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  1. william_kent

    Narita Taiko Matsuri 2025

    which was this special performance on the Saturday evening by a crew from a small village ( pop 520 ) where only residents are allowed to play the rhythm 御陣乗太鼓保存会 ( Gojinjo Taiko Preservation Society )
  2. william_kent

    Narita Taiko Matsuri 2025

    it fucking rocked, I turned to some toothless old Japanese guy and tried out my porno learnt lingo: "sugoi" and he started chundering on until my travel companion intervened with "HIS NIHONGO SHIT" but he still persisted and told us about the "special performance' that we already knew about
  3. william_kent

    Narita Taiko Matsuri 2025

    ? missing an N there?
  4. william_kent

    Narita Taiko Matsuri 2025

    I've been trying to put this in order, but I was overwhelmed by the cosmic wave that crashed over me last weekend and all sense of chronology has gone out the window one of the highlights for me was the boy band taiko outfit outside the JR train station on Sunday I took some pics but...
  5. william_kent

    The Ever-Expanding 'Dub Zone'

    Dub Kazman - Rise up in Dub Hibushibire - Ayahuasca Witch Abduction realname: 秘部痺れ literally according to google translate: "Numbness in private parts" or in Osaka slang: "Freak Out ORGASM!" plus mysterious apparitions on the streets
  6. william_kent

    Best Of Skrillex.

    unfortunately when I see this thread title all I can think of is that Tumblr page, "Girls who look like Skrillex" there's reason for that though...an encounter in a goth shop last week where I had to splash out money on some clothes for my travel companion
  7. william_kent

    Mantronix - never spoken about as influence on house / rave?

    which is why I'm a boring nobody with no names to drop
  8. william_kent

    Mantronix - never spoken about as influence on house / rave?

    I think that's the one - it was definitely the one where Roger Eagle played Perry a bunch of tunes and Perry would say "no, don't remember producing that" but maybe in a more eccentric manner - "On the wire" typically ran for 3 hours , 2 pm to 5 pm on a Sunday afternoon so that recording you...
  9. william_kent

    Mantronix - never spoken about as influence on house / rave?

    ELECTRONIC ENERGY! Mantronix - Electronic Energy of... a banger bass drum and snare hit so hard, a master of drum machine programming, and those toms and rim shots I once watched a documentary featuring the "dark side" of whistling* but unforgivably it didn't feature this tune * it's a...
  10. william_kent

    Narita Taiko Matsuri 2025

    I had the pleasure of attending the Narita Taiko festival this year I'll post photos and videos of the standout performances when I get around to it I only took photos but I'm searching for videos but bear in mind nothing can replace the sensation of drums live in the moment, all artefacts...
  11. william_kent

    An incipient interest in plants and flowers

    also, psychedelic enthusiasts have mentioned to me that Kew Gardens have some rare cacti on display that may trip you out if ingested, etc
  12. william_kent

    An incipient interest in plants and flowers

    there is a book about orchids by Eric Hansen called "Orchid Fever' which I have owned several copies of but have to keep rebuying because no-one wants to give it back which hints at an evil conspiracy based in Kew Gardens
  13. william_kent

    Sudan 30 October

    MASSIVE Magda trance wedding party choon Al-mahood locks in on a cosmic groove the Tandalty lads sweat buckets and ruin their nice shirts
  14. william_kent

    Sudan 30 October

    Magda, Al-Mayood and the guy who owns a camel at a wedding in Tandalti so glad the guy who owns a camel is out of jail and the other Tandalty lads are still alive and able respond to Magda's calls
  15. william_kent

    An Emergent Order

    TLDR; please I've been on the holiday of a lifetime, can't be bothered to read 19 pages to catch up
  16. william_kent

    Choon of the Day, redux

    I once pressed a few buttons on a drum machine in a Tokyo Don Quijote store and it went apeshit with sick beats and no one noticed because of the general bad trip wall of sound that permeates the entire store Don Quijote is no place for those on "the spectrum" who may be triggered by sound and...
  17. william_kent

    Choon of the Day, redux

    you can tell a lot from the queue at the tax free counter in any Don Quijote store- Thailand, Vietnam and mainland China are swimming in "new money"
  18. william_kent

    Sudan 30 October

    MAGDA! New artist Magda Bat Kadoukk Galabiya Japan Sudan relations - the 80 / 90s Yakuza vets have exported offloaded their short sleeved shirts to some of the tandalti sound system lads
  19. william_kent

    Choon of the Day, redux

    what I'm not getting across is that all these choons are playing at once, on constant repeat, all the time, so that they are hitting you from all directions, and then there are the weird versions of Bohemian rhapsody on some novelty toy that just wade in and then that mystery artist house...
  20. william_kent

    Choon of the Day, redux

    I love Don Quijote! my favourite shop EVER! I even bought their latest tee shirt - a collaboration with Sanrio
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