DJ Tatsuro presents a mix of old and new music, from jazz legend Fumio Yara, to folk song master Tetsu Daiku, up to contemporary band Element of the Moment. Just some of the wonderful sounds coming from Okinawa, an island where music is everywhere.
Based in Austin, Texas, core members Joshua Thomson on saxophone and Josh Peters on the oud and latva play a unique world jazz mixture incorporating Middle Eastern, Latin American, and Indian music traditions in their group Atlas Maior. In 2019 they released their 5th album called Riptide, as featured on the OK Jazz Podcast. We’re happy to share this mix of tunes featuring not only a few tracks by Atlas Maior but also musicians and groups they have collaborated with over the years, including...
Radio Jakarta's Andhika Faisal, owner of SubStore Koenji in Tokyo, has prepared for us a selection of groovy Indonesian city pop, jazz and even rock tunes from the 1960s up until the present. We’ll hear classics from famous vocalists like Titing Yeni and Farid Bani Adam, experimental gamelan rock from Harry Roesli, and from jazz veteran Indra Lesmana. A wide range of sounds from the vast and musically packed island nation of Indonesia, with much of this music fairly unknown outside the country.
Daisuke Histaome is a Hiroshima based DJ who since the late 1990s has organized events featuring both local and international guest DJs and musicians. A collector of not only Black American Music but also World Music for many years, in today’s mix he shares from his extensive collection of Brazilian 7-inch singles, starting with one from US Virgin Islands born Jon Lucien with 'Come To Rio', then from well known acts like Gal Costa and much rarer singles mostly unavailable outside Brazil.
A wide and wild mix from the islands of Hawaii! Including well known native Hawaiian musicians like Gabby Pahinui and Dick Jensen, but also Christian Disco, garage punk, Hawaiian Renaissance, hotel bands, modern soul, prog rock, slack key guitar and teenage surf guitar bands!
All the way from Serbia in the Balkan region of Europe, DJ Jazzysad is a DJ, producer and event organizer. For this mix, he’s gone very deep into his collection to introduce to us some of the legendary local musicians, mainly from Serbia and Macedonia, playing local music almost all of which was recorded in the years between the end of WWII and the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Much of the music DJ Jazzysad has shared here today is a mixture of Gypsy, and even Turkish influences...
Today's special mix comes from music journalist and educator John Potter. Based in Okinawa, he writes for several music magazines as well as the Japan Times. This special mix for K.O.L. Radio introduces some of his favourite roots music albums of the last several years. From rural UK to Louisiana, Estonia to the Pacific islands, John takes us on a trip around the world showing the diversity and beauty of local music everywhere.
Nicolas Ribalet is the main producer of the Sukiyaki Meets The World music festival. Sukiyaki takes place every August in Fukuno Village, Toyama Prefecture since 1991. This mix is a special playlist selected by Nicolas which features many of the musicians who have appeared at Suikyaki over the last thirty years. Kicking off with the wonderfully unique Klo Pelgag from Quebec, we’ll hear music including the Oki Dub Ainu Band from Japan, African music giant Oliver Mtukudzi from Zimbabwe, Noura...
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.
Doi-san from Everyday Records in Kanazawa presents a fantastic selection of Afro-Fusion tunes, mainly contemporary but some pioneers too. Modern Malian grooves from Bassekou Kouyate, African club/dance sounds, Afrocentric music from the diaspora, a classic from Osibisa and more!