RADIO IN LONDON
17.03.2024
Mari*
We are very excited to share our March ( 三月) Voices Radio show with a London-based Japanese
radio producer/DJ and music selector: Mari*.
She’s produced countless music programmes on many radio stations and platform around the world. She kept her presence behind the scene but her knowledge of music and unique taste and personality was revealed through a cult daily morning show called Morning Mari on Gilles Peterson’s online radio platform Worldwide FM. She recently became a team member of Gondwana Records and keeps herself busy working with quality music and being a mom to her daughter Maika.
18.11.2023
TANIYA HASHIMOTO
We are very excited to share our November ( 十一月) Balamii show with Taniya Hashimoto from JSL and No Nations.
He started DJing at Music bar Tangle in Shibuya and moved to London in 2022 to explore music worldwide. He is a founder of No Nation which is an Art Jazz collective based in Tokyo and a member of Jazzy Sport London.
Our Tony a.k.a. Jazzyman will be selceting music for 2 hours!
24.10.2023
JUDDY NAKANO
We are very excited to share our October (十月) Balamii show with a London-based DJ:Juddy Nakano from Vinyl Youth.
Juddy Nakano is DJ and a member of Vinyl Youth Which is a new generation DJ crew that has emerged in the Tokyo club scene. Recently they gave a successful stage at Rainbow Disco Club .
Juddy is playing a large range of Dance styles from Disco, Italo, Cosmic, Balearic to Ethnic, Acid, Slow dance, Prog or New wave to Hi-NRG, Early dance.
26.09.2023
COURTNEY BAILEY
We are very excited to share our September ( 九月) Balamii show with a Tokyo-based DJ: Courtney Bailey from Hole and holland.
Courtney Bailey is a Japanese party organizer, DJ, producer, and model.
And she released her own EP “Soleil”, alongside her label Hole and Holland. The self made EP attracted attention from DJ/producer Tornado Holland who featured the EP on HOR Berlin.
22.08.2023
SHUN145
We are very excited to share our August ( 八月) Balamii show with a Kyoto-based DJ : SHUN 145 from Jazzy Sport Kyoto.
He has selected some contemporary jazz electronic music that incorporates various musical elements.
Shun is a record buyer for the Jazzy Sport Kyoto record shop. Kyoto is the ancient capital of Japan and is known for its still remaining traditional atmosphere. While the history remain on the ground, strong, it also holds a deep music scene underground. There, Shun organizes numerous dance parties mainly at Kyoto Metro and DNA Paradise. He develops an original dance floor that grooves to a wide range of music from house, techno, jazz, world music and post-punk.
During the day, you can spot Shun at the Jazzy Sport Kyoto shop by the Kamogawa river and at night catch him in between the music.
25.07.2023
YABE TADASHI
We are very excited to share our July @balamii show with the Japanese legend DJ: Yabe Tadashi (United Future Organization).
He has put together “Yabe Tadashi’s jazz samurai mix” with his unique worldview in music and sound! Selecting free jazz and experimental music including his past live show: Out Of Place(Live in 2009) by Yamashita Yosuke, Yabe Tadashi & Koyo, he shares his story with us!
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Yabe Tadashi is one of the leading DJs in the Tokyo club scene since the late 80's, both in name and reality. His work as a music composer for film and stage has been broad and international, and his many original works under the name of United Future Organization (UFO) have been highly acclaimed around the world, further deepening his influence as an artist.
27.06.2023
INFINITI
For this month's Balamii show, we invited DJ infiniti, a 7 inch collector from Tokyo.
She moved to London just 2 weeks ago with her best selection of vinyls from Japan! And she played Japanese funk-soul, pops, club-jazz, and all sorts of boogie music for us. Listen back and explore the Japanese 7inch culture through your latest show on Balamii!
For the first hour, Nina and Ayana from the team selected their recent favorite records themed around organic music.
23.05.2023
NINA YAMADA
For the first monthly Balamii show, Nina Yamada from Jazzy Sport London curated two hours of vinyls she collected while traveling in Europe, featuring selections from Cuba, Ghana, Japan, and more.
Listen back to hear two newly released tunes by Japanese singer-songwriter Ume and producer Madkosmos.
Nina was selecting jazz with a focus on percussion for the first half.
From psychedelic world music, the second half of the show exploring from dub to reggae!!!
25.04.2023