Isolation- Innovation and Contemplation, 23rd September 2020

Isolation- innovation and contemplation. More gems from Japan from the last six months. Each track was either recorded during isolation, recently released or became known during this period. Quirky folk from Tsunekichi Suzuki from the Netflix series, Midnight Diner (unfortunately he died in July), folk meets tabla with Namaste Gakudan, while Shin Sasakubo plays Peruvian influenced guitar from the mountains of Chichibu. A track from the album Music for Isolation by Gideon Juckes and Rie Takeuchi and other atmospheric and electronic sounds from Kumamoto (A Mother Tongue Project), pianist Koji Maruyama, Mioko Yamaguchi, a remix of YMO and a Haruomi Hosono remix. There are two extraordinary tracks from Okinawa from recent albums by Aragaki Mutsumi and Kanako Horiuchi. Plus a bonus track on the Far Side Mixcloud page by Hideki Matsutake. Full track listing https://www.farsidemusic.com/radio/230920_tracks.html