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  1. 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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...
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    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"
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    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
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    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...
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    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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    How to make cut ups in an online era

    the segregated smoking room outside Terminal 2 at Narita airport: reminds me of:
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    Nature Watch.

    same temple as the dying sakura I thought I was pretty shit hot for snapping a shot of a turtle in a temple but when I returned two weeks later: wtf?
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    Nature Watch.

    and a week later, Sakura wilting and about to die ground strewn with discarded petals
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    Nature Watch.

    I went to an exclusive Sakura viewing in Osaka a week or so ago but was unable to upload pictures at the time due to incompetence
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    An incipient interest in plants and flowers

    when I exited Shinjuku JR station I was confronted by this little fellow, but the surrounding flowers are beautiful in their own right
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    Choon of the Day, redux

    here's a couple more photos from my recent visits to Don Quijote stores this one is lacking context, but this display was opposite some kids toys and this was taken in the mens toilet next to the urinals in one of their Osaka stores ... the fact they had to make a notice probably means it...
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    Choon of the Day, redux

    I dare not name the artist Don Quijote is one of my favourite shops EVER It's like Poundland on the most psychotic acid trip impossible to find your way out, narrow aisles begging you to fill up your basket in the hope of reaching the 5000 yen tax free minimum which by the time I've reached...
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