Prezident Markon, writer, journalist and music critic Mark Sampson is back with a Latin Jazz/Jazz Latin mix of tunes from 1951 up until the present day.
Today's mix comes from guest selector Pascal Saraiva, from France, a serious record collector in Paris who got into Japanese Jazz a couple of years ago and since then has spent all his savings on custom fees and transportation to import some of the best Japanese Jazz albums to his home in France. From 1970’s Three Blind Mice classics to obscure experimental Modern Jazz, he’s introducing here some of the greatest J-Jazz classics recorded over the last 60 years. For this first volume, he’s picked...
Prezident Markon is the pen name of Mark Sampson, originally from the UK but now officially Anglo-French after 25 years living in France. A writer, music critic and journalist, he's made this special mix for K.O.L. featuring some of the best in current French Jazz, as well as world music releases from acts like Yapunto, Diogal and the Louise Jallu Quartet.
Illustrator, artist and DJ Botchy-Botchy! Originally from France but a long-term resident of Japan, he often DJs around town playing African music or French Pop at various events, when he’s not having exhibitions of his drawings or working on new art projects. Today, he’s dug deep into his collection of vintage vinyl to share a selection of Japanese tunes, covering everything from 1970s Rock and Pop to Enka, These are all taken from 7-inch singles, many impossible to find outside of Japan...
A return to K.O.L. Radio by Pascal Saraiva from France, known online as @Skalapin In September we heard Vol. 1 of his special mix which featured classic Jazz albums from the past, now in Vol.2 we’ll come up to the present, to hear some featured tunes from a variety of contemporary Japanese recording artists.