've already played the same song on our radioshow respectively with error101 , and this is the only song that's been played in 2 shows (now that's some statistic !). Kama Aina which means "Islander" in Hawaiian is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Takuji Aoyagi from Japan. "Kama Aina represents me as a fan of music which comes from islands, as well as referring to myself living in an island country. I sometimes think that my music reminds me [...]
Here are some friday favorites to keep you going through the weekend, - enjoy! Read Yellow - Pia Zadora - from labelsite Los Campesinos! - you me dancing - from myspace (fantastic band, love them!) Pela - lonesome hearts (cassette won't listen remix) - from labelsite Wolfkin - these are all illusions - from bandsite (Denmark) Panthers - uncertainly - from labelsite Field music - sit tight
Dec 15, 2006, 10:30am
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I like to think, mainly because it makes me feel less pathetic, that everyone who went to college and studied something other than business administration had some kind of youthfully pretentious obsession. Mine was Marshall McLuhan, the new media oracle from the Great White North who looked like a professorial Salvador Dali , had a cameo in a Woody Allen movie (nay, the best. cameo. ever.) and was an astoundingly salient bullshitter . I ain?t saying I don?t still love the man, just that nearly a decade after graduation it?s funny to look back and think [...]
Pittsburgh 27, Cleveland 7 I don't like these Thursday night games. I'm sorry, but Thursday is the best night of television and I don't need one more thing messing with my TV show decision making. Willie Parker, despite a fumble, ran all over Cleveland and put together a 223 yard showing with a touchdown. Parker is the first player in Steelers history to have two 200-yard games in a season. Ben Roethcheesburger threw for a touch and ran one in as well. Cleveland has only managed one touchdown in [...]
Indem ich heute nichts sage, sondern nur links setze, habe ich mich elegant vor einen Wortbeitrag gedrückt. mp3: Emperor X / Constantly, constantly radio's on mp3: Emperor X / Exterminata beat Video: Kama Aina / Glasgow sky Technorati Tags: emperor x , kama aina , rumraket , youtube , free mp3 , download , music
The site was out of action over the weekend. The database for the site is acting up so we're operating from a backup database. Anyhow in the grand tradition of laziness and brevity, time for a recap. As well as CSS and Metric, I also caught TV on the Radio in the Music Centre and got tickets to the free Guinness Storehouse gig. TV on the Radio was a strange gig, the band were clearly knackered but the set was good and the crowd knew every word. Best of the night were the older songs for [...]
Ein Japaner in Schottland. Und mit Takuji Aoyagi gleich ein ganzer Haufen Gastmusiker â€" allesamt Reisende. Aus Tokio über Dänemark via Rumraket kommen 'Kama Aina' zu mir und wecken in mir die Lust, raus zu gehen, abzutauchen, zu verschwinden. Und sei es auch nur für ein paar Tage. Und wenn es sein muss, für immer. Ja, so inkohärent sollten eigentlich alle meine Beiträge beginnen â€" oder kurz und voller Verve enden, wie es eben nur 'the Specials' konnten. Na, wenn das mal alles so einfach wäre... mp3: Kama Aina / Glasgow sky [...]
What is it about Scandinavia that just seems to attract great music? I recently got a nice little surprise in the mailbox from the Copenhagen label, rumracket . They lured me in with mention of a Grizzly Bear remix disc, but I stayed for the sparse, eclectic, multi-instrumental and electro-pop records. Kama Aina - Club Kama Aina I know that the organic, visceral, multi-instrumentation isn’t for everyone, but this album is really good. Kama [...]
Signed to Rumracket, a small label from Copenhagen which also released Grizzly Bear's first album , Cacoy are a delightful mix of electronica and rock instrumentation that sound a bit like Stereolab or Lali Puna fronted by the squeaky singer from Deerhoof. Their press release says: On invitation from DJ KLOCK the two unconventional pop wonders Saya and Ueno from fantastic Tenniscoats and Maher Shalal Hash Baz teamed up with Klock in 2003, and formed Cacoy, a true Japanese all-star band. Featuring flawless to good to be true beats made on turntables and [...]
"KAMA AINA represents me as a fan of music which comes from islands, as well as referring to myself living in an island country. i sometimes think that my music reminds me of a remote island somewhere else." takuji aoyagi is the main man behind the project kama aina living in tokyo, takuji creates harmonic sounds into innocent releases of japanese folk-pop. on 10.31.06, his sixth album "club [...]
Concrete and Clay debut mp3 from Japanese solo artist Kama Aina , taken from his fifth album Club Kama Aina , out 6th Novemeber on Rumraket . kama_aina_-_hotaru.mp3 6.19MB | Download | Stream myspace.com/clubkamaaina
It's 1:13 pm. I just woke up and I could use a warm bath and a cup of coffee (someone is taking care of this futile demands of mine while I'm writing this). In the meanwhile, I leave you with 6 artists I found this week that balance their sound between indie, pop and electronic + a song from Charlotte Gainsbourg's new record that was written by french duo, Air, in collaboration with Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon and a Looper remix by Pulp that's a bit old (1999) but I feel it fits well within the context of the [...]
I have a rather tight schedule today, so unfortunately there won't be much time for writing about or searching for new music. Hopefully the schedule means that I will have something interesting to post in the near future. If everything gets a little too hectic, I probably should take a short break and chill out, while listening to a couple of these tracks. + Roger O'Donnell - Not Without You + Roger O'Donnell [...]
Dalla Rumraket, piccola label di Copenaghen, ci scrivono per segnalarci il nuovo album dell'artista giapponese Kama Aina. Un progetto realizzato tra Tokyo e Glasgow, con la partecipazione di alcuni luminari della musica scozzese come Bill Wells, Isobel Campbell e The Pastels. Il suono di Kama è definibile come folk-pop d'atmosfera ed evocativo. Eccovi una traccia in assaggio. Kama Aina: Hotaru
Image:Grizzly Bear TK Webb - Oh Baby No MP3 The Lovely Sparrows - Chemicals Change MP3 Summer Hymns - Start Swimming MP3 The Bishops - The Only Place I Can Look Is Down MP3 Kama Aina... sabas.jud.as-new indie music messiah
E very once in a while I like to throw something up here that doesn't fit this blog's typical musical selection. Today Kama Aina fits that bill nicely. Takuji Aoyagi is the man behind Kama Aina , he lives in Tokyo where he, together with Maher Shalal Hash Baz and Tenniscoats , is one of the main figures in the gleaming Japanese scene of innocent, DIY and heartbreaking folk-pop. Kama Aina´s contribution to the scene is an organic and harmonic, but [...]
So I've been lax, lately, and readership falls... But something hit my inbox today that made me want to post: Kama Aina - Hotaru What do I know? Not much...here's the feed, though: Club Kama Aina is the fifth album from the talented japanese soloartist Kama Aina and it is a true pleasure to announce that it will be released November 6th in all of Europe on the Efterklang [...]
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